Outcoached

[KodiacKemba]

On paper, we have one of the most talented rosters in the Big East.

We can point fingers all we want, but this all comes down to coaching.

Exactly you look how Jay Wright is cool calm n collected , our coach looking all frantic lol…. Wright coached his players up and they exceed expectations, our players look like they’ve gotten worse … gaffney, polley, akok, Whaley , but next year is gonna tell me a lot about Hurley

 

[CONN78SEJ]

RJ cole isn't the issue. We don't have anyone else that can hit a jumpshot which is our problem. If we could have more than one shooter hit a jump shot it would open the lane for Sanogo and Cole to get baskets inside.

Hawkins is hitting.

 

[Valleyfan]

This team is a reflection of their coach. Just outclassed in every way imaginable in every facet of the game. Defense, rebounding, dribbling, catching, poor decision making. It’s really hard to win at the college level when your best player is a big man.

 

[Ripper32]

Cole would be an instant offense bench player on a good team. The fact that we depend on him to score in a primary role is crazy.

 

[ASweet3781]

Cole would be an instant offense bench player on a good team. The fact that we depend on him to score in a primary role is crazy.

Not if you thought taking us from the Ollie low to what Hurley did at URI would be acceptable which I'm beginning to think ole Danny boy did.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Jay Wright is arguably the best in the business. We’re still building. We’ll get there.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Ok I'm done with this game. Our defense got carved up by Villanova as we pressed too much and our offense is putrid. Hurley did nothing to prepare for this game. That was embarrassing display of basketball. Who besides Depaul and Georgetown on our schedule can we beat now?

Our players as a group generally don’t have sound footwork, excellent dribbling skills and handles. The players on Villanova generally do have those sound fundamentals. We do have talent and athleticism but that’s only half the game.

 

[amishboy]

Maybe Dan Hurley needs a touch of that JC “fire breathing” at times, when his starters aren’t hustling, etc.?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

There’s a lot more to say

Is George Blaney still around?

 

[ASweet3781]

Jay Wright is arguably the best in the business. We’re still building. We’ll get there.

Is Doug McDermott the best in the business too?

Maybe we'll get there when Villanova has 3 starters out.

 

[BigTenFan]

Our players as a group generally don’t have sound footwork, excellent dribbling skills and handles. The players on Villanova generally do have those sound fundamentals. We do have talent and athleticism but that’s only half the game.

Villanova is lights out with FT shooting.
That will pay big dividends in the tournament

 

[connVA]

Hurley should play offense-defense subs with Sanogo and a folding chair on Daniels

 

[HooperScooper]

Villanova is lights out with FT shooting.
That will pay big dividends in the tournament

They lead the country in FT shooting %.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Is Doug McDermott the best in the business too?

Maybe we'll get there when Villanova has 3 starters out.

I don’t think we were outcoached by Creighton, I think we just shot like garbage (look at the field goal numbers today for us compared to against Creighton). I think we were outcoached today. And that has more to do with how good Jay Wright is and not Hurley being a poor coach. Although he has flaws.

 

[3rdbass]

I think it is obvious that Hawkins needs to play more and get a bigger rope before Hurley takes him out for a boneheaded TO. AJ brings almost nothing on the offensive side. At least this guy can shoot. He should at least take Polley's minutes as we need to develop this kid offensively.

 

[uconntoatl]

This team is a reflection of their coach. Just outclassed in every way imaginable in every facet of the game. Defense, rebounding, dribbling, catching, poor decision making. It’s really hard to win at the college level when your best player is a big man.

You forgot shooting

 

[connVA]

Maybe Dan Hurley needs a touch of that JC “fire breathing” at times, when his starters aren’t hustling, etc.?

Well he is fire-breathing- at the officials. That will definitely fix everything.

 

[UncleSpliff]

We can’t have a starter produce absolutely nothing in a big games consistently like Ajax does. What’s the downside for playing Hawkins more? Can’t get much worse than 1 point?

 

[Mr. French]

They’ve played five mediocre-to-bad halves in a row and they’re trending in the wrong direction in February. It’s fair to criticize the coaching staff when that happens.

The offense plays with such little pace too often, and it’s when they’re at their worst. They probably won’t come back and win this one (fingers crossed I’m wrong), but I would like to see them pick up the pace on offense and play with effort on defense in the second half. Show us something they can at least build on.

This is exactly what happened, and they made a little run.

I don’t know if it’s the players or coaches, because for how intense Hurley is I don’t get it, but they seem to play listless constantly, especially first halves.

Once they started playing with intensity on D, not throwing robotic, lazy passes and started looking to score on the catch, stuff actually started looking decent. Too bad we were down 22.

 

[3rdbass]

Our players as a group generally don’t have sound footwork, excellent dribbling skills and handles. The players on Villanova generally do have those sound fundamentals. We do have talent and athleticism but that’s only half the game.

That is still no excuse how unprepared we were for this game.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Yes. But it all starts from the backcourt. The backcourt are the artery to the front court.

Back court along with Adama has carried this team most games. Remember, Cole is not a true point but has played well enough to be a first team BE. There is no other guard on this team that would do close as good

 

[Valleyfan]

Jay Wright is arguably the best in the business. We’re still building. We’ll get there.

Haha - really? In the Hurley era?

 

[Deleted at users request]

You think KO was better? LOL! At least our recruiting has improved. Remember we are competing in the Big East and not the crappy AAC now. I bet this team would be second in the AAC with maybe one loss to Houston.

KO didn’t have a problem recruiting. He had a problem keeping guys in program. Jalen Adam’s, AG, Vance, etc were all highly ranked. Even recruited five star transfer Rodney Purvis.

Also there’s no telling what this team would do because we should be like that in the Big East… We’re probably the most talented team in the conference. These guys just have no idea how to play together offensively. Like no idea.

 

[CaptainRon]

Maybe Dan Hurley needs a touch of that JC “fire breathing” at times, when his starters aren’t hustling, etc.?

Are you kidding? Any hotter than he was all game and he’d burst into flames.

 

[Valleyfan]

You forgot shooting

True!

 

[Viet Vet]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but this team is sooo fundamentally unsound. And that is all down to coaching.

 

[Giddyup5]

We’re so bad on offense. We can only put physical teams. If we can’t do that it’s over.

If your complaining about the offense today I don’t want to know what you think about the defense. They shot 60% from the floor.

 

[3rdbass]

Back court along with Adama has carried this team most games. Remember, Cole is not a true point but has played well enough to be a first team BE. There is no other guard on this team that would do close as good

We can't blame Cole as he has to start the offense, look to score an be the man to get the big shot when we need it. He needs help. Time to give Hawkins more minutes. He has the talent but just has to get the confidence and allowed to play through his mistake. Polley is what he is at this time a streaky shooter who gets hot sometimes but gives next to nothing else and AJ has no offensive game unless it is putbacks, fast break points, an or a wide open 3.

 

[VoiceOfRzn]

Nothing else to say

Hurley proves again he cannot coach. Great recruiter but this offense is like watching paint dry. They were out rebounded by a smaller team.

 

[uchusky32]

Poorly assembled team. Parts don't work well together. No shooters. No one who can get a bucket. No adjustments during game. Not good game plan or in game coaching.