Seton HeII Post Game Thread

[Rdkid]

What a mess. What Hurley does with this fragile squad crumbling under expectations is a whole different coaching challenge. Composure comes from the top. That plus getting the ball inbounds…

 

[KingAG]

Hurley has found one truly great PG, two decent ones and then not much of anything else. It's a bit concerning.

If your not counting Stephon Castle

 

[husky429]

Brendan Adams, Jalen Gaffney, Rahsool Diggins, Stephon Castle, Ahmad Nowell. I doubt its Hurley nailing him to the bench - he just can't recruit a PG out of HS.

Only two of the guys on this list are PGs orher than Nowell. And they both transferred bc they suck.

 

[RuffRuff]

Liam singlehandedly won the last game. Instead of all the limelight being on Liam coach decided to get into it with the few remaining Creighton fans.

I don't mind being cocky but he's taking it to horses arse levels and he doesn't have the team to back it up. He had a confident swagger last season because he had a bunch of NBA players and uniquely savvy kids who could blow everyone out. Now his mouth is writing checks...

Have a damn inbounds play, have a damn play to throw it into your big for a bucket when the other team doesn't have any bigs. Play your most talented big.

I love the guy but he needs to be humbled. We're seeing someone who is too arrogant and too stubborn right now.

The issue when you’re constantly villainizing yourself, is you elicit the opponents best game and look like horses @ss when you get beat by bad teams. This while all other fans rejoice.

Sure he can play the villain and it’s good tv, but it does no good in helping his kids chances to win, which is what matters. After a nightmarish loss like this, he needs to just learn to shut his trap. Tristen Newton isn’t walking through the door.

This season has been so much drama.

 

[Husky Alien]

We expected Stewart to be really good this year. What have you seen this year that makes you think he will be “really” good next year?

For his 2nd uear Stewart has made great strides in his offensive part of the game and has shown some spurts of good defense in some games. He does get lost on D. In the off season if he focuses on a better ball handle and defensive.positioning. He can be very special. He's athletic

 

[huskyblooz]

Embarassing performance.

 

[Kolumbo]

22 years ago
The Miami loss is still clear in my head and I never thought I'd see something that bad from UConn. This was 10x worse. Up by 4 at 76-72 with 8 seconds left and Miami gets a layup. 76-74 with 4 seconds left and Shamon Tooles hurries a quick inbounds pass. Darius Rice intercepts and knocks down a 3 at the buzzer. Game over 77-76. Today we took our time to inbounds and had to use timeouts. Either way, failure. Inexcusable.

Neither team deserved the win today. There is a reason teams rarely win when down by 5-7 points in the closing seconds. They have to foul. SHU fouled but no calls were made. That allowed SHU to steal this game. The silver lining is that we are not feeling a false sense of relief after pulling out a garbage win. We are feeling the pain of watching a train wreck for 2+ hours, as well we should.

 

[housekeys]

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

Give me a break. Stop whining about Hurley. This is all on you for not being smart enough to be the UConn coach, make tons of money, and win the game.

 

[jibsey]

Why is Reed sticking his hands in on a player outside the 3 point line? Johnson does this too at times. I don’t understand that.

 

[Drfla]

Ball, Stewart and maybe Reed. I’d like to see Stewart and Reed with one more year of development. I think we see Mullins and Reibe early. I think a stud at the guard spot changes everything.

Stewart? No.

 

[housekeys]

Ok, we can agree to disagree. Not saying the refs were good, I’m just saying there were a lot of other reasons pointing to this loss.

Absolutely. You can't sugar coat what we saw. UConn played bad. I only wish the team was good enough to overcome poorly officiated games. We clearly are not. But the season is not over.

 

[Husky Alien]

I love the guy but he needs to be humbled. We're seeing someone who is too arrogant and too stubborn right now.

@superjohn, I really think this game he got humbled. Time will tell.

 

[Drfla]

Okay. Then don’t give him a pass. Lol.

I will.

go ahead give him a pass and keep hoping Stewart turns out to be the guy in your head, not the one that we see on the court and that was counted on for a big jump this year

 

[housekeys]

We got over the top great performances from Ball then McNeeley. Without that we lose both games.

Yea so. Seton Hall got over the top performances from Wusu, Coleman. What is your point?

 

[Scrappy3]

I don't post much here but I want to speak up. What's even more digusting than today's loss is how some are turning against and hurling vitriol at our future hall of fame coach who has brought us 2 championships.

I think Hurley earned a long leeway of loyalty from fans. I’m disappointed in some fans today please think before u post. We should’ve won but we lost. It’s ok

 

[YellowMamba]

Dont be shocked if you start to hear Danny must go chants.

I definitely won't be shocked from this low basketball IQ and toxic fanbase that today I am ashamed to call my own

 

[RuffRuff]

Question. Did struggling Seton Hall play like a team good enough to be top 25.

Yes. Uconn is not great this year, but are no hirrible either. Obviously, Seton Hall won this game for a reason.

Was it particular match ups?

Defensive game plan?

Offensive game plan?

Or was Seton Hall just lucky tonight?

Was at the game. Seton Hall came out with fire in the jocks and played great D. Lots of length in their starting unit, especially on the perimeter.

Wonder if watching Hurley all week flash his two rings baldy meme added to the spark? You get what you ask for.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I think the thing that irks me the most about this game is that we were forced to burn Hass for 29min of game time and the team still couldn’t be inspired enough to help secure a win for him.

 

[Hunt for 7]

eTied the Creighton win post game thread at 14 pages in 1 hr.

Proves losing is worse the than winning is winning

 

[3rdbass]

Only two of the guys on this list are PGs orher than Nowell. And they both transferred bc they suck.

Diarra Sucks? He was 6th man of the year for a reason last year. He is playing on one leg now. Now Mahaney I will give you as he has no business playing high major basketblall.

 

[superjohn]

Well as of now he hasn’t missed the tournament. 17-8 and a top 5 finish in conference isn’t terrible after back to back championships. I’ll take that everytime. To the recruiting angle, Hurley doesn’t really recruit that way. He’s shown to lean heavily on the side of staying loyal to his guys. He did it when he first got here as well. Maybe he should change that approach. We’ll see.

We had massive turnover for a couple years there. Gaffney, Diggins, Brendan Adams, Carlton, Akok, Floyd Jr. And then Richie Springs, Romoglou, Hasson after the first championship.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

In all my years watching the Husky’s this was one of top 5 bad losses of all time.

Not sure how long you've been a fan buy...

Loss to Maryland - opening round 2021 tournament
Loss to NM State - opening round 2022 tournament
Home loss to Creighton in 20-21 season (worse collapse at end of regulation than today)
Loss to St Joe's preseason tourney 2019-2020 season (as mentioned earlier)
At least half a dozen in Hurley's first year, capped by a 40 point beatdown by Houston in the conference tournament, which due to COVID ended up being our last ever AAC tournament appearance.

This is only from the Hurley years.

 

[Mike Honcho]

I don't post much here but I want to speak up. What's even more digusting than today's loss is how some are turning against and hurling vitriol at our future hall of fame coach who has brought us 2 championships.

I don't know who you're talking about but Hurley deserves criticism for his handling of this game, and he's already acknowledged it:

"It feels like, in the end, we got what we deserved," Hurley summarized. "They were tougher, more determined. It took us a while to get control of the game and have a chance to win it in regulation. Should have won it in regulation, should have won it in overtime. But, just did a lot of things that make you look like you're a poorly-coached team to close out that game, multiple times."

He's not a deity, and he'd be the first one to tell you that.

 

[TheHorde]

I don't know who you're talking about but Hurley deserves criticism for his handling of this game, and he's already acknowledged it:



He's not a deity, and he'd be the first one to tell you that.

He can take his coaching and this team to another level if the humility sticks and fuels him even further.

 

[Shabazzkets]

At this point, just make the tourney and spare us the ignominy of being in the NIT. I don’t expect anything more from this group. It is what it is. We have earned a down year.

 

[NickDanger]

Calm down.

Hey we might do well in the NIT

 

[UCLJ0211]

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.

At least they’re comfortable on the sofa

 

[housekeys]

Stop it. We were playing Seton Hall, check who they lost to. Loser mentality

He is not a loser. No one is. He is also right about the refs. You and your "like" buddies are wrong.

 

[NickDanger]

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

Yes we could win the NIT

 

[That Guy]

I'm just ready for tourney time. Outside of the month stretch from Baylor to Providence, this season has been miserable. The back 2 back rings make it a lot more bearable at least.