Seton HeII Post Game Thread

[mauconnfan]

And one more thing for the greatest coach in the game, it was never a good idea to have the ball in HDs hands dribbling down the clock when he was healthy and we came up empty again a few times because he’s on one leg. Really awful coaching job today!!’

 

[NIT88]

Hurley needs to own this one. i dont want any whining about the fans complaining, the refs missing calls, blah blah... the game came down to needing to execute 1 of 5 in bounds plays and none worked.

Can’t agree more.

 

[Fishy]

I could not agree more. You have to start playing Nowell over AM. It's crystal clear he is not a Big East level guard. And Ross....I don't know what to say. He is not any good. Give Abraham those minutes. It can't be worse.

Yep

Why Abraham hasn't gotten run is beyond me.

Yep.

Yeah the lack of penetration besides Diarra who is playing on one leg is startling to see. I can't remember a UConn team so inept at it since maybe the 2006 team.

Yep.

 

[Mike Honcho]

And @RuffRuff too he wasn’t off the hook yet either.

Don't forget @Kitaman for saying "guys, it's over" when we were up 3 with nine seconds to go, inbounding the ball from under our rim at the end of regulation.

 

[KingAG]

The roster needs a big makeover.

I’m not even sure I’d say big. When need a big lead guard who can defended and a couple of athletes who can defend. Abraham may be able to fill that role. The guard will have to come from the portal. We have enough skill finesse guys. I’d expect Ball and Stewart to be really good next year.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

i can’t read anymore. Folks, bad loss. Should have won. Bad execution. But stop embarrassing yourselves, please. We beat St. John’s and/or make a deep BE tourney run and that will set us up for a nice March run. Bottom line is that losing Liam for a month set us back. Set him back. We will go as far as he takes us. What are the long term benefits from this game?
1. Alex is back.
2. Hass looks healthier
3. Solo made some big shots; and
4. They got embarrassed. Historically, this bodes well for us under this regime.
Now, take a deep breath. Kiss your kids. Enjoy your Saturday. We will do better than this. This year.

 

[djct1999]

Worst performance and result in 5 years. Unacceptable from top on down. Poor coaching and even worse execution from the players. Embarrassing.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Disappointed but one to learn from. We’ll be fine

But they don't learn. This a low-IQ basketball team. A team that is NOT getting good bench coaching from Hurley.

 

[Hamms30]

I don't get this obsession that after a made basket you take yourrr timeeeee, let the ref pick up the ball and give it to youuuuuuu .. AND LET THE OTHER TEAM SET UP THE PRESS. Grab the friggin ball and get it inbounds and stop letting the other team set up their defense.

 

[housekeys]

Well I’m not entertained

You are not supposed to be. There are more non-UConn fans than UConn fans. Guess who they want to entertain?

 

[ThetaZoo]

Can’t be in that position but holy cow how does an officiating crew get away with what they did on the last two possessions and keep their jobs?

This stuff doesn’t happen in other conferences.

Val must think this mugging sets the BE apart from other conferences.

 

[superjohn]

Keep nailing the freshmen to the bench.

That’s totally going to end well for us.

I think we should see if they know how to dribble a basketball - they cannot be any worse at than the group we’re currently trusting to do so.

And it sets us up for an interesting offseason. Hurley has deemed several players unplayable for this whole season and we have one kid who he misjudged as a player and it's all too much for him.

 

[Viet Vet]

Embarrassing. Horrible. Travesty. Shameful.

Perfect description of the Big East and the officiating crew.

UConn did not play well, but they win walking in their sleep if the game was properly officiated.

Give me a break. Stop whining about the officiating. This is on Hurley's lack of a proper in-bound play.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

That has to be the worst loss of the Hurley era. So much Jekyll and Hyde in this team.

 

[Mike Honcho]

And then some gimmicky football play that is usually used for teams to do some desperation scoring. Not to simply inbound it.

Gimmicky, yes, but that play actually got two people open. It's just that Alex made a bad read -- he should have passed to Hass.

 

[NIT88]

This is the worst loss in the Hurley era, possibly.

One of the worst losses in the UConn era.

 

[housekeys]

Last sentence would have some merit if we hadn't also lost to colorado before. Having good refs doesn't change the fact that this team is severely limited and mentally fragile.

OK. What does beating Marquette and Creigthon, away, say to you?

 

[Scoe]

Don't forget @Kitaman for saying "guys, it's over" when we were up 3 with nine seconds to go, inbounding the ball from under our rim at the end of regulation.

Yep I saw that, they should be given boneyard capital punishment and be burned at the stakes, for giving us evil mojo spirits.

 

[Milo65]

Why should we ignore a major factor in the outcome of the game?

We stunk, they were worse.

The refs were not the major factor. We can’t inbound the ball. We turn the ball over. Our defense is terrible. Poor decision making. Yes, the refs didn’t help. But what I watched was a team that thinks they can come into a gym and win on reputation. SH never gave up, they out hustled us for loose balls, they wanted it more. That is why this game was lost. THEY WANTED IT MORE THAN US! That’s inexcusable and it reflects the lack of mental toughness of this team. When it gets tight, they make mistakes.

 

[Candyman]

This one is on Hurley. Has yet to figure out how to inbound. Runs the same stuff every time that doesn’t work. How about put Samson in have him run down and throw it up to him. He’s been a very good free throw shooter.

 

[F101Voodoo]

Disgusted and disappointed time to go watch the history channel or read science fiction. There is nothing positive to come out of trashing Hurley, the refs or the team…. I will still be a UCONN fan until I die…

 

[upstater]

I am ready for them to stop pulling the ball out to waste time with less than a couple minutes. When McNeeley had a clear path to the basket after breaking the press, he pulled it back. If that kid drives, he goes to the free throw line for 2. Instead, on that play, Diarra drove and they knocked his pass to Karaban away for a turnover. This team has to take the opportunities when they are there.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Season's not over, and anything can happen but this is a brutal loss.

Regular season is over

 

[TheHorde]

I could not agree more. You have to start playing Nowell over AM. It's crystal clear he is not a Big East level guard. And Ross....I don't know what to say. He is not any good. Give Abraham those minutes. It can't be worse.

I’d ordinarily say the staff studies practices and knows best if Abraham is ready, but then I realize they’ve also seen our inability to inbound the ball well this season too.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Keep nailing the freshmen to the bench.

That’s totally going to end well for us.

I think we should see if they know how to dribble a basketball - they cannot be any worse at than the group we’re currently trusting to do so.

I'll be very careful how I put this but for the most part the freshmen have all received basically what they've earned in terms of playing time.

From a source within the program, of the three freshmen, one (I'm sure you can figure out who) was far more advanced/developed than the staff had expected when he arrived while the other two were nowhere near as advanced/developed as they expected. They admit that with the past couple of years (Karaban, Clingan, Castle) they had been spoiled, They believe in all of the kids but it will take time before they are ready.

I imagine (this is conjecture on my part) that every game coming down to the wire is limiting any opportunities for the kids.

 

[JMick]

I’m not even sure I’d say big. When need a big lead guard who can defended and a couple of athletes who can defend. Abraham may be able to fill that role. The guard will have to come from the portal. We have enough skill finesse guys. I’d expect Ball and Stewart to be really good next year.

We need way more than that if we want to go back to the final four. We need guys who aren't going to forget how to play basketball with less than a minute left.

 

[ctbro1999]

Don't forget @Kitaman for saying "guys, it's over" when we were up 3 with nine seconds to go, inbounding the ball from under our rim at the end of regulation.

We were up 3 with the ball under 10 to go twice this game, and blew it both times. Simply dumbfounding.

 

[bigknight3]

Such an embarrassing performance. We don’t deserve to make the tourney. This is not UConn basketball. This is a badly couched team that isn’t very talented.

Chill out

 

[Milo65]

You embarrassed?

Blaming the refs for this loss is an embarrassment

 

[WrenchFan69]

When McNeeley had a clear path to the basket after breaking the press, he pulled it back. If that kid drives, he goes to the free throw line for 2.

We absolutely do not know that to be a fact in this conference