Marquette Post Game Thread

[Travelman6]

They just incurred what was likely the most embarrassing loss in UConn reg season history.

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[huskyharry]

Where are we gonna go if no one is calling?

A10 and MAC would likely be available…would not be my choice though!

 

[RuffRuff]

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This one beats it. Nothing was at stake back then.

 

[Chonky]

Do you mean consensus final 1-seed, because they aren't a 3-seed. Even then, no, FL is the likely 4th one seed at this point if not us. If FL flounders in their tourney and we win ours, I think 1-seed is still 50/50 on the table between us and FL. ISU would be just on the outside in either case and would only have a shot if they win theirs and both we and FL fall early on our tourneys.

If we S the bed in the opening BE tourney round and the likes of FL, ISU, UH, MSU, and maybe even Nebraska all close out strong and excel in their tourneys, MAYBE be get bumped to a 3, but unlikely enough would happen for that to happen.

And I know someone is going to say the committee doesn't care about conference tourneys, but with quite the bottleneck for the teams vying for the final 1-seed through 2-seeds, I think they will play a part this year and the committee with have some contingencies ready for several outcomes.

I means consensus FIRST three seed. (9th on S curve)

We lose to X/MQ and ISU wins B12 and MSU/Illinois/Houston do well I think we may drop to 3.

We’d have three BAD losses in span of month playing in 2nd tier conference.

Again. Long shot but on the table.

1 seed is not close to 50/50. If Florida wins out it’s theirs regardless of what we do.

People really forget how much the Big East is looked down on

 

[RuffRuff]

In his video before this he was also quick to point out that he is completely spoiled with expectations and that for any reasonable person, being a top 10 team with a 27-4 record beating the OOC teams that we did would be considered a very successful season. Every single one of us here would have signed up for that in a heartbeat at the beginning of the season. I know there are high expectations for UConn and that most sports fans simply are not reasonable people, but this sky is falling attitude from arm chair coaches is really disappointing. Yes the team and coaches have flaws, everyone does, but they are still pretty damn good .

In the grand scheme of things, still the 7-8th best team in the country in terms of odds. Not a bad place to be.

I think we're still all trying to come down back to earth off the B2B to reasonable expectations. We've all annointed Hurley the greatest coach on earth, a mastermind. He's just another good coach. It's the players that do the work. He needs better groceries.

 

[HooperScooper]

This is how a UConn team is supposed to treat an inferior conference opponent. 😂

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[Derucky]

There goes the 1 seed, not to mention BE regular season title. Wow.

Not if UConn wins the BEAST tourney and Florida doesn't win theirs.

 

[Derucky]

Bro, you don’t lose to a 11-19 team and complain about lack of big win opportunities. How genuinely full of ourselves are we? We just lost to an AWFUL team all by our own doing.

I don't agree. Shaka decided to be more physical, and his players executed. They deserve credit.

 

[Derucky]

Karaban can’t have that type of game, Mullins has to cool it he shot us out of the game, and the turnovers are just mentally weak players. Not sure the last part is changing.

Correct. They're not used to the idea that you need to let the other team know you will be just as physical with them EVERY GAME.

 

[Derucky]

Considering the circumstances that was the worst loss of the Hurley era.

No way. New Mexico State - he still hadn't won a big tourney game.

 

[Derucky]

Where are we gonna go if no one is calling?

We have 6 NCs. Why would we go anywhere?

 

[uconnfan68]

There’s only so much Danny and the coaching staff can do to convince the elite high schoolers to come to Storrs. Despite the fact we are a blue blood, the very best kids want to go elsewhere Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, et al, hence their rosters are full of burger boys. We may have gotten Acaden Lewis if we didn’t sign Smith, or prioritized Acuff or Darius Adams or another impactful freshmen instead of the Aiden Mchaney/ Ahmad Nowell level of talent.

Need more $

 

[Derucky]

Need more $

Adams is just hitting stride now. He has shot a low percentage all year.

 

[superjohn]

Adams is just hitting stride now. He has shot a low percentage all year.

Just stop, before today Darius Adams was averaging 4.6 ppg on 22.6% field goals, 7.7% three pointers in his last 5 games.

 

[Derucky]

Just stop, before today Darius Adams was averaging 4.6 ppg on 22.6% field goals, 7.7% three pointers in his last 5 games.

You're right. My fault. 😆

 

[Derucky]

In the grand scheme of things, still the 7-8th best team in the country in terms of odds. Not a bad place to be.

I think we're still all trying to come down back to earth off the B2B to reasonable expectations. We've all annointed Hurley the greatest coach on earth, a mastermind. He's just another good coach. It's the players that do the work. He needs better groceries.

Marquette just pushed UConn, and UConn did not respond with physicality. I think it was more on the players.

 

[80shusky]

Just stop, before today Darius Adams was averaging 4.6 ppg on 22.6% field goals, 7.7% three pointers in his last 5 games.

Also before today, last five games like 14 pts total with over 20 minutes per game. 5 assists total. Great for a freshman if he was getting 5 minutes a game but he wouldn't see the court much here this year. Would've been a nice piece backing up the 1 and 2 next year though.

 

[Derucky]

Of course we'd like the depth, but he is not in the same ballpark as Mullin.

 

[lateralous]

I really think they need to revisit the idea of a lineup change when Stewart comes back. You just can’t have two inconsistent chuckers like Mullins and Ball out there together as often as they do, especially when neither one significantly impacts other parts of the game when their shot isn’t falling. AK does a lot of the little stuff that makes him way more impactful than the other two but he’s wildly inconsistent as well.

I find the biggest difference in how the team played the OOC schedule compared to the conference schedule is that the lineup has much better balance when there’s only one of Ball or Mullins on the floor and then one of Ross or Stewart is taking the other minutes.

 

[Glastonhusky]

There’s only so much Danny and the coaching staff can do to convince the elite high schoolers to come to Storrs. Despite the fact we are a blue blood, the very best kids want to go elsewhere Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, et al, hence their rosters are full of burger boys. We may have gotten Acaden Lewis if we didn’t sign Smith, or prioritized Acuff or Darius Adams or another impactful freshmen instead of the Aiden Mchaney/ Ahmad Nowell level of talent.

Not sure what happened with Lewis. Maybe we backed off because we thought he was going to Kentucky? Maybe we already had Silas and Smith signed, not sure about the order of commitments. I wonder if we looked at Nigel James, right in our own back yard in Long Island.

 

[uconnfan68]

Not sure what happened with Lewis. Maybe we backed off because we thought he was going to Kentucky? Maybe we already had Silas and Smith signed, not sure about the order of commitments. I wonder if we looked at Nigel James, right in our own back yard in Long Island.

And mentored by Donyell Marshall.

 

[freescooter]

Where are we gonna go if no one is calling?

Yeah but do other leagues get MSG? 😉

 

[3rdbass]

The offense needs to be adjusted. Obviously cant rely on the 3 point shots anymore. When they don't fall, we can be in big trouble. Reed in foul trouble adds to this issue. What does Hurley do ? How about more mid range shots for Solo and Braylen ?

Reed wasn't in much foul trouble in the 2nd half picked up his 3rd foul with 15:39 left and didn't get his 4th foul until 3:27 remaining. He didn't play 2 minutes in that stretch. He took 1 shot and missed it in that 10 minutes. That can't happen. We can't just get perimeter happy with the beast inside and forget him whether we are getting pressured or not. We can pass the ball well enough to get him the ball to him but for some unforeseen reason it didn't happen in the 2nd haf.

 

[freescooter]

In the grand scheme of things, still the 7-8th best team in the country in terms of odds. Not a bad place to be.

I think we're still all trying to come down back to earth off the B2B to reasonable expectations. We've all annointed Hurley the greatest coach on earth, a mastermind. He's just another good coach. It's the players that do the work. He needs better groceries.

I kind of always thought this. Hurley could recruit incredibly well. Get guys he wants. But not sure he evaluates players that well and gets the mix right. He did in 2023 & 24 but not last year and this year it’s hard to say. I remember when Donovan was the wonder kid coach with back to backs at Florida. People then were predicting them to supplant Duke as the perennial favorite. They won zero more Championships. Always had good teams but never great ones. The test for Hurley will be getting #3 with a new cast. Always has been.

 

[3rdbass]

There’s only so much Danny and the coaching staff can do to convince the elite high schoolers to come to Storrs. Despite the fact we are a blue blood, the very best kids want to go elsewhere Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, et al, hence their rosters are full of burger boys. We may have gotten Acaden Lewis if we didn’t sign Smith, or prioritized Acuff or Darius Adams or another impactful freshmen instead of the Aiden Mchaney/ Ahmad Nowell level of talent.

How about getting some athletes to mix in with the skilled players we have. Marquette looked a lot more athletic than are team. We don't need top 25 recruits and UConn has never been about building a team of them to be sucessful.