St. John's Post Game Thread

[temery]

Nm

 

[TedStriker]

Too many turnovers. Missed free throws. 5/13 I think with many front ends missed.

Disappointed but they will be fine overall. We weren’t getting through the big east undefeated.

Bad game for Silas and Reed continues to have zero touch/mobility around the rim.

 

[UCan3]

too many mistakes and ran into a team that made us pay the bill this time...

Out hustled, out played and out coached tonight. But it's one game. I hope we learned something.

 

[CTBasketball]

Same things that almost got us vs. bad opponents got us tonight.

Turnovers and FT’s.

 

[FreeDogs]

Well that sucked.

Some missed called by the refs at the end but that's not what lost us the game. We 100% lost this.

Here is to hoping we learn from this.

St John's is legit.

 

[kansashusky]

One day, solo will rebound. All of our sores were out in full display. Didn’t look like we were the hungrier team.

 

[navery12]

Just a brutal game for every single player tonight, and they still had multiple chances with a minute to go. A much needed wake up call

 

[Stagnant]

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

 

[HCCForever]

Silas was both good and bad. Good resilience but too many turnovers and missed FTs. Too many issues getting the ball in against pressure. Great moment was AKs long three.

 

[Mets1432]

15 turnovers and 20 less attempts at the FT line. Nothing else to add.

 

[Sonova]

Too many turnovers. Missed free throws. 5/13 I think with many front ends missed.

Disappointed but they will be fine overall. We weren’t getting through the big east undefeated.

Bad game for Silas and Reed continues to have zero touch/mobility around the rim.

I get the ft misses and the turnover number…but Silas kept us in this game on both ends

 

[amishboy]

Enjoy the W, Johnnies! In 3 weeks, you’ll be crying.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

We aren’t a top 5 team. Can’t rebound, can’t hit free throws, can’t defend, can’t beat pressure. Smith was unplayable forcing Silas to get worn down by the end. We shot well but were terrible at everything else. The elite 8 is the ceiling for the team.

 

[blkknight1]

The free throw discrepancy killed us

 

[How Sway?!]

Free throws are going to be a problem in March.

 

[Kitaman]

Better being exposed now than in March.

 

[Candyman]

They did what ever they wanted all game. Pitino shows why he has been owning Hurley. Took away the cutting most of the game forced Demery to make all the plays and he had 9 turnovers. Took Mullins and Ball out the game for almost the whole 2nd half.

We can’t guard their three big lineup. Mullins on Mitchell and Hopkins on AK is nightmare and Reed can barely handle Zuby.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Man, a lot of self-inflicted sloppiness and just mental lapses on defense. It was always our most likely loss but frustrating because of how it happened.

 

[uconnblueinky]

Props to St John's , they play tough ..... rough even. Zuby was unreal , they were smarter and hit big shots and grabbed rebounds. After all that , we still had a chance with two minutes. Learn to protect the ball and hit free throws and we'll be just fine..The Jonnies are good though

 

[TedStriker]

Rick Pitino is a great coach and he did a fantastic job but he’s starting to look like Cruella de Vil.

 

[JRDBWK]

More turnovers than free throws, let that settle in. Need to run more drills on inbounding the ball and need to put the guys on some free throw shooting drills

 

[Scottobot]

Hopefully UConn learns the lesson if you miss FTs, have sloppy unforced TOs on offense , and have an unfavorable whistle you wont beat a good team. St Johns is not a great team, but they are solid and athletic and ST Johns will always have refs backing them in any Big East conference game. If UConn shoots 80% from FTs they probably pull this out. Demary was under pressure all night and it as really disappointing Smith couldn’t back him up today

 

[UCOnions]

If we were going to lose, its better now, than in the tournaments. This team needed to be exposed a bit, and learn from a tough loss. Put the chip back on the shoulder.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Turnovers and missed free throws. That has plagued us all year. It finally got us when it mattered. Hopefully this is something we can learn from.

 

[Giddyup5]

I’d like for Mullins to inbound the ball.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

We knew this would be a tough one…and it was.

Anyway, who’s next on the docket?

 

[REB1094]

55% FG and 47% from three, but 15 turnovers and 14 assists. That really says it all.

It was a good run at the end of the game to come back. Led by Silas taking over offensively (finished with 18pts), but then he missed 2 late FTs and had that backbreaking turnover (9 TO and 3-6 FTs)

St Johns was more physical, more athletic, more tough for most of the game. Kudos to them, they played a really strong game. They bullied us around like they did last year

The first BE loss is in the books. UConn and St Johns are 1 game apart in the standings. The rematch in CT may very well decide the BE regular season crown

 

[Candyman]

I get the ft misses and the turnover number…but Silas kept us in this game on both ends

That was on purpose by Pitino. He didn’t care about Silas. As long as Ball and Mullins don’t go off.

 

[Ripper32]

Not a horrible loss. Good lessons for younger player like Mullins. SJU getting benefit of the whistle.

 

[Kitaman]

I'm still irked by Reed's too small gesture at the beginning of a game.