Marquette Post Game Thread

[Chin Diesel]

I know he didn't shoot well, but I loved what I saw from Solo. He had 2 big blocks, several contested rebounds, and was diving all over the place. Showed more hustle than anybody on the floor, and that was a high bar tonight.

I'd be showing Ball and Samson diving all over the place in the film room to hammer home hustle, valuing possession and just wanting it more than the opponent.

 

[donyell34]

They are BAD losses for sure.

I don't want to hear another word on that SH loss. Gave me nightmares for 2 weeks and finally it's over and yet it keeps coming back. It's over let it go. We just have to beat them at home and keep on trucking.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Not going to call this an off game for Reed. Didn't have the stats but he did his job. Couple of great finds to AK on double teams, one down low for a layup and of course the dagger.

But Samson was on and rightfully carried the load at 5

 

[freshler40]

And compared to the first time around we cut the turnovers down from 25 to 8.

We took care of the ball, outshot MK and controlled the boards in the second half. Fifty fifty balls were ours 75%. We had some nice coaching changes and great positioning going forward.

Teams may play tight this time of the year. By controlling the boards our chances are much better than many teams. We have the horses for the boards, most teams don't!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Not going to call this an off game for Reed. Didn't have the stats but he did his job. Couple of great finds to AK on double teams, one down low for a layup and of course the dagger.

But Samson was on and rightfully carried the load at 5

Reed has improved so much this year with his passing out of double teams.

 

[businesslawyer]

Johnson and Reed should have been playing some rotations together all season.

While I hear you, and they are 2 of our best 6 players and it would be great to get more than 40 combined minutes from them, our coach wouldn’t even play Sanogo and DC together to get DC more minutes. So I wouldn’t hold your breach.

Hurley just doesn’t believe in playing twin towers.

 

[Edward Sargent]

I owe Samson an apology from the chat where I said he couldn't rebound. He was angry tonight! Gold was a perfect matchup for him. Tarris on the other hand not so much. McNeeley's worse game of the season that I recall, seems like he was trying to do too much and none of his shots were falling that and Kam Jones was punking him all night.

 

[7774]

Huge win, but this board is so funny. Marquette was 3-22 from 3 on a bunch of open looks. If they were 6-22, which still sucks, we probably lose and Hurley and all the players would be getting destroyed, even though everything we did in the game would have essentially been the same.

 

[freshler40]

I mentioned this in the chat - but when you get open, shoot. Don’t even think about it. Just shoot. We set a lot of screens to get you that shot - don’t waste their effort. It’s hard to get open against a good defensive team and you aren’t necessarily going to get a better look by being patient.

And just as importantly, the defense gets scrambling and you can get a putback way more easily than when your own man contests your shot and everyone is at home.

Granted I’m not in on the exact game plan and coaching instructions, but as a fan I don’t mind good shots missing. What I hate is not taking them and then having to force up something worse.

Amen! Getting that shot was what we worked for. Very well put. Shoot, we also set our rebounding so shoot!

 

[NickDanger]

I don’t think that’s how it works.

It is

 

[Edward Sargent]

If Mahaney can play 10 minutes give Diarra a rest, score 2 points, have a nice assist, grab a rebound, commit no turnovers and play passable defense, like he did tonight. That's more than we have been getting from the #2 point guard this year. Not over taxing Diarra is big. Anyone who comes in and is NOT a liability at the point guard is big help.

I like what Mahanney gave us tonight. Hopefully Danny can turn off that hesitate switch and turn on the attack switch

 

[WhereistheDove?]

He wasn't brilliant but I actually thought Mahaney was pretty decent tonight.

Solo did a lot of little things tonight - threw himself on the floor after loose balls a few times, drew a charge.

His job is to give Diarra some blow, not cough up the ball, and maybe do a couple positive things with the minutes, and he did it admirably today. At this point, that’s all I’m asking for out of those minutes.

 

[BGesus4]

When I see the things Johnson can do it does make me wonder if he’s been done a disservice by being developed as a center. The way he moves his feet combined with guys size and leaping ability is unique. At his size, he was our best on ball defender of one of the best guard scorers in the country….crazy

 

[RuffRuff]

Not going to call this an off game for Reed. Didn't have the stats but he did his job. Couple of great finds to AK on double teams, one down low for a layup and of course the dagger.

But Samson was on and rightfully carried the load at 5

Wasn’t an off game as much as it wasn’t a style match. For as much as I’d love Tarris to anchor this team, a game like that is just a much better matchup for Samson. This was similar to last year against StJ.

Tarris has to learn to catch and go up decisively against these quick teams that collapse with help and reach in. He’s a tick slow at the ball at times and allows for help to swarm.

I will say this, loved the inside out play design on the AK 3. It was a really nice entry by Alex. That type of play could be so effective regularly if Tarris keeps his head up. We are struggling to find open threes lately, using Tarris could help.

 

[Kowalski]

He wasn't brilliant but I actually thought Mahaney was pretty decent tonight.

Solo did a lot of little things tonight - threw himself on the floor after loose balls a few times, drew a charge.

I thought he held his own overall. 10 minutes without out a turrnover against a physical defense that turned us over 25 times last time. And I don’t recall him getting beat off the dribble. Jones scored over him once or twice low but he did that to everyone.
AM can’t hesitate when he gets a decent look from 3 though. A shooter off the bench is where he can add a lot of value.

 

[NickDanger]

Not even an interpreter can fix willfully arrogant stupid. You're out beyond your shark and the only thing that can help you is to stop trying so hard to know more, do more, and/or be more than a human being.

Hans knows because an interpreter tried to fix his posts and look what happened!

 

[WhereistheDove?]

When I see the things Johnson can do it does make me wonder if he’s been done a disservice by being developed as a center. The way he moves his feet combined with guys size and leaping ability is unique. At his size, he was our best on ball defender of one of the best guard scorers in the country….crazy

You’re going to unleash the double big crew…. The reality is that his size and athleticism are better served as a stretch four but his skills are pretty relegated to the five.

 

[Dove]

Steal and layup by Sam was sick!

Gave me an Andre Jackson flashback.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

When I see the things Johnson can do it does make me wonder if he’s been done a disservice by being developed as a center. The way he moves his feet combined with guys size and leaping ability is unique. At his size, he was our best on ball defender of one of the best guard scorers in the country….crazy

When it became clear that part of our game plan last night was active switching and a lot of it would result in Samson guarding Jones, I wasn’t to thrilled at how it might end.

To his credit, Samson performed well beyond expectations. The only time he really got burned was in the 1st half when Jones did a shake & bake on a drive & Samson looked like he got cooked but the replay showed he actually just slipped on what was either Gampel or player sweat.

 

[uconnblueinky]

Play of the game was the refs missing the shotclock violation on the missed Reed shot that Stewart put back slammed. That play energized the team and the crowd. It looked like a violation. Glad we got that call !

 

[UCTitleTown]

That was the AK we need to see. Onions to take big shots and being aggressive, not just our designated three shooter. AM frustrated the hell out of me refusing to take open shots. Not sure how a player overcomes a lack of confidence. He made some nice moves to get open looks too.

 

[Deepster]

That’s UConn basketball in March!

As Kevin Freeman called it. Winning time.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Apologies if already posted but Stewart’s put back slam made number 2 on plays of the day on Sportscenter. He has those hops and he still looks a bit heavy to me. Stewart is definitely an enigma but last night might have been his best defensive game of the year.

I see we dropped down a spot on KenPom after the win. Marquette losses drops one spot we win drop one spot. We are just not a team that analytics like. But to me that was our best defensive game of the year, because we executed the staffs game plan. Maybe some of that is Marquette not shooting well but we also contested a ton of shots. One or two of Joplin threes were highly contested.

Stewart, Johnson and even Reed did a very good job of staying in front of smaller quicker players by moving their feet. Collectively this was the type of game that can get you wins against very good competition.

 

[RuffRuff]

Hans knows because an interpreter tried to fix his posts and look what happened!

Not sure what to think of this human as he sounds like some wannabe aristocrat after one too many acid trips or the male version of a drunk Julia Childs on a hoops message board. Anytime he blabbers with his odd jibberish I picture a human that looks like Ms Doubtfire wearing an ascot clacking away on their Apple McIntosh.

 

[Mister P]

I forgot one more accolade, Stewie. That put back slam sent a message. You can't win. Don't even try. I hear-by deflate you. After that play it was pretty much the Kam Jones show who almost won it by himself.

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