St. John's Post Game Thread

[superjohn]

I see lots blaming Hurley’s coaching. I blame Hurley’s recruiting right now. This bench is not good. Besides Hawkins and Karaban they don’t have anyone who can make a shot.

It's much more about coaching. Today was pathetic, he didn't even give us a chance with that defensive strategy.

 

[WrenchFan69]

If we’re going to lose I’m glad the officials at least turned the game into a complete farce along the way. We are probably a bottom 4 team in the Big East as it stands though which definitely sucks after a fun non-con schedule

 

[SaeHusky]

Our guards can’t score, can’t distribute and can’t defend. Even Diarra didn’t defend and got beaten regularly

Exactly - no guard can go north/south

 

[Hey Adrien!]

What do you all think about this starting lineup for next game?

Calcaterra/Hawkins/Jackson/Karaban/Sanogo

Calcaterra's TO rate is 2nd lowest amongst guards and 6% lower than Newton's. Give Newton a day off the bench to regroup against another tough, physical defense.

Seton Hall is tough to drive against, so replacing Newton's driving ability with Calcaterra's shooting would be prudent. Plus, Calcattera could guard Dawes on the perimeter while Jackson can focus on Richmond.

 

[gsmooth]

You need to watch this tape over and over. It shows exactly what we are doing wrong. And it ain't detail, focus and energy.

This is what we are doing wrong.

We overplay on the outside and it allows opponents to blow by and get to the rim. It was a lay up line. Has been for five games. Overplay, blow by, lay up. Overplay, blow by and lay up.

Hell, Jackson is six foot six inches, he does NOT need to be in his man's chest outside the three point line. He needs to be back a foot, take away the drive to the lane and make his guy settle for a contested outside shot.

I can’t like this post enough, it took the words right out of my fingers. It ties into HuskyWarrior611’s post #38

 

[husky429]

I'm sorry, any player who scores 14 points on 6-9 shooting and only 2 TOs is far from a disaster but you are the king of hyperbole here, so the post is on brand.

I agree, Sanogo played well enough... just not great. We're putting too much pressure on him defensively at the moment and he looks worse than he is as well.

The one thing I would change is get the kid to stop dribbling in the post. His shooting % when he dribbles 3 or more times is abysmal.

 

[uchusky32]

Terrible guard play. Need a pt, bad. Tristen has to walk the ball.up with his back to the basket. Start Diarra and come of the bench with Joey. Joey is in a slump but still shooting.

AJ needs to stop trying to prove he's a baller. You can't stop everything.

Sanogo needs to jump. And stop being so robotic. Teams have adjusted.

Hawk keep shooting. But you really need to work on your handle. You should come back next year.

Danny, needs to change up O and D. Can't keep pressing or picking up at half court then chasing to the rim. Gets us out of position on the screen.

 

[Griffman]

You need to watch this tape over and over. It shows exactly what we are doing wrong. And it ain't detail, focus and energy.

This is what we are doing wrong.

We overplay on the outside and it allows opponents to blow by and get to the rim. It was a lay up line. Has been for five games. Overplay, blow by, lay up. Overplay, blow by and lay up.

Hell, Jackson is six foot six inches, he does NOT need to be in his man's chest outside the three point line. He needs to be back a foot, take away the drive to the lane and make his guy settle for a contested outside

AJ gets his 5th foul with five minutes and change to go, and Sanogo gets ejected. These are our leaders?

C

You need to watch this tape over and over. It shows exactly what we are doing wrong. And it ain't detail, focus and energy.

This is what we are doing wrong.

We overplay on the outside and it allows opponents to blow by and get to the rim. It was a lay up line. Has been for five games. Overplay, blow by, lay up. Overplay, blow by and lay up.

Hell, Jackson is six foot six inches, he does NOT need to be in his man's chest outside the three point line. He needs to be back a foot, take away the drive to the lane and make his guy settle for a contested outside shot.

Jackson is not a shot blocker and he constantly hacks from behind attempting to knock the ball into the student section. It’s infuriating. You’re not helping the team sitting on the bench.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Hell, Jackson is six foot six inches, he does NOT need to be in his man's chest outside the three point line. He needs to be back a foot, take away the drive to the lane and make his guy settle for a contested outside shot.

Yup. And he got beat by a back door cut 20 feet from the basket in this game because of it.

 

[connVA]

They couldn't throw the ball in the ocean either. They had plenty of open 3PA they missed.

The possession where Joey missed three consecutive shots within 10 feet (one a layup I think) was typical. At this point, all an opposing coach needs to do is faceguard Hawkins with his best defender to limit the damage he can inflict, double whichever big is in the game, and dare everyone (anyone) else to beat them.

 

[freshler40]

Lots of blame to go around. Clingan played 9 minutes, Sanogo 30. Not for nothing but the blocking and flagrant calls on Clingan were complete b u l l .

The 15 minute review of the ten called double foul was a disaster. If it takes that much time for such a review perhaps there should have been no call. When the refs have to review something they didn't see during the actual game why waist so much time and change the game? Play on!

 

[Candyman]

I’m most concerned with the fouling. It’s like dan can’t get his guys to play in control.

That’s because outside of Diarra and sometimes Jackson we have very poor on ball defenders and with Hurleys aggressive man D that will create a lot of fouls and plays at the rim.

 

[USNavyDog]

We also be getting Sampson Johnson which adds even more length

 

[imno1]

What do you all think about this starting lineup for next game?

Calcaterra/Hawkins/Jackson/Karaban/Sanogo

Calcaterra's TO rate is 2nd lowest amongst guards and 6% lower than Newton's. Give Newton a day off the bench to regroup against another tough, physical defense.

Seton Hall is tough to drive against, so replacing Newton's driving ability with Calcaterra's shooting would be prudent. Plus, Calcattera could guard Dawes on the perimeter while Jackson can focus on Richmond.

Did you see Joey’s d. Probably not because he can’t play any.

Time to release the Greek Geek! But seriously could he play any worse than Newton Or Alleyne. Stop with Sanogo overplaying on D. Are we sure it Ray and not Purvis who spoke to the team? How many times did we step out with the ball.

 

[SeattleHoop]

Newton doesn’t drive though lol…he did it ONCE this game. He also initiated the offense from like a foot inside half court line which is infuriating

Yep. He can but he won’t. He has been very passive and that needs to change immediately. He’s good enough to be aggressive and make an impact

 

[WrenchFan69]

What do you all think about this starting lineup for next game?

Calcaterra/Hawkins/Jackson/Karaban/Sanogo

Calcaterra's TO rate is 2nd lowest amongst guards and 6% lower than Newton's. Give Newton a day off the bench to regroup against another tough, physical defense.

Seton Hall is tough to drive against, so replacing Newton's driving ability with Calcaterra's shooting would be prudent. Plus, Calcattera could guard Dawes on the perimeter while Jackson can focus on Richmond.

Anybody but Newton at the 1 is an improvement. Why not give Joey a try. Hawkins, Jackson, Karaban have to play 35+ minutes. Sanogo can start but need to go to Clingan early and often if Sanogo is having one of his trademark “be entirely useless” games

 

[Candyman]

Sanogo was a disaster today. He was constantly waiting for a double team to come instead of being aggressive, and he waited until it was too late to pass, and Soriano ate his lunch.

Sanogo passed out the double more than he ever has. He had to help the guards on like 3 of Sorianos baskets. The list of issues this game and Sanogo is further down the list.

 

[Hunt for 7]

When Uconn has their rematch later this year against St Johns at Madison Square Garden....they better use the 2-3 zone and have Sanogo and Clingan on the floor together because St. John's is a horrible outside shooting team. They could've used that game plan today and practically guaranteed themselves a win.

Not 2-3 but 3-2 so you can play Sanogo and Clingan together. Also protects the wings. 1-3-1 is not a defense it is a tempo zone but when it fails you get lay ups. I just don’t understand how a coach can watch everyone of his players get beat off the dribble and not change something.

 

[USNavyDog]

The game stunk today but I think Uconn will finish the regular season 23-8 and 12-8 in the Big East. They'll have better games than this, for sure, but they're definitely not the best team in this conference.

They'll go 1-1 in the Big East tour and have a 24-9 record enter ncaa tourney where they'll be a 6 or 7 seed.

I actually don't think they'll lose another opening round ncaa tourney game this year, but they won't get past the sweet 16.

But realistically they'll finish their season at 25-10 in the 2nd round. It'll be a good seasom but not a great season.

 

[Shamon30]

This is starting to feel like 2007 all over again. A long undefeated stretch to start the season, high ranking during said stretch, and then plummeting in conference play. That team had 8 freshman and this one has 8 guys who are playing in their first UConn season. At least the 07 team had 2 reliable point guards though.

I'm not saying we'll end up as badly as we did in 2007, but there are some unsettling similarities in the way we're trending

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

The game stunk today but I think Uconn will finish the regular season 23-8 and 12-8 in the Big East. They'll have better games than this, for sure, but they're definitely not the best team in this conference.

They'll go 1-1 in the Big East tour and have a 24-9 record enter ncaa tourney where they'll be a 6 or 7 seed.

I actually don't think they'll lose another opening round ncaa tourney game this year, but they won't get past the sweet 16.

But realistically they'll finish their season at 25-10 in the 2nd round. It'll be a good seasom but not a great season.

We are no where close to a Sweet 16 team right now.

 

[ucp990411]

The game stunk today but I think Uconn will finish the regular season 23-8 and 12-8 in the Big East. They'll have better games than this, for sure, but they're definitely not the best team in this conference.

They'll go 1-1 in the Big East tour and have a 24-9 record enter ncaa tourney where they'll be a 6 or 7 seed.

I actually don't think they'll lose another opening round ncaa tourney game this year, but they won't get past the sweet 16.

But realistically they'll finish their season at 25-10 in the 2nd round. It'll be a good seasom but not a great season.

Who are we going to beat?

 

[shizzle787]

We are no where close to a Sweet 16 team right now.

Then Hurley shouldn’t be the guy. It’s Year 5, we’re UConn, and we are in power basketball league. If you can’t get to the second weekend, we have a problem.

 

[RichCTBB]

Stupid. They didn’t double sanogo.

This. If creighton doubled AS we’d be looking at a 5 game losing streak