Hurley - Newton Kansas Postgame Presser | The Boneyard

Hurley - Newton Kansas Postgame Presser

I liked the attitude of both Hurley and Newton. Expected to win, not making excuses. Really interesting to hear we’ve been trying to schedule games with Duke. Funny shots taken at the Bryant coach. Seems like they’re going to learn from this and be ready for UNC.
 
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He asked if Bryant won. He wanted to know since he heard they were down 7 to Brown LOL.
He didnt just come out and say it - there was a conversation about scheduling big time teams as home and homes and then he gave us that funny line.
 
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He is going to be miserable for three days. He knows how close where to winning this game and all we needed was a few things to break our way. Although I don’t think this loss is tearing up knowledgeable fans, Hurley’s going to be bothered. Because he knows how hard it is to go into that atmosphere play your C+ game and have your best shooter pretty much with a clean look to win it and come out with a loss. To me this is as good a loss as a team can have. Not sure Hurley looks at it the same way. Which makes him a great coach. We did come out a little flat but like Hurley indicated it may have been more shell shocked than flat.
 
SilentDog said:
He is going to be miserable for three days. He knows how close where to winning this game and all we needed was a few things to break our way. Although I don’t think this loss is tearing up knowledgeable fans, Hurley’s going to be bothered. Because he knows how hard it is to go into that atmosphere play your C+ game and have your best shooter pretty much with a clean look to win it and come out with a loss. To me this is as good a loss as a team can have. Not sure Hurley looks at it the same way. Which makes him a great coach. We did come out a little flat but like Hurley indicated it may have been more shell shocked than flat.
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Yeah im not bothered much by the loss im really bothered by guys not showing up in a big game. Clingan and Karaban cannot be no shows if this team wants to have any shot at a repeat. Clingan better show out against UNC because hes facing another really good big. He could be hurting his draft stock if he doesnt show up against them. That being said Clingan did assert himself defensively in the sense that Dickenson didnt even attempt to take him down on the block. Karaban simply cannot guard.
 
superjohn said:
So is Newton...
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I had to explain him to KU fans. It’s hard to describe. Most guards avoid contact, remember Jalen Adams? He was like a ballerina avoiding it. Newton can’t wait until you hit him. He seeks it out even where it’s not normal. So he surprises people and also draws a staggering number of fouls. Newton is like Rocky Balboa, he blocks your punch with his face so he is free to hit you.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Loved the Bryant coach reference.
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The Bryant coach, what a loser. I guess the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree- he was after all the assistant to that sleazy grease ball Jared Grasso.
If UConn meets Bryant in the NCAAT or some early season tournament then UConn can squash them like an annoying bug and I will enjoy it. But there is no need to even entertain going out of the way to schedule them. Go with scheduling John Gallagher who is one of the good guys.
 
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What reporter was Hurley talking to when he said "what are you doing here"? Pretty light hearted by Hurley after a loss and even he said something about never laughing after a loss.

Hurley also responded to a question about scheduling a game with Duke by saying UConn talks to everyone about scheduling games. He mentioned that maybe he should call out those schools like Bryant's Martelli did.
 
RichCTBB said:
They should NEVER get a buy game with us after those comments. That said, I hope we get them in a tournament
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Yep. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
 
Neutral site game with Duke at the Wells Fargo Center next season! Get it done!

Signed,
Guy who lives close to Philly

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TheChamps990411 said:
Yeah im not bothered much by the loss im really bothered by guys not showing up in a big game. Clingan and Karaban cannot be no shows if this team wants to have any shot at a repeat. Clingan better show out against UNC because hes facing another really good big. He could be hurting his draft stock if he doesnt show up against them. That being said Clingan did assert himself defensively in the sense that Dickenson didnt even attempt to take him down on the block. Karaban simply cannot guard.
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I think the bigger problem was UConn really missed Castle in a game like this. UConn needed another scoring threat especially when Kansas decided to press UConn in the first half and disrupted the flow of the offense. I think Ball will be good over time, but he struggled in this game and he can't replace Castle. UConn could not easily get the ball to Clingan in the low post and Karaban struggled to get open in the first half.

My only disappointment was free throw shooting, 53.3% for the game.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Yeah im not bothered much by the loss im really bothered by guys not showing up in a big game. Clingan and Karaban cannot be no shows if this team wants to have any shot at a repeat.
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I think a lot of this had to do with the gameplan. They were switching, and we stuck too closely to the script (similar to what happened in January last season). Later in the game the guys got a little more comfortable playing against a switching defense, and took advantage more often.

We figured it out last season. This will be really good tape to go over for the guys to see what to do against a defense they haven't seen.

Despite it all, we had a shot to win it with 3 seconds left. Unfortunately the shooter was shooting off of 2 hobbled feet.
 
Can someone explain to me the rift between Dan and Bryant ? I must have missed it
TIA
 
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When you think about it, our roster construction is damn near perfect. A team shooting well and pressuring us out of our offense like this has been our kryptonite in a lot of ways historically.

And the piece to fix it? Sitting on the bench.

With Castle and a healthy Spencer, we probably win this by 10+.

We'll be dangerous in March. We have very few weaknesses left.
 
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notEwekon said:
Love that Dan Hurley owned the slow start by essentially saying the game plan to start the game took the aggression out of them. Don't think we'll see much of that in the further.
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I agree. Everyone will learn from this one, maybe most especially the coaches.
 
HuskyBoi said:
Can someone explain to me the rift between Dan and Bryant ? I must have missed it
TIA
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Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Basically, UConn was going to play an American East team and played UNH. Bryant wanted to schedule a local big name team (apparently UConn) and their head coach was butt hurt because the schedule for Bryant would have lined up with our Kansas game so it wouldn’t work. They ended up scheduling Brown instead. The Bryant coach made a shot implying UConn dodged them.

Bryant always looks for clout. Whether it’s by saying comments like this or offering a 5* player.
 
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