Marquette Post Game Thread

[superjohn]

Joey missed 2 wide open 3's. That ain't execution. I would have liked a TO at the end though.

It was all about poor execution down the stretch.

 

[SwampYankee]

Despite his performance tonight, Hawkins will soon be making money in the league - and I'll be thrilled for him. But one shot with my life on the line? I'll take Karaban over any guy on this squad. Absolute ice water.

 

[HuskyFich]

Yes but the guy that is supposedly one of the best shooters in the country, averages 17ppg cannot have a performance like this. And in the beginning when he wasn’t hitting you could tell he didn’t have the right mentality. He also is pretty much only a 3 point shooter, if he learned how to use a head fake, he’d help himself out a lot. Just not nearly good enough from your star.

Prosper is 6’8 and long.really tough matchup for him. Impossible to get Hawkins open when no one can penetrate to kick.

Infuriating

 

[AntG168]

Spin this one. You’re pretty good at it

Spin what? We’re a good team who lost to a good team. There’s things we could’ve done differently sure. But you chicken littles are the worst part of the boneyard. It’s so predictable. Salute to Marquette they played an incredible offensive game. Kolek is a guy

 

[August_West]

Tired of posters saying it’s bad coaching. I saw so many lazy plays by us throughout and no communication. That’s not Hurley’s fault. I know you guys saw it when he grabbed Sanogo and Newton and said, what the duck are you guys doing?. They seemed tired from yesterday, just low energy.

Agreed. This had zero to do with Hurley. Those players were put in a position to succeed . They didn’t.

 

[YoungFree]

Maybe it’s not luck…..

You can't tell me that a few of those Marquette shots weren't what most people call luck...

 

[navery12]

So are you

Actually he's not, he's insufferable and nothing he posts makes sense

 

[UCan3]

Why wasn't a TO called?

Agreed run a play Dan! I would have run one for Alex as he is only one that wants the rock during cruch time!

 

[Frank06830]

Our ceiling in the tournament will be S16. Can't have F4 ambitions when Hawkins always has the chance to completely no show against some team. All our star championship guards balled out when it mattered most including Rip, BG, Kemba, Shabazz, Boat.

Needed. Ben Garden tonight

 

[Stinger92860]

Joey in at end and not Alleyne is baffling. Joey missed 4 straight threes.

I would have had Alleyne in for Newton or Hawk.

 

[SportsFan88]

2-11

They got up into his air space and was physical with him from the tip and it threw all the way off

 

[F101Voodoo]

Ok I will admit it that this loss by UCONN is all my fault. When I order Jetsey Mike’s Italian super combo UConn almost always wins. I #*(& up and and ordered fish and chips. Mia Culpa. It won’t happen again promise.

 

[JMick]

Big problem all year is not having a guy who can regularly beat his guy off the dribble. Showed up again down the stretch tonight. Marquette is really good, but they played a great game on offense, hit some ridiculous shots, and yet it was a 2 point game at the end.

We came up empty the last 5 trips, and that sealed it. The one that stood out was I think our 3rd to last possession and Sanogo had sealed his guy and was all alone inside, and we missed him.

And as of right now we don't have that guy for next year either.

 

[caw]

No, he just kept going there knowing he would be hammered. And rarely a foul call.

Exactly what he should have done. You could see the frustration at getting zero calls. Wish I had the time to put a cut of his drives together. The number of times he gets bodied or hacked with no call is astounding this year.

 

[10TOES]

Call a time out! Even if there were .5seconds. Once Hawkins had no shot, call a damn time out. We did not need a three…. I would be 1/100 upset if we drew up a play and missed the shot

 

[Hunt for 7]

We lost for several reasons. Hurley was not out coached. He went to a 3-2 zone which I mentioned during our losing streak. The zone worked. We just missed too many open threes. Joey C tough night not sure why he was the choice to take that next to last shot. Hawkins no bueno tonight and I guess the pro scouts saw if you put a 6’6”-6’7” athletic wing on him and play physical bingo neutralized. But the mid court three is the difference in the game. But did anyone really ever feel like we were going to win the game. Unfortunately this team does not have the “it” factor. They just don’t win close games. Not blaming anyone it is just a fact. Very disappointed as we even got help from the refs but still could not get over the hump. I did not get that aggravated tonight because I never felt like we were going to win the game.

 

[freshler40]

Karaban not enough shots. Not sure why...but he was the guy who needed to carry this game.

He needs to look for his shot rather than pass first. We need 8-10 per game game from him!

 

[uconntoatl]

I’m not sure how to describe what Jackson did tonight, but it looked like he never had played defense it his life. He can’t take himself out of games like this

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Prosper is 6’8 and long.really tough matchup for him. Impossible to get Hawkins open when no one can penetrate to kick.

Infuriating

And he didn’t use a head fake once from what I saw. All he wants is the 3.

 

[giddyup]

If we make it out of week 1 it will be a pleasant surprise. Coach hasn’t shown the ability to get his guys to show up when the bright lights get even brighter.

 

[YoungFree]

Yes.

Agreed. We lost to the #6 team in the country, not St Johns

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I was telling my coworker who I brought tonight (at the time we tied it sa little past midway through the second half causing Shaka to call a TO) that JC was a master at that situation, that in games where we needed to claw back, once we got close, JC was able to will the team into quality execution. The shots didn't always fall, at times quality D wasn't enough to keep an opponent's shot from falling, but we won an inordinate number of those games.

Hurley needs to figure this part out.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Don't get why we didn't see DC again. No player fears Sanogo when he's on defense. Hurley could even have put both of them out there for a bit. Would like to know the +/- differential was when DC was on the floor.

Im not 100% accurate on the in/out times, but it looks like he was +9

Again, it's not down to the second, but im pretty sure im close

 

[UConnSwag11]

Actually he's not, he's insufferable and nothing he posts makes sense

Yes, we should all be content with mediocrity.

 

[HuskyFich]

Actually he's not, he's insufferable and nothing he posts makes sense

Let’s not get hasty. @UConnSwag11 knows CBB very well.

He just enjoys poking at the negatives because no one else will. I respect it.

He’s just usually wrong.