St. John's Post Game Thread

[FreeDogs]

The fact that we don't have a reliable 6th man is also a problem. 6 points from the bench is atrocious. Need Stew and/or Ross to stop being passengers.

Ross has looked good the past few games and I would argue he looked good tonight. He wasn't so crazy and speedy when he had the ball in his hands. Hurley also didn't put him on the court that much as his main 6 guys.

 

[EBonz30]

Let’s just be honest- this game had a lot to do with how the refs called the game- pretty obvious- people talking about we don’t know how break the press- that’s silly- only turnover we had the entire game in the backcourt was the first & only time that Silas inbounded the ball- Karaban inbounded most of the game & it was easy for Silas to get open.

Would say the refs & missing foul shots were the main reason for the loss- obviously Malachi didn’t play well either.

Not sure how they called that foul on the defensive player of the year in the conference verse a backup point guard on St. John’s- pretty bizarre.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Ouch ouch ouch

 

[KingAG]

All of the nonsense that they can get away with against the rest of the conference came back to bite them.

That's a preview of how our season ends if they don't off the nonsense. And maybe get a lil tougher.

Yup. We are everyone’s Super Bowl. At John’s is just the only team good enough in conference to pull it off. Can’t piss down our legs for 1/4 of the game and beat teams with heartbeats.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Awful is a stretch. 12 points and 6 boards is his norm and he added 3 blocks. He wasn't awful.

The 12 pts are offset by how many pts he costs us either at the line, TOs or losing his man time and time again. He was bad tonight

 

[Donyell 360]

Disagree. The dunk on Zuby and the talking after sealed it for me. What did AK do besides let Hopkins get in his head?

17 points on 7-10 shooting and 3-4 behind the arc. AK was great. Not perfect. His frustration foul that sent SJU to the line late was dumb. But overall typical solid and reliable effort. No complaints from me.

Demary was both great and frustrating. He played with a lot of heart but 9 turnovers? And two of them resulted in fast break buckets. And his missed FT's late, including the front end of a 1-1 that cost us a chance for 2 pts? Ugh!

 

[kobebeanbryant]

One of my main concerns is I’m not sure how we can realistically make a tournament run with a single point guard…

Figuring out this Smith situation is one of the top priorities.

 

[TheDude]

All of the nonsense that they can get away with against the rest of the conference came back to bite them.

That's a preview of how our season ends if they don't off the nonsense. And maybe get a lil tougher.

We may never beat St. John's.

 

[BFieldHusky]

My problem with the officiating was Alex getting hit on 3 different possessions late against Zuby/Hopkins with NO calls. Don't call it tight on one end, and nothing on the other.

 

[KingAG]

Season won’t end like that because it won’t be Big East refs with the whistles in their mouths.

Please stop! We did not lose because of refs tonight. The refs always suck. We need to make fts and stop passing the ball like it’s hot.

 

[Gutter King]

Zuby doobie doo was protected by the refs 100%. Which I guess the top dawg usually gets but some of the calls they didn't call my daughter (who knows NOTHING about basketball) called the refs out on.

It was actually the under the rim stuff on rebounds that was absurd. They got every call, at least three posessions worth out of those situations.

It just felt like the BE wanted SJ to get their signature win. I just wish we spoiled that nonsense, but instead we screwed around too much and dug a deep hole. So many of our TOs were caused by nothing that SJ did.

 

[Ripper32]

We may never beat St. John's.

They don't have a pg. And if the refs call an even game, they can't sustain that smothering playstyle.

 

[Fishy]

Season won’t end like that because it won’t be Big East refs with the whistles in their mouths.

Please. We're three years into this. It's not the refs.

They defend with their hands.

 

[Kowalski]

Disagree. The dunk on Zuby and the talking after sealed it for me. What did AK do besides let Hopkins get in his head?

The dunk on Zuby was a great play. But it was mixed bag with Silas tonight. Played great at times but also had way too many unforced & careless turnovers.

 

[TheShot1990]

Come on,we still can’t friggin inbound the ball? That one’s on Danny.

 

[FreeDogs]

The 12 pts are offset by how many pts he costs us either at the line, TOs or losing his man time and time again. He was bad tonight

We know he is a dud at the line so I expect nothing less. Everyone was missing their guy on defense. Zuby was the best player TR has played against all year. He was off tonight because the team was off as a whole in that second half but TR wasn't awful.

 

[Devland]

I was worried early in the second half about the amount of energy Silas was exerting on every inbound play. It wore him out causing him to miss free throws. He left everything on the floor.

 

[Hurleyman216]

SJU outscored UConn 13-1 during the 4 minutes that Malachi Smith played. Demary can't play 40 minutes and be effective late. We need someone to give him a rest.

Wondering why we don’t see Mullins run the point in spurts. Yes he plays the 3, but he has a good handle and should be able to give us 5-7 min a game when Silas needs a rest.

 

[Shine21]

That kid wasn’t coming here to backup Silas.

He was on board until Smith signed. He decommitted 5 days after Smith signed.

 

[pbchi]

Pitino has turned saint John’s around. These Madison square garden games used to feel like home games for UConn.

Mike repole bought him and the team and is showing results.

 

[IndyLives]

This team just wasn't made to win in a Tournament environment. Can't shoot FTs, too many TOs, no go-to players, and struggle against physical, athletic teams as we have to foul and the FT discrepancy gets worse!

 

[EBonz30]

My problem with the officiating was Alex getting hit on 3 different possessions late against Zuby/Hopkins with NO calls. Don't call it tight on one end, and nothing on the other.

Was all game- especially in the last 10 minutes- was bizarre how the refs were calling the game- I give Hurley a lot of credit for keeping his cool- at one point I turned to my young son & said I would get a T right now if I was Hurley.

 

[Donyell 360]

Beautiful late clock turnaround jumper by Ross. Too bad he can't do that more consistently.

 

[aceboon]

That kid wasn’t coming here to backup Silas.

He wasn't coming here to be 3rd string behind Malachi, he was never gonna be a day 1 starter

 

[KingAG]

The idea of Malachi made a lot of sense.

 

[Trudy Gay]

that was a wild environment, Johnnie’s completely outnumbered us. Their fans were rabid, you couldn’t even stand and cheer without getting absolutely berated 😂. Lot of scumbags but oh well, we’re not exactly the epitome of class either.

 

[willie99]

SJU outscored UConn 13-1 during the 4 minutes that Malachi Smith played. Demary can't play 40 minutes and be effective late. We need someone to give him a rest.

Smith has had moments this year. I agree with you, we were getting killed with him on the court

He has to be better

Or we have to let other guys run the offense while Silas rests. Maybe point play by committee

 

[FreeDogs]

It was actually the under the rim stuff on rebounds that was absurd. They got every call, at least three posessions worth out of those situations.

It just felt like the BE wanted SJ to get their signature win. I just wish we spoiled that nonsense, but instead we screwed around too much and dug a deep hole. So many of our TOs were caused by nothing that SJ did.

Agreed. Waaaaaayyyy too many unforced ball handling turnovers that shut us down.

 

[superjohn]

Mike repole bought him and the team and is showing results.

This St. John's team is better equipped than last year's squad to make a tournament run.

 

[campcalhoun2009]

Please. We're three years into this. It's not the refs.

They defend with their hands.

Do you not look at box scores of BE games vs tournament games?

It’s absolutely a thing with the refs in this conference. St John’s doesn’t defend with their hands?????

Idk if it’s just a boomer thing to never blame the refs or what but 31-12 FTs is a problem with the refs. It’s also consistent in this league vs when we play non league games in the last 3-4 years.