This also could finally be the release of finally losing games that we played to lose. Could be a rough next 2 weeks since we’ve figured out to square the outcome with the performance.Believe it or not, the best thing to happen to this team will be this loss. Less of a target, more playing uphill. I'm not trying to sugar coat it. I think they'd start playing better if they weren't waiting to fall off that tight rope theyve been walking.
(P.S. this season has been like 5 years long with a twilight zone feel to it)
Agreed. We probably lose in the second round if this is who they are. Maybe first.This team has serious issues that we don't have much time to fix.
Any fan who says,"BuT wE ArE 24-3" are completely delusional. This team will be lucky to make it out of the first weekend.
That lineup to start the second half did pretty well. Not sure why we changed it 4 minutes in.Not shocked. We've been waiting for this to happen for the entirety of the conference season and now it has.
We're really not very good.
But worse, we're not very good by design. Our best rotations are rotations that we avoid because we feel some kind of obligation to certain players.
Anyway, that's the one seed done.
Was that with Ross at the 4?That lineup to start the second half did pretty well. Not sure why we changed it 4 minutes in.
I always have to preface this with saying I love AK but Hurley uses him as a crutch and the fawning over him by coach and the media has never come close to what he actually is as a player. He's talked about like he's Bill Walton when in reality he was the 6th and 5th best player on the championship teams and he's the 4th best player on this team.Not shocked. We've been waiting for this to happen for the entirety of the conference season and now it has.
We're really not very good.
But worse, we're not very good by design. Our best rotations are rotations that we avoid because we feel some kind of obligation to certain players.
Anyway, that's the one seed done.
So, low first rounder?AK looked liked someone’s dad out there. He seriously looks too slow and had zero defense. He’s so timid. Not a great leader out there, most importantly. Did nothing to show he had any kind of fight.
McDermot has Hurley's number. He out coaches him all the time.Creighton still has UConn’s number
The way he was carving 'em up early was masterful, then we went away from attacking the paint (him and TR) and settling for jumpers and ill-advised threes. This team juat has no flow state.I like how hard Demary plays.... all I got
I knew 2014 and this is no 2014 team.March 8, 2014.
Louisville 81 UConn 48.
Lost the last regular season game.
March 15, 2014
Louisville 71 UConn 61.
Lost the ACC tournament game.
April 7,2014
UConn 60 Kentucky 54
National Champions
Trying to provide some perspective here because I remember reading these same kind of quotes after the losses in 2014.
It was the lineup you asked for in Silas Mullins Ross AK ReedWas that with Ross at the 4?
AACMarch 8, 2014.
Louisville 81 UConn 48.
Lost the last regular season game.
March 15, 2014
Louisville 71 UConn 61.
Lost the ACC tournament game.
April 7,2014
UConn 60 Kentucky 54
National Champions
Trying to provide some perspective here because I remember reading these same kind of quotes after the losses in 2014.
AK is injured? When did that happen?I always have to preface this with saying I love AK but Hurley uses him as a crutch and the fawning over him by coach and the media has never come close to what he actually is as a player. He's talked about like he's Bill Walton when in reality he was the 6th and 5th best player on the championship teams and he's the 4th best player on this team.
I don't want to hear he's playing on a bad leg excuse, if he's hurt and can't contribute then don't play him. AK has been ghosting and taking halves off for many of our games as a 4 year + player/leader.
You mean Ross right, instead of Reed?The Silas-Solo-Braylon-AK-TR starting lineup.
It's too duplicative and you end up with three guys waiting around for Silas to get them the ball for a three. And when you have a very high volume shooter like Solo who really does not add much if he's not scoring, the lineup does not work that well.
I've wanted them to break that lineup up with Reed or Stewart. You add a bigger body on defense and for rebounding and he's not going to sit and wait on his shot. E.g. We looked our best in the second half when we started with Reed in for Solo. Once Solo came back, he immediately front rimmed a long three and the Creighton run began.
…. Or without fireThey deserved this loss. They've been playing with fire for so long and getting away with it. Atrocious defense. Were they even trying?
Hopefully a wake up call and they win the next 2.
We didn't play with a faster pace. Only Creighton did and with our pathtic offense we still tried to slow down the game when we should of been running. It wasn't like Creighton had better Athletes than us.The BYers wishing for a faster pace got their wish.
How did that work out for you?
I think you meant Ross not Reed. Understandably brain fatigue from watching that mess. I thought we were done talking about Stewart starting for Ball? What the heck, why not start both Stew and Ross. Neither Solo or Karaban showed up tonight.The Silas-Solo-Braylon-AK-TR starting lineup.
It's too duplicative and you end up with three guys waiting around for Silas to get them the ball for a three. And when you have a very high volume shooter like Solo who really does not add much if he's not scoring, the lineup does not work that well.
I've wanted them to break that lineup up with Reed or Stewart. You add a bigger body on defense and for rebounding and he's not going to sit and wait on his shot. E.g. We looked our best in the second half when we started with Reed in for Solo. Once Solo came back, he immediately front rimmed a long three and the Creighton run began.
This board was telling me a few weeks ago AK playing 35+ minutes was a necessity lolI always have to preface this with saying I love AK but Hurley uses him as a crutch and the fawning over him by coach and the media has never come close to what he actually is as a player. He's talked about like he's Bill Walton when in reality he was the 6th and 5th best player on the championship teams and he's the 4th best player on this team.
I don't want to hear he's playing on a bad leg excuse, if he's hurt and can't contribute then don't play him. AK has been ghosting and taking halves off for many of our games as a 4 year + player/leader.