Creighton Post Game Thread

[Umami Zen]

Masterclass by McDermott on how to work the refs(again)- Cracking jokes with them-0 foul shots for UConn in first half- Setting them up for calls at crunch time on your opponent's home court. It's a formula that works for him vs Hurley .

Turn the page. Play with intensity- Get your shooters involved early and keep your foot on the gas.. Let's get a W on Tuesday. Xavier helped with the W vs conference leader. Drifting back to the pack.

 

[navery12]

Two years ago at this time DH had a super athletic guy who was being misused. Once the staff figured out what to do with him, it all clicked.

I want to believe Ross is that guy, but I can't sell myself on it. I'm pretty positive Ball is not that guy.

Well luckily the goal isn't for Dan Hurley to complete a replica of the 2023 team but find a formula that works for this team

 

[dennismenace]

I’m not surprised at all at where we are. To be really good, we needed a huge jump from Solo and Stew, we needed Samson to contribute more offensively and protect the rim, we needed Mahaney to be really good and we needed McNeeley to be as good as advertised. For all of that to happen was a big ask.

I actually came into the season thinking Diarra might be our best player and I knew AK couldn’t create off the dribble. I’m just disappointed the all star coaching staff hasn’t blown me away again with their genius. Reality is, you can’t win natties every year.

There’s still time for another amazing transformation, but our flaws seem a little too obvious this time around. We need more defensive speed and offensive firepower. We also need a serious rim protector to play this style of defense.

I think that is a good take. To accomplish that Nowell and Abraham would have to get more minutes to speed the game up.
That would be a pretty radical move at this stage of the season and I don't see DH taking minutes away from sophomores or upperclassmen to effect that.
We'll have to depend on the staff to do the best they can to improve this years team as is and hope that the returnees next year and incoming frosh will pay off on that wager.

 

[dennismenace]

Masterclass by McDermott on how to work the refs(again)- Cracking jokes with them-0 foul shots for UConn in first half- Setting them up for calls at crunch time on your opponent's home court. It's a formula that works for him vs Hurley .

Turn the page. Play with intensity- Get your shooters involved early and keep your foot on the gas.. Let's get a W on Tuesday. Xavier helped with the W vs conference leader. Drifting back to the pack.

LOL. We and Creighton should see if we can sign up Psychology Today as a sponsor.

 

[superjohn]

I’m not surprised at all at where we are. To be really good, we needed a huge jump from Solo and Stew, we needed Samson to contribute more offensively and protect the rim, we needed Mahaney to be really good and we needed McNeeley to be as good as advertised. For all of that to happen was a big ask.

McNeeley is as good as advertised or better than advertised, he's our best player. Solo made a massive jump, Jaylin made a big jump, Samson contributes more offensively and protects the rim more than he did in the past.

 

[djct1999]

McNeeley is as good as advertised or better than advertised, he's our best player. Solo made a massive jump, Jaylin made a big jump, Samson contributes more offensively and protects the rim more than he did in the past.

Hmmm, most of this isn’t good enough. You are spot on w Liam. Solo made a huge jump offensively, not defensively. Jaylin hardly made a big jump at all. Samson contributes more because he is playing more. He is scoring mostly the same way just a bit more frequently because of more minutes.

 

[storrsroars]

Well luckily the goal isn't for Dan Hurley to complete a replica of the 2023 team but find a formula that works for this team

10 weeks of looking, 10 weeks to go. Hope he finds it.

Also, I don't know why you're taking my comment literally. My point was that in 2023 AJax stepped out of the crowd and made a huge impact few fans were expecting (in fact, the majority were pretty negative on AJ thru Jan). If we're gonna still have a deep run, we're gonna need 1, 2 or 3 players to step up who really haven't yet. Whether it's on offense or defense I don't really care.

 

[Mike Honcho]

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.

I will say that there seems to be a special rule book for Kalkbrenner. He is an offensive foul looking for a call when he takes it to the rim. And if travelling and 3 seconds were still rules they actually called any more he’d be a turnover machine.

The cockroach reappears after losses like clockwork. See you after next loss, @freescooter

 

[dennismenace]

10 weeks of looking, 10 weeks to go. Hope he finds it.

Also, I don't know why you're taking my comment literally. My point was that in 2023 AJax stepped out of the crowd and made a huge impact few fans were expecting (in fact, the majority were pretty negative on AJ thru Jan). If we're gonna still have a deep run, we're gonna need 1, 2 or 3 players to step up who really haven't yet. Whether it's on offense or defense I don't really care.

That would be a great way to complete the season. Hoping McNeeley bounces back well too. I think the staff can get this right and work together to get things going on the front burner. It's starting to get to a point where people need to step up as you say and start leading the rest. Kind of like getting a fire going. I am concerned about Tarris' play because we need him badly to shore up middle and augment Samson.

 

[Zonepress]

I think folks need to ease up. We lost 7 guys to the pros in two years. Seven. From 2010 to 2020 that number was only five. Our guys are working hard, trying to figure it out and playing team ball. That's all I can ask. We lose a game and now the Fellowship decides to leave Samson alone and sink their teeth into Tarris? They had a similar funk two years ago around this time. Why can't we enjoy the journey instead of continuing to pick out the flaws?

Like your post!
I think it’s fair to say that many on this board had unrealistic expectations for the team based on the off-season comments from the coach in which he continued to beat the drum about a three peat and how talented team was

Hopefully the team will improve over the next 6 weeks ,find an identity and Win enough games
To make the tournament which imho would be a successful season!

 

[UCann]

People

Hilarious that people really think Liam is not that important. He’s our best player. Guaranteed 10-15 ppg. The injury is costing us and that was so predictable. But people like to pretend that we will just figure it out.

People somehow all of a sudden forget we’re UNDEFEATED with Liam on the mainland this season. That includes a strong out of conference and the early Big East. Come on have a little more faith. All the gloom and doom is pathetic for how much success this staff and program has had.

 

[Umami Zen]

Still think these guys have the ability to make a deep March run. We need to grab a few Ws before Liam returns and re-establish some momentum. However-in order to do so-I am less concerned about our offense and more concerned about our D-boards- 50/50 balls-turning over the opposition. There is no question we've seen a soph bump- offensively- from Solo and Stewie. But defensively-How many times did Ashworth thread the needle on back door cuts while they were watching him-the ball handler- and not maintaining contact and focusing on their own guy? I wish these guys had the same passion for D that Hass has been showing.

I'm sure the D will continue to be a huge focus in the film room as Danny turns up the heat on the intensity and focus on that side of the ball. Improvement can be made but not at the level of the last two years. Right now we have to out-score teams to win-Not shut them down with the elite D of the last few years.

Still have a lot of ball to play. Keep grindin'

 

[jdb50]

McDermott gave Samson the Andre treatment when we had the ball. They let Samson hold the ball at the key with no defender daring him to do something. Didn't Neptune do the same thing with Dixon in the lane? They disrupted our offense by ignoring Samson and protecting the rim. Will be interesting to see if and how we adjust to this. Samson does not even look at the rim. while the shot clock runs down.