Creighton Post game thread

[uconngb]

I think his unbelievable success in back to back seasons had him believing he could turn anyone into what he wants them to be. In a way that massive back to back success led to this flawed roster.

I'm a bit worried about this freshman class despite 3 burger boys.

Yeah well that has certainly crashed to earth with a thud

If this season proved anything it’s that the system needs to be adaptable to the players and not vice versa

 

[AdamaNation]

We are what we are, whatever hand we get dealt from by the committee we have no one to blame but ourselves. Getting off to bad starts has been a trend that to the suprise of no one has cost us, and we had way too many missed opportunities in the 2nd half.

Yes I would rather get our asses kicked by St John’s tomorrow, sick and tired of losing to Creighton, that dunk by Neal I hope lights our fire going into the tournament and going into future matchups with Creighton.

I think it will. We deserve more respect and actually get it outside our conference

 

[AdamaNation]

Hopefully, some guys through the portal with mean streaks too. I feel we've fallen back into having a team of nice guys. We need guys who play angry and take it personally.

Our Aussie will be a criminal on the court.

 

[uconngb]

People on this board are pretty damn tough on Solo. He averaged 16 ppg, 5 rebs, 2 assists this Big East season.

Not one of those stats is a reflection of how piss poor he is as a defender

 

[AdamaNation]

LM and AK were 9 for 30 tonight… guess we should fire Luke too. What a clown

No just ask the board they have the solution our dumb coaching staff can’t engineer

 

[UCann]

Jeez, all the gloom and doom in this thread. I had to stop reading a few pages in. 5 years ago we all would have been thrilled with this team. We just won back to back and a three-peat is still possible. We always lose to Creighton. The Big East refs are always against us. Whatever. It’s tourney time, one game at a time. I think this team will surprise us and I chose to be positive unlike most of you.

 

[RuffRuff]

He averaged 35 mpg this Big East season before tonight.

Out of necessity - have you seen our bench? You have a crush here - it’s warranted for what he does well, there are also many drawbacks.

 

[uconngb]

I'm aware but when people say all he does is shoot it just isn't true and being the best shooter in the Big East is a pretty big deal. He was our most consistent offensive player this year. You wouldn't know it from reading this board.

NO ONE is saying he’s not a good shooter. You realize this isn’t baseball and he’s not a designated hitter right?? He actually has to play defense too.

 

[DogMania]

Especially the shot clock violation because the UConn players were standing around trying to figure out who should make the proper cuts, SMH. That one drew my ire.
I was yelling, "move!" at the TV

They were moving around like Jack rabbits during their run. Then came out of the timeout looking like they were wearing cement shoes.

I knew we were in trouble when I saw them all standing around looking at each other. We become easily guardable when they run slow sets and/or stand around. Hard to believe that's what happened after a time out.

 

[UCfor3]

They see a guy who is athletic but gets back down by a 6'6" unathletic player with ease. There is a reason why he is coming out of games a lot even thought we need his offense. His defense is so bad and unplayable at times. I will give you he has added a mid range game to his offense but to stay on the court he really needs to improve his D in the offseason.

Sometimes it's about focus with Solo. He didn't box out twice tonight and the shooter followed his shot all the way from the perimeter and got a putback. The 2nd time Dan Hurley took him out. Guys need to be locked in and focused on details and fundamentals. Need better depth so guys making the same mistake over and over can head to bench until they get the message.

 

[sdglast]

I think the defensive issues really start and stop with the forwards. Karaban and McNeeley together just don't have the foot speed to defend at a high level. It's no wonder UConn seemed to be making more stops once Karaban left the floor and Steward came in. UConn instantly became much quicker and was able to defend much better as the game wore on.

 

[uconngb]

He averaged 35 mpg this Big East season before tonight.

What is your point???

 

[Devland]

As bad as it seems, 14-6 and third place in the Big East with an NCAA berth is not bad for an "off season".. There are plenty of teams who would be elated to have this season. It's just not for us.

 

[cellocgg]

so when are we getting out of the Big East again?

 

[EnochRoot]

We didn't lose the game because of Samson Johnson. We lost it because it because Karaban and McNeeley were awful.

That's crap. Johnson invites penetration. It's not his fault. He sucks at the 5. This isn't rocket science.

 

[dtrumpet]

Sometimes it's about focus with Solo. He didn't box out twice tonight and the shooter followed his shot all the way from the perimeter and got a putback. The 2nd time Dan Hurley took him out. Guys need to be locked in and focused on details and fundamentals. Need better depth so guys making the same mistake over and over can head to bench until they get the message.

those were absolutely maddening. Gave up 5 points off those 2 boards. At this time of the year, and against a quality team, inexcusable.

 

[UCSouth]

Luke runs offense Kimani defense, and defending sucks all year. It’s bad coaching

Not too late to jump on someone else's bandwagon

 

[UCSouth]

We aren’t good. A 2nd round beat down by Duke is a fitting end to our season.

Go away

 

[Woodson]

A fine offense wouldn’t have 3 shot clock violations.

That Liam 3 would’ve helped!

 

[uconngb]

so when are we getting out of the Big East again?

Why would we want to do that??

 

[87Xfer]

yep : You can try as hard as you want but if you cant make shots
and your not going to the line you aren’t coming back
Its about Stops and Pops
We actually got enough stops to make a tossup at the end but couldn’t knock anything down.

they made nowhere near enough stops to win the game

 

[caw]

My god, just give McDermott some credit. He has a five out system and did a great job of isolating the shortest player UConn had out there with a bevy of screens which caused switches. Kalkbrenner also pulls Samson/Reed from the basket.

Even still UConn was right there.

Game ended with that OOBs followed by the Neal three. That was a back-breaker/momentum killer. Not sure on the OOBs call, I have to see it again, looked questionable live.

 

[uconnfan68]

Neither of you watch any other college basketball outside of UConn. Moving on.

You’re right. Watched very little other than my team. But they did have 3 times when they couldn’t manage to get a shot. We could have used a few more points.

 

[87Xfer]

We need some Alpha dogs on this team. We had too many complimentary players. I want to see some Spencer, Castle, and even Clingans coming in. I know easier said than done but we need some difference makers. I would even take a Tristen Newton on a team like this.

You would "even" take a Tristan Newton...like he's beneath your alpha standard? What? What's the matter with you?

 

[gsmooth]

McDermott is now 9-3 against Hurley, that's crazy to me.

Yup. Yet Hurley beat McDermott in the NCAAT as an eleven seed in the first round when he coached a t uri