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CCSUBlue92 said:
Not true. They lost to the 6-seed (Wagner) who was on a heater--beating the 3-seed (Sacred Heart), then the co-champ (CCSU), then the other co-champ (Merrimack) all on the road...and then defeating a talented Howard team in the play-in game of the NCAA tournament. Those things happen. Not happening this year though.
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I will be pulling for CCSU to make the Big Dance. I would love to see at least 3 Connecticut teams in the NCAAT this year and not in the same bracket.
 
bendm said:
How do they not play remotely the same position? Mahaney may have been brought in to play PG but it’s clear he isnt one, he’s a SG, and Brea is a SG/SF so there’s more positional overlap than not. Brea would come off the bench here too and he wouldn’t have solved our backup PG problem but at least we’d have an 8 man rotation.
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One is a ball handler. The other is a spot up shooter. Mahaney isn’t a pg. But in theory he’s a secondary ball handler at least. Brea would’ve solved none of our issues. I don’t think we have 1 more win with Brea.
 
AntG168 said:
One is a ball handler. The other is a spot up shooter. Mahaney isn’t a pg. But in theory he’s a secondary ball handler at least. Brea would’ve solved none of our issues. I don’t think we have 1 more win with Brea.
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Not getting Brea was a miss even if it wasn’t him or Mahaney.

For example, if we had Brea instead of Ross then we’d have an 8 man rotation. Still no backup PG but We’ve lost our 5 BE games by a combined 18 pts. That’s an average of 3.6 ppg. Ross is averaging 3 ppg and scored a total of 5 pts in those 5 games. Brea is averaging 11 ppg. There’s 1 more win in there with Brea on the roster, at least
 
bendm said:
Not getting Brea was clearly a miss even if it wasn’t him or Mahaney.

For example, if we had Brea instead of Ross then we’d have an 8 man rotation. Still no backup PG but We’ve lost our 5 BE games by a combined 18 pts. That’s an average of 3.6 ppg. Brea is averaging 11 ppg. Ross is averaging 3 ppg and scored a total of 5 pts in those 5 games. There’s at least 1 more win in there with Brea.
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You’re assuming it’s Ross. What if it was Solo? Who is a better player. Solo, Ross and Stewart are best friends. So what if it ended up being solo and Stewart? We don’t know why Hurley and staff thought it wasn’t worth it. You’re guessing
 
AntG168 said:
You’re assuming it’s Ross. What if it was Solo? Who is a better player. Solo, Ross and Stewart are best friends. So what if it ended up being solo and Stewart? We don’t know why Hurley and staff thought it wasn’t worth it. You’re guessing
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It most likely woulda been. Like Pope, Hurley coulda made it clear Brea would come off the bench like he does at UK with Ball as the starter. Stew plays a different position most of the time. Hurley was obviously blowing hot air about Ross all summer.
 
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AntG168 said:
One is a ball handler. The other is a spot up shooter. Mahaney isn’t a pg. But in theory he’s a secondary ball handler at least. Brea would’ve solved none of our issues. I don’t think we have 1 more win with Brea.
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I don’t care but we would have 1 more win at least with an almost 50% 3 pt shooter but it’s all hindsight no matter.
 
bendm said:
It most likely woulda been. Hurley coulda made it clear Brea would come off the bench like he does at UK with Ball as the starter. Stew plays a different position. Hurley was obviously blowing hot air about Ross all summer.
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You literally have no way of knowing this lmao. I’ll tell you this, you don’t know what you think you know. I have reason to believe that you’re wrong in your assumption. Ross is not who Hurley was afraid of losing. But we can’t have that conversation here.
 
AntG168 said:
You literally have no way of knowing this lmao. I’ll tell you this, you don’t know what you think you know. I have reason to believe that you’re wrong in your assumption. Ross is not who Hurley was afraid of losing. But we can’t have that conversation here.
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And you know that how? pope wasn’t afraid of losing Robinson or Oweh. Why should Hurley have been afraid of losing ball or stew? We have a 7 man rotation for crying out loud. I don’t wanna play captain hindsight anymore after this but you’re certainty about these alternative realities is also mainly guessing
 
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bendm said:
And you know that how? I don’t wanna okay captain hindsight but you’re not even acknowledging the alternatives
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Whispers. There’s a few guys he had to re-recruit this offseason. One specifically who you wouldn’t wanted to have lost because of Brea. And it wasn’t a one for one. I’ve already hinted. Solo, Ross and Stewart are BEST friends. Storrs central also hinted at guys(plural) that may have left. Do with that what you will.

Remember Stewie came from Washington. Solo and Ross are like family to him away from home is what’s been said. One guy leaving creates a domino effect.
 
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Purdue's season has gone in the crapper. Lost to IU by double digits after leading by 12 at halftime.
 
bendm said:
I’d still trade seasons with them
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True but Purdue fans would trade the last 2 seasons losing to a 16 seed and having a team that in most years wins it all. I guess this is the trade off that ya take.
 
New Haven native and ex-Xavier player Desmond Claude dropped 30 but USC lost by 10 to Rutgers.

Kid is having a great year averaging over 15 a game on just about 50% shooting.
 
yungdowork said:
New Haven native and ex-Xavier player Desmond Claude dropped 30 but USC lost by 10 to Rutgers.

Kid is having a great year averaging over 15 a game on just about 50% shooting.
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I've thought about Claude for the transfer portal. He great at getting in the lane and finishing and he has great size for a point. Negatives- he turns it over too much and while his outside shot has improved he takes few of them. He would certainly be an upgrade at point guard over what we have though.
 
yungdowork said:
New Haven native and ex-Xavier player Desmond Claude dropped 30 but USC lost by 10 to Rutgers.

Kid is having a great year averaging over 15 a game on just about 50% shooting.
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He would have been better off staying at Xavier, at least they still have a shot at an NCCA tournament bid. USC not so much.
 
AntG168 said:
Whispers. There’s a few guys he had to re-recruit this offseason. One specifically who you wouldn’t wanted to have lost because of Brea. And it wasn’t a one for one. I’ve already hinted. Solo, Ross and Stewart are BEST friends. Storrs central also hinted at guys(plural) that may have left. Do with that what you will.

Remember Stewie came from Washington. Solo and Ross are like family to him away from home is what’s been said. One guy leaving creates a domino effect.
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How is Dan Hurley going to handle it this off season? I understand the best friend BS but if push comes to shove, they know life isn't a package deal and if they love the game and want to play where it is the best fit, they know there isn't more than a low D1 school who will take all 3.
Scuttlebutt has it that both Roos and Stewie (closer to home) are looking elsewhere as is AN and AM. What does Dan Hurley do with AK? the kid has played himself out of even G League contention at this point.
 
Kolumbo said:
really nowhere to put this but I thought it was so sad it should do somewhere. Not sure who most to blame, the coaches, the refs, or the kid?

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not the NBA but ridiculous coaching provided to these kids
 
gtcam said:
How is Dan Hurley going to handle it this off season? I understand the best friend BS but if push comes to shove, they know life isn't a package deal and if they love the game and want to play where it is the best fit, they know there isn't more than a low D1 school who will take all 3.
Scuttlebutt has it that both Roos and Stewie (closer to home) are looking elsewhere as is AN and AM. What does Dan Hurley do with AK? the kid has played himself out of even G League contention at this point.
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Can't discuss this here
 
gtcam said:
How is Dan Hurley going to handle it this off season? I understand the best friend BS but if push comes to shove, they know life isn't a package deal and if they love the game and want to play where it is the best fit, they know there isn't more than a low D1 school who will take all 3.
Scuttlebutt has it that both Roos and Stewie (closer to home) are looking elsewhere as is AN and AM. What does Dan Hurley do with AK? the kid has played himself out of even G League contention at this point.
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Tankathon mocked Karaban going #30 in their most recent draft. Another (albeit less known) mock draft had him going #28.
 
MJ1 said:
He would have been better off staying at Xavier, at least they still have a shot at an NCCA tournament bid. USC not so much.
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Paid a bunch of money to play basketball and live in LA surrounded by B1G sorority girls? Or make less money to go to a Catholic school in suburban Cincy? That's a no brainer.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Paid a bunch of money to play basketball and live in LA surrounded by B1G sorority girls? Or make less money to go to a Catholic school in suburban Cincy? That's a no brainer.
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I remember the days when winning and going to NCAA tournament meant something. Oh well! New era.
 
MJ1 said:
I remember the days when winning and going to NCAA tournament meant something. Oh well! New era.
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Well they're not really winning and definitely not going to the NCAA tournament
 
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