St. John's Post Game Thread

[Magic32]

MVP of last night: GOAL HORN

Maybe it is because I used to go to the Whalers and now really enjoy watching UConn hockey but that horn sounded so good, it had me pumped in my living room.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

 

[TheChamps990411]

All i kept thinking about was 30-0.

 

[Edward Sargent]

He will be at Georgia next year. Little birdie.

Slick wants to get down closer to his ponies.

 

[TheShot1990]

I still can’t believe what I witnessed last night.

I’m still giggling.

 

[gsmooth]

They were really bad vs Creighton, that ain't changing

Looks like Creighton woke us up, which is awesome

And it looked even worse after what St. John's did to Creighton beating them by 29. The Creighton game might be a demarcation point for the turnaround, but that should not have been needed because UConn's defense was lousy for the 3 games before. Losing at home to Creighton was a Q3 loss and almost cost UConn a chance at the #1 seed, except games last Saturday went UConn's way.

 

[fatlucy]

The crowd was LIT!!!!

The crowd was louder than any I can remember. I’m hoarse.

 

[gsmooth]

It seems to me they were pressing us but as you said, so few makes makes it hard to apply constant pressure. Pitino admitted last time the secret is to wear the other team down, not necessarily to get turnovers. But you have to make some shots and that just wasn't happening last night.

That's why I said before the game the best counter to St. John's pressure is probably UConn playing stout half court defense. This eliminates St. John's being able to apply pressure on the inbound passes since that mostly happens after made baskets.

 

[navery12]

And it looked even worse after what St. John's did to Creighton beating them by 29. The Creighton game might be a demarcation point for the turnaround, but that should not have been needed because UConn's defense was lousy for the 3 games before. Losing at home to Creighton was a Q3 loss and almost cost UConn a chance at the #1 seed, except games last Saturday went UConn's way.

You keep saying this like it has any sort of meaning, it doesn't. Creighton is 79 on KenPom, Xavier is 97 on KenPom. Yet UConn beat them by 23 and 32 points, and St John's beat them by 5 twice.

Spinning this Creighton narrative looked dumb before the St John's game, continuing to say this after we just demolished St John's is something far beyond dumb.

 

[RuffRuff]

You keep saying this like it has any sort of meaning, it doesn't. Creighton is 79 on KenPom, Xavier is 97 on KenPom. Yet UConn beat them by 23 and 32 points, and St John's beat them by 5 twice.

Spinning this Creighton narrative looked dumb before the St John's game, continuing to say this after we just demolished St John's is something far beyond dumb.

It's honestly hard to complain about anything right now - if you're not hopeful as heck that Hurley knows how to press buttons at the right time after last nights game, not sure what more you need. I was holding out - then grew skeptical given how late in the year it is.

All you want at this point is feeling like they have a really good chance.

 

[superjohn]

 

[Dove]

Replay tonight at 1030 on NBCSN

 

[Kemba15]

Titus is my favorite guy to listen to talking college hoops. He really knows the game, he's funny, and he loves UConn.

I like him too but I remember him taking some pretty big shots at Hurley over the last few years

 

[RuffRuff]

I like him too but I remember him taking some pretty big shots at Hurley over the last few years

He hated the Hurley ref scandal in Maui.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Has this been posted yet?

 

[gsmooth]

You keep saying this like it has any sort of meaning, it doesn't. Creighton is 79 on KenPom, Xavier is 97 on KenPom. Yet UConn beat them by 23 and 32 points, and St John's beat them by 5 twice.

Spinning this Creighton narrative looked dumb before the St John's game, continuing to say this after we just demolished St John's is something far beyond dumb.

I was responding to a post that says the Creighton post game thread did not age well. UConn crushed St. John's which is great and we all love it, but that doesn't mean the loss to Creighton was not a downer and all of the sudden that post game thread is moot. To write off that Creighton game is dumb. It's obvious that loss concerned Hurley and he publicly said as much which is most likely the reason UConn has responded with more urgency and elevated their play.

Yes, St. John's struggled with Xavier while UConn blew them out. Here's an important fact: St. John's still won both games against Xavier while UConn lost at home game against Creighton they should've won. Creighton has only won 1 game in their last 5. If they won that game they would be in the driver's seat for the Big East regular season championship and #1 seed in the BET, which means a lot to the players. It's okay to be excited about the St. John's win and still realize the Creighton game was a stinker.

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[superjohn]

I was responding to a post that says the Creighton post game thread did not age well. UConn crushed St. John's which is great and we all love it, but that doesn't mean the loss to Creighton was not a downer and all of the sudden that post game thread is moot. To write off that Creighton game is dumb. It's obvious that loss concerned Hurley and he publicly said as much which is most likely the reason UConn has responded with more urgency and elevated their play.

Yes, St. John's struggled with Xavier while UConn blew them out. Here's an important fact: St. John's still won both games against Xavier while UConn lost at home game against Creighton they should've won. Creighton has only won 1 game in their last 5. If they won that game they would be in the driver's seat for the Big East regular season championship and #1 seed in the BET, which means a lot to the players. It's okay to be excited about the St. John's win and still realize the Creighton game was a stinker.

We're still in the driver's seat for the Big East regular season championship. You really think the #1 seed in the Big East tournament means a lot to the players?