Hurley Costs Us Another Game. Will the reporters ask some tough questions?

[UConnSwag11]

He took his first timeout at what?, under 4 when we were already down 18 and playing like garbage? He continued with the same lineup that got us down 18.

He never ever stops an opposing team's run and continues to play Adams over Gaffney.

Jackson, Gaffney, and Polley should play in front of him.

How many days have we missed due to our ridiculous protocols? Almost a month's worth. There is no way that also has an affect on the team.

 

[UConnSwag11]

No more of this, "Look at how well they played in the first half! Hurley got them to play hard!"

That's a losing mentality

 

[ucawn]

Adams was barely on the court under 16 mins to go.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I fail to see what calling a crap ton of time outs in the first half would have accomplished… Seton Hall was making their shots and we were missing ours. As simple as that.

Had trouble getting offensive flow going. Stopping action even more wasn’t gonna do jack schitt

 

[ucawn]

Why are people treating this like the end of the world? Seton Hall is a top 4 team in the conference, and we get Bouk back next game. We are a top 3 top 2 team with him, and top 25 in the country. It would’ve been a nice win but we’re gonna rip off a mean winning streak soon.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I fail to see what calling a crap ton of time outs in the first half would have accomplished… Seton Hall was making their shots and we were missing ours. As simple as that.

lol you take a time out to regroup and adjust. You take a time out to try to break up their flow and momentum. Every game is the same thing

 

[Ts5034]

Stop! This loss is not on Hurley, or anybody else on the coaching staff. We had not played in 10 days, and we still don't have Bouknight. That's why we lost.

 

[navery12]

Gaffney played over Adams almost the entire 2nd half

 

[Palatine]

I fail to see what calling a crap ton of time outs in the first half would have accomplished… Seton Hall was making their shots and we were missing ours. As simple as that.

Had trouble getting offensive flow going. Stopping action even more wasn’t gonna do jack schitt

It would have accomplished a lot.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Gaffney played over Adams almost the entire 2nd half

Yes, I'm aware of that and we played much better. That should've happened in the first half

 

[Palatine]

Stop! This loss is not on Hurley, or anybody else on the coaching staff. We had not played in 10 days, and we still don't have Bouknight. That's why we lost.

This was a winnable game.

 

[BFieldHusky]

I think today shows Hurley we need Gaffney/Jackson over Adams. He did realize after the beginning of the 2nd half. Jackson played much better than I would have expected.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Stop! This loss is not on Hurley, or anybody else on the coaching staff. We had not played in 10 days, and we still don't have Bouknight. That's why we lost.

It's on Hurley 100% and the fact that due to our protocols we've missed about a months work of practice and games

 

[JustbrewitMan]

lol you take a time out to regroup and adjust. You take a time out to try to break up their flow and momentum. Every game is the same thing

Both teams were playing good D. There wasn’t a lot of “regrouping and adjusting” needed. Hall didn’t really have “momentum”.

We can agree to disagree that burning timeouts would have changed the outcome of this particular game.

 

[uconngb]

Gaffney played over Adams almost the entire 2nd half

Yes.....after we were down by 18!!

 

[WrenchFan69]

Coach Hurley has a public university email. Ask him your questions and report back.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Coach Hurley has a public university email. Ask him your questions and report back.

We have reporters who get paid to do this

 

[BigFanCT]

“Really tough loss for our guys....but we’re almost at the top of this mountain...” type presser for Hurley today I reckon

 

[JustbrewitMan]

It would have accomplished a lot.

give me the deets. What Adjustments had to be made? Having maintenance loose in the rims up a little bit so we could get better bounces?

 

[navery12]

Yes, I'm aware of that and we played much better. That should've happened in the first half

Yes.....after we were down by 18!!

If the idea is you want Hurley to realize his mistake, he did. By playing Gaffney over Adams in the 2nd half

 

[87Xfer]

Can't wait to see Bouk playing with a confident Jackson.

 

[Justin M]

50% from the field, 50% from three and 86% from the free throw line but Hurley didn’t call a timeout!!

Give some credit where credit is due, It felt like seton hall hit every big shot and quite frankly threw in a lot of junk.

Chalk it up as one of those days - the fact that we continue to compete against tournament teams without an all american 20 PPG scorer, and with the numerous layoffs due to covid is a positive - you have to give the coaching staff credit for that.

If you asked this forum before the season how many games we’d win without Bouk you would’ve seen some pretty atrocious numbers even from the most optimistic yarders

 

[uconngb]

Yes, I'm aware of that and we played much better. That should've happened in the first half

I guarantee Adams’ +/- was at least -10

 

[Ts5034]

This was a winnable game.

You cannot fall behind 18 points in the first half and say "we should have won that game". Regardless of how the rest of the game plays out, you can't expect to win after falling behind by almost 20 points.

Keep in mind we also came out flat in our first game vs Creighton after a 17 day Covid lay off. Im not making excuses, but these extremely long breaks in the season are very bad.

 

[UConnSwag11]

give me the deets. What Adjustments had to be made? Having maintenance loose in the rims up a little bit so we could get better bounces?

Watch every other successful coach and you'll see them take timeouts immediately. Not when they are down double digits.

Everyone talks about how quick Calhoun would take timeouts and applauds him for that. Suggest that Hurley does the same and everyone loses their minds