No Easy BE Wins

[Inyatkin]

Not even a vaguely close comparison. In 2009 the Original Big East had 6 teams in the Top 25, 3 in the Top 10, 4 in the top 11. The NewBE has 1 in the top 25. People who weren’t around or were in their pre-teens have no freaking idea of the difference in quality between the 2

We're calling 2009 the original Big East? The one that had South Florida and Notre Dame?

 

[KingAG]

Same refs work in all conferences now. There is no such thing as a “Big East Ref only Referee”

The conference dictates how the games are called. BE games are clearly reffed different. It’s coming from the top.

 

[uconn_jack]

The PC game?

Yes, even the PC game. I may have been mildly concerned, but I still felt we'd pull it out.

 

[RuffRuff]

Yes, even the PC game. I may have been mildly concerned, but I still felt we'd pull it out.

Down 11 with a little over three minutes to go, you felt like we were getting that one? If they ran odds on it, was probably 5%ish UConn. PC could have likely sat on the ball and ran shotclock and had a better chance to win. Uconn made up 8 points after PC went up 11 at the 3:11 mark. Crazy looking back on it.

 

[Huskies990411]

Down 11 with a little over three minutes to go, you felt like we were getting that one? If they ran odds on it, was probably 5%ish UConn. PC could have likely sat on the ball and ran shotclock and had a better chance to win. Uconn made up 8 points after PC went up 11 at the 3:11 mark. Crazy looking back on it.

Yes, at that exact point in the game down 11, ESPN had our win probability at 2.9%.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes, even the PC game. I may have been mildly concerned, but I still felt we'd pull it out.

I wish I had your confidence. I would probably sweat a lot less during the games. 😀

 

[Iluvsuebird]

I have been thinking about this team a lot. I believe that there is one important point that we as a community, and myself individually, do not mention often enough: Ever since New Mexico, Dan Hurley teams get better as the season goes on. That point is obvious in 23 and 24, but also last year, when we played our best ball in March. We came within a whisker of defeating the eventual champion, and in fact, gave them the toughest game of the tournament. I say all of that to say this: history tells us that we are in good shape. This team will peak when we have to peak.

 

[uconn_jack]

I wish I had your confidence. I would probably sweat a lot less during the games. 😀

Trust me, I did not feel like that last year, or even in '23. '24 I did, because that team also had a refuse to lose attitude.

Of course, doomed.

 

[RuffRuff]

I have been thinking about this team a lot. I believe that there is one important point that we as a community, and myself individually, do not mention often enough: Ever since New Mexico, Dan Hurley teams get better as the season goes on. That point is obvious in 23 and 24, but also last year, when we played our best ball in March. We came within a whisker of defeating the eventual champion, and in fact, gave them the toughest game of the tournament. I say all of that to say this: history tells us that we are in good shape. This team will peak when we have to peak.

Yes! I do think you have to believe in this staff, in terms of their plan and what levers they pull. This is the one part I hold out on.

Last year though - we did not look great in the BE tournament. We did look good against Florida for that one game.

One thing we can put to bed at this point is Hurley's inability to win close games.

 

[JLW]

As I was saying....

 

[aceboon]

there are easy wins, you just have to play up to your ability to get them

 

[AllHusky]

By the final score, we had 4 pretty easy wins around the first of the year(Marquette, Depaul, Butler and Xavier). I think that folks are looking for a blowout win where the other team is overmatched or just gives up. BE teams may lose to us by 10 or more, but they are never easy.