Georgetown Post Game Thread

[sledog]

Another 10 (final) minute slide from dd lead to ??

 

[slepers]

For sure partly on Hurley, but Hass has to at least attempt to get a better look that trying to take his man off the bounce every possession. When we’re going our best, we’re still running offense and getting decent looks in those bleed the clock situations. None of that today.

agree, run it down but start a play with 15 left on clock, it doesn’t have to stay in haas’s hands

 

[gsmooth]

I think Solo can. Definitely has a better chance at getting a shot than Diarra. We're bailing the defense out everytime he has the ball in that situation. He needs to understand that he's a table setter. He has no business trying to create offense for himself.

he is not really trying to create for himself. Hass is pass first guy. The problem is the other guys stop moving so they don't get open which means Hass has to hoist the shot up.

It's why I cringed when I read the responses on here blaming Hass for the last second miss against Colorado. I am sure you guys could've seen it on TV, but I was there in the bleachers in Maui for that game and had a much better view of the floor than Hass and I didn't see anyone open who he could confidently get the ball to without a deflection. A deflection in that situation would've meant a loss as the time would have run out and UConn wouldn't have gotten a shot up, which is worse.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Good win. Now a full week off to get healthy and ready for creighton. I agree that the end of game anti-basketball is not great long term though. As some others have mentioned, why not just run your normal offense. We usually shoot deep into the shot clock anyway.

 

[Hi-Low]

Like clockwork, people complain about the end of game offense. That was one of the best games we've played this year. The last few minutes doesn't change that

I agree...but still 8 mins is too long to run no offense at all. The game was another minute of that strategy away from being a 1 possession game.

 

[ctchamps]

Best minutes in the first half were with the line up of Mahaney, Samson, Ross, Alex and Ball.

Ross played excellent defense on Peavy. Did not have one up fake mistake. Mahaney, Ross and Solo all played well defensively.

Nowell and Hassan frustrated Mack the entire second half until the dogs were called off.

Samson was the best center in this game for both teams.

Great to see Alex come alive. Ball is an incredible 3 pt shooter again.

Hopefully the sophomores continue this upward trend.

This was the silver lining that we hoped would come from Liam’s injury.

 

[Scrappy3]

It’s like some of them just stared watching a Hurley coached team. It’s been his strategy since he’s been here

Great game

 

[AllHusky]

Ross and Sam opened my eyes
Mahaney had moments both ways
Ball AK awesome
Nowell needs 15 min at least
Need to define how to run it with Reed in, never looks like he is a major option
Stew can’t make it happen twice in a row, is he too thinky?
Hassan allowed a tough game, his role and importance to the success of team has doubled? tripled?? since last year

It’s there, kids have to grab it by the throat

Hurley should have let them play full throttle to the end. They’d have had a blast!

 

[Scottobot]

Sloppy first half, great second 15 or so, and then yuck. I get it was a big lead but Hass…. What was that?

Still a great reminder of how good this team is when they’re on.

Exactly my thoughts. UConn either plays great or awful. Last 6 minutes of game was some of worst basketball I’ve seen. Did they even hit the rim on shots in the last 5 minutes of game? 3 or 4 shot clock violations multiple air balls, WTF?

Fortunately they had 14 stellar minutes at start of second half, and a 5 minute spurt of good play in first half.
20 minutes of greatness, and 20 minutes of garbage.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Day drinking is a priority today so I'll leave it with this.

That was a cathartic win.

 

[Mike Honcho]

It’s going to be his strategy. And I’m sure they already practice it. GTown also defended well. Which is apart of the equation. What opportunity did we miss exactly? Winning by 15-16 instead of 8?

My point is that, if we're going to run different offense (versus our traditional sets), then let's actually get some real reps in to figure out who should have the ball in their hands. We had multiple lethargic possessions where the only real goal was to hold on to the ball for the duration of the shot clock. Georgetown's defense can be spectacular but don't tell me their defense is so stifling that we can't even hit rim and extend the possession.

 

[Scoe]

I'll pretend the last 10 minutes didn't happen other wise a solid team win on the road a nice bounce back win.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I agree...but still 8 mins is too long to run no offense at all. The game was another minute of that strategy away from being a 1 possession game.

Good thing there’s a game clock, huh? It would be crazy if they just added a minute for the hell of it.

I get that people would rather see a 25 point win but this is what Hurley does. He literally said to Hass at one point “they’re never going to catch us.” I don’t get being all poopy pants about a dominating win for a team that needed one.

 

[Fan1978]

Great win on the road vs an improving program. Forget losing that 20 point lead. Great win.

Samson Johnson was great. As was Alex!!

Perhaps best game of year for ball, ross and Nowell. Balls defense was much improved today. Ross played very well except the cringeworthy fake 3 and pull up for 2 with a straight line dunk being offered. Nowell can get to the hoop but needs to keep the flow of offense going. Many of the improvements today are the key to march.

 

[UCFan1513]

Kenpom up one spot, maybe 10 spots on D, down 2 on O. Need to sprinkle in a couple blowouts to be near that top 15 of Kenpom and also to pad the NET. That’s what 8 minutes of dribbling it out will do

 

[Revrat]

8 minute's of time to potentially work on and practice end of shot clock scenarios and they close out with that mess and people are like "we good". Can't just throw away real time scenario training like that. So yeah I'm pissed about the end. We ar are going to need that in more than a few games coming up.

 

[aceboon]

Credit to Mahaney, his on ball defense is night and day right now compared to the early non-conf slate/Maui

 

[Hi-Low]

Good thing there’s a game clock, huh? It would be crazy if they just added a minute for the hell of it.

I get that people would rather see a 25 point win but this is what Hurley does. He literally said to Hass at one point “they’re never going to catch us.” I don’t get being all poopy pants about a dominating win for a team that needed one.

blah, blah, blah....it's a win just silly to run no offense for 8 mins.

 

[alphasigko]

For a bit there at the end It.looked like RJ Cole was running the offense

 

[UCFan1513]

For a bit there at the end It.looked like RJ Cole was running the offense

RJ Cole could create his own shot

 

[Fan1978]

I think Solo can. Definitely has a better chance at getting a shot than Diarra. We're bailing the defense out everytime he has the ball in that situation. He needs to understand that he's a table setter. He has no business trying to create offense for himself.

He has been better about being the table setter but today was frustrating. I assume he would behave differently in a close game

 

[Fan1978]

RJ Cole could create his own shot

Not a good one

 

[JMick]

It’s like some of them just stared watching a Hurley coached team. It’s been his strategy since he’s been here

One thing that happens when we do it, is that the refs basically see that we're playing keep away and they stop making calls. Georgetown just kept fouling us the last few minutes and they kept swallowing their whistles. Like yeah it's a blowout and you want to get out of there. But I think if we play with a little more intention then the officials have to take it more seriously.

 

[Huskies990411]

I agree in theory. But I don’t think that’s the purpose of his strategy. He just dosent have the personnel to run it properly. You need a guy who can run the clock down and then get a bucket lol. Hass has the first part down just not the latter.

I agree it ultimately doesn’t matter bc it was a great road win and we played so well until those last 6-7 min, but what you mention here is the only reason I’m disappointed by that last stretch. I don’t even dislike a slow down offense to use up shot clock, I just think given the personnel more off ball movement/action is needed the last 10-12 seconds of it.

 

[willie99]

Total and complete domination. This game was not competitive. It's a shame they let Georgetown let the final score look as if the Hoyas were in it, they weren't

But to those people who rely more on metrics than the eye test, the final score matters.

 

[superjohn]

Good thing there’s a game clock, huh? It would be crazy if they just added a minute for the hell of it.

I get that people would rather see a 25 point win but this is what Hurley does. He literally said to Hass at one point “they’re never going to catch us.” I don’t get being all poopy pants about a dominating win for a team that needed one.

It's fine if all Hurley cares about is winning the game. I don't want to hear him or any fans whining about our seeding come tournament time though.

Really happy with the road win but I would've preferred trying to win by 20+ instead of winning by 8.

It was probably my favorite game of the season because we played great defense. I also dislike Hurley taking the air out of the ball for the last 8 minutes. It's okay to have both of those thoughts.

 

[JMick]

It's fine if all Hurley cares about is winning the game. I don't want to hear him or any fans whining about our seeding come tournament time though.

Really happy with the road win but I would've preferred trying to win by 20+ instead of winning by 8.

It was probably my favorite game of the season because we played great defense. I also dislike Hurley taking the air out of the ball for the last 8 minutes. It's okay to have both of those thoughts.

What I don't get is that this year, we suck when the clock gets low. So why not use that time to work on your end of clock plays for when it matters.

 

[bcisco]

Cool to see Hawkins’s parents sitting next to the bench

That’s who that was, I knew they looked familiar

 

[Edward Sargent]

Good bounce back game for Karaban. As I predicted.

Ross looked better today. Good to see.

Still need more Nowell. Made a mistake or two but he looks relatively comfortable in there.

Kind of sloppy all around but that big run to start the 2nd half was good enough.

A week to work on some things and then Creighton at home.

Nowel dribbled way too much hunting his shot. Not sure that was the gameplan.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Great win. This team has heart and a short memory. Nice rebound by AK. Still dont like the foul disparity. Teams are feasting on us at the line.

Well Gtown didnt exactly feast at the line.