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St. John's Post Game Thread

The team had to know the first 4 minute were critical that St. John’s was gonna come out throwing haymakers.

Didn’t help that in our first couple of possessions we tried to force the issue with Tarris and not try to work it to him within the offense.

Needed to take care of the ball and did not do that at all.
 
This team is built soft. We have no true backup PF. And AK isn’t athletic or powerful at the 4. Then no one who can get to the rim above the rim. AK has skills but not those on a team that doesn’t have toughness at the guard spots like his championship teams.
 
husky429 said:
That possession with maybe 6 minutes left where we could have cut it to 6 or 7, got 3 offensive rebounds and bricked all 3 shots is where we lost it. Onto the next one.
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I believe we bricked 4 shots but whose counting
 
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RashadRay11 said:
Could not agree more.
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We are absolutely not a team that can string 6 wins off, that I am confident in. Elite 8 ceiling.
gsmooth said:
Anyone that blames Tarris for this loss is out of their mind. I will say it again, I am not sure this is a great shooting team. Missing many wide open 3s or struggling to get shots can be a recipe for early defeat in the NCAAT.
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Tarris is all that kept us in it for most of the game.
djct1999 said:
Time to break it all up. The majority of the roster, th formula, the offense, the staff etc. it’s stale and solved. We need to evolve. 2023-24 doesn’t work anymore.
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2024 would work if we had the right players. We have a shortish, non dynamic, cold shooting 2 that can't defend. We brought in a dude that looks 14 as our go to guy on offense, who is primarily a 3 pt hoister. We have a 4 who plays slow and unathletic, and is also primarily a jump shooter. This is just another lousy year of roster construction.
 
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Fishy said:
He is so, so, so far from being an NBA player.

Maybe he will be at some point, but there’s not one part of his game that you would consider elite right now. He’s a good shooter, but past that….what does he do?
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This isn’t remotely true. Even now, outside of the confines of this very stale offense, Braylon is different than everyone on the floor.
 
jorge34 said:
“If Mullins comes back” should not even be a phrase uttered anymore. They is NO CHANCE Mullins comes back, he is a sure thing first round pick, close to a high lottery pick. The delusion must end.
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I'm not sure I would take him in the top 20. He hasn't shown enough of a consistent outside shot and really can't take anyone off the dribble. He needs weight. I can see 20-30 is where he should go. If that is good enough for him than yeah he isn't coming back.
 
blkknight1 said:
Go out and get some athletes and some guys with attitude.

Go out and get you a killa kam and an Ajax.

Go get some dawgs. Too many nice guys on this team we need some guys that want to snatch the hearts of other teams.

Go out and get some energy guys. Some guys that can make plays that get the other guys going.

Go out and get a guard that wants the ball in his hands whe the team is struggling to that can score get fouled or set someone else up to score.
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We said that last year.
 
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IndyLives said:
This team peaked in December. Same issues on both ends (especially offense) has been repeated but no solution. I just think we are limited with our players - everything has to break right for this team to go far against top competition. As far as Danny, easily his worst coaching job in his UConn tenure. Players & the team never developed at all.
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Pitino started the season with three relatively redundant shooters in the starting lineup (Jackson, sellers and Sanon) but adjusted and balanced it as the season went along moving Mitchell into the starting lineup and featuring much more of Darling.

Danny never really adjusted our lineup from what we knew we’re going to be the 5 starters despite playing our best basketball before we were fully healthy.
 
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Men against boys.
Karaban didn't show up. Hopkins ate his lunch. It shouldn't be a 50 /50 proposition to inbound the ball. When Demary cuts in front lead him with a bounce pass.
Ejiofor destroyed Reed.
Mullins has lost his three. Turnover prone.
Solo Ball has lost his three.
Demary was slip sliding away.
Out hurried on the loose balls.
Three seed based on pre January OOC record.
 
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Iluvsuebird said:
I don’t want to hear another damn word about seedlings, about titles, or about being an elite team. We are talented. We are not elite. We are a good team. We are not a title contender. We don’t have an alpha. This team with AJ looks different. This team with Cam looks different. Shit this team with TN looks different. I am so freaking disappointed, not with the loss, but with how piss poor we looked. How it was obvious to a lay person that the opponent was playing harder than us. I cannot abide by that. I don’t mind losing. I hate losing when we are out hustled and out hearted.
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Agreed. The 2024 team was arguably in the top 5 teams of all time. We had the right players and talent to optimize Murray’s euro style. This team edition never could figure it out it offensively. I’m very disappointed but I don’t want to come across as the typical Kentucky fan, meaning we’re entitled to a natty every year. The very recent program success has created an insatiable monster fan base.
 
campcalhoun2009 said:
The 23’ team lost 8 conference games, got smoked in the BET by Marquette, and won pretty easily.

I really don’t see much difference.

The fact people have watched this conference for the last 5 years and don’t get the fact that big east play has literally no impact on what we do out of conference and in the tournament is crazy to me.

We are the only team in the league that runs an advanced offense. We are also the only team in the league that is affected by the brutal officiating. It automatically creates a more even playing field. And that’s before the personal vendetta the stripes have vs Hurley.

No one in the NCAAs has experience playing vs our sets. No one in the NCAAs is built on playing borderline football and getting away with it like Big East teams are.

I genuinely don’t think we can lose to anyone but the top 5 teams. Feed me Purdue, feed me Ilinois. Feed me Nebraska. Feed me legitimately any other team but Michigan/Zona/Houston/Florida/Duke and we win in a blowout.
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Smoked by Marquette? That was a much better BE.
 
RuffRuff said:
We are absolutely not a team that can string 6 wins off, that I am confident in. Elite 8 ceiling.

Tarris is all that kept us in it for most of the game.

2024 would work if we had the right players. We have a shortish, non dynamic, cold shooting 2 that can't defend. We brought in a dude that looks 14 as our go to guy on offense, who is primarily a 3 pt hoister. We have a 4 who plays slow and unathletic, and is also primarily a jump shooter. This is just another lousy year of roster construction.
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Well if you said it it must be true!
 
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jorge34 said:
“If Mullins comes back” should not even be a phrase uttered anymore. They is NO CHANCE Mullins comes back, he is a sure thing first round pick, close to a high lottery pick. The delusion must end.
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Will he go? Probably. Should he go? That’s the question. The guys that will be in his chest and running him off the three point line in the league will be grown men that are bigger, stronger, and more athletic than what he faced tonight. I think he needs to get bigger and stronger. Hawkins was a lottery pick and is coming off the bench. And I thought he was far more ready than Mullins is now.
 
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