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This lose is on Hurley. You cannot continue to be so stubborn that you play your vets so much when they are giving you nothing. Why did AK play the entire second half and Stewart was no where to be found. You also had to foul there with only a 7 second difference in clock. They left Richmond on the floor and they should have fouled him. Even if they got the stop, the offense was struggling so bad, they would have struggled to get a shot off in time.
 
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Only 2 players really showed up in Reed and McNeeley. Felt bad for Diarra on one leg. Karaban has to sit when he is playing that awful and Stewart needs more minutes. Stewart is the future and Karaban is the past. Karaban was great when he was a fifth option but as 2nd or 3rd option he doesn't work with lis limited mobility and dribbling. Play Stewart!
Hyper efficient role player that got to start next to 4 NBA players in his first two seasons. This year? Not so much. And it shows. Great piece when you’re good. Tough watch when he’s a focal point.
 
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Turnovers were frustrating. Just not valuing the ball.

The AK yips go on. Him missing 4? wide open 3s was the difference

That 24-10 stretch was incredible. The rest of the game felt like a fever dream. Idk what happened.
 
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Starry levying fines for turnovers

Karaban has regressed

Predictable per
 

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Hard to know what really the problem is here. A normal "bad" game of 15 TOs and we win. AK just visibly shell shocked. We have looked great offensively for multiple 4 minute spurts this season, but when we are bad we are dog-s bad. We had multiple instances to put this game away, and just don't step on the neck.

We do know that our brand is much more suited for the tourney than BE. So I am holding out hope that the pieces are actually here, and we are masking them by bad D (not tonight), TOs and youth. Hard to skate by with the lack of depth at PG.

One thing for certain, it is very hard to get a grip on how good this team is and can be. I mean Liam was very good tonight and AK was at his worst...just constantly head scratching at this team.
 
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I know its easy to say now after the game but why didn't we try to extend the game. St johns is a terrible free throw shooting team.
 
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I have defended this team all season but facts are facts now. Poor point guard play, woefully inconsistent play from your supposed leader, turnovers, useless Mahaney, foul plagued Samson, poor defense…too many problems for this team to overcome. Ah well. We will be back next year.
 
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I’m fine with AK being in a shooting slump. Being just a baton passer with 5 seconds left on the shot clock, really hurt the offense tonight.
Yup. Passing up shots he should take for worse shots is brutal. I’d rather see him go 0-10 than that.

I think what really changed the game vibe was bricking his 4th or 5th open 3 in the first half and then fouling St. John’s on a 3 for the 4 point play. Took the air out of the gym and kickstarted their 15-2 run.
 

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Great to see Liam back and knocking the rust off. Clearly the biggest two issues right now are a) AK needs to find his game quick, and b) Diarra needs to get healthier.

This is a top ten team if we can get them back playing well.
Neither of these things are happening.
 
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McNeeley hit a 3 at 9:15 to make it 51-45 and Karaban made a free throw with 7:12 left to make it 52-48. Next points came at 2:54 with Reed hitting 2 free throws to make it 60-54 SJU.. Just an awful 2nd half collapse. The rest was conversation.
 
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How does a “good” team struggle so much to get off a shot within its offense. It’s like St. John’s was the ‘85 Bears.
 
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I'm not a betting man, but earlier this week I saw the spread was UConn -9.5, which even as a UConn fan I would've definitely picked St. John's to make it closer than that. Now I think it's around UConn -3.5.

Prediction: UConn will be the better team in March, but we're not 100% healthy and haven't completely gelled yet. St. John's wins tonight by 5-10 points and Hurley uses the loss as fuel the rest of the season.
This is exactly how I thought things would go tonight. St. John's was the tougher (and healthier) team and obviously we need a lot more out of Karaban, Diarra, and Johnson. However, I like our chances to beat these guys either at MSG and/or during the Big East Tournament. Go Huskies!
 

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