Oklahoma post game thread

[housekeys]

If the team only knew how to throw a decent lob.

This is an issue. We miss so many shots inside because players hesitate and they are not in sync with the 5. Will it be a floater or a lob? Often it becomes a missed shot. Players are not on the same page and opponents are defending it well.

Last year Cam would often pull up, if the defender has taken away the lob, for a short little jumper in the lane. Eventually the defender will have to come out and that will make the lob a more viable option.

 

[BGesus4]

He may have one Ball but it’s massive

 

[aceboon]

This season has made me realize I took how easy Tristen/AJax/Cam/Steph made throwing lob passes look for granted. So many opportunities for Samson and to a lesser extent Tarris are missed per game when guys get into the lane. It's either they are just too late to see the opening or indecisive and get caught up in awkward floater. Samson would have had a better year with guys that can get him the lob.

 

[giddyup]

Played disjointed all night on offense. Didn't take advantage to build a large lead. Almost squander it until Diarra, Ball, and Karaban stepped up to secure the victory.

Oklahoma had some good players but their best player is young and it showed in crunch time.

Thank goodness for those UConn champs carrying us at least into the Round of 32. Now we play with house money and see what happens.

Johnson was literally unguarded in the high post and the game 4 vs 5 on O. Hurley has to fix this or we get murdered against a a lanky team that can take away the 3 line and defend the low post. We can’t get players free no matter how fast we rotate the ball playing 4 on 5. The reason the lob wasn’t working is because the slip screen wasn’t there. The 5 wasn’t biting and sloughing off. If Johnson could shoot a 12-14 footer, he would score 40 points. Ball found the mid range wide open near the end of the game precisely for the reason, and it’s also why Liam’s driving is getting garbage results. They need to pull up take the midrange.

 

[Mike Honcho]

This season has made me realize I took how easy Tristen/AJax/Cam/Steph made throwing lob passes look for granted. So many opportunities for Samson and to a lesser extent Tarris are missed per game when guys get into the lane. It's either they are just too late to see the opening or indecisive and get caught up in awkward floater. Samson would have had a better year with guys that can get him the lob.

Yea there were a few awful lob passes by Aiden and AK. Speaks to the difficulty.

 

[Kolumbo]

apparently he's played in 98 but the wins the past 3 years
24, 37, 31, 23

That's what back-to-back and a belly-to-belly do

 

[caw]

Other than Fears I didn't see alot of talent on that OU team.

Boxscore fits that narrative mostly. Wague had his best game ever and was pure energy for his rebounds/points. Not a great talent but great hustle. Moore is their second best player and he was below average today. Their support players were as expected. UConn played good defense IMO, it was the offense that looked completely out of sync but credit to OU for hustling on most of their rotations.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Let's go !!

!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I have felt since the end of January when it became apparent we were going to be a 6 to 10 seed that we needed to survive the first game in the tournament. We did. We tied the record of 13 consecutive wins in the tournament.

All the pressure in the world is on Florida. I like playing an inexperienced coach on a really short turn around.

We are 1-0 against Todd Golden.

UConn's December 2022 victory was Dan Hurley's first ever true road win against a (then) P5 opponent.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Everything is gravy from here imo.

We were not unfairly seeded, and we have played to our seeding as of tonight.

Sunday is another game.

May we all be grateful, and may we see & appreciate good play.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It’s Dook we tied….they get zero respect on this board….them and that generational player and accomplished troller they have playing for them this year can kiss my you know what. Don’t like them never have never will.

Go Baylor

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Another thing is stopping the haters from saying ,oh well Hurley hasn't won a tournament game for UConn outside of the back to back championships, that's one thing to knock off his list he's 3-2 in 1st rd games for UConn instead of 2-3, the haters would surely bring that up had we lost and some of them exist on this board.

As of today, he's 2-0 against the SEC this season.

 

[formerlurker]

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[F101Voodoo]

Good or ing Uconnland. It was uuuuugly put hey a win is as win as the old saying goes. Fell asleep after listening to the post game show and it’s 3 something in the morning but who cares UVONN won.. Yes I agree with other Bone Yarders an ugly win is better than a loss which is an ugly result.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Hassan's statline sucked but I just watched the game again and he played great defense and had some excellent reads in the offense. Surprised he was only credited with 4 assists. 7 rebounds says a lot about his heart, though

 

[superjohn]

We could get blown out on Sunday, we could make it competitive, and there's a chance we can win. I'm okay with any outcome. We won the first round game and I'm good with that. It's been a strange season from Hawaii to a big bounce back and then losing to Seton Hall. AK got his season back on track and got it done at the end against Oklahoma. This season might not have been what we expected but it's fine and should still be viewed as a success when you look at the history of this program.

I'll be rooting my butt off for them to shock Husky natuon but whatever happens on Sunday I won't be dejected. These guys fought all season and AK got it done to get us a tournament win. That brought a smile to my face. Let's roll the dice now.

 

[superjohn]

Yea there were a few awful lob passes by Aiden and AK. Speaks to the difficulty.

Mahaney almost broke his back. I think he was rattled after that.

 

[Boost'ED]

Johnson was literally unguarded in the high post and the game 4 vs 5 on O. Hurley has to fix this or we get murdered against a a lanky team that can take away the 3 line and defend the low post. We can’t get players free no matter how fast we rotate the ball playing 4 on 5. The reason the lob wasn’t working is because the slip screen wasn’t there. The 5 wasn’t biting and sloughing off. If Johnson could shoot a 12-14 footer, he would score 40 points. Ball found the mid range wide open near the end of the game precisely for the reason, and it’s also why Liam’s driving is getting garbage results. They need to pull up take the midrange.

Thank you!!

It was so obvious in the 2nd half how open the midrange was, not just for our bigs, but for anybody that wanted a 12-18 foot jump shot.

Modern basketball is so focused on analytics nowadays that it's always a 3 point attempt or a dunk/layup.

 

[Leebo]

We've seen Johnson take little push shots in the lane before too. I remember he hit a few last year in one game where Clingan was out. Obviously don't want it to be the primary option, but I wouldn't mind seeing it twice a game.

 

[CTBasketball]

Hurley cooked up some FILTHY sets late in this game. Really went to his bag, and the team executed.

 

[cellocgg]

I watched the first half before bed and thought we looked much better than usual, but everyone here is saying we sucked. Did we lay an egg in the 2nd half?

 

[Edward Sargent]

Is there something wrong with McNeeley? Was the 38 point win at Creighton the last good game he had? That was over a month ago. He's been especially brutal from three. We need him to break out of this on Sunday in a big way.

McNeeley is not playing within the system he is pressing way too hard

 

[Edward Sargent]

Shout out to Hey Adrien's scout it was spot on!!

 

[J187Money]

Good or ing Uconnland. It was uuuuugly put hey a win is as win as the old saying goes. Fell asleep after listening to the post game show and it’s 3 something in the morning but who cares UVONN won.. Yes I agree with other Bone Yarders an ugly win is better than a loss which is an ugly result.

Good or ing UVONN!! There’s our MOJO!!!

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Oklahoma won the free throw game, but that's all they won. Held Fears to 5/14 from the field.. He was 2/3 from 3, rest of team 1/14. Overall held them under 33% from the field. Maybe their whole team just had a bad shooting game, but maybe we found a little something on defense.

On offense it was Ball taking it on himself to produce, which he did successfully. We needed that. Then Karaban took it on himself later. Sometimes it seems with the whole dribble handoff offense that everyone wants to defer to another guy. One of the reasons we seem to run the shot clock down to desperation time so often. It really helps to have an alpha on the floor who takes the advantage when it's possible. Like Fears, for example, or McNeeley in the Creighton game.

Bring on the Gators!

 

[UofCT]

Oklahoma was horrible. Shocked how bad of a team they had.

 

[FreeKlaiber]

in all my years of watching and coaching, I've never seen a team have to inbounds into back court repeatedly versus a 2-3 ZONE while under the opposing hoop. A good x and o coach, like Brad Stevens when at Butler, gets a chance of a layup or open 3 almost half the time on a under the hoop OOB play when looking at a zone. You can draw up a lot and attack under the hoop. Or you can do what we did last night. Versus a zone. Cut it how you want, but that is bball x and o disgraceful.

 

[tzznandrew]

I said to the person next to me, “I wish somebody would step up.” The next few seconds Karaban committed an offensive foul, but then hit a huge three, a nice drive in the lane, and then a game changing block, followed by a rebound and a foul shot. He had a quiet night, but came up big down the stretch when we needed him. Squeak by and move on.

That charge also was not a charge. But whatever.

The game was very much reffed like a Big East game, which I was hoping it would not be. There was a tight whistle on-ball, but they barely called anything off ball. Oklahoma got so aggressive on Solo running his sets that eventually they knocked him over and the refs had to call it. Not really complaining about the refs—I think they called the game evenly within the parameters that and got the 50/50 calls right. Just making an observation that might not bode well for us for tomorrow. Our offense needs freedom of movement.

 

[tzznandrew]

Reed and Johnson are two of UConn's 6 best players. The coaches need to find a way to put them on the court together.

If neither of them will shoot a wide open foul line jumper, I can't see how the can both play.

On defense, Samson has gotten really good on guarding switches. Reed was solid as well. But even they they're different types of players, I just think it would destroy our spacing.

Or... since they're wide open, they can shoot that foul line jumper and help open our offense up.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

That charge also was not a charge. But whatever.

The game was very much reffed like a Big East game, which I was hoping it would not be. There was a tight whistle on-ball, but they barely called anything off ball. Oklahoma got so aggressive on Solo running his sets that eventually they knocked him over and the refs had to call it. Not really complaining about the refs—I think they called the game evenly within the parameters that and got the 50/50 calls right. Just making an observation that might not bode well for us for tomorrow. Our offense needs freedom of movement.

Was going to write this. Oklahoma played Big East vs. UConn D, handsy, bodying cutters, etc. And the refs called it like they call it in the Big East - not hardly at all. Moser must have watched the St. Johns-UConn film to prepare.