St. John's Post Game Thread

[dennismenace]

Huh? Rick was at Iona in 23, who we destroyed in the tournament then I’m pretty sure we went 3-0 against them in 24

Talking about before that such as when he was at Louisville where he beat us twice in 2014: 81-48 3/8/14 and 71-61 3/15 and 2011 79-78 1/29/11. We won the NC those years. When he was at Providence though not champion years for us he beat us 4 straight times 1985-87.
He is an advocate of pressure defense, at times suffocating defense because he believes it translates into offensive confidence. JC and Dan Hurley at times did/do as well. Teams that are successful against us don't sit around waiting for us to work all our offenses. They believe that we can be beaten by taking us out of our rhythm and going transition (speed the game up). A lot depends on who we have for personnel for this to succeed. We need to beat these teams by tightening up our offense, minimize turnovers and doing things like making free throws where we can beat ourselves at times.

Rick is a HOF coach despite some of his antics. He is a competitor above all and he is going to give you a long evening or afternoon if you are not fully prepared. Some of our players got a lesson last night that hopefully they learn from. It may well (hoping so) be a good wake up call when Dan Hurley starts talking to them about toughness going forward.

 

[dennismenace]

If he doesn't get you, no evil thing will.

Reminds me more of Bella Lugosi

 

[AllHusky]

They won't make it out of the first weekend.

2nd weekend

 

[Rich]

So remind me where we are now:

1) Hurley sucks and was outcoached by the Crypt Keeper;
2) Our players are trash and evidence we can't recruit
3) The team's record was a mirage
4) Karaban is over-rated

Have I got this right? Someone tell me if I've got this right.

LOL

 

[jpeakin]

4 starters' FT % is above 81%. then Reed at 56%, Riebe 50%.

Last night we were at 41%

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Comes close to what?

Comes close to what?

The D in Duke stands for Dominance.

 

[Captbluefin]

It is just me that thinks this is a problem? And the Hurley comments about Eric in the presser after X game.

Seems like the families of both freshman are not happy..

Granted posting that last night by Mr Mullins doesn’t seem appropriate to me..

 

[navery12]

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It is just me that thinks this is a problem? And the Hurley comments about Eric in the presser after X game.

Seems like the families of both freshman are not happy..

Granted posting that last night by Mr Mullins doesn’t seem appropriate to me..

The Reibe stuff is nonsense and meaningless, as is this. Especially this one, getting frustrated during a loss doesn't seem like a big deal

 

[aboogieee]

From everything I’ve seen, Braylon’s dad seems all in. UConn has to do a better job getting shooters open, and the shooters need to learn how to replace.

 

[RuffRuff]

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It is just me that thinks this is a problem? And the Hurley comments about Eric in the presser after X game.

Seems like the families of both freshman are not happy..

Granted posting that last night by Mr Mullins doesn’t seem appropriate to me..

IDK - I think he's a fiery, passionate dad who wants to win as much as he wants to see his kid do well. Not a great look, but not that big a deal.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

He’s awful - which sucks, bc I used to really like him. Still, would rather Gus and JJ than Fanta and Donny any day of the week.

No way. I've never been a huge fan of Gus but last night was noticably bad. Wondering who an out of bounds was off when the call was a foul, saying Tarris had 3 fouls when it was 2, saying Alex had fouled out as he inbounds it. We didn't even get Raf who usually makes it tolerable

 

[Nameless]

The sloppiness was caused by St John’s ball pressure D. Everyone keeps saying in forced errors but for the most part Johnnie’s forced us to play faster and play more one on one which isn’t our game and it led to 15 turnovers.

Meant to respond to this last night but was tired. I agree their pressure lead to a lot of the sloppy play. But some of it was totally unforced. Reed tripping over his feet when he had 1 guy in front of him and a clear path to an easy layup is one example off the top of my head. We are capable of playing much more composed than we did last night, even when facing the really tough defensive pressure SJU is known for.

I'm confident we will look much better when we play them at home

 

[T-Squared]

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It is just me that thinks this is a problem? And the Hurley comments about Eric in the presser after X game.

Seems like the families of both freshman are not happy..

Granted posting that last night by Mr Mullins doesn’t seem appropriate to me..

The kid needed to break free of the tough defensive blanket that St. John’s put on him. Can’t find him if he can’t get free of the defender.