TBH, that may have been the biggest swing in emotions I've ever had watching UConn basketball. From literally the deepest pits of despair to the joy of celebrating a miracle all within a 5 second timespan. IIRC that season we would probably have been a bubble team if we had lost to Cincy, so not only did I think we lost the game but also a bid for the tourney.
If I recall correctly McNamara was our nemesis in each of the OT periods, and especially the last.
We would have been in regardless, but winning the AAC tournament was cool too
He wasn't on that team, so you don’t.
Oof. 20% from three and 57% from the line. Our bigs did not get it done from the stripe.
You did not recall correctly.
Correct. The quality of play was not that great that night. I remember watching that game in between a few songs at my salsa and swing dance club as that game took place on Thursday night. I was with my girlfriend, who is now my wife, and we watched parts of that game between our dancing and when the game was over I told her "these constant missed FTs could end up knocking them out of the NCAA tournament". Unfortunately I was correct, because they had this issue with Michigan State in the Final 4. If they had made 75% of their FTs, they win that game, too. They shot 21-33, but the % is worse than the 65% would suggest because they missed the front end of 1 and 1s.
Neither Hamilton nor Jaylin wanted to inbound the ball because they both wanted to be the one to take the shot.
Correct
I stand completely corrected.
We didn't have Larrier that year (not that he was a big boon to his teams later on), but I still maintain -- not to take this thread off the rails -- that this, even moreso than the post-championship letdown year and the embarrassing trainwrecks of 2017 and 2018, was the worst coaching job of KO's tenure and the surest sign that he was becoming unfit to lead this program.
I disagree.
AJ Price and Kemba Walker were a combined 3-20 from 3. Felt more like 0 for 32,789
Kemba's 4-18, 0-7, 0-2, 5 turnovers in the 6OT game were an unfortunate harbinger of his performance in an even bigger game later (1-5, 0-0, 3-9, 4 turnovers in the Final Four). He had a huge game in the Elite 8 against Missouri but wilted under the lights at other times.
