Michigan State Post Game Thread

[storrsroars]

. If Bobby Hurley is at this game who is he rooting for?

who cares

 

[superjohn]

Can't stop thinking about that early clock 28ft three by Karaban with like a minute and a half left

Storybook stuff. He was a bit up and down thismm

They won the Big East regular season, they won the Big East tournament and they made the Sweet Sixteen. They had a good season, and given the long, deep hole the program had fallen into, they should be pleased with it. It’s unfortunate for the whole conference that they didn’t figure out their identity until conference play started, as their failure in the OOC season killed conference metrics, but they had a good season.

Our success in the NCAA tournament over the decades has caused reality to be a pipe dream. We have now won 13 straight games in the Regionals and Final Four combined. Going back to our loss in Michigan to Michigan State to the Final Four. That is not normal. It is frankly a statistical anomaly. Really good teams have their seasons end in the regionals and the Final Four all the time. Our experience is what it is, but expecting other fanbases to only be celebrating national championships is unrealistic.

I guess what I’m saying is we shouldn’t care if they have their moment. We have a game on Sunday to care about.

We did remarkable stuff under Calhoun. Ollie won a national championship. Hurley has us on our best run ever.

 

[jibsey]

Would we have loved Zuby’s talents on our team? His passion for winning? Yes we would have. Do I still dislike Pitino? Yes I do.
St. John’s fans last year were mapping championship parade routes after their first tourney game and if you were in The Garden with them as I have been when we play them, they are not very nice to us. It’s their prerogative.
Duke is very very good but they don’t know our offense as well and I’ll take our chances with them rather than that 40 minutes of assault and mugging against St. John’s.

 

[Dove]

As a UConn fan, it sure is great waking up and smiling.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Malachi Smith has 20 assists and 4 turnovers in his last 3 games. Elite backup PG play

 

[Inyatkin]

Any other random 100 guys and REED!

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NEVER FORGET

True UConn fans saw that last three and thought “Eh, 100 other guys coulda done that”

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[FightOnCT]

Tell me how.

Don't agree.

Freshman heavy, coaching matchup, not as physically and mentally intense

 

[freescooter]

The beauty of college basketball and being a UConn fan is watching guys like Alex and Reed play with the heart and focus and desire they're showing right now. It's like they're possessed and just guided by a higher power.

And on a different note, the St Johns twitterverse was laughable last night. Comments like "I'll remember this season for the rest of my life" and "This season was still a success" type nonsense. They put up freakin' billboards already glazing their regular season. If we lost in that game, this place would have a 27 page thread complaining how we underachieved. I'll take that, and the expectations of greatness, any day.

Hey, when you have 1 less national championship than La Salle and fewer final fours than Providence getting to the Sweet 16 is a huge accomplishment. Very good job Johnnies. Rick has done a masterful job of making you pretty good.

 

[Dove]

First UConn game in like 20 years that I had to completely miss. Went to bed at like 9:30 to get up 1 because my wife booked a flight at a lunatic hour. Get to watch it in the plane though.

@Deepster


Do you see this?

 

[formerlurker]

I will pick my team soon enough. If Bobby Hurley is at this game who is he rooting for?

Only child, huh?

 

[superjohn]

 

[Dove]

I will pick my team soon enough. If Bobby Hurley is at this game who is he rooting for?

What does this even mean? You'll pick your team soon enough?

 

[businesslawyer]

Yeah. That’s all great. And St Peter’s made the Elite 8 in 2022.

They have BILLBOARDS in CT already. Let’s tap the brakes on national prominence and “dream seasons” a bit.

If St Johns wants to spend money on billboards in Connecticut instead of having more money to compete with us for players, good for them. Maybe that explains why they’re rarely competitive with us.

 

[formerlurker]

Elite 8!!!!

Obviously I want to kick the cr@p out of Duke but this season is a big success no matter what.

Ak and Tarris have balled out in these past three games.
.
Happy as hell.

Cherry on top now..

Beat Duke...

Beat the hell out of them...

I want a bit more

"cherry on top" and "house money"? What are we doing throwing these terms around here for shts sake?

 

[Deepster]

@Deepster


Do you see this?

Oh, I saw it.

Let’s be honest. Poor Fish is a shell of his former self. Ranting on twitter about how flawed the team is all season. Skipping tourney games because of an early flight. Even having his wife plan a trip during March Madness. The poor guy has finally become one of the simps he made fun of here for decades. I’ll always love him but yeesh.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[tzznandrew]

This made me laugh out loud. They’re in the Elite Eight.

And they've played the best seed at every level; it's not as if they played an 11 or 14 in this spot, let alone a 6.

15-7-3-1 is the most difficult possible path for a 2-seed.

 

[connVA]

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Totally agree but I'm actually happy I don't have to dislike Zuby anymore. I lean towards rooting for kids who are true scholar athletes and that's a title no one can take from that young man.

My one and only lingering question about St John’s is whether Pitino and the rest of the team had Dylan Darling whacked after that horrid hero ball three to seal their fate. Read too many of his own headlines after winning the Kansas game on that layup.

 

[Travelman6]

That was a hard foul Karaban had on that Fears guy, btw.

 

[Travelman6]

And they've played the best seed at every level; it's not as if they played an 11 or 14 in this spot, let alone a 6.

15-7-3-1 is the most difficult possible path for a 2-seed.

"Uconn championships are cuz they gOt LuCkY"

"They always have an eAsY pAtH"

 

[TMB4405]

Oh, I saw it.

Let’s be honest. Poor Fish is a shell of his former self. Ranting on twitter about how flawed the team is all season. Skipping tourney games because of an early flight. Even having his wife plan a trip during March Madness. The poor guy has finally become one of the simps he made fun of here for decades. I’ll always love him but yeesh.

The biggest thing is you still have to watch the game live right? How can you not?

 

[KingAG]

Btw can I get some credit on my score prediction? I was kind of close.

My prediction 69-64
Actual score 67-63

 

[tzznandrew]

I liked it better when we won every game by double digits. I'm too old for this stress.

Now you understand a women's only fan.

 

[bendm]

Reed has physically transformed. Maybe even from a couple weeks ago. It’s not just the haircut. I think He’s played himself into the draft.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Btw can I get some credit on my score prediction? I was kind of close.

My prediction 69-64
Actual score 67-63

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

 

[UCLJ0211]

They “Kar-Reed” the team this whole tournament. That’s my new nickname of Karaban and Reed.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Reed has physically transformed. Maybe even from a couple weeks ago. It’s not just the haircut. I think He’s played himself into the draft.

Took a while for his ankle to heal.

His mobility has been impressive.

 

[Inyatkin]

So happy for Solo seeing those threes go down in the first half. Any nonsense about bad body language or being a headcase is totally out the window

 

[Matrim55]

We did remarkable stuff under Calhoun. Ollie won a national championship. Hurley has us on our best run ever.

To this point, this is the:

• First time we've ever made the tournament six-straight times.
• Second time we've won a game four-straight times (record is five, from 02 to 06)
• Most tournament wins we've recorded over any four-year span.

This isn't just our best-ever run, but the best four-year stretch any school's had since mid-90s Pitino/Smith Kentucky.