St John's post game thread

[blkknight1]

So many passed up shots to make an extra pass that resulted in a turnover

 

[Palatine]

Karaban looks like his confidence is shot. He passes up open threes with under ten on the shot clock. He is playing scared.

 

[Marat]

Someone mentioned in the chat. Alex needs to shave the beard. It's not working any more.

 

[TRest]

Does anyone know what Nowell's injury is? We need him back and we need to let him go through some growing pains these last 10 games or so. Our PG situation is a mess and we need a potential other option.

Ankle I think

 

[giddyup]

Hurley has a mess on his hands of his own doing. Yet as bad as they are, they are nominally competitive and might get past the first weekend with some good draws.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Alex is one of my favorite players, really unfortunate what's happened to him since the Nova game. He probably should have left after last season on top. His current draft stock can't be good right now.

 

[Mr. French]

No one can maintain an attack dribble through traffic. If they do, they pass it away. Just a lot of sloppy handles and no real counters to it. Someone at some point has to drive by and finish.

 

[UC95-Duke00]

Why do many of the fair weather fans show up, posting like crackheads, after the game? ... so sad

See some of y'all at MSG on Sunday 2/23 ... I'll also be there for Duke / Illinois on the Saturday night before, join if you dare ... coming up from Fort Lauderdale, FL

Go Huskies! ... Bleed Blue!

 

[ATLDYKA]

Ankle sprain but I cannot imagine he will be a factor given how he looked and how much time he’s missed.

Why does it seem like it takes our guys much longer to come back from ankle injuries then others.

 

[scotty0330]

Watching Karaban this season was like Kevin Freeman his senior year. Great piece on a good team, lots of intangibles and winning plays- ask him to be something else - as an go to player- and it blows up in a bad way.

 

[Palatine]

Well, at least, no one is complaining about the defense.

 

[TRest]

Alex is one of my favorite players, really unfortunate what's happened to him since the Nova game. He probably should have left after last season on top. His current draft stock can't be good right now.

People keep saying this, the league told him go back and work on things.

 

[Scoe]

It’s more so the decision making from AK more then anything he takes a 35 footer ok fine, then he passes up an open 3 in rhythtm passing trapping Hass in the corner. Not to mention the first foul at the very beginning of the game leaving your feet not worth the risk in the first half, the little things all add up.

 

[storrsroars]

When you have two guys getting double-doubles coming off the bench, you kinda expect a win.

Johnnies play an interesting brand of basketball. Luis is ridiculous with that mid-range stuff that's hard to defend.

 

[UCfor3]

They defended our offense well(with some holding and grabbing) and we have nobody who can drive, create, or get their own shot. Need a PG and another versatile offensive player for next year. We have been getting nothing from our bench but we need to play more than the same 5 guys the whole 2nd half. Samson and Stewart had to play at least a little more at least to keep the other guys fresh. As for Alex, he was in a slump the end of last year but this one is way worse. We also don't have Newt, Cling, Steph and Cam to cover.

 

[1999GoodSon]

It’s not hard. It’s on Alex.

In a minute I've counted 20 posts throwing our man Karraban under the bus. From grown men, masquerading as die hard Husky fans. Here's my permanent dislike to all. Teams win, this was a team loss, including coaches. Get over it.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Guards, guards and more guards. We currently do not gave enough if them to compliment each other.

As for AK I have no idea what the answer is. If he hits 1 or 2 of those wide open threes in the first half it may have been a difference maker.

McNeeley is a very good if not great freshman.

We lost but I can really see some potential with this group.

Too bad we missed so bad with Mahaney he is a better player than he used to be showing but he is just not the right fit for this level if physicality.

No idea what the rest of the year looks like. I will watch the games and care and still yell at the TV but we are a player or two short of being elite.

We could be very good with this team but everyone has too play their roles.

 

[uconngb]

He’ll be here for senior night next year

And that is not a good thing

 

[TheHorde]

You sure about that?? He handed the ball to St John’s at least 7 times

What would Mahaney have done playing 35 minutes tonight?

 

[uconn_jack]

I hate more than anything losing a game to a team that made a bunch of 14-16 footers. It’s just objectively a bad shot.....

Unless you make them, which the Johnnies do.

 

[bendm]

We held our own on the boards thanks to Reed, he was awesome. so was Liam in the second half. I can’t fault Diarra and Ball was bound to come back down to earth with SJU keying on him. Stew was great for the first 10 mins. We still coulda won if we hit our FTs. This is on Alex and not having a backup PG. Why did Tahaad Petiford have to go to Auburn. If we only had him instead of Mahaney and Nowell. Man.

 

[Hunt for 7]

They defended our offense well(with some holding and grabbing) and we have nobody who can drive, create, or get their own shot. Need a PG and another versatile offensive player for next year. We have been getting nothing from our bench but we need to play more than the same 5 guys the whole 2nd half. Samson and Stewart had to play at least a little more at least to keep the other guys fresh. As for Alex, he was in a slump the end of last year but this one is way worse. We also don't have Newt, Cling, Steph and Cam to cover.

McNeeley can drive and create Ball is getting better. But we need more in the create your own shot like Luis or Richmond.

 

[storrsroars]

I hate more than anything losing a game to a team that made a bunch of 14-16 footers. It’s just objectively a bad shot, so when our opponent takes one to end a possession, it makes me think we did our job on D

Pitino's offense is not based on analytics. Luis can get open for a mid-range jumper seemingly whenever he wants. And he makes most of them. They're not settling for those shots. They're the intent.

 

[Gurleyman]

Why does it seem like it takes our guys much longer to come back from ankle injuries then others.

Not fair in this case. That was a bad type of sprain. High ankle sometimes is a meaningless term, but not this time. That was an injury where his toes rolled forward, instead of the standard instep rolling sideways.

 

[Palatine]

In a minute I've counted 20 posts throwing our man Karraban under the bus. From grown men, masquerading as die hard Husky fans. Here's my permanent dislike to all. Teams win, this was a team loss, including coaches. Get over it.

Not really. Karaban has lost his shot. And his confidence. It's obvious to everyone. To point that out is not throwing him under the bus. He had three points. He was a preseason All America. Pretending there is nothing wrong is denial. I love the kid. He has been a great Husky. But our eyes are not lying to us.