Marquette Post Game Meltdown Thread

[Hunt for 7]

Stop blaming Hurley on his in game coaching for this loss. We can nitpick every decision until we are blue in the face. Maybe we just don’t have the guard play that it takes to win consistently game after game in this league. Nothing tonight from Newton, Hawkins or Diarra.

The zone at the end of the game. Don’t get that at all. I would have been ok with it earlier in the game when they were making their runs to change pace but to go zone when clock is your enemy is not a very good strategic move.

 

[UCFan1513]

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

Found myself thinking this, but this team doesn’t have a generational shot creator and leader so doesn’t instill much confidence

 

[superjohn]

Clingan is better than Sanogo.

 

[polycom]

Not being able to get downhill is our downfall when we are hitting 3s from everywhere. Teams aren’t going to let Hawkins get open looks we need to run plays to get down hill.

 

[CheshireCat]

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.

Clingan dominated and they pick and rolled the bleep out of them. They exploited it just fine while he was in there. He just can’t play 40 minutes obviously. Sanogo was a walking turnover.

 

[#1 PA Husky Fan]

We get zero guard penetration. Solve that and you get kick-outs, and easier shots for bigs.

 

[Greathusky]

We are going nowhere with Newton at the point. He looks like a scared deer out there. Also, do we lead the NCAAs in fouling three-point shooters? Christ back off!

 

[wheelerdog]

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.

This guard play will lead to a 2nd round exit. There's no getting around it.

 

[husky429]

But we will still have the same coach at game time. He’s has to get better. Hope he does. He does everything else well. He spit the bit tonight and handed Marquette the game. You could’ve handled rotations better tonight. I am being sincere.

I would say this was Hurley's C+ game. I wasn't blue on the face yelling at my TV, but some changes came a few possessions too late for sure.

He needs to get better. Particularly with halftime adjustments IMO. Seems like we come out WAITING for their adjustment to adjust instead of anticipating and making our own.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I have said it in several places, but the fact that there is not a single road win in the games among Providence, UConn, Marquette, Creighton and Xavier is weird, and does not feel like a coincidence.

 

[3rdbass]

This team obviously has warts. I think the 4 out ball isn't going to work with this team. We don't have the shooters for it to work. We definitely don't have the people to drive either. I think it is time to play the 2 bigs with Jackson at PG(Trust me that is tough for me but Newton is hopeless running an offense), Hawkins and Karaban at the 3. Maybe play zone at times if needed. Bring Springs(he will have to play if we go big at least spot minutes) off the bench with Newton, Joey C, and Diarra. I never want to see Alleyne again as he gives you next to nothing on both sides of the ball. We have to play to our strengths and that is with our 2 bigs on the court at the same time. I can't wait until next year when we have balance with good Fresmen guards who can beat you off the dribble. I know Castle isn't a blazer but he is more athletic than Newton. Ball definitely is something this years team is missing.

 

[willie99]

Or maybe one more. But the conference did us no favors to start the season.

We started at X, at PC and at Marq. Nobody else comes close to that level of difficulty

I guess we're lucky we had Creighton at home.

From here on out, the schedule favors us.

PS: We stunk tonight. Kids do have to play better

 

[UConnSwag11]

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

He’s not been good all season. He’s had his moments. Diarra is better for us at the point. His defense and transition are much better. He may not score but he plays with pace. Newton, idk what he’s doing

 

[superjohn]

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

That's Hurley's record as UConn coach?

Holy hell, I knew it was awful but that's an incredibly concerning stat for our head coach if that's what it is.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I have said it in several places, but the fact that there is not a single road win in the games among Providence, UConn, Marquette, Creighton and Xavier is weird, and does not feel like a coincidence.

It’s not. Same theme for 5 years and refuses to change

 

[80shusky]

I knew they were cooked with 7:33 on the clock and that's not great. You should feel like the team has a chance with that much time and I already knew it was over.

 

[Hi-Low]

Danny constantly gets out coached in most meaningful games.

Will he be outcoached when we beat X, Prov & Marquette at home?

 

[auror]

We'll lose at least 1 more. Either at Creighton, home to Xavier, something like that. But I could see 12-2, 13-1 to end the year.

 

[uconntoatl]

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

Whatever he is doing right now, I can’t define it as playing basketball

 

[YearoftheHusky]

When we got it to 1 possession to not be playing man was ridiculous. Agree AW

But we didn’t get it to one possession playing man.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Or maybe one more. But the conference did us no favors to start the season.

We started at X, at PC and at Marq. Nobody else comes close to that level of difficulty

I guess we're lucky we had Creighton at home.

From here on out, the schedule favors us.

PS: We stunk tonight. Kids do have to play better

Very true. But over the last 5 years this fanbase has glossed over the deficiencies of Hurley’s in game coaching and criticized anyone who pointed them out. Even after wins, and they always catch up and bite us

 

[wheelerdog]

Best road win in the league right now is probably Providence at Seton Hall.

Creighton’s (0/3) last chance for a good road win is against Providence.

UConn’s (0/3) last chance is against Creighton.

Marquette’s (0/1) got three chances left against Xavier, UConn and Creighton.

Providence and Xavier still have road games against each other, UConn, Creighton and Marquette.

Let’s see what happens.

A level headed post. Nice

 

[husky429]

Dan Hurley has been reading the board and all the comments that he’s too stubborn to try a little zone! . Out to prove the armchair QBs wrong, he finally does it at the worst possible time!

It was a very good time to use the zone. Protected Clingan.

 

[bendm]

Agreed. we’re still playing for a 2 seed in the east regional even With 2 maybe 3 more losses in the regular season. That should be the goal.

 

[tentoes4rings]

Unfortunately the guards don’t create shots for themselves. Plus too many turnovers. Hoping they get it together.

Hawkins 1-8, Joey 1-6, rough.

 

[uconnever]

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.

Just because your leaving it all on the floor doesn’t mean your tough.

 

[gioff2323]

Do not appear to be mentally strong, yet. Winning on the road, fighting thru poor shooting, adversity are things they need to improve upon in next 2 months.

 

[YoungFree]

The house is on fire and the villagers have grabbed their pitchforks and are marching towards Hurley's house....

Cuz you know, we all thought national championship was what we were getting before the season started....not that a lot of us were calling a successful season getting to the second weekend in the tourney.

Yes, I hate losing like the next fan bit give me a break, we are light-years better than a few years ago and climbed all the way to #2 in the polls, and are getting 5 star talent to come back to the school.

Freaking chill people. We could be UNC or Kentucky....we lost to 3 top 25 teams...on their courts. Relax. (Still sucks though)

 

[YearoftheHusky]

How can we really say 12-2 or 13-1 after these last few games? Even in wins we haven’t looked like earlier in the season.

 

[BigTenFan]

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.

I agree- Sanogo gets beat on the defensive end. Especially when he gets outside the paint and Marquette gets into their offensive set- Clingan is a game changer on both sides of the court.