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That about sums it up. The system/playbook works with the right players but Hurley whiffed too much this offseason. Have to get more athletic through the portal and have to get some guys who can take their man off the dribble.

We would've had zero chance against the Johnnies so this one doesn't hurt too much.
Top 20 in adj efficiency though. The system is great. They completely whiffed at PG
 
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We cut it to 5 with about 12 minutes to go, and I really felt Creighton would run out of gas. But we couldn't make shots.

Thought McNeeley played outside of himself, and didn't do the little things. But this team can't win with AK is off like that.

Officials are not the reason we lost, but that sequence were we had cut it to 3, and then the ball goes off Creighton in back to back sequences, yet gets the ball both times, and then increased it is inexcuseable.

Seems like there was some tension between the coaching staffs...
 
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In fairness, the effort also sucked tonight. If I had a nickel for every time we just watched a rebound while Creighton hustled for it…
Thank you I have bee saying this all damn year rebounding is about want to. Seeing two three and sometimes four guys standing and watching and waiting for the ball instead of going to get it is just maddening. That’s one of the biggest difference between last year and this year last year you had guys want the board and go get it. This year too many watchers no hustlers.
 
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Lets get in the 8 and 9 game and knock off a 1 seed. Would consider it a good year all things considered.
I said making the Big East Final and the Sweet 16 would be a success given the lack of a scoring point guard. One miss, let's see about the other. This loss will do more to motivate the team than getting thumped by St. John's at "Storrs South" would have.
 
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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.
 
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Opposing fans will be opposing fans … but it’s another thing when “supposed” faithful on this board are calling out a roster that’s been completely different last 3 years and the coaching. Give me a break! Some of you shouldn’t even post. Go to bed.
 
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Agreed.

I’m all for continuing to run the sets that won them back-to-back titles, but this team doesn’t have the personnel or the skill to run that offense all game long.

It’s inexplicable to me how they haven’t figured out a two-man game with Liam/Solo or Liam/Karban that they can go to when the offense gets bogged down.
I completely disagree.
 

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I can't say that I'll miss facing Kalkbrenner. Aside from the moving screens he sets at the top of the key and the shuffling of his feet in the low post (just once I wou have liked to have see either called when we played them), he has been a terrible matchup for us as in drop coverage, when we had any of our centers (Sanogo, Clingan, Johnson, Reed) with the ball at the top of the key (for a handoff), Creighton was basically defending four shooters with five players as there was never a threat of our center taking a shot from 20 feet out.

Something I don't understand is why some Creighton player seems to have a career game against us.

We lost. We deserved to lose. On to the tournament.
 
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Don’t get down 17 points . Don’t let the other team shoot 97% in the first half. Give yourself a chance.
Yea defense was the issue. Can’t be down 17 and expect to win. We ran plays for McNeeley because thats how we beat the drop coverage D. He has a bad shooting game. We didn’t have AK most of the game, Ball was bottled up and can’t create. So McNeeley was only one.
 
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Top 20 in adj efficiency though. The system is great. They completely whiffed at PG
They did but getting a point guard wouldn't have cured all our ills. We need a pretty significant roster makeover this off-season and have to retain 2 or 3 guys.
 
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Try some video study Hurley. That team cannot run that offense. They don't have a Newton or Spencer to create a shot at the last second. Just get the ball down court and launch a shot or attack the hoop. Feed anyone that seems hot. Maybe he goes on a tear. Hurley's offense was cute when he had the players, can't run it with these skilled challenged players.
 

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