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I've never seen a star player like Luis Jr. get benched in a tight elimination game ever. Kid is an upperclassmen too. Never seen it.....EVER.

Idiot move by Pitino, he could have cost them that game.
 
Ripper32 said:
SJU got a bad matchup. All those long bodies tormented them. You could tell early on.
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Yup. That's why you have to have more than one way to win. Turns out being a bad foul shooting and 3 point shooting team will bite you when you play an athletically equal team and you get a ref crew that calls fouls. Used to happen to Jamie Dixon's Pitt team every year in the tourney.
 
shizzle787 said:
This is really bad for the Big East. I don't know why people are celebrating this.
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I think people are happy for two reasons.

1. He's kind of jerk

2. More importantly, if we do happen to move on in the tournament, the team that had our number is no longer an obstacle.

Settle down on the Big East is family and we should be rooting for everyone. I get what you mean but in the end, as UConn fans it's okay to be selfish
 
80% of St Johns fans just joined the bandwagon this year.

2 reasons to root against them. They are in our region. And Pitino is a cocky slimeball.
 
UCfor3 said:
Yup. That's why you have to have more than one way to win. Turns out being a bad foul shooting and 3 point shooting team will bite you when you play an athletically equal team and you get a ref crew that calls fouls. Used to happen to Jamie Dixon's Pitt team every year in the tourney.
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that's the key, they're not used to playing teams that can match their athleticism and physicality.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Johnnies were always fools gold. Relied on clutching g and grabbing on defense and shooting low percentage long-range 2's at a high cli
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It is am embarrassing loss for St. John’s in the sense Ricky was doing all kinds of interviews, poking fun at UConn, all this media build up and now they are heading home after they faced their first serious competition in the tourney.

Maybe they can wave at UConn on their ride back from Providence?

Technically not good for the Big East but maybe St. Johns could have been a bit more humble and yes, the Big East reffing style has some teams looking WAY better then they actually are…

And some worse than they are..
 
gtcam said:
Team is long but not where it counts
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St John's had little margin for error. People talked about how their 4 losses were by a combined 7 pts or something like that but on the other side a ton if their wins were close. It wasn't like they were blowing teams off the court in wins. They needed to skirt a fine line and doing that for 4-6 games wasn't happening.
 
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alexd said:
Spike Lee will forget about SJU for the next 25 years again.
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I ran into him once at a coffee shop around my old apartment. Truly the oddest celebrity I’ve ever seen in person. Seemed to spend the entire time he was in there attempting to get people to notice he was spike lee and give out autographs.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Can anyone remember the last time a coach benched his star player at the end of a winnable game when the outcome was still in doubt? I can't.

That was interesting. I wonder what Pitino knows that we don't.
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Didn't Calhoun bench Smitty in his last game against Ohio State in 1992 NCAAT? Not sure if the game was winnable though since UConn lost by 23.
 
huskyjawz said:
that's the key, they're not used to playing teams that can match their athleticism and physicality.
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Yep. Big East was not a very athletic conference this year.
 
Pitino was noticeably irritated that his players were taking the drives directly to the hoop instead of pulling up before the defenders. But they played that way the entire year. It's tough to change playing styles at this late stage of the year. And you don't see super athletic wingmen like that in the Big East because the NIL pools are smaller.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
I ran into him once at a coffee shop around my old apartment. Truly the oddest celebrity I’ve ever seen in person. Seemed to spend the entire time he was in there attempting to get people to notice he was spike lee and give out autographs.
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Talented dude though. I love some of his movies and his movies have a style and look to them that are totally unique.
 
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wow it's almost like the conference of small schools isn't good. crazy idea maybe we don't belong or something
 
UCfor3 said:
We can't keep our bigs out of foul trouble playing one at a time. Now we are going to play them at the same time? Singare better be stretching his hammies.
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Personally, hoping Antric Klaiber is available for 4-5 mins tomorrow, like it was 1999.
 
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Henry said:
I usually root for the BE teams, but in this case I'm happy to see Pitino gone. I just wish they could've lost to someone better than Calipari. Both of them are slime balls.
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It might've taken Calipari to get your wish. I know people on here and in the basketball world wax poetic about how great Pitino is, and he is an all time great for sure whose coaching ability I respect a lot. But a lot of the same people on the Boneyard trash Calipari, and yes he has his short comings for sure, but Calipari is 9-2 against Pitino in their last 11 games.
 
I think it’s silly to assume the fix was in for SJU. What happened was what a lot of people thought would happen. A team that plays an extremely risky style of ball (miss every shot but get the rebound and try again) finally got bitten by it
 
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