Iona Post Game Thread

[Verne]

Clingan has the Thabeet stat that doesn’t show up on the box score

I'm not sure there was a shot taken in the paint by Iona that he didn't alter or block when he was in the game.

 

[Stinger92860]

I'm not sure there was a shot taken in the paint by Iona that he didn't alter or block when he was in the game.

I'm not sure there was a shot taken in the paint by Iona that he didn't alter or block when he was in the game.

Clingan was scored over at least two times, which surprised me

 

[wheelerdog]

I got the sense that Clingan's performance in the first half lit a fire in Sanogo, because holy crap he played out of his mind in the 2nd half.

Sanogo was the player of the game, but Clingan saved the game

 

[87Xfer]

They thought they had a chance to win. They did not.

 

[husky99]

Monkey is off Hurley back.... lets go march

 

[Mots010]

Clingan was scored over at least two times, which surprised me

Those two shots were pulled out of their ass. Iona had several more like that… the over the rim shot comes to mind.

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[willie99]

Simply Awesome

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[Tenspro2002]

Abysmal first half by players, coaches, managers, and the water boy.

Excellent adjustments (on defense especially) and Pitino and co. couldn't handle it. On to the next one.

Only by a few players, really.

The real story was they shot out of their minds (what else is new). They couldn't sustain it.

 

[nomar]

We have the goods to win it all.

Can we? I don't know.

But this team has all that you need to win a national championship and there's not a lot of them.

I've got nothing else to say. Take care of business vs St Mary's and keep going.

I’m concerned we don’t have the lead guard play we’ve always had. Our title teams have always had 2 guys who could handle and score. Don’t really have 1 on this team. OTOH we do have some things we’ve never had before…

 

[KingAG]

I don’t feel like we played bad in the first half. Iona just played WAY above their heads.

 

[nomar]

They thought they had a chance to win. They did not.

You know who didn’t? Pitino. That halftime interview told me he knew they’d thrown everything at UConn and couldn’t keep it up. He was rightfully proud of his team but didn’t expect to coach them again.

 

[huskyfever34]

Anyone else get a little nervous with that Diarra/Alleyne combo out there together? Alleyne has played well the last few weeks but this isn't the time to use Diarra this much imo unless we really really need ball handling

 

[jibsey]

We have the goods to win it all.

Can we? I don't know.

But this team has all that you need to win a national championship and there's not a lot of them.

I've got nothing else to say. Take care of business vs St Mary's and keep going.

I and most here believe this because of stretches we’ve witnessed. We have the ammunition that’s for sure. Will we ever have a center situation as good as this again? Sanogo has beautiful footwork around the baseline and rim and Clingan just makes your head explode the way he blocks shots and gets the rebound in one instant.

 

[caw]

Anyone else get a little nervous with that Diarra/Alleyne combo out there together? Alleyne has played well the last few weeks but this isn't the time to use Diarra this much imo unless we really really need ball handling

If he could finish he would be really good. He just can't.

 

[nomar]

Anyone else get a little nervous with that Diarra/Alleyne combo out there together? Alleyne has played well the last few weeks but this isn't the time to use Diarra this much imo unless we really really need ball handling

Those guys couldn’t run a layup line against a chair. At least Alleyne made some 3s.

 

[chuckhusky]

For those of us old enough to remember. Cue up Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Going To A Go Go. Insert Going to Sanogo.

 

[Peacefrog]

I don’t feel like we played bad in the first half. Iona just played WAY above their heads.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. "Abysmal"? Nah. The offense was pretty good in the first half I thought even with Andre falling in love with the 3 a bit. Iona was just making everything. Perhaps the defense could have been somewhat tighter but they were just hot. When the one guy hit that shot over Sanogo from behind the backboard with the shot clock running down... how do you defend that? The second half just happened to be a clinic.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Big Red's future replacement.

 

[Samoo]

Adama looks every bit an nba player

Zach Randolph clone

Agreed, I've been noticing the z-bo similarities all season.

 

[That Guy]

 

[Excalibur]

Monkey was tossed off our backs. Albany is a dump how’d that place get to host a regional.

I didn’t think it was possible for a site to be managed worse than Hartford was. I was wrong.

 

[superjohn]

I’m concerned we don’t have the lead guard play we’ve always had. Our title teams have always had 2 guys who could handle and score. Don’t really have 1 on this team. OTOH we do have some things we’ve never had before…

We don't and it will probably be our undoing if/when we lose but Kansas didn't have it last year either and they won the whole thing.

We've had a lot of dominant centers over the years but we've never had 2 of them at the same time like we do now.

We just have to look at how Kansas did it last year, great defense and timely scoring from a lot of different weapons. I think we'll all be fine with a sweet 16 but we do have the horses to make a real run.

 

[Fore!]

The lack of turnovers is a promising sign going forward. Turnovers were supposed to be our biggest concern but we had no issues there vs. a Pitino team.

Not to nitpick, but I’ll knitpick; seems as though Jackson throws at least one mind numbingly bad pass each game. He had one in the first half that was picked off for an easy bucket by Iona. Other than that I thought he had a fine game.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Against a pressure team we killed the press with dunks and turned the ball over, what 8 times? 24 assists on 32 FG? Sanogo and Hawkins played like you'd expect in the second half. We may not have the lead guard we'd like, but there are a lot of weapons.. I'm pretty sure after this performance we won't see as much full court pressure, that was awsome breaking the press.

 

[nomar]

 

[Dibbie]

Shout out to Joey and Alleyne. Both have been quietly hot from 3 for a few weeks

 

[Storrsbred]

Held my breath every time Jackson even looked like he was thinking of shooting. Hurley must have had a word with him at halftime.

 

[REB1094]

Against a pressure team we killed the press with dunks and turned the ball over, what 8 times? 24 assists on 32 FG? Sanogo and Hawkins played like you'd expect in the second half. We may not have the lead guard we'd like, but there are a lot of weapons.. I'm pretty sure after this performance we won't see as much full court pressure, that was awsome breaking the press.

Underrated part of the game. Pitino more or less gave up on the press after a few minutes in the first half because UConn was shredding it over and over again. Got lost in the mix because Iona was red hot in the first half and went in with a lead

You could tell the players had a plan A and B depending on how Iona set up the press. That’s good coaching right there

 

[NJHusky]

Clingan has the Thabeet stat that doesn’t show up in the box score.

Alleyne and Joey big time off the bench

Yup. Once Dc got the extended 1st half run, their shots stopped falling. Sanogo is great but DC is intimidating