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Marquette Post Game Thread

tcf15 said:
Definitely, but Newton has attributed his recent play to how horrible he was in that game (said something to the effect of needing to change things up as it relates to game prep), so maybe it was a necessary evil #spinzone
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That game and our collapse against SH are what are keeping us from a potential #1 seed. The other losses are all very forgivable.
 
Great game tonight, and was really a fan of Hurley’s substitutions. This is the rotation we need to continue going forward.

Only negative was turnovers, especially when force feeding the post.

Really impressed with the defense. It has to be the new standard going forward.

See you all in Omaha.
 
Not sure we’ve ever had a team that can be the best in the country when playing to their potential in half their games, and fringe top 25 on the other half their games. The former version has me giddy - keep it coming at the right time now
 
Welcome back, November/December Huskies. Hope you're here to stay.

What an outstanding game they played tonight. Kept their foot on the gas pedal once they got up around 20 and Marquette could never make a serious dent in the lead all 2nd half. Props all around.
 
We look like we’ve officially turned the corner after this game.

Newton coming on is huge and even Andre looks like he’s officially learned his role in the offense. He’s now cutting to the rim every time his man leaves him and just attacking in general. No more standing on the 3 point line and he was very impactful on that end today.

Karaban had made the leap defensively too and it looks like it’s going to let Andre guard PGs which will be hell for them.

Adama is slinging the rock out there too with the passing!

We sure people don’t read the boneyard? Lol
 
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kansashusky said:
Only negative was turnovers, especially when force feeding the post.
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This is actually quite scary. Marquette is one of the absolute best in the country at turning teams over, so maybe it’s a one off thing. But if it’s not corrected, it can be our undoing - and was in our losing stretch.

Quite frankly, the biggest difference between the 2 teams was 3-point shooting:

UConn - 12-23, 52%
Marquette - 5-21, 24%

It’s hard to maintain consistent 3-point shooting unless you have a lot of 3-point shooters, which we don’t. Tonight 11 of our 12 3’s were made by 3 guys, one of whom was Alleyne and he’s not normally in the picture. We outscored them by 21 on 3’s in a game which we won by 15 points. They made only five 3’s on which they shot just 24%.

On a more normal night n we don’t have such an enormous advantage in 3-point scoring, those turnovers would put us in serious trouble.

We must get the turnovers under control if we’re going to be successful the rest of the way.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
That game and our collapse against SH are what are keeping us from a potential #1 seed. The other losses are all very forgivable.
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And even a 1 point road loss to a borderline tournament team in Seton Hall is forgivable
 
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19 fouls for each team…interesting how well we can do in a balanced game officiating wise. The impact on confidence in terms of taking it to the hoop, and what that does for the rest of the offense can’t be understated.
 
Ucan said:
19 fouls for each team…interesting how well we can do in a balanced game officiating wise. The impact on confidence in terms of taking it to the hoop, and what that does for the rest of the offense can’t be understated.
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We’re still prone to getting whistled for nonsense. I would say there were four or five fouls that were fouls just for the sake of calling fouls. Generally, superior defensive players get some leeway with officials…..Jackson gets absolutely none.

Other than that….nothing really changed.

Newton and Hawkins are still the keys - they play well, we play well. And they both played really, really well.

Sanogo was hit or miss - some terrific passes, some amazingly soft moves and a couple of black hole moments in the first half. Clingan was the same…don’t think either one played great.

Karaban played well, Alleyne played well, California and Diarra were fine

Good - this is probably as close as they’ve looked to their PK form since mid-December. Good ball movement, hitting threes, Newton running the show, etc. 20 assists, huge rebounding edge. No one got a technical.

Bad - Turnovers. Refs still hate us. Struggled to defend their lil guards, Kolek and S. Jones.
 
Fishy said:
We’re still prone to getting whistled for nonsense. I would say there were four or five fouls that were fouls just for the sake of calling fouls. Generally, superior defensive players get some leeway with officials…..Jackson gets absolutely none.

Other than that….nothing really changed.

Newton and Hawkins are still the keys - they play well, we play well. And they both played really, really well.

Sanogo was hit or miss - some terrific passes, some amazingly soft moves and a couple of black hole moments in the first half. Clingan was the same…don’t think either one played great.

Karaban played well, Alleyne played well, California and Diarra were fine

Good - this is probably as close as they’ve looked to their PK form since mid-December. Good ball movement, hitting threes, Newton running the show, etc. 20 assists, huge rebounding edge. No one got a technical.

Bad - Turnovers. Refs still hate us. Struggled to defend their lil guards, Kolek and S. Jones.
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No the refs do NOT “hate us.” That’s absurd: the refs don’t care who wins. Every losing team has huge numbers of fans who think the refs hate them… just how many teams can the refs hate?
 
husky429 said:
We started winning since (among a few things) we stopped force-feeding the post up.
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Yes. The offense doesn’t run through Sanogo anymore. That’s the biggest key for us right now.

That, and our defense played much better. We still have to figure out if we’re going to let Karaban and Hawkins go 1v1 in the post as every team has done that and will continue to do that
 
play got sloppy in the second half but we managed to continue to score which is a bright spot. The team played hard which allowed Hurley to not micromanage and get tense
 
Oso/Omax/Kam J= 11 pts.. Tremendous D.. Andre did a really good job on controlling Kolek's ability to distribute like he normally does. For a change.. The offense showed up the same game the D played well.

Closing the game out wasn't text-book for 40 minutes but it certainly showed improvement.. Maybe 30-35 minutes.

Newton seems to have figured things out and anytime Alleyne can contribute like he did.. And we control the boards like we did.. We are a very tough team to beat..

Let's see if this confidence can "travel".. Creighton away game challenge next..
 
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Fishy said:
We’re still prone to getting whistled for nonsense. I would say there were four or five fouls that were fouls just for the sake of calling fouls. Generally, superior defensive players get some leeway with officials…..Jackson gets absolutely none.

Other than that….nothing really changed.

Newton and Hawkins are still the keys - they play well, we play well. And they both played really, really well.

Sanogo was hit or miss - some terrific passes, some amazingly soft moves and a couple of black hole moments in the first half. Clingan was the same…don’t think either one played great.

Karaban played well, Alleyne played well, California and Diarra were fine

Good - this is probably as close as they’ve looked to their PK form since mid-December. Good ball movement, hitting threes, Newton running the show, etc. 20 assists, huge rebounding edge. No one got a technical.

Bad - Turnovers. Refs still hate us. Struggled to defend their lil guards, Kolek and S. Jones.
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FT shooting was bad too
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Yeah agreed it’s forgivable in a nutshell, but we completely blew that game.
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The past is a sign post, not a whipping post. It's a matter of will. Never again going forward. No quit.
 
First half A+ all around.
D not so stout after halftime. Thought Marquette scored too easily in 2nd half, 43 points v 29 in first half. Our scoring covered that up but you can’t count on that all the time.
 
Oso/Omax/Kam J= 11 pts.. Tremendous D.. Andre did a really good job on controlling Kolek's ability to distribute like he normally does. For a change.. The offense showed up the same game the D played well.
Umami Zen said:
Closing the game out wasn't text-book for 40 minutes but it certainly showed improvement.. Maybe 30-35 minutes.

Newton seems to have figured things out and anytime Alleyne can contribute like he did.. And we control the boards like we did.. We are a very tough team to beat..

Let's see if this confidence can "travel".. Creighton away game challenge next..
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Creighton is our litmus test
 
Billy Jack said:
This is actually quite scary. Marquette is one of the absolute best in the country at turning teams over, so maybe it’s a one off thing. But if it’s not corrected, it can be our undoing - and was in our losing stretch.

Quite frankly, the biggest difference between the 2 teams was 3-point shooting:

UConn - 12-23, 52%
Marquette - 5-21, 24%

It’s hard to maintain consistent 3-point shooting unless you have a lot of 3-point shooters, which we don’t. Tonight 11 of our 12 3’s were made by 3 guys, one of whom was Alleyne and he’s not normally in the picture. We outscored them by 21 on 3’s in a game which we won by 15 points. They made only five 3’s on which they shot just 24%.

On a more normal night n we don’t have such an enormous advantage in 3-point scoring, those turnovers would put us in serious trouble.

We must get the turnovers under control if we’re going to be successful the rest of the way.
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21 offensive rebounds and 20 assists
 
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Game was awesome, team was awesome, coaches were awesome, crowd was awesome...

There can be no complaints about anything or anyone. People talking about some utopia or perfection just don't understand competition

This team is special, there was never any doubt. Enjoy the ride, despite the bumps, that's life
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Weird stat of the game for me, UConn had twice as many TO’s (16-8) but 2 more points of TO’s (16-14).
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TOs were just about the only negative last night. Especially if you consider the burned TOs when caught in traps. We likely hold the #4 offense in the country under 70 points if we break the press s little better. I'm sure we'll work on it in practice tomorrow.
 
Great game and awesome win. Flipping around to different games last night, UConn received several mentions during play and halftime shows about our potential to go deep in March. Good to see.

As I heard or read somewhere, some times you are the dog and some times you are the fire hydrant, we were not the fire hydrant last night.
 
Billy Jack said:
Quite frankly, the biggest difference between the 2 teams was 3-point shooting:

UConn - 12-23, 52%
Marquette - 5-21, 24%
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True, a great shooting night can offset a lot of poor play in other areas. Although we played great in this game, which accounts for the MOV.

Ucan said:
19 fouls for each team…interesting how well we can do in a balanced game officiating wise
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Fishy said:
We’re still prone to getting whistled for nonsense.
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The officiating was/remain horrible and there is not much that can be done about it. Unfortunately, bad calls and especially non-calls, favor teams like Marquette that press and like to create havoc on the court. In the midst of the havoc turnovers happen, and teams get out of rhythm. UConn was complicit in not handling the ball, and the pressure, a bit better (actually did quite well considering.) Fortunately, as pointed out above, we hit our shots. Great shooting can overcome a lot of things. UConn needs to work on playing through pressure and physicality. If it does, it can go far.
 
BugsyCT said:
Welcome back, November/December Huskies. Hope you're here to stay.

What an outstanding game they played tonight. Kept their foot on the gas pedal once they got up around 20 and Marquette could never make a serious dent in the lead all 2nd half. Props all around.
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I think the closest Marquette got, In second half , was 14 points.
 
Malamute said:
Great game and awesome win. Flipping around to different games last night, UConn received several mentions during play and halftime shows about our potential to go deep in March. Good to see.

As I heard or read somewhere, some times you are the dog and some times you are the fire hydrant, we were not the fire hydrant last night.
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Not that I'm the biggest fan of ESPN, but it's nice to see the exposure: I watched the game on tape delay and afterwards flipped over to ESPN to catch a few minutes of whatever game was on. On the bottom line they put out "The Lead" which I would imagine is the top story or stories of the night. Our win over Marquette was the lead story.

With how well we played to start off the year it won't take much for us to be a big story again. Win on Saturday and everyone will start naming us as a Final Four team again.
 
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