St. John's Post Game Thread

[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.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Not a good or memorable season. Losing the conference and tourney to saint johns is painful. This team might not be good enough to advance to the sweet 16. Hurley needs to reconsider how he builds his teams because we lack size athleticism and talent/ability. Good luck in the tourney.

I will remember pissing away the easiest Big East title in the history of either conference to a dogshit Marquette team and then getting nationally embarassed in the title game

 

[NewBlood]

Sending a search and rescue team for solo ball

Why? Let him go. Easier to move on

 

[Palatine]

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.

The refs were horrible. They let both teams mug each other.

We will not have to worry about this in the NCAAs.

 

[Skiblets]

Time for Hurley to stop acting like a petulant child

 

[Travelman6]

Dreadful.

 

[jims]

Poor execution tonight so sorry

 

[uconntoatl]

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

Lack of certain upperclassmen taking a leap. in fact doing the exact opposite. Some juniors have rapidly regressed.

 

[mauconnfan]

Don’t care about anything other than Silas being ok!!🙏

 

[ZooCougar]

The fans have sensed what this team is (very soft)...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.

This team is hard to watch. Hard to get excited about. That’s why the fans go mute when watching them.

 

[3rdbass]

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.

Yeah, that is why he needed another ball handler to help. Smith was suppose to be that. He was anything but that.

 

[aceboon]

I didn't make it to the end, what happened with Silas?

 

[jibsey]

Why? Let him go. Easier to move on

You are nuts

 

[Banta55]

What are these "smoke other butts"?

Who knows he's a 🤡

 

[RashadRay11]

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.

It’s kind of amazing most of the board doesn’t seem to realize that. We lost 8 games in 2022-23 in the big east, a team constructed very similar to this one. Not saying we will win a championship but the overreactions and pearl clutching on here are….something.

 

[ec33]

Alex has no business inbounding the ball. If I see him pass the ball to the ref and let the defense get set on the press one more time I will not have a television

Only one more loss and you won't have to see it ever again. Or six wins.

 

[stickybuddy]

On the bright side SJ is gonna get called for a million fouls and lose to a 5 seed next weekend

 

[ZooCougar]

Bench Ball. Start Ross.

 

[Ripper32]

We are bound to be seeded with a problem Big 10 or SEC team. It's almost guaranteed.

 

[3rdbass]

I didn't make it to the end, what happened with Silas?

Calf injury.

 

[NickDanger]

Demarys injury was coming all Big East season. And because our coach would rather do performative freak outs to build his brand by freaking out on random calls during the game instead of legitimately protecting his players through lobbying through the media and postgame, we may have lost him all season. Disgraceful.

How was the injury coming all season?

 

[deedougie]

There are no alpha's on this team- El-Amin, Hamilton, Okafor, Kemba, Shabazz, Clingan, Spencer, etc.. Thats what we need next year. Someone that thrives on the pressure.

I agree. That's been the problem all season. Demary needed to be the alpha, but he hasn't been able to carry the load. Karaban just isn't an alpha or Reed.