St. John's Post Game Thread

[brihman]

Coach K had 5 championships in 42 years so he blew it 37 times and is the best ever. Hurley isn’t going to win one every year. 30 win season is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Eric K]

The shots didn’t fall. The officiating favors physical play and we’re movement offense. It’s always matchups, and Pitino teams are our kryptonite. I hope we get a 3 seed like Purdue or Illinois or Vandy. A defensive team like Tennessee or Houston anywhere in the region is bad news.

 

[Palatine]

Did anyone else notice how few fouls were called?

 

[SYF75]

Karaban is Karaban come and go blues, mullins looks 12 and saf, demary is a turnover machine vs. crunchtime, ross bright spot but come on, reed feed him but misses bunnies, ball is lost

 

[RashadRay11]

Better pray we get lucky with the draw tomorrow. There's multiple 13-15 seeds who I figure would beat us. Some handily. Pray we don't get Furman

This is bonkers. Will be quoting this overreaction in a week

 

[blkknight1]

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.

 

[Horsebrnhil]

Explain how they blow the Johnies out by nearly 30 a fortnight ago, lose to Creighton, beat Nova, then get smoked by 20 tonight, by the same team. Inconsistencies will doom them in the tournament

 

[Leebo]

It was a good sign that Demary appeared again at all after going out, but yeah, the fact that it was not even commented upon or noticed by the entire broadcasting team was ridiculous.

 

[3rdbass]

Yeah the secret is out. Team is soft, only Reed can stand up to any physicality, the guards wings and backup big get overwhelmed against it. That second game against them couldn’t have been more of a fluke.

I think Demary is tough but he has no one to help him out with pressure. Sure can't rely on Smith in a double PG system. I'm sure Hurley envisioned them playing together when we were getting pressured so much. Unfortunately Smith is not a UConn level player.

 

[Candyman]

If we can’t hit threes then we will lose. Ball and Karaban are way to reliant on the three. They can’t hit threes then they don’t score besides an occasional layup. Mullins shot has disappeared I not longer think any of their shots are going in when they shoot anymore.

I guess we have to be happy with a sweet 16 since we blew the big east, if we get there.

30 win team most likely and nothing to show for it.

 

[NickDanger]

They are what I thought they were, but continue to argue about it.

Dan Hurley has not done them any favors by blowing smoke other butts all year.

What are these "smoke other butts"?

 

[RuffRuff]

No athleticism, 3 point shooting, and driving ability. No nba talent either. The one that will go looked like a middle school kid out there tonight. Going to be a busy off season. We will need a lot of help.

Yeah we will. It's going to take a lot more than just finding a 4. I'd say if Dan wants to be a contender, there is some overhaul that needs to happen in places that are fairly obvious (guys that can't defend).

Whether a better prospect or not, McNeeley was a much more ready to contribute college player than Mullins given size and willingness to get physical. I honestly don't know what Hurley was thinking with putting a slight spot up shooter next to a spot up shooter next to a 4 that is pretty much a spot up shooter. This formula stinks.

They are what I thought they were, but continue to argue about it.

Dan Hurley has not done them any favors by blowing smoke other butts all year.

It's what Dan does. He either becomes a TV personality or a salesman in his next career.

 

[NewBlood]

The goal, just pay big time failure transfers at other schools to shoot your wad in the regular season and do nothing in the NCAA tournament

Just like St Johns

 

[Kemba15]

This obviously isnt even close to the worst team we've had under Hurley but I think it's the least enjoyable to watch. It's torture. Something is so off about them

Pretty easy solution. Stop watching them. You don’t deserve to

 

[husky429]

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.

 

[NewBlood]

They don’t let you play like teams play vs us anywhere but the Big East.

You don’t get grabbed/held/bumped/tackled every possession in the tournament and have it not called.

It’s why we are always better out of conference.

We have about 4 years of tape to confirm this. Get out of this league

 

[temery]

When they ask.... tell them we came in second.

St. John's was next to last.

 

[Excalibur]

Not enough actual shooters

Easier to take them away when there is no other element to the offense.

 

[FightOnCT]

Getting punked by a 5 seed that is about to get ran through by some random SEC team in the tourney is uniquely disgusting.

2nd time in as many weeks turtling with a Big East Championship on the line. No heart

 

[Tdaley]

Not enough actual shooters

Good Point.

 

[Hi-Low]

It was the fan’s fault.

The fans have sensed what this team is (very soft) for awhile...sorry Danny but it was never on us. Let's see if the guys fare better outside of the BE now or if we just caught a few good teams early in the season to bolster our resume.

 

[Horsebrnhil]

Someone has to tell Braylon that he's NOT NBA ready, yet.

 

[3rdbass]

This is true. Was there and that was the end of it.

Ball with that wide open 3. All I could do was laugh when he missed it.

 

[Icehawk]

I mean, was this result really all that shocking? StJ is physical, has a chip on their shoulder, care about the BET way more than we do, etc, etc. So while I don't like the result I'm not too surprised, and guess what? This wasn't the NCAAs.

Deep breath. NEXT.

 

[RuffRuff]

I think Demary is tough but he has no one to help him out with pressure. Sure can't rely on Smith in a double PG system. I'm sure Hurley envisioned them playing together when we were getting pressured so much. Unfortunately Smith is not a UConn level player.

Demary is just not a natural PG - he's a combo guard that has some passing ability. He has a really bad tendency to dribble into nothing off balance, or hit a wall and pivot.