St John's post game thread

[NickDanger]

Analytics said over the summer he was supposed to be an All-American.

His WAR score was 100 or something like that. And he could shoot on top of it.

Hey, I had seen some video of him, and was very hopeful. But I think against the more athletic players in the big east, he can’t cope.

 

[RuffRuff]

Crazy to think we won two championships with two guards at 6’ and under playing together lol.

Different system and times. This ain’t 2014.

 

[NickDanger]

Karaban learning to feel how Ringo felt when Beatles broke up.

Ringo had multiple hit singles after the Beatles broke up, and successful tours up to this day

 

[Scrutineer]

Different system and times. This ain’t 2014.

Shabazz and Boatright would lead us to #7 this year and pretty much any year. They guarded the 6'5" Harrison twins and everybody else and scored on whoever they faced. Hass and Mahaney are not Bazz and Boat.

 

[JMick]

I really hope Karaban can figure it out before the season ends. The team needs him and I really don't want him to go out playing like he has been. He's been nothing but a great player for the team and was a huge part of two championships. He's got the most glaring case of the yips I've seen since chuck knoblauch. I don't think he's going to be able to shoot his way out of it in practice. He's just going to need to see a few shots go down during game time

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Shabazz and Boatright would lead us to #7 this year and pretty much any year. They guarded the 6'5" Harrison twins and everybody else and scored on whoever they faced. Hass and Mahaney are not Bazz and Boat.

Yeah it’s crazy when people say different times like Kemba, Shabazz, and Boat wouldn’t bust everybody in this eras booty.

Those were players you can drop on mars and they can get a bucket.

 

[ctbro1999]

That sucked.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Shabazz and Boatright were on a 7 seed that needed a three point play by Brimah and overtime to get past St Joes in the first round of the tournament. I’m sure you were saying this when they were getting run out of the gym by Louisville in the BET. This stuff is so dumb and useless.

Shabazz and Boatright would lead us to #7 this year and pretty much any year. They guarded the 6'5" Harrison twins and everybody else and scored on whoever they faced. Hass and Mahaney are not Bazz and Boat.

 

[uconnfan68]

Totally spit the bit in the 2nd half. Ridiculous number of unforced TOs.

Karaban unfortunately a ghost all game. Stewart another hot start then vanished like a fart in the wind.

Not vanished. They subbed him out. Up 14, Stewie and Solo on fire, and BOTH get subbed out together.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Shabazz and Boatright were on a 7 seed that needed a three point play by Brimah and overtime to get past St Joes in the first round of the tournament. I’m sure you were saying this when they were getting run out of the gym by Louisville in the BET. This stuff is so dumb and useless.

Diminishing their legacy like this is wild.

Think the point is we don’t need some magical big guard. We’ve won with far less. We just need good players and/or to develop good players.

We’ve won without the 7’s, with sub 6’ guards at both guard spots, with lineups that started freshman Tyler Olander and senior Tyler Olander with a Phil Nolan to match with him.

There’s more than enough talent on this roster.

 

[uconnfan68]

Different system and times. This ain’t 2014.

They would start today too. We don’t have anyone like them.

 

[FlexOnEm]

I loved the guts from McNeeley tonight. Coming back from injury and starting cold tonight, he stayed aggressive and kept creating. We are also a completely different team rebounding when he’s on the floor.

My biggest takeaway is that Stewart needs to play more. He always gives us something when he’s in. Not afraid to shoot, not afraid to do the dirty work. His defense could use some work but it’s not bad by any means. Right now it’s not a stretch to say I want Stewart on the floor over Karaban.

Ross, Mahaney, Karaban…nothing. Alex needs to snap out of it and Mahaney needs to find his groove again. We’re a limited team if those things don’t happen.

 

[AllHusky]

Karaban was 22 of 47 from 3 (about 47% against much weaker competition) up to the point he got a concussion. Since the concussion he has been 24 of 91 (about 26%). Last season his 3P% was 37.9. Currently, this season it is 37.6. What does it mean - I am not sure, but statistically he is about where he was last year. But, he started the season with what looked to be an improved 3P shot. After a concussion his 3P% plummeted by almost 50% or by 21 percentage points. Is it possible that he is still suffering effects of the concussion? Maybe some vision issues?

I’ve put that forward and been given the Boneyard roast. He also has some lower leg issues, and maybe foot too. Might be a combination of many factors. Bottom line we need his 15pts game and good D. Win or go home season is approaching.

 

[CTBasketball]

Pitino took Hurley behind the woodshed tonight.

• The gameplan on Ball was fantastic the last 32 min of the game. Run him off 3pt line and face guard him when you can, get in his head. And boy did he collapse mentally the last 32 min on defense and offense.
• Let Karaban shoot himself into the same mental blockage.
• Make Diarra work every possession to make us start our actions with <15/20 seconds on the clock.
• Use our stupidity against us to run the same baseline inbounds play 7-10 times for an easy wide open baseline jumper. Surprised Hurley didn’t try to stop that.

Yea I’m going to forget this one and chalk it up to “we’re rusty with McNeeley” still. Too many times we’ve been punched in the mouth and just die down, especially at home.

 

[Leebo]

So disheartening to see lazy passes even late in the 2nd half... What does it take to raise the urgency level?

 

[AdamaNation]

You can’t consistently win games turnover the ball over like that. Wtf. Just disappointing. Credit to St John’s and their D. The last 30 minutes was completely different than the first 10. Crappy way to get the weekend started.

Diarra is clearly hurt. The last time we were this thin at point is the Craig austrie era. He’d be perfect right now. Yeah no pg play and no Alex for a month now. Those missed free throws destroyed him. His nba stock has plummeted. I’ll be happy to have another year with him

 

[gsmooth]

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.

Bingo, finally someone gets it

 

[temery]

Karaban has the yips. He'll get over it. And he needs to see a doctor. No athlete his age should look as pale as he has all season. He looks anemic.

And I agree with whoever said he should shave the beard. Just changing things up a little bit sometimes helps.

 

[Magic32]

Tough to win games when you can't stop dribble penetration on defense or have anyone that can dribble penetrate on offense.

I feel for Mahaney but he has lost any confidence he had left.

On pace for over 100 after 10 minutes and then forgot how to play the game, turnovers are killer.

 

[freshler40]

A second half of lost or ineffective offensive possessions.
To many sets starting out high with under 8 seconds left on the shot.
Disappointing.

Saint John's had a great switching man to man in your face defense especially inside against Reed. We need to start our offense earlier, guard penetration, if possible. We did get trapped on the baseline several times resulting in turnovers. Need a shooter from inside the foul line. They had several to great effect.

 

[freshler40]

Solo could sink them if there were actual plays executed to get him the look.

True, no picks were set for him that I could see.

 

[superjohn]

Karaban has the yips. He'll get over it. And he needs to see a doctor. No athlete his age should look as pale as he has all season. He looks anemic.

And I agree with whoever said he should shave the beard. Just changing things up a little bit sometimes helps.

He looks the exact same as he did last season in terms of his complexion and beard. What are we even talking about?

 

[freshler40]

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

Amen! In one second half time out Hurley was on the mike telling his team to take earlier shots that were available. The team didn't take his advice, wore down the shot clock for a turnover or desperation shot. A real disconnect.

 

[superjohn]

McNeeley showed absolutely no signs of missing all that playing time.

He showed a lot of rust earlier in the game and then took over and was our best player.

He's a lottery pick and a gamer, kid is a stud.

 

[Punkbo]

McNeeley is back and I feel great about it. Our biggest issue continues to be lack of depth at PG. This loss doesn’t bother me too much since McNeeley looks healthy. We need more from AK, but there’s enough talent on this team to make a run.