Mahaney is a 2, he's wired to score. Being a catch and shoot guy doesn't make you a natural 2 anymore than a guy who is wired to score by creating his own offense and catching and shooting. Mahaney is not a point guard. Hurley admitted he screwed up the beginning of the season with the point guard position by trying to fit a square peg (Mahaney) into a round hole instead of going with the natural point guard (Diarra.)
I'm confused. The ball and both feet went into the front court and then he stepped back and part of his foot was on the half court line. I thought that is a back court violation. I'd like to see the replay to see what happened and someone explain why it wasn't a back court violation.
I thought it did. Would like to see the replay. It was with 4:52 left in the 2nd half once we have the replay of the game.
I'll see if I can find a tweet with the video, can't share video from the recorded game on Hulu. But he never fully crossed into the frontcourt, I just rewatched it
Now go back and see how often that happens at every level ,every game. And ask yourself why a ref would choose to call it there. These refs are grand standers and love to be apart of the story
That's the way I saw it live and on replay.
I love the fire Reed brought in 2nd half. But to say UConn shut down the inside...
Our guards other than Diarra are foot slow and can’t keep people in front of them. It’s not for a lack of trying. It’s a physical limitation.
I watched the replay, the camera angle wasn't great but I thought the ball did bounce on the baseline before he grabbed it. But it was really close. They cut it just short in the highlight video above
Everyone who sits on the selection committee. We can start there. Or how about Hurley saying in his presser that this would have been a horrible quad 3 loss, not a horrible loss. Also, I know quad wins or loses are more related to the NET rankings.
We won.
I will check the replay
I used to tell my players the one closest to the ball, grab the ball and immediately pass the ball in. It works.
I think both should keep getting minutes, even though they haven’t played well, until one of them steps up and plays so well Hurley wants to keep them on the court.. or one of the freshman is ready. Also wouldn’t mind seeing a big lineup with SJ and Reed on floor together.
Thought we looked good the first half of the first half. I was on the road with no access except for ESPN Gamecast so I watched the game when I got back home. PC was throwing hero ball crap up to the backboard all night and enough of it went in to keep it close but 5 assists in a game isn't going to win you a lot of games
With Liam hurt, he has only so many options.
Agree. All one on one crap. One of the announcers, think it was Donny, said you're not going to beat UConn doing that.
It's interesting to me that several of us are looking at the same thing and seeing it differently. I watched the replay on DVR four times and I see his right foot still on the halfcourt line and then he retreats, never having fully established himself in the front court. I'm going to have to go back and watch again. I'm fascinated that half of us see one thing and half see something else.
Devils advocate, the crowd did sound loud on TV, BUT when we were making the comeback in the second half and most were on their feet, there were A LOT of blue haired folks in the sections behind press row sitting on their hands. This is a college basketball game, not a knitting class…at least cheer, clap or act like you have a pulse. Other than that the crowd sounded good.
