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2 things that stand out. Hurley shudda called a To when newton crossed timeline and joey C shudda got pulled for Alleyne after first brick he shot right before his final shot. Plus put in Alleyne for defensive purposes. Tuff L -Marquette D was out of thier minds and pulled shots out of thier a#### all night. Hurley still refuses 2 bigs even with hawk ice cold and Jax in foul trouble. Clingan Adama joey c Alleyne all played well. Tuff L. No one’s gonna be at garden tmrw night for 2 hick Midwest teams. Bad for big east. That place must be empty tonight too right now. Ugh. Killed the whole weekend. Tuff one. Still can’t get past semis - 3 straight years.
 
husky429 said:
It's just one game. But unfortunately now we really need two wins in the NCAAT for this to be considered a successful season to me. I said in September we needed 3 post-season wins, and I still feel the same way. Gets that much harder with another quick BET exit.

Not feeling great right now.
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This program needs to win a couple of NCAA tourney wins bad. A BE T title plus a first round win at least would have been something at the beginning of the season we would have seen as a positive step. This regular nocon season was better than I thought. This BE season was worse than I thought after seeing them dominate early. The team needs two wins minimum. It is good enough to go further.
 
Hankster said:
I could not believe that happened. Go for the two. Take it to the hoop, get fouled.
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Based on what happened every time Newton drove to the hoop all game, you can’t have assumed that we were getting any call on a drive to the hoop. You would have liked to get it to SAnogo down low, but our best player at getting him the ball down low wasn’t smart enough to avoid taking himself out of the game with unnecessary fouls.
 
A very winnable loss. I can’t believe we did nothing offensively when their key 3 went to the bench. Would’ve like to see the ball get inside more towards the end.
 
MrSec224 said:
This game proved how different we are without Andre on the floor. If someone can find our plus minus numbers I bet his was through the roof.
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He killed us on the floor, didn’t do a thing to help and played bad defense. He was more frustrating than Hawk because he’s an upperclassman and should eventually get things right, but never did.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
He killed us on the floor, didn’t do a thing to help and played bad defense. He was more frustrating than Hawk because he’s an upperclassman and should eventually get things right, but never did.
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58-48 he came in. Next thing u know its 60-60. Id like to see the numbers
 
nychuskyfan said:
Is this really your argument defending why a guy who had 7 and 5 in 10 minutes, was +10 and was in the game during a huge run didn’t play more?
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Sometimes Hurley plays three-dimensional chess by taking out key players when we're making a run because reasons.
 
A lot of casual fans in this thread. We lost to a top ten team by two. Our best player was ice cold - you want Hurley to take the shots for him? AJ, as much as people dislike him, brings intensity and is an exceptional facilitator of the basketball and plays great defense. Both those guys were non-existent all game - that’s not DHs fault. Couple that with Newton getting mailed all game and Marquette unable to miss a shot in the 2nd half and this is what you get.

Hurley made a nice adjustment to zone and it smothered them. He gave Allenye valuable minutes and it paid off. I was disappointed about the lack of timeout at the end, but what are you going to do - sometimes in games like this you gotta let them play. We had a play at the end Newton just couldn’t hit the pass.

We are a three seed come Sunday. We are 25-8. Let’s see what happens next Thursday\Friday before we call the season a failure.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I hate to say this but having Andre and Hawkins on the bench helped quite a bit during that stretch.
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I actually thought when Jackson came in for the zone he did well. But it was one of his worst overall games
 
Hankster said:
I could not believe that happened. Go for the two. Take it to the hoop, get fouled.
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Agree, but this is an area the team is lacking. A true pg and someone who can take you off the bounce. They can be the same guy. Newton is a combo and doesn't get enough seperation and while Hawk has improved in this area, it is still not a strength.
 
oshkosh said:
A very winnable loss. I can’t believe we did nothing offensively when their key 3 went to the bench. Would’ve like to see the ball get inside more towards the end.
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Their key 3 are offensive players. They still had their 5 best defensive players on the court.
 
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Not posting to beat up coaching, we were right there with AJax/Hawk on off nights. BUT….we gotta have a better play design than our last offensive possession to tie or win…just saying
 
kansashusky said:
How were we better this year? Worst finish in conference and lost same game in the tournament.
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We're clearly more talented and look way better than those other UConn teams at our best but the same exact end of game problems exist and we still have nothing to show for it in terms of winning the regular season or even making the conference tournament finals. Everything is now on the NCAA tournament. A lot of pressure for a coach and team that hasn't done well with pressure.
 
UCfor3 said:
No shame in losing to Marquette. Our 3 starting perimeter players played poorly. Joey missed 2 open looks. Would have liked a TO on last possession, especially without Andre pushing the ball and finding the open man.
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Only reason Joey was in so much I think and was in that spot was Hawk was a disaster. If Hawk is scoring Joey isn't getting that much time and being asked to carry that load.
 
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uconnbill said:
I just wanted Hawkins to take it to the hole and let them foul him. It was better than a fall away three-pointer
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Agreed, but maybe he threw up the 3 because he got the ball so late that he didn’t think he had enough time.
 
Lol at people arguing about Clingan and Sanogo. Center has been our strongest position and we have not lost any games because of them.
 
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80shusky said:
Only reason Joey was in so much I think and was in that spot was Hawk was a disaster. If Hawk is scoring Joey isn't getting that much time and being asked to carry that load.
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While Diarra was out Joey was playing like he did in the OOC. When Diarra came back Joey regressed
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Uh…yes. Clingan has been kept in too long and made mistakes, and he doesn’t finish nearly as strong as Adama does. Adama was the least of our issues today.
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We’re not talking about a leaving a guy in too long who played 37 minutes. We’re talking about 10 minutes. You can’t possibly believe he was “kept in too long” in a game where he played 10 minutes.

Adama played fine but Clingan was a difference-maker tonight.
 
I think when we face new blood next week we will see double digit victories like early in the year. It’s a good thing big east play is done - the familiarity and the refs will not pay a role. Playing teams 3x is rough. Onto the tourney and let’s lay wood to some other programs.
 
MrSec224 said:
This game proved how different we are without Andre on the floor. If someone can find our plus minus numbers I bet his was through the roof.
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He was -4 in his 15 minutes
 
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