#1 was glaringly obvious last night where they finally called Providence for a charge when they lowered the shoulder into Karaban, then immediately negated it with a bogus travel on us at the other end. They just couldn't let a moment of even officiating stand.
I'd advocate for changes starting next week. ;-)
Unfortunately i don't think this is a home team thing, this appears to be a refs hate Hurley thing. I do not know what to do honestly but it feels like the refs have a vendetta against him at this pointHence, we need a home game
“Out tough” drives me crazy. Other teams get to be tough and “physical” and it’s just hard nosed Big East basketball but for us it’s an immediate whistle. PC got every loose ball by being tougher and there were no fouls? Going into a scrum when you have 3 fouls and a target on your back is a challenge. I don’t know how many times there was a loose ball with 9 guys ripping each other’s limbs off and the ball rolls out to a wide open PC guy for a three. I counted 4 but could be wrong.
Well I think he would have loved to have AJ on him but Dre had 2 fouls before the ball was tipped so that wasn’t an option.
This was actually a moving screen called on us. These calls in these situations are commonly moving screens.
I said before the game Karaban can't guard Hopkins and Jackson needed to be on him. Opening tip and I realize Karaban is going to be on Hopkins all night. There is no great matchup, Hopkins is a great player but going into the game anyone who follows this stuff knows Karaban has no chance, that's just a terrible thing to do to your freshman.
He didn't start AJ on him at the start. AJ was on Carter. He couldn't stop either one.
Sorry, yes, you're right. Even worse.
I have been harping on this as well. We are running the same sets we ran vs Stonehill. It is why Hawkins can't get open, opponents know what's coming.
Totally agree with your comments the Karaban on Hopkins matchup had me screaming at the screen made no sense. Also Clingan needs more minutes when Sanogo is having and off game. We did much better with Clingan in the game. The refs were horrific. Every scrum went to Providence. When they are in the bonus with 10 minutes left in the half it takes away your aggressiveness.
Excellent post. Also, even though we beat Georgetown and Villanova prior to the Xavier loss, we could already some chinks in the armor. It makes no sense to stubbornly continue doing the same things when they're not working, especially when it's because smart coaches like Ed Cooley prepare for ways to stop them. Hurley needs to become a better chess player in the basketball sense. The Huskies had several days to get ready for the Friars, yet they looked unprepared, and that has to be on coaching. We need some new wrinkles for Saturday against Creighton because you absolutely know McDermott will challenge us at our weak points. Our supposed depth needs to reassert itself, and we need greater contributions from the bench, other than Clingan.
True. But in regard to defense, in the post game last night, even Hopkins said more than once that he exposed a mismatch. Even if we said, "let Hopkins get his", we still needed to stop Locke and/or Croswell, but we didn't. There are things to work on both on offense and defense.
And, missed layup after layup while in heavy traffic... Why not attempt to dunk the dang ball every time and get fouled in the process?
This would have been a game to see what he could do vs Hopkins. This guy goes against AS and DC in practice all the time. How is impossible to get him some burn? Karaban is a great prospect but is too slow and weak for Big East 4s.
This is what I will say about them. Jackson might be capable of being a star on ball defender but when a player tries to take him off the dribble he slaps every time. I question his bb IQ. For the rest I think that UConn tries to defend a lot like Jay Wright’s Nova teams. The difference? When Nova would get a couple whistles Wright would back things off and it gave the refs the impression that they were listening to the calls. Hurley doesn’t do that for whatever reason. This home cooking stuff is overrated. PC has taken more FT’s than their opponents on the road and at home, they relentlessly attack and if you are in poor defensive position you will foul. Karaban in particular is a terrible defender in this regard.
I agree with pretty much all you said. But, I do think the refs dislike Hurley, and that’s by his own doing. He pouts and screams all game. That causes issues.
In regards to Hurley, he does himself no favors once the ball is in the air. He must get a handle on it. Calhoun didn’t yell and scream just to scream. He had intention and reason. Hurley just appears to be like me if I was coaching.
I would've been fine with it if they called it like that both ways. I disagreed with all the posters who were saying the refs were terrible against Xavier but they were terrible last night. You guys deserved the win and I won't blame the refs for us sucking but they weren't calling those same bumps when they happened to UConn.
Well, there is a couple ways to look at it. Is it UConn is not fouling (they are). And are opponents fouling or not? Check this out UConn is the worst major conference team in FTA/FGA ratio. They are 343 in the country. PC is 34th. Xavier is top 50 I believe and gulp, Creighton is #1. This is an indicator of a team ability to draw fouls. UConn is not good in that area. I don’t know the solution to this btw.
That is a pretty pathetic statistic for a team of our caliber. Jesus.
