Saint John's Post Game Thread

[aceboon]

Johnnies are very good in mid range
It is why they gave Creighton so much trouble this year.

A needed shot when dealing with bigs like Clingan and Kalkbrenner who play in drop and protect the rim

 

[Scoe]

This might sound a bit crazy but of late does the momentum tend to turn a bit when Johnson comes into the game. By no means am I saying we are better with Clingan on the bench, if you remember last year we tended to go on a run when Clingan came off the bench. Nice to see our bench get meaningful minutes.

 

[Stinger92860]

We're highly unlikely to lose when we score 95 points.

The only thing that kept them close was rebounding where they had 3 more than us. Make that 4.

They had 10 more Offensive bounds 7 to 17. Can’t let Providence hit the boards like that. I’m rooting for Marquette.

 

[Kitaman]

These games are the reason UConn teams look forward to playing non Conference teams in March. Just saying familiarity was the 'close game' culprit tonight not bad play.

Like last season the BE sets us up again for a nice Tourney, getting the hell away from these teams.

 

[gsmooth]

Tristen Newton with a BE POY performance. Cam with an efficient 20 and 9 assists. Karaban with 14 on 50/50/100. Diarra double digits, Clingan 4 blocks, Jaylin Stewart best game of his career. And we only won by 5.

Why? Because Daniss Jenkins went crazy, Dingle got hot, and UConn and St Johns just gave us a HELL of a basketball game. This is going to be the marquee rivalry of the new BE until Pitino or Hurley leaves. Give me this twice a year in the Garden PLEASE

Don’t kill me here, but I actually don’t hate that the refs were way too tight early and then loosened up as the game went on. Normally I have the opposite stance, but that place was a powder keg and they didn’t lose control. It led to some bad calls and some bad missed calls, but it was still a GREAT game

Neither Clingan or Soriano could show their full game, but it’s funny to see how much better Clingan is as a sophomore. Soriano looked really uncomfortable out there

Let’s win this thing tomorrow!

I am loving the potential of this " New York" rivalry

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Will remember this game for j stew especially

He was definitely the unsung hero and was a big reason why we had a first half lead.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Pitino always has his teams ready to play UConn. Winning ugly helps build toughness for the tourney

 

[Gutter King]

I am loving the potential of this " New York" rivalry

I agree. I hope that if MU wins tonight, Kolek comes back tomorrow so we can kick that one up a notch as well.

Sadly it will all be for naught in 5 years or less. Enjoy it while we can I suppose.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

1. DC had 2 DUMB fouls. And we still dominated.
2. AK’s foul at the end confounded me. Just dumbfounded.
3. Still cannot close out a game without taking years from my life.
4. And still, complaining about a win. Typical refrain this year.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Every time the huskies needed a score or big play on offense CAM delivered.

The foul on Karaban at the end was a microcosm of the bad refereeing that the huskies fought thru to win relatively easily.

 

[bendm]

our offense is poetry in motion. who knows if we'll ever be so fortunate again so enjoy it while it lasts.

if we lose it's going to be b/c clingan gets in foul trouble. 2 early fouls and his 3rd 18 seconds into the second half. please stop trying to block everything and realize your mere gigantic presence on the defensive end is enough. edey almost never fouls out it's one of his best qualities. we gave up 17 O rebs today. prob had something to do w/ clingan only playing 19 mins.

 

[uconngb]

That game sucked. Probably our 2nd or 3rd worst effort of the year. Got lulled into a track meet and decided that playing defense was optional. I’m guessing that Dan Hurley will take full advantage and go nuts over this “effort”.

 

[aceboon]

1. DC had 2 DUMB fouls. And we still dominated.
2. AK’s foul at the end confounded me. Just dumbfounded.
3. Still cannot close out a game without taking years from my life.
4. And still, complaining about a win. Typical refrain this year.

Well it wasn't a foul on AK, Jenkins jumped damn near sideways, wasn't a natural shooting motion at all

 

[FfldCntyFan]

1. DC had 2 DUMB fouls. And we still dominated.
2. AK’s foul at the end confounded me. Just dumbfounded.
3. Still cannot close out a game without taking years from my life.
4. And still, complaining about a win. Typical refrain this year.

From what I've gathered from your recent posting history I can understand why you are constantly dumbfounded.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

Don’t know why, but I’m still upset on that last foul call on AK. Shooter jumped into him. If it mattered it is doubly gross call

Stop. Please stop. Why was AK anywhere near him? That was Samson Johnson stupid.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

Well it wasn't a foul on AK, Jenkins jumped damn near sideways, wasn't a natural shooting motion at all

Stop. Please stop. Why was AK anywhere near him? That was Samson Johnson stupid.

 

[uconngb]

That was fun to watch. It's simply impressive how many different ways this team can win.

That wasn’t fun at all. We slept walk through that game and it almost cost us. Do that in two weeks and we are licking our wounds after a loss in the Sweet 16

 

[aceboon]

Stop. Please stop. Why was AK anywhere near him? That was Samson Johnson stupid.

I forgot this is your thing, I'm done here

 

[HeGotGame]

Props to St. Johns, they are a dangerous team if (they should) get in. Running a good offense and fight like heck on the boards.

I felt like was Duke UConn in 2004 FF, winner is going to win the tournament. #doomed'

Biggest take away is Cam and Tristan with 18 assists and 1 TO, that is ridiculous.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Clingans foul trouble hurt.

 

[Kolumbo]

Clingan's fouls weren't the refs fault. The second foul was him being a complete bozo and the third was unnecessary.

I've seen Clingan play with a lot more contact and not get called and whatever the 3rd call was, unnecessary? Guys were getting mugged the entire 2nd half and they call that on Clingan? That's on the refs.

 

[SoFla Steve]

Win number 30 !

 

[jdb50]

We took St Johns best shot which I expected. Our team is really special. Different players stepping up every game. When we have everyone clicking no one can beat us.

 

[HeGotGame]

That wasn’t fun at all. We slept walk through that game and it almost cost us. Do that in two weeks and we are licking our wounds after a loss in the Sweet 16

you watched a different game then everyone else

 

[nadavtheman]

What was with the technical on Hurley that negated the pitino T? I don’t understand why he would even get involved in that. It looked like Rick was really giving it to the refs and got the T and Dan Hurley started chiming in? Trust in Dan Hurley but he has to learn to stay out of it when the opposing coach is losing it. That changed what looked like a possible big momentum swing. We won so no harm no foul but it was odd.