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St. John's Post Game Thread

aboogieee said:
I think everyone watching knew Ross was going to hit that turnaround jumper — except Fanta and Hummel.

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He's hit that a few times in recent memory and Mullins and Solo have been borderline automatic from 15 ft. Handy given that it seems all of the defenses now are trying to chase people off the 3pt line and clogging the lane to force the "analytically worst shot ever in the history of everdom" or however they phrase the mid-range pull-up now.
 
auror said:
Only if you consider Georgetown high level.
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So, you mean like the 1984 shutdown of Kentucky in the Final Four kind of "high level" ? Different era, but SJU did outscore Kentucky's second half in that game 14-11
 
Husky Alien said:
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Easily Reeds best game at UConn. He was focused and engaged all game long. He did a great job of recognizing when the D collapsed on him to pass it back out, bb IQ was in check. Congrats to Tarris.👏🏻
As for the rest of the team, great effort all game long. Hurley rises again......
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Alright, so people keep saying this and given the opponent and context, I guess I agree. But straight numbers, the game at PC last year with 24 pts, 18 reb, and 6 blks was better.
 
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If we were to meet Duke in the FF and pull a 24-0 or 30-0 run on them there is zero question I would be crying tears of joy. Someone would need to check on Dookie V though.
 
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HCCForever said:
I can’t remember a shooter like Mullins who can look so good with his quick release and then shoot a brick. It wasn’t just this game but he had a few against St. John’s.
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Yeah, those are the too deep, too quick shots. The next one he makes will be the first
 
Woof said:
He wasn't wrong. The team was bad. Teams evolve and especially Hurley coached teams.
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Meh. The team was bad - IN THAT GAME. But that isn't what he said, and this game proves what he did say was flat out wrong
 
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superjohn said:
He has the ultimate green light. He'll have a couple crazy ones that miss everything and he'll also make a couple of crazy ones nobody else can possibly make. It's fun to watch.
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No, he won't make any "crazy ones". The quick release off the screen in the corner from the line is not "crazy". The ones from 28-30 feet are crazy and he does not make them. At all.
 
DRBackup said:
No, he won't make any "crazy ones". The quick release off the screen in the corner from the line is not "crazy". The ones from 28-30 feet are crazy and he does not make them. At all.
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He of course has made some deep ones as has AK but they miss a lot more of them than they make.
 
Deepster said:
I actually looked at three point shooting at Gampel vs. XL the last two seasons and it’s almost identical for the Huskies. I feel like Gampels rims are tighter too but the stats didn’t show it.
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Soft / tight rims don't make that much difference. The rims would be a factor on any given shot, but the effect overall will even out. Some will go in because of the rim, some will not go in because of that same rim. It's like that three by Karaban against Illinois in 2024. Hits the front of the tight rim, bounces up and off the backboard and in. On a soft rim, it doesn't bounce like that and doesn't go in.
 
Fairfield_1st said:
I have 1 small issue with last night's game, and it applies to other games. I just don't care for Braylon taking 3 pointers from 5 feet beyond the arc. They just don't go in very frequently and there must be a better shot available. Alex has earned a few feet behind the arc, but Braylon has not. The 3s Brayloin did hit were much closer to the line and that's where I'd prefer he take them, at this point.
Outside of that, fantastic outcome and well played by everyone. It seems that the more invested Tarris is, the better the team plays.
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Much like Karaban's quick opening shot in the second half. Mystifying
 
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Samoo said:
Best video on the internet.
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It was even better being there live in person to see it all. It's a 5-point halftime lead and then you look up at the jumbotron and see a lead the size of the Grand Canyon. I will never forget it. It's right up there watching the UConn players running to the middle of the floor after Langdon slipped and UConn won their first title in their first trip to the Final Four's program.
 
RuffRuff said:
The StJ showing last night makes me really question their chances in March. I don't feel like Pitino has a really strong grasp on them - also feel like he goes overboard in how he handles those kind of games and loses them as white noise, similar to last years game against Arkansas. I got a lot of the same feelings as that one - like some of these kids mentally check out when the chips are down because of how Pitino handles the situation.

I was weird body language quick. Also, a kid like Darling is ballsy, but that backcourt feels like it has zero IQ.
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Indeed. I saw someone on Twitter saying they'll "bounce right back" and I'm like, I don't know. That team is coached by the same guy that benched the Big East POY against Arkansas when they were down 2 with 5 minutes to go. I feel like there's a decent chance they fall apart after that.
 
DRBackup said:
No, he won't make any "crazy ones". The quick release off the screen in the corner from the line is not "crazy". The ones from 28-30 feet are crazy and he does not make them. At all.
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He eventually will. I get what you’re saying the quick corner look off a screen isn’t wild, that’s a rhythm shot within the offense. But let’s not act like he’s incapable from deep either. He may not live at 28–30 feet, but to say he never makes them feels a bit absolute. He’ll take one if the moment calls for it and sometimes those are the ones that flip the momentum.
 
DRBackup said:
Indeed. I saw someone on Twitter saying they'll "bounce right back" and I'm like, I don't know. That team is coached by the same guy that benched the Big East POY against Arkansas when they were down 2 with 5 minutes to go. I feel like there's a decent chance they fall apart after that.
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Pitino sets an interesting tempo. How many of these kids are just like, got my money I don't feel like dealing with this "sh#t". This is the danger of deep pocket strategy. Kentucky is seeing it.

Let's how May's team does in the Dance. They have an interesting quality to them as well as basically an all portal team. They turn it on when they need to (Vegas), but then wind down at times. They're lead by a goofey bird in Yaxel. Kinda why I like AZ/Duke a bit more in the tourney.

And I'm with you - having your best player & BPOY check out of a tournament game is odd vibes.

It's why MLB players always have more pride for the team that drafted them.

UConn/portal kids get to rally around a kid like AK, who is a foundational product of the program.
 
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