Florida post game thread

[QDOG5]

better to get it off my chest here than carry it with me all day…

I’ll go outside and touch grass now.

Go out and work up a good sweat. Take a couple of hours break from the Yard. Or more if you wish.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I guess it would have been easier to take if they wiped our buts. But, we gave it away is what hurts. Thank you seniors and good luck !

Nah that’s not true. We watched our guys go toe to toe with one of the best teams in the country. We didn’t pull it out, but if I watched AK, Solo, Samson, Diarra, etc get trounced that would have sucked. They can hold their heads up high.

 

[Tdaley]

Good Game. Thank you seniors! We”ll be back next year. No need to blame anyone for the loss. Kids played tough and the coaches were Elite.

100 percent!!! On to next year!

 

[slepers]

Wow, some of our fans......

Many here don't deserve the success we've seen over the decades

couldnt agree more

 

[ec33]

Man you are unbearable.

But ignorable. An opportunity I just made use of.

 

[NHUConnfan]

I was in and out of chat. There were hate messages?? Some of our fans are the worst.

Lots of people saying regretful things trying to pin the blame on someone...

It's one thing to be upset as a fan, but it was starting to drift into a territory that was beyond that.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There is no good way to end a run like the one UConn had, but going out clawing and fighting for our basketball lives is the best of the bad choices.

Nice work coaches and players.

 

[Scoe]

It hurts but not to the level of 94, sure we lost it but Florida did take it from us give them credit.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Would say it was a “complete” game. 8/30 from three is horrendous.

McNeeley is not close to an NBA player. Guy needs a lot of work and should stay.

I think we all need to relax on McNeeley. I don’t think he was 100% after coming back, maybe the first game back but the high ankle sprains can linger. He must have tweaked it or after his playing time ramped up he started having issues. You saw it at the end of the game he probably was trying to hide it until then. Just like Hurley said we played with honor we lost with honor. I like this side of Hurley better when we get to see it.

He really loves those players and he is 110% in on their development and getting them places that are not easy to reach.

Come tomorrow there will be a lot to discuss.

Someone said it best already. Disappointed but not angry. I wish we could hav a few of those critical possessions back but it don’t work like that you have to live with the outcome in real life. We have not felt this is in over 1,000 days thank you coach Hurley for giving us the best three years we could have asked for and look forward to next year and the new version of our team.

 

[NHUConnfan]

Hurley is pretty broken up, he's clearly been crying a lot since the game ended. He coached his arse off today.

We are so fortunate to have him as our HC. I like our chances any year with him at the helm.

 

[upstater]

Karaban's reverse is what did it. No need for that, just go straight up.

Hi got hammered

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Hurley is pretty broken up, he's clearly been crying a lot since the game ended. He coached his arse off today.

I loved that interview. He lives this stuff. He was great today.

Bummer of a loss but proud of these kids for answering the bell.

 

[my2cents]

Effort= 100%
Everything else was just not that good. Many chances to go up 8/9 points that never happened.
Not being able to grab the ball really hurts.

 

[aceboon]

A game like today will send Solo into overdrive this offseason, and even with his struggles he still made yet another clutch game tying 3. 1st team All BE and an All American caliber season will be on deck next year.

 

[DRBackup]

They competed their behinds off and their shot quality was better than Florida's, the inability to hit open shots killed them all season and it was there again today.

I feared with the way McNeeley was going the past couple of weeks that Dan's unlimited rope with him was gonna cost them big and it did today. I know Stewie had the missed reverse that he forced but it ain't like we didn't see McNeeley do the same thing multiple times today, Stewie needed more minutes in the 2nd half. I hope what we saw today and all season doesn't have repercussions for next year's roster.

Meh. Karaban, McNeeley, and Ball all shot about the same behind the arc. It wasn't just on one guy at all

 

[SwingDog]

Great overall effort, and very proud. Disappointed we couldn't close it out, but the guys left all out there on the floor. This is the best I have felt after a loss all season. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the off season, and to next season as well.

 

[Tommyboy]

This is going to sting for a bit. Had it and let it get away. Gonna miss Samson.

 

[ddent68]

All the finger pointing is pretty lame. A winnable game that's a fact but we didn’t. I’m proud of this team and that’s not claiming any moral victory. They just showed Hurley crying over these guys because of how much he loves them. Reminds me that it’s not all about winning. Obviously I don’t know any of the players but they have always seemed like a close knit really likable bunch and they should be proud of how hard they worked.

 

[CTBasketball]

Hurley’s gameplan gave us a real good shot to win.

Talent won that game. We didn’t have it.

 

[aceboon]

Meh. Karaban, McNeeley, and Ball all shot about the same behind the arc. It wasn't just on one guy at all

I didn't blame it all one guy, just because I commented on him doesn't mean I'm blaming it solely on him. When I said missed open shots that applied to all of them

 

[sledog]

The manhatten I'm sucking down is not celebratory.

 

[QDOG5]

Duke after Back to Backs 18-13 One win in the tourney
Florida after B to B's 24-12 no wins in the tourney
UConn's run was very similar. Todays game was edge of your seat good. I thought UConn played a great game and just didn't execute at crunch time.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

3 key moments

Up 6 fast break jstew goes reverse instead of straight up misses.

Alex missed reverse instead of going straight up

Up 3 steal but then the turnover.

Convert anyone of those this is a different game

Don't forget Diarra missing an open layup earlier and then later passing the ball out to Ball who lost it.

 

[Hunt for 7]

We had wider open 3’s than normal but Liam was 2-8, Alex 2-9, Solo 2-9. Miracle it was that close and a ton of layups missed.

Our defense was really good today. Probably best defensive game of the year. Most of their shots were contested. We missed wide open threes and you just can’t do that when you are an 8 playing a one. Tough game but we will be back.

 

[blkknight1]

In the end it came down to the fact they had a closer we didn't. Disappointed but not angry. Can't win it all every year