Marquette Post Game Thread

[gsmooth]

Good news: Shot 17-18 from the line, Almost 100%.

Bad News: 3-24 from 3. 12.5%.

Imagine if they hit just one more three. We might have pulled out that game.

Conclusion : A very good team having a very bad day!

What to expect: I'm just not sure what to expect from this team. They look like a team that can beat anyone but also one that can lose to just about anyone.

It's what Hurley said and I agree with it: high ceiling, low floor.

 

[uconn_jack]

Maybe we just didn't want to share anything with St Johns.

 

[DMIL]

Disappointing end to the regular season. Was the team looking ahead? Overlooking a pretty bad Marquette team? Obviously pushes us to a 2 seed. We need a strong BET

Ask coach Hurley and a #2 seed isn't guaranteed. The championship DNA was nowhere to be found and we lost the Big East Regular Season title to a team with 19 losses. Let that sink in.

 

[SubbaBub]

Meh, go win the next 9. Do what needs to be done and they'll win. Don't and they won't.

Today they let a bad team shoot over 50%, while epically bricking from 3, turning the ball over, and in the last 3 minutes losing on the defensive glass

At least they made their free throws.

 

[huskdogs]

Lol right when it felt like the media narratives of Dan being the devil himself was starting to change. Sure this will be a fun media cycle

 

[Jaydumo20]

At least when we lose a 2/15 matchup it won't be as embarrassing as losing a 1/16

This is the first thought I had too. Ha! Then I felt guilty. I still love this team. But Psychologically I do think this team performs better under the radar.

 

[ec33]

As


The denial some have on this team and how they were constructed is simply unbelievable. Creighton didn’t wake you up. The near catastrophe’s in conference. Today. Nothing gets through.

Denial of what? The development we hopes for doesn't appear to have happened (at least not in Big East play).

What you want me to do exactly? Panic and whine like you? Is that helping the team progress in some magical way?

I'll give it a try. Perhaps if we all let the poor play of the UConn men's team ruin our lives on a daily basis through panic, worrying, and randomly yelling at people to "wake up" that will prove to be the key that carries the players through to a national title.

 

[Icehawk]

Well, that sucked. I'm not entirely shocked though, coming after a week off playing against bottom ranked opposition is a recipe for ye olde trap game.

That said... wth man. Karaban wasted several seconds at the end that just might have mattered. Our shooting #s were gross. Turnovers were gross. I don't want to bash Malachi but he plays like he's 5'1".

 

[boog204]

It's just so strange he hasn't corrected it in two seasons and he didn't fix the issue with the freshmen coming in for next season either.

For such a smart and great coach it makes no sense.

I’m salty, but I believe there was some ego involved in regards to just having a system and culture that was superior. He waxed poetically about it to anyone who would listen. But you still need versatile players within that system. We went from having starting lineups with two or three creators to really a lineup with none last year and one this year. You can run the greatest stuff in the world, but you still need players who can make some plays and get down hill. Some said earlier, why didn’t we penetrate and go to the hoop more since our shots weren’t falling? Simple answer is we can’t.

 

[superjohn]

It's pretty wild Hurley has more national championships than Big East regular season titles.

 

[Sea Goat]

They won't lose to 15 seed or 16 seed in the NCAAT. But they could end up having to grind out a 2nd Rd win.

They just lost to a team that is going to playing golf by Friday! Play like this and they'll lose to the Little Sisters of the Poor...

 

[alphasigko]

That wasn't getting called at that point unless it was egregious. It looked like Gold may have slightly dipped his arm and got him but in real time he looked pretty vertical to me. Just Hurley venting over finalizing a face-plant against the worst team in the league, lost regular season title, and lost one seed in that one play.

What was Gold doing in there at that point in the game? He played with 4 fouls for over 10 minutes... They could not drive on him and get him to foul out?

 

[Smp7598]

I think coach did a great disservice to Karaban. He tried to make him something that he is not. He was a great role player for the championship teams, but that’s what he is. That does not diminish his accomplishments. He loves UConn and we love him,but it’s good that he is a senior!

 

[Henry]

They obviously practiced FTs in their week off, but not much else.

 

[gtcam]

Just Alex?

The Ring of Honor AK?????????????????????????

 

[Scoe]

Just pissed we threw away a BE championship, the 1 seed whatever in someways it feels like that's a bit of relief not getting the 1 seed.

 

[Smp7598]

I was thinking the same exact thing. We win and it’s ho hum. We lose and it’s Armageddon. We are spoiled. I try to remind myself of how bad we were 5+ years ago and this usually helps me calm down. We are good and have a shot. That’s all you can ask for.

You wonder why UConn is never considered a Blueblood? If Duke or Kentucky doesn’t make the final Four the season is a failure. Hey at least we got a shot, so does Miami of Ohio!

 

[ctbro1999]

This was a complete turd. Flush it and get ready for Thursday.

 

[Scoe]

The Ring of Honor AK?????????????????????????

Oh shut up, if you feel so strongly about this go outside Gampel and protest then.

 

[ucp990411]

Just wondering why you isolated Alex? Harris was the only starter that played well.

They won't lose to 15 seed or 16 seed in the NCAAT. But they could end up having to grind out a 2nd Rd win.

We just lost to a team that won’t make the NIT. We can absolutely lose to a 15 seed

 

[superjohn]

Just pissed we threw away a BE championship, the 1 seed whatever in someways it feels like that's a bit of relief not getting the 1 seed.

It really stinks. People on the board trash this conference for sucking and we've only won it once since we came back to the league. I usually don't care much about a single loss anymore but the more I think about this one it annoys me. It's ridiculous we just lost the conference playing the way we did to that team. The players and coaches better have some pride and turn it around and win the Big East tournament because they just blew one of their three goals.

 

[ucp990411]

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.

We may still face them. As a 2 seed

 

[NewBlood]

Yeah this loss really sucked, but this team reminds me of the 2006 team. It has a gaudy record like that 2006 team, but I just don't have pure confidence with this team.

06 team would take teams to the woodshed occasionally

 

[Rocktheworld]

You people are insane, making broad statements about how not-good this team is and judging their effort.

We shot 3/24 from 3. A bad shooting day on the road. It can happen to any team. Have a freaking drink and calm down.

 

[Bonamassa]

I think they should spare the team and the fans embarrassment and pull out of the Big East and NCAA Tournaments. UConn is clearly a bottom feeder.