Mcneeley a bit too confident for his performanceDefense not really the issue despite 48 in first half and 76% FG. Too much McNeeley on a night he went 6-20 and too many second chances tk Creighton. We were right there.
Well we had that, and every other program didn’t have that.Can Spencer’s sadly don’t grow on trees. I hate we only got 1 year of that
Listen, we shot ourselves in the foot but those two straight out of bounds calls that were botched and were blatantly obvious real time from TV were absolutely unacceptable from refs in the BET. Just can’t happen.I thought the key moment was when Kalk knocked a ball out of bounds, but they ruled it Creighton ball. Then Neal comes down and buries a 3. The whole Garden knew who knocked it out. Momentum killer.
Huh??? UConn's offensive scheme is aweful.
Yup and that's my issue with AK. He has definitely got his fair share of clutch shots, but I am not sure I would call him a pure shooter. He is a streak shooter.64-58 and AK missed that open 3, you could feel the team and the crowd kinda deflate with that miss
Reed, Samson Johnson, Diarra, Ball, McNeeley, Stewart, Ross are all athletic and talented enough to play good defense. Pete Carril coached good defense with a bunch of nerd Ivey league walk ons. There is no reason why this years team can’t play good defense. No reason to give up a record breaking 75% FG percent in first half. THIS WAS Kimani’s job, he is a professional and he didn’t get it done this year.It's not. Look at the team and tell me who the best defender is. I'd say Reed or an injured Hass. When you don't have the defenders, no amount of coaching will help. We're smaller and less athletic than previous years. It's team construction, not coaching.
Yeah Flagg is imaginaryRelying on a freshman to be your #1 option is probably not going to work out
They really are - and you see what happens when you try to turn a freshman 3 into your go to playmaker. It’s why we shouldn’t expect Braylon Mullins to come in here next year and be the messiah. It won’t happen.This 100. Adjustments need to be made based on personnel. The one play where they were down 4 with the ball, after they cut 17 pt lead, and they had a shot clock violation because players were standing around trying to figure out what to do got me PO'ed.
I was in Hawaii to see the games live. They have improved, but they still have the same issues that they had in Hawaii.
McDermott is a classy guyBased on the post game interview and lip reading the altercation between McDermott and Murray, he seems to have taken exception to Hurley’s “2 rings” comment, and defended that his guys felt disrespected by it
You can see him saying something like “come on man, you came to your place and *points at finger * said two rings.” Then Murray says “I didn’t say that”
What did the sun do to deserve him?someone launch this dude into the sun
And got boat raced by Iowa St before we ever met themThis season feels too similar to 2012, like when we drew the Anthony Davis Kentucky team in our bracket.
And our commissioner will do nothing about it. The refs have been disgraceful all season.Listen, we shot ourselves in the foot but those two straight out of bounds calls that were botched and were blatantly obvious real time from TV were absolutely unacceptable from refs in the BET. Just can’t happen.
We played defense the 2nd half. Just can't let the first half happen.
We have the 14th ranked offense…Huh??? UConn's offensive scheme is aweful.
They really are - and you see what happens when you try to turn a freshman 3 into your go to playmaker. It’s why we shouldn’t expect Braylon Mullins to come in here next year and be the messiah. It won’t happen.
Lots of issues with the roster, all have been beaten to death over the season and haven’t changed. Why you don’t get too high on thinking you’ve become a defensive bees nest overnight in the last 5% of season against a Neptune offense. This team has only had one formula to go long - our three shooters get hot and Tarris is a staple.
Samson can look great against the Hall, a centerless Marquette, but if you want to prepare for real teams you play the one chip you have to gain advantage. Thats Tarris. He is the only true plus player on the team, when he’s on. He bullied the BEDPOY today and changed the game. The key was getting him mentally ready to be on as often as possible - instead we abandoned him for Samson. Samson Johnson is fools gold.
The frequency of AK not being able to close out on a 3pt shooter is nuts. And when he got close he fouled.Karaban having an atrocious all around game the night after having one of his best of the season is rough. Refs were awful but we just made way too many errors and could never hit the big shot when we had chances. We are what we’ve been all year; maddeningly inconsistent
I wasn't serious of course, and the selection committee wouldn't do that, but I would be fine with KU or UNC. Neither really scare me, and we are better playing a high profile team from a mental psyche standpoint.I think it would probably be Kansas or UNC, even though I don't think UNC should be in the tournament
Take a look a St Mary’s. They are good at defense every year and have way less natural talent than UConThis. We’re not athletic and we don’t have a top notch rim protector to cover up for it. It’s a tough combo.
I love the guy but Hurley brings that out everywhere he goes. Spends more time on the refs then strategy. Thank god for sister and ClinganI am in complete agreement. McD has no justification there