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navery12 said:
We will absolutely be in the mix next year, this team should be playing the second weekend based on what we have coming back
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It all depends on how the players develop especially Jax, Sanogo, and Gaffney.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Arizona had better athleticism than Nova but nowhere near the discipline.
Hurley said two things in the pregame that were on the money,
Nova makes less mistakes than your going to make and if you let them jump out to a lead coming back is extremely difficult. This was a pretty green Houston team playing under that kind of pressure. Elite 8 games maybe more pressure than FF. I think when Nova popped out in front a little panic set in and shooters kind of got a little desperate. That’s a death knell
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Yup. Nova plays at a really slow pace meaning less possessions a game which means there is more pressure on each shot and each possession. Some players can’t handle that
 
If St. Peter's isn't going to get that call they're totally screwed.
 
3RingsCT said:
We are pretty far away, going by next years roster.

Building a program takes time. Took Calhoun 14 years at UCONN before he won. However, had good tournament runs from 1990 on.

Can’t mix and match recent players. Doesn’t work that way.

It’s incredibly hard to win. Bill Self hasn’t won in 14 years, yet they are always in the mix.

I just want UCONN in the mix.
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It’s not at all fair to say “took Calhoun 14 years to win.” Depends in what winning is because Sweet 26s and Elite 8s were numerous after the Dream Season until the first big one. Out in the round of 64 were few and far between.

Again depends on what winning means to a fan I know I would’ve been good with a win or 2 this year. At least a competitive performance in the 32, but just making it will get old fast. Not making it won’t cut it at all.
 
Bad start for St. Peter's. Missed open 3s, already 2 fouls. Refs will work hard to get their UNC-Dook semi.
 
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3RingsCT said:
Watching Kansas dismantle Miami shows me just how far away we are to being back there.
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None of these teams look good this year in the tournament outside of Duke the last 45 minutes of play.

Hurley screwed up with roster construction and we were clearly down a guard or two. This stuff about us being so far away is nonsense.
 
AntG168 said:
Ahhhh I disagree. We finished top 3 in a very good conference. We were very clearly and solidly a top 20 team in my opinion. A very clear step above Marquette, seton Hall, creighton(except the last 2 weeks). We just were a clear step below the top 10-15 teams. So 16-20(a second weekend team) was about how we performed. The first round loss puts a mean spaghetti stain on the entire season I think. But we played to expectations
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Agree with the first part - when we played well and were clicking I think we were a second weekend team easy. I don’t even need to think about it. But when we played bad, which happened way too often, we were barely a top 50 team. Average it out to 20-30 best for the season.

I feel like the first round loss was repeated multiple times throughout the season in how bad we played (Michigan St, PC, NMSU, Creighton 2x, Villanova). Our bad was so bad. But our good was really good.
 
3RingsCT said:
We are pretty far away, going by next years roster.

Building a program takes time. Took Calhoun 14 years at UCONN before he won. However, had good tournament runs from 1990 on.

Can’t mix and match recent players. Doesn’t work that way.

It’s incredibly hard to win. Bill Self hasn’t won in 14 years, yet they are always in the mix.

I just want UCONN in the mix.
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Disagree we are far. Agree that the goal is “being in the mix”. Get to the second weekend and see what happens.

There are a lot of ways to do that. UConn is strong in two of the most critical things, defense and rebounding. Shooting is going to leave you at some point and defense and rebounding is what keeps you in the game. Next year’s team has some potential pieces that make it very interesting. Not far away at all.
 
navery12 said:
We will absolutely be in the mix next year, this team should be playing the second weekend based on what we have coming back
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Not with the 2022 versions of themselves (Gaffney and AJ). If the NCAA showed anything it's that there are a lot of good players and teams out there. The BE will be a battle next year, never mind 2nd weekend of the NCAA's.
Freshmen mostly didn't play, Hawkins was getting better but getting banged can't help. New guys becoming starters/big contributors is tough. Any St Peter's guards going to be available?:)
Sanogo isn't Wilt (not sure he's even Kofi), he needs space and shooters.
I'm probably over hyped by Mora and the football guys and under hyped by my view of how Hurley sees the best strategy to win.
 
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Husky68 said:
Not with the 2022 versions of themselves (Gaffney and AJ). If the NCAA showed anything it's that there are a lot of good players and teams out there. The BE will be a battle next year, never mind 2nd weekend of the NCAA's.
Freshmen mostly didn't play, Hawkins was getting better but getting banged can't help. New guys becoming starters/big contributors is tough. Any St Peter's guards going to be available?:)
Sanogo isn't Wilt (not sure he's even Kofi), he needs space and shooters.
I'm probably over hyped by Mora and the football guys and under hyped by my view of how Hurley sees the best strategy to win.
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There's a lot of word salad here, but I stopped reading when you listed Gaffney and AJ together. Says all I need to know
 
the Q said:
Both nova and Kansas are top 25 defensively on kenpom
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And they're also both top 10 offensively too. They play a fluid, modern offense. We play an archaic, slow moving, 2 big offense. It's terrible and boring
 
mauconnfan said:
It’s not at all fair to say “took Calhoun 14 years to win.” Depends in what winning is because Sweet 26s and Elite 8s were numerous after the Dream Season until the first big one. Out in the round of 64 were few and far between.

Again depends on what winning means to a fan I know I would’ve been good with a win or 2 this year. At least a competitive performance in the 32, but just making it will get old fast. Not making it won’t cut it at all.
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Yeah, I made mention that Calhoun made many good tournament runs from 1990 on.

I would have been happy with a win or two this year.

Two years in a row out as a higher seed in the opening round is not good.

On topic, UNC looking good.
 
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Yeah...at the end of the day this is who St. Peters is. Just completely outmatched in every way. Sucks it's giving us the most nightmarish final four of all time
 
BugsyCT said:
This is looking a lot like a P5 blueblood beating a MAAC team.
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Sadly yes. The size of UNC is affecting St Peter’s shooters. And if Manek and Love keep making shots fro the perimeter St Peter’s has no chance
 
BugsyCT said:
This is looking a lot like a P5 blueblood beating a MAAC team.
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It looks like Davis decided to take them seriously. I don’t think anybody else did. Carolina looks very prepared.
 
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