DePaul Post Game Thread

[3rdbass]

Demary not turning the ball over makes this team a real threat. You can see and feel his confidence growing. A very talented point guard in an offense that is tricky to be the point guard in.

His drives help balance our offense. We didn't have that last year.

 

[cp176]

Mullins moving up on the offensive option list was a real good move. In his last two games, I think that we have really seen the player that he is. He does things the right way. What an incredible talent.

 

[3rdbass]

Leading rebounder was Mullins, the kid does everything well. He made two steals at the end of the game when we were pulling away. No disrespect to Liam or maybe even Castle, I think he is better than both as a freshman. Yes he is not the physical specimen that Steph was but he is a better basketball player.

I think he is going to be a superstar at the next level.

Better shooter but better basketball player? I'm not sure about that. Steph won the NBA Rookie year of the year last year for a reason and is having people comapre his game to Shai for a reason after playing even better this season. I do agree about being better than Liam but I never was a big fan of McNeeley's game.

 

[uconn_jack]

How do we square having one of the best resumes in the country, but sitting 9th in KenPom? One spot below an Illinois team we manhandled. I have to think we’re better than metrics indicate

Good team that wins games, but doesn’t step on throats of opponents worse than us

Because of the stupid margin of victory variable.

 

[storrsroars]

Hurley must not care about resume analytics at all. Marvin of Victory matters a ton

 

[cp176]

Leading rebounder was Mullins, the kid does everything well. He made two steals at the end of the game when we were pulling away. No disrespect to Liam or maybe even Castle, I think he is better than both as a freshman. Yes he is not the physical specimen that Steph was but he is a better basketball player.

I think he is going to be a superstar at the next level.

Looked like two steals in one transition. He sees the floor incredibly. Him getting the minutes and more touches has allowed me to see for sure what others have said about him. He is truly gifted to go along with being a typical UCONN unselfish good teammate.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Better shooter but better basketball player? I'm not sure about that. Steph won the NBA Rookie year of the year last year for a reason and is having people comapre his game to Shai for a reason after playing even better this season.

I get your point but there is dare I say a Larry Birdish feel to Mullins game. In the NBA you have to be able to hit the three to be a superstar so far that is a weakness with Steph. Mullins by the end of the year is going to be nearly impossible to deal with for opponents.

 

[Dove]

Well our defensive metrics will take a hit.

It's January something. Who cares?

 

[Slick]

Hurley must not care about resume analytics at all. Marvin of Victory matters a ton, yet they consistently take their foot off the gas at the end of games.

I don’t think he wants to risk injury to our starters. Lot of times players get hurt when you have a big lead and he doesn’t want Mullins or Karaban to miss the NCAA tournament .

 

[EricSD]

seems odd that the "footer" to your post misses the last two championships

Been trying to fix it for a while. I guess i had to shorten it way down and shrink the fonts.

 

[bendm]

Nor should he. At this point we have the inside track to the East #1 seed. We control our destiny. If we don’t get it then something will have gone wrong between now and selection Sunday.

 

[prankster]

I like Stewart as we know he has offensive moves but he does almost nothing on offense in the last few games. He has to be more active like Ross is when he comes in. He doesn't have an urgent bone in his body and that hinders him on offense.

He plays a different game than you apperciate.

 

[3rdbass]

He plays a different game than you apperciate.

I appreciate when he hustles and plays good D but he has to do more on offense than sit in at the free throw line most of the game. He really had a bad game on both sides of the ball this one.

 

[UCan3]

I'm happy for the win but i missed when we used to step on teams throats. I hate the sloppy play that the last 5 minutes of our blowouts have become. It's just bad basketball. Period.

I’ll take the win at Providence and a small end of game lapse today all day long….

Remember Michigan went down today - that could have been us.

What I didn’t like today is we didn’t really take foot of pedal w/ lineup and they were blowing by our guys - that we can’t allow regardless of score.

But complaining about a double digit win - that is good problem to have - let it continue!

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Question for the experts here. What’s worse for the metrics: winning by only 12 to DePaul or losing to Wisconsin at home?

Only half joking

 

[cp176]

Better shooter but better basketball player? I'm not sure about that. Steph won the NBA Rookie year of the year last year for a reason and is having people comapre his game to Shai for a reason after playing even better this season. I do agree about being better than Liam but I never was a big fan of McNeeley's game.

Castle was as good a freshman defender as there was in the country. We have been blessed to have both of them.

 

[cp176]

I get your point but there is dare I say a Larry Birdish feel to Mullins game. In the NBA you have to be able to hit the three to be a superstar so far that is a weakness with Steph. Mullins by the end of the year is going to be nearly impossible to deal with for opponents.

I’ve said to many of my friends that his instincts remind me of Bird. I don’t say it loudly out of respect for Bird. Best instincts that I have ever seen on any court anywhere.

 

[80shusky]

 

[80shusky]

Nope. DePaul has sucked for 20+ years and they don't suck anymore. The culture was a disaster and Holtmann has changed that, he's going to coach his team for 40 minutes. Hurley respects it.

He's a great coach. I'd love to see him get DePaul to be consistently good.

 

[uconngb]

Question for the experts here. What’s worse for the metrics: winning by only 12 to DePaul or losing to Wisconsin at home?

Only half joking

Well if you’re Michigan it doesn’t matter because you are just so damn good

 

[phillionaire]

Question for the experts here. What’s worse for the metrics: winning by only 12 to DePaul or losing to Wisconsin at home?

Only half joking

Michigan lost to the team that beat Michigan obviously it’s a quality loss

 

[freshler40]

Hurley must not care about resume analytics at all. Marvin of Victory matters a ton, yet they consistently take their foot off the gas at the end of games.

Not at Providence.

 

[freshler40]

I like Stewart as we know he has offensive moves but he does almost nothing on offense in the last few games. He has to be more active like Ross is when he comes in. He doesn't have an urgent bone in his body and that hinders him on offense.

Amen. Much too passive for his court time.

 

[Candyman]

Demary not turning the ball over makes this team a real threat. You can see and feel his confidence growing. A very talented point guard in an offense that is tricky to be the point guard in.

I agree but he actually had 4 turnovers today and only 4 assists.

 

[ucp990411]

In my opinion it was more being safe - lead was down to 14, and if we turned the ball over in the backcourt a couple more times, it could have led to some anxiety.

Come on. It was clearly a message to the subs. Especially Furphy. Lazy turnover. Then he put the subs back in minus Furphy

 

[ucp990411]

Much better 2nd half from Solo. He needs to create his own shot & beat his guy off the dribble and establish a mid-range game if he has any hope of raising his play to the next level. Relying solely on a jump-shot, perimeter game wont work as teams are scheming against him. Hope he figures it out. or else this offense wont work with AK & Mullins as much better shooters.

Basically, this team went through the motions today and beat a team soundly they should have beat soundly. The final score was closer than the game played out in the 2nd half, but it may hurt ranking in March.

Have you watched any games this year?

 

[freescooter]

Hurley must not care about resume analytics at all. Marvin of Victory matters a ton, yet they consistently take their foot off the gas at the end of games.

He doesn’t. And he is right. Most important metric is W-L. The rest is a bunch of nonsense to make guys who have never been competitive athletes feel important.

I don’t like the way we seem to play to the level of our competition, but again, winning isn’t the most important thing, it’s the only important thing.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Yup. Should have pushed the 22 point lead to 30 not win by 12

Hurley tried to give some bench guys some mins up 22 with 2:00 to go & they faltered & got pulled right away not worried about only winning by 12 game was never in question

 

[freescooter]

Look at the end of this game and then OT against Providence who dropped 97 on us. Thats why.

Always remember in 1999 Duke won the metric national championship. I forget which one even gave them an award. I’ll take the one we won, thanks.

 

[uh-no]

Always remember in 1999 Duke won the metric national championship. I forget which one even gave them an award. I’ll take the one we won, thanks.

duke hangs banners for #1 rankings at the end of the year...not including the post-championship poll. You can see the 1999 banner in this picture: https://www.rateyourseats.com/shared/cameronindoorstadium-venue-20191218_7997.jpg

Still not as bad as the "NIT 3rd place" which used to hang in the dean dome, but still pretty cringe.