Northwestern Post Game Thread

[gsmooth]

Hopefully this cold shooting night was an aberration. Get it out of the way in an early round game. Hopefully their hot thursday/Saturday

I hope so too
Unfortunately I the last good outside shooting game Karaban had was the game I saw live.... .

.. at the AMP in Providence. He came up with clutch rebounds there at the end but he is simply missing his open shots.

 

[87Xfer]

Good lord - let's hope not!

(I know what you meant but still)

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[James]

He wasn't the best player on the floor. But he is very good. Credit to Castle and Diarra for their amazing defense.

Anyone who went into this game and declared him the best player on the floor is an imbecilic.

 

[brihman]

52 points in the paint, 14 from the line, does that mean 9 points outside the paint?

Husky math

 

[AntG168]

Gotta sharpen the focus it ain’t gonna be easy next weekend

Eeehhh agree on the first part. But I think we dispatch of Yale or SDSU rather easily

 

[uconngb]

first half was as well as this team has played all year, despite the missed shots.

And 2nd half was one of our 5 worst. Not a good trend.

 

[nomar]

Huskies need to keep foot on the gas. On to the next round.

They did. They didn't take the air out of the ball. They just missed shots. Not thrilled but the silver lining is Danny has something to yell at them for.

 

[Hoophound]

I love when the guys give the staff just enough to really chew them out about and stoke the fire. That lousy second half was perfect. It didn’t put us in any real danger but it definitely didn’t feel good.

 

[uconngb]

52 points in the paint, 14 from the line, does that mean 9 points outside the paint?

A+ for math

 

[AntG168]

Castle guarding TSJ is gonna feed families

 

[James]

This is the best team in the country

this is one of the greatest offensive teams in the last decade. everyone is healthy, we just need DC and he is peaking . Reminds me so much of that florida team that was stacked and locked in for their b2b

 

[TheChamps990411]

Start Andre Johnson at SG. LOL! He was the only person that it seemed could make a 3 for us in second half. We have to shoot better from 3 than 14% as the tournament gets harder. Karaban is just off. Love to see Clingagn healthy and dominating. Also, Castle holding their PG to under 10 pts and 2-15 was magnificent d. He is such a great defensive player.

If he continues to play like that defensively it will be very disruptive for other teams to run their offense. You add Diarras defense and that combo can push this team to a repeat. If you can disrupt the other teams backcourt and your odds of winning go way, way up.
Edit: and of course Clingan

 

[Scoe]

Back to back sweet 16 appearances it’s ok to celebrate that for tonight of course we had to do that before the ultimate goal.

Getting Clingan through half with 1 foul is huge should also be a goal to Castle through the half with 1 foul.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

So strange how fired up people get bc we let our lead get down to 16.

It’s like people think you get extra points to take to the next round if the margin is huge.

 

[jorge34]

Second half was outscored by Northwestern ... shooting, especially from 3, we will call it an off-night. Shoot like that deeper into the tourny and might as well packup for the trip home.

The only one that is a concern is Karaban. His shooting slump has been prolonged.

 

[Kemba15]

https://x.com/john_fanta/status/1772081072089551153?s=46&t=VWuMaNmmB4bp8kRw4hCnsg

 

[Palatine]

Nothing about this game matters. Nice to make the Sweet Sixteen.

 

[NickDanger]

3/22 on 3s…that’s why I was rooting for sdsu over auburn and am rooting for isu over Illinois. We can and will loose a shootout if we go cold like that against an elite offensive team.

If that shootout gets loose, watch out!

 

[nomar]

It’s like people think you get extra points to take to the next round if the margin is huge.

Like rollover minutes on Cingular Wireless

 

[uconngb]

I kind of like that we had that second half so Hurley and staff can rip them a bit and focus them up.

I didn’t. I had Uconn over 77.5 and -4.5 for the 2nd half

 

[EnochRoot]

UConn was up 57-27 with 13:28 remaining.

They were outscored 31-18 from there on out.

That should be what Hurley uses to motivate this team to finish off games.

 

[IndyLives]

No team is as complete as UConn. Even when something isnt working (has to be their worst 3-point shooting all year!), they can turn to DC and penetration for easy buckets and a blowout win. The defense is always elite. They will be tough to beat!

 

[James]

Back to back sweet 16 appearances it’s ok to celebrate that for tonight of course we had to do that before the ultimate goal.

Getting Clingan through half with 1 foul is huge should also be a goal to Castle through the half with 1 foul.

he's extremely locked in on defense. excited to see him the next game, but he is peaking with his awareness on pnr defense and looks in prime physical shape. I havent seen one of those typical clingan overextend's on a help possession; he's just where he needs to be all the time using length.

Jay wright said it best in that segment, big men can develop at a rapid rate due their influence on the game with their size.

 

[controlfade]

Clingan trying to be the number 1 pick with how he’s playing.
Castle just nasty defense

 

[NJHusky]

I hope so too
Unfortunately I the last good outside shooting game Karaban had was the game I saw live.... .

.. at the AMP in Providence. He came up with clutch rebounds there at the end but he is simply missing his open shots.

U better start making travel plans