First congrats on Paul Skenes as ROY. Kid is must watch.
This is a pretty level headed statement. Expectations can eat you alive. They are killing Karaban and have played a major factor in the mindset of this years team. Somehow need a reset where team throws off the weight of those expectations and just plays hoop with energy and enthusiasm. Is against the world, bring on the world!
When the refs clearly decide the game and there is no defending the call, it’s dumber to say don’t mention the refs than to mention them.
And the moment creighton touched the ball it’s a jump ball. Kalkbrenner is slower than molasses in the paint, we get our hands all over the ball but it’s a foul every time. He should be called for 3 seconds basically every time he had the ball in the post.
If you listened to Dan Hurley in the huddle at the after Creighton came roaring back against them after an early lead he was clearly heard to say on tv:
McDermott has Hurley’s number. Beat a guy 8 times out of 10 and it’s hard to see it any other way. It happens. He is a good coach who has figured out a way to beat UConn. And of course he has the talent to pull it off. Other coaches haven’t figured it out. But his guys didn’t get lost with all the movement. They stayed home on defense. And on many occasions on offense they made the extra pass.
World is not going to end but the UConn season will more than likely end sooner than we had all hoped. Unless there is a miracle of St Anthony.
I think we all have dreams of a historic three-peat and are seeing the holes and reality of where this team is right now. Lots of work to do and not a ton of time left to do it.
Being an “athlete” doesn’t necessarily mean you are going to be a great defender.
It's pretty clear that this is a transition year. AK, Diarra and SJ are all very good college players and will help pass on the UConn culture while anchoring a pretty good basketball team in the meantime but they aren't exactly the centerpieces of a top 5 contender on their own
Agreed. Also, I think this team can still hit another level if and when it gets healthy and we shorten the rotation. Since I believe this is a transition year, I'm all for continuing the 10-11 man rotation through about mid February. If there could be any complaint about last season it's that the sophomore class basically came into this year as Freshman with how little experience they got, so I don't think we want to do that again.
What's scary is the roster next year appears to have the same problem... no real toughness or athleticism
Spot on. Remember when Cooley “owned” Hurley? That narrative sure changed quickly. Like you said, McDermott is a very good coach and prepares well for us. But until he gets to a final four he’s not a great coach. Danny is already a legendary coach.
Solo was more aggressive offensively this game, but cmon, put a body on someone when defensive rebounding. Guys are going over, around, and through him on the glass.
I think that’s a little bit of 20/20 hindsight on Mahaney. At the time it didn’t seem like too much of a reach to take the leading scorer and all conference player from a top 25 team. He can shoot and create his own shot I can understand why they thought he would be a fit for the stuff they try to run. It just hasn’t worked out. I do agree we would be better served by picking up a dawg at guard to go along with AN next season. We are set at 2G with Solo and Adams.
It might seem like time is short and there's a lot to be done. But 2 years ago at this time of January the general feeling on the board was we were gonna miss the tournament and Dan Hurley was headed for the hot seat if not fired. And then we won back to back championships.
