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mauconnfan said:
Silas and Tarris were good. Not sure why they abandoned the interior and Reed especially when no one could make a shot? Disappointing with a week to prepare, not much to make James think more same ol hedging that didn’t work. Get we’re not winning many shooting it like that no matter. 2/15 seeding upset yikes!!! Alex was exactly the opposite from his senior night.

Not much you can do but get ready for the 2 seed at MSG. Never know, doubt it but let’s see what happens.
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We've won Nattys with a worse seeding, but the team's inconsistency makes it unlikely to string together a 6 game run.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
Absolutely deserved to lose this game and to get all of the ancillary repercussions that come with it.

Our inability to play games with intensity and purpose all year long finally is having some real repercussions.

Blew an outright big east regular season championship, blew a number one tourney seed, killed any momentum rolling into the tournaments. what a disaster.

Maybe it will be the wake up call that this team finally needs, but I won’t be holding my breath.
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Creighton in Gampel should have been the wake up call.
 
Improviser said:
We've won Nattys with a worse seeding, but the team's inconsistency makes it unlikely to string together a 6 game run.
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They won't - hoping for an Elite 8 and then maybe a miracle to get to the F4 in the one game format.
SaeHusky said:
Did Marquette do anything different in 2nd half to keep Reed from getting the ball in the post? I didn't notice anything. For the life of me I can't understand why we stopped feeding him
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It's not the first time it was the obvious move and we abandoned it. Someone on the court has to recognize it, pull the team together and make it priority - AK or Silas. Not sure where the leadership is on this team.
 
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Hurley will get a 1 game suspension, it could be a good thing too. Let Kimani be the HC for 1 game, it could provide a big spark for the team. Have Hurley be away from the arena Thursday away from the media, comeback Friday for a late game refocused and re energized if we win Thursday of course.
 
connVA said:
Wrong. #1 is severely in jeopardy if not already gone but we could lose in the quarters and keep the #2 considering how flawed all the projected 2-line teams are (which presumably no longer includes Florida).
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Number one isn't even a question now which is probably a blessing in disguise. We did not want to face Florida. They are playing very well and were projected to be the fifth overall. All good. Doesn't make one iota of a difference what seed we are. All about the matchups.
 
SaeHusky said:
Did Marquette do anything different in 2nd half to keep Reed from getting the ball in the post? I didn't notice anything. For the life of me I can't understand why we stopped feeding him
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More on the ball pressure but when we did swing it around Reed was open but not even looking to post up. Hurley just loves the weaves and picks up top even when that isn't doing anything for us. He is one Stubborn coach.
 
Anyone have a link to the postgame press conference video? Should be a doozy!
 
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Really no excuse. This is on Hurley and AK.
Hurley did not prepare this team mentally and physically.
AK Being the captain on the court, and laid a big egg when the most important game is on the line.

With that said, This team does not have a killer instinct and not a single lockdown defender, inside or outside. Defense wins the chip; Offense is on and off.
 
nychuskyfan said:
Aside from Demary they don’t have a single player that can do that. We’ve prioritized shooting to the extreme. And I think teams have figured out their intricate offense a little bit better, so we don’t get as many easy buckets either.
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Agree with this. Demary is the only guy that can take his guy off the dribble. You need 2 of those on the court at all times
 
We don't need to be this again but we need some of it again, we barely had any of it last season and now it's completely gone. The back to back teams had Clingan and Jackson and then Clingan and Castle with Samson.

If you look at this roster, the way they play on the court, and their highlights for the season you'll be wondering where the hell did all the dunks go? Where did the running go? Where did the alley oops go? Where did the resounding (give me that s^^^) blocks and rebounds go?

 
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SwingDog said:
I had concerns about this game. Marquette coming off a dominant win versus Providence and playing with house money against UConn. Looking at highlights from that game, they looked sharp and athletic. There was no way this was going to be an easy win. No excuses, though. This is a game the Huskies HAVE to win with so much on the line. Very, very disappointing.

I get why Hurley was angry with all the pent up frustration, and then the no-call on the foul by Gold but it should not have come down to that.
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I just watched the replay. There was no foul by Gold. He went straight straight up never brought an arm down. Demary just ran into him
 
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It was a bad performance, but the team isn't going to go 3-24 from 3 again for the rest of the season. It sucks we lost the Big East regular season title today, but it is what it is.

I've already moved on. Time for the BET and NCAAT. One performance isn't going to make me lose faith in this team at this point. This is the same team that smashed St Johns a couple weeks ago. As Hurley said a couple days ago, out floor is low but our ceiling is incredibly high. They can still rattle off 6 straight and get the ultimate prize.
 
Himhalhoun said:
Number one isn't even a question now which is probably a blessing in disguise. We did not want to face Florida. They are playing very well and were projected to be the fifth overall. All good. Doesn't make one iota of a difference what seed we are. All about the matchups.
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In all likelihood we'd still be playing Florida at this point unless one of us loses in the first round and the other wins the championship in our respective conference tourneys. We'll just be wearing a different color jersey.
 
superjohn said:
I have to believe it's finally sunk in with Hurley, he alluded to it as well a few weeks ago.
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He said the same thing last year, too.

I’d like to think that we’re bringing in two above average athletes and will make it a point to bring in an athletic 4, 5, and 1. You also can’t put a team out there with basically one player who can take someone off the dribble. Going on two years of that, too.
 
3rdbass said:
More on the ball pressure but when we did swing it around Reed was open but not even looking to post up. Hurley just loves the weaves and picks up top even when that isn't doing anything for us. He is one Stubborn coach.
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We certainly ran a long clock offense the entire game. What happened to the 60/40 offense that may create a surprise or two? Our pattern offense style if well known in the trade, especially in the Big East. We are good at it and get many open shots from the 60% side, but when that isn't working, we need to go to our inside strength and be more creative. That didn't happen much in the second half.
 
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