Marquette Post Game Meltdown Thread

[CheshireCat]

Maybe Sanogo can still win Big East 6th man since he should be coming off the bench?

 

[UncleSpliff]

So tired of the Danny Hurley road losses. Does anyone know his BE road record against teams not named DePaul and Georgetown the past 5 years?? Gotta be 20%. Guy screams mid.

 

[Brochacho]

We’ve underperformed in every Big East game. Florida, Oregon and OSU are all mid. It is what it is - team just isn’t as good as we thought.

 

[Giddyup5]

When your best players disappear from the radar on the road, you have to question the toughness of this team.

This has nothing to do with “toughness” or “heart”.

 

[EnochRoot]

The problem UConn faces isn't just that Clingan is a better, prototype 5 that can flat-out dominate a CBB game, it's that they lack the PG to exploit that talent.

 

[UconnFanDC]

4-3 in BE standings. Lossing on the road to the top 3 teams in the BE. Sigh

On a positive note, Uconn women have been playing very well short-handed.

 

[AuRevoirAAC]

And we won’t get another crack at it this season. The drought will sadly go 10 years…

 

[jibsey]

Winning on the road in this league is apparently hard. Remember 2011? This league is tough. I know we don’t have Kemba but the level of the top teams is there.

 

[Mister P]

Friendliest people in the Midwest
More like the friendliest rims and backboards in the Midwest.

I can’t remember a game that had so many shots hit all parts of the rim and end up finding the bottom of the net.

 

[aburks41]

Newton has to be better. He’s been killing us lately. Not the main issue, but a big one

 

[HailUConn]

DC made a double double look easy. Need more minutes.

I wonder if going forward, we can just dole out minutes for whoever has hot hand on a give night. Seems to me it’s a winning formula.


As soon as Sanogo in for Dc, our 9-0 run erased.

SMH

 

[Sandeman]

100%. Clingan needs to play more.

 

[superjohn]

Clingan is incredible and Karaban is really good. Our "big three" is overrated, it's way too easy to blanket Hawkins and crowd Sanogo and Adama is a major downgrade defensively compared to Clingan and Whaley. Point guard play remains the biggest problem.

I keep waiting for Hurley to breakthrough and start winning some of these road games and it just doesn't happen. We're always the ones on our heels.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Can we make it 10 years without a road win against a top 25 team?

That's locked up. We don't play another top 25 team away this year

 

[rman726]

Better coach wins. Dan was in a deep sleep during the runs and refused to make any changes through the various Marquette runs. It took him 30 minutes to realize that Clingan is simply a better matchup against Marquette than Sanogo.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Some of y’all haven’t been through the gamut of a competitive Big East and it shows.

 

[Kitaman]

I just want to win one close road game. To me, at least one of these three was winnable.

Brutal road stretch for sure but we're a top 10 team and should have snatched one of our losses.

 

[jibsey]

DC made a double double look easy. Need more minutes.

I wonder if going forward, we can just dole out minutes for whoever has hot hand on a give night. Seems to me it’s a winning formula.


As soon as Sanogo in for Dc, our 9-0 run erased.

SMH

You saw that too?

 

[Salty Dog]

We lost on the road to three ranked teams, who also lead in the Big East standings. I'm not worried. Let's defend home court. I expect us to run the table over the next 7 until @Creighton February 11th.

 

[Punkbo]

I thought we were fine tonight. Too many turnovers, but just a tough loss on the road against a good team. Same as the X loss although the Hurley T was frustrating in that one. The only game that really bothered me was Providence. If we can hold serve at home against X, Providence and Marquette, we’ll be fine.

 

[WrenchFan69]

This is about what I expected from this team but it's still really annoying. Hawkins being significantly worse than expected is a big let down too. Kid really doesn't do anything well against decent defensive teams

 

[UConnSwag11]

Hurley will not make any changes. It’s been like this from day one. With this team this year, it’s been coaching malpractice. Inexcusable

 

[kansashusky]

So tired of the Danny Hurley road losses. Does anyone know his BE road record against teams not named DePaul and Georgetown the past 5 years?? Gotta be 20%. Guy screams mid.

0-17 against ranked teams on the road if you were curious.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Gotta ride the hot hand game to game. Clingan was on fire today and shoulda had his 30 minutes.

 

[Huskydog45]

Played tough tonight….Marquette just made more plays….They lost 3 road games to top 25 teams….as has been stated, the tough road stretch is over the rest of the way.

 

[TheRealKBuks]

How about judging them how they performed to date?

Losing 3 tough road games to 3 top 25 teams. Wish they won but I'll judge them by how they respond to this adversity. Remember 2011 went 9-9 in the Big East. This isn't the same BE but it's still a damn tough league

 

[BugsyCT]

This one stings. Probably because it's our 3rd straight BE road loss. More just frustrated in how poorly they played most of the night.

Gotta learn how to beat good teams on the road if we want this team to be as good as we hoped/thought they were when they were as high as #2. Clingan had a huge game tonight, some other players had their moments (especially during that huge run in the 1st half) but for the most part the rest of the game they couldn't do much right on both ends of the court.

 

[husky429]

This has nothing to do with “toughness” or “heart”.

When fans say "toughness" lost the game, it's because they don't understand basketball. There are exactly 0 players on this team who aren't leaving it all on the floor.

 

[karstenkibbe]

20/10/5 for Clingan. 17/7 for Karaban. No one showed up to play except our freshmen. Zero excuses in a critical game… now 3.5 games out of first place. Our defense stunk. Another recent opponent who finished shooting 50%. Our 3pt prowess is now officially dead.

Up 11 in first half with Clingan on the floor. Sub in Sanogo and the other zero-energy starters and that momentum disappears. Hurley’s late game matchup zone was lipstick on a pig. But I don’t blame him. This one’s on our big 3.

 

[Milo65]

4-3 in league play is not ideal. I’m usually on Hurley, but our guards just aren’t very good. I think the cumulative +/- for our starters was -40?

Hey at least no one is getting drafted. Maybe we can portal for a point guard next year.

100%. We don’t have a guard that can finish. When the defense runs out at our guards, there’s no fear in any of them going to the hoop. Our guards shoot or pass, lack the handle and the ability to go inside or feast from the stripe.