Marquette Post Game Thread

[RuffRuff]

If there's any consolations about today's humiliation, the bottom half of the BE bracket works out better for us, avoid Providence/Seton Hall/Creighton with a possible revenge opener vs Marquette. We may fall out of the 4-5 region setup and avoid Florida. Duke suffered a big injury tonight. Michigan lost their backup PG. And Arizona is notorious for March flops and we did almost beat them w/o Reed and Mullins. I think FL is the one I most want to avoid right now. Of course, who knows if we get there.

Holding my breath on even getting to those three teams. That is jumping WAY ahead. We just lost to Marquette.

The BET won't be much of a measuring stick on this season and I think we are firmly on the 2 line at this point, whether we win or lose the BET. It'll be two games we should win, then a rematch with StJ. This season's success will be determined entirely on what we do in the big dance. Right now, this team feels feels fringe second weekend. Anything can happen up to the Elite 8 honestly.

 

[HooperScooper]

I can see this team losing the first game of the tourney, but I can also see them reaching the Final Four. Very frustrating situation to be in.

As Hurley said:

“I feel like a lot of people have kind of got the team wrong. I think the team has got a high ceiling and a low floor.”

 

[3rdbass]

With the exception of the most recent St. John's game, this team has gradually gotten worse as the season has progressed. A poor shooting night happens to every team, but the recent number of close games and losses to weak teams, shows cracks and weaknesses that were not apparent in the early non-conference games. Perhaps it is the heightened physicality of Big East conference games where excessive pushing, grabbing and holding are allowed, but it appears to me that in general the UConn team has regressed, and lacks the dominant swagger of the 2023 and 2024 teams.

I think it is more that other teams have gotten better while we have stayed the same. Improving very little.

 

[formerlurker]

We'll blast them by 30 then lose on Friday

 

[HooperScooper]

Not that we didn't already know this. We're going to see more of it this week.

Bracketology: Florida passes UConn for fourth No. 1 seed as Selection Sunday nears

A big road win for Florida combined with UConn's loss brought a change to the No. 1 seed line

www.cbssports.com

 

[uconn_jack]

06 team would take teams to the woodshed occasionally

You mean like we did to St Johns, X twice, Creighton at Creighton, Butler, etc.? This team has it in them too, just not consistent.

 

[Jsmoove1121]

It’s been the most frustrating 27-4 season because we all kno we’re not as good as that record. For months we have only snuck by every bad team in this conference.

 

[uconn_jack]

I tend to look at this less as the actual teams we lost to than the programs and the coaches. Normally a 3 loss season to Marquette, Creighton, and St John's would be a roaring success. Certainly Marquette and Creighton are not the teams they usually are, but losing to them isn't like losing to DePaul or Gtown. They are still prideful programs with invested fan bases and great coaches who can still (and did) beat you even when they "suck".

 

[HooperScooper]

Has AK had any other games with 0 FG made in his career?

No. The game articles said it was a first for him.

From the Courant article:
The Huskies’ sharpshooting duo of Solo Ball and Braylon Mullins combined to shoot just 6-for-25 from the field and 3-for-17 from beyond the arc. They were the only Huskies to make a 3-pointer as Alex Karaban missed five attempts from deep and went without a made field goal for the first time in his career.

 

[superjohn]

No. The game articles said it was a first for him.

From the Courant article:
The Huskies’ sharpshooting duo of Solo Ball and Braylon Mullins combined to shoot just 6-for-25 from the field and 3-for-17 from beyond the arc. They were the only Huskies to make a 3-pointer as Alex Karaban missed five attempts from deep and went without a made field goal for the first time in his career.

He's never had 0 field goals before. It's incredibly difficult to score just 2 points on 0 field goals in 40 minutes but he's ghosted a lot this season. It's painful from our senior leader, he scored 2 points in our loss to Creighton and he's had 10 games in single digits scoring this season.

 

[RuffRuff]