Georgetown Post Game Thread

[NickDanger]

It's basically last year, plus Demary. Is Mullins better than McNeeley?

Yes Mullins is significantly better

 

[navery12]

It's basically last year, plus Demary. Is Mullins better than McNeeley?

Yes, considerably

 

[John]

All those complicated offensive sets and there's no inbounds play. I can't understand.

I’m not sure things are remotely as complicated as they have been in the past.

 

[Smp7598]

Demery is the team leader even tho coach designated AK. Hurley loyalty to AK has at times hurt the team this year.

 

[Hoophound]

I think I'd much prefer Mullins be the passer and use Alex as a big target to the throw the inbound pass to and either pass to the guards or get fouled.

That might work, but the larger problem seems to be that we are always slower and less physical. We need to recruit more dynamic athleticism.

 

[Kemba15]

Michigan won by a dozen on the road.

Michigan’s better. Are you holding every UConn team to the standard of it being a disappointment if they’re not the #1 team in the country?

 

[superjohn]

Demary making clutch FTs finally. Love the mental strength.

The bad game is on the staff. Defensive assignments (Solo on Lewis!?) were a mess. Inbounding clearly hasn't been worked on enough. AK needs to not inbound. Be a big hail mary target

There's things that just aren't making sense like what you pointed out. Lewis is their best player, why on earth was he Solo's assignment? AK has been horrible at inbounding the ball for 4 years, why is he still inbounding the ball? What's with the substitution patterns? Why is Solo allowed to launch so many difficult contested threes? Why does it seem like team IQ is getting worse as the season goes along?

You are your record but this certainly doesn't feel like a 24-2 team.

 

[Fishy]

Okay. UConn is not that good. On Monday, go to 422 North High Street and get to the roof. Then, take a flying leap.

Try watching a few games, snowball.

 

[metsfan2323]

Stunting Reibe’s development to watch Reed not hustle and make the same mistakes over and over.

Calhoun called for more Reibe at halftime.

 

[FlockOfLambs]

Reed plays like someone who feels like they have to play basketball because they are tall but would rather be doing almost anything else.

 

[3rdbass]

Start Reibe. Get Reed outta here.

No Reed still start. He is still a physical beast. I love how fans like to pile on players who have 1 or 2 bad games. Reed might need a shorter leash. Calhoun did say Reibe should get more minutes than he has as it will serve us in the big game. Let's keep the 2 headed monster.

 

[Fishy]

Michigan’s better. Are you holding every UConn team to the standard of it being a disappointment if they’re not the #1 team in the country?

Oh, here comes the Pom Pom brigade.

You and your straw man can go sit in a corner.

 

[Donyell 360]

It's basically last year, plus Demary. Is Mullins better than McNeeley?

Reed is better than last year, though he didn't have a great game tonight. I thought Reibe was better then Sam Johnson but lately not sure. I wouldn't say Mullins is better than McNeeley, but close. I like Mahaney better than Smith. I think in general the team plays better defense than last year. Maybe that is Demary's influence, but everyone seems to rotate better on defense than last year. Overall I credit Demary, defensive cohesiveness and Reed's improvement for the difference from last year.

 

[TRest]

Yes, considerably

Liam could rebound.

 

[aceboon]

The Mulready shooting was absurd, I had to pull up his stats to make sure he was really like that and of course he was not. Dude was flicking those shots up like he was prime Klay Thompson.

 

[Marat]

Gtown shot the ball well which kept it closer.

 

[Kemba15]

Oh, here comes the Pom Pom brigade.

You and your straw man can go sit in a corner.

2 titles in the last 36 months and 24-2 this year, old man grumps. But you do you

 

[Fishy]

No Reed still start. He is still a physical beast. I love how fans like to pile on players who have 1 or 2 bad games. Reed might need a shorter leash. Calhoun did say Reibe should get more minutes than he has as it will serve us in the big game. Let's keep the 2 headed monster.

Reed is the most frustrating player we have had in an age.

He has two speeds - good and genuinely awful. It's way too late in his career to still be getting the horrible from him. Just a puzzling dude.

 

[Kembafan]

Can’t blame it all on AK. This is on the coaches. It’s been going on almost every game, with different inbounders.

Last season too.

 

[gsmooth]

I am glad they won and wins should always be celebrated. However, that game didn't inspire much confidence. This team has a lot of flaws and I am not sure it's going to figure them out. Besides Reibe, the bench really didn't give them much.

 

[Hoophound]

There's things that just aren't making sense like what you pointed out. Lewis is their best player, why on earth was he Solo's assignment? AK has been horrible at inbounding the ball for 4 years, why is he still inbounding the ball? What's with the substitution patterns? Why is Solo allowed to launch so many difficult contested threes? Why does it seem like team IQ is getting worse as the season goes along?

You are your record but this certainly doesn't feel like a 24-2 team.

The Solo threes are happening because there’s no Cam Spencer or Tristen Newton to make a cerebral pass or dagger shot and get us out of a situation. We’re left with Solo scrambling to get himself open off the dribble for three. It all comes back to a lack of ability to create off the dribble. Same as least year.

 

[Donyell 360]

What did you think of Calhoun's comment about giving "the German kid" more playing time? I think Reibe looks better when he gets more minutes. Reed did not have a great game tonight. His foul trouble gave Reibe more opportunity by default and he looked better. Neither of them are good from the line.

 

[metsfan2323]

Mullins needs to be much more than just a 3 point chucker. He seems to seldom miss his two point shots but there aren't enough of them.

 

[KingAG]

We got incredibly lucky tonight. We don't look anything like the team we were in those big out of conference games earlier in the season and I don't know why. It certainly isn't all on the refs and style of Big East play.

If we don't play a lot better @Nova and St. John's at home they will both be losses.

Not writing them off or anything but we're running out of time to figure things out.

If we’ve learned anything about this team it’s that they play up and down to the competition. SJ and Nova don’t worry me. It’s some 8-9 seed team we overlook taking us out that does.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

You can't just say 24-2 and act like everything is great. GT is not a good team, should never have been this close at home. Not feeling very confident right now.