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St. John's Post Game Thread

3rdbass said:
Yeah, and for everyone besides Reed to not show up for a big game is a head scratcher. Where are those "Ball is NBA player" posters now?
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If kill to have vital or even the forgotten jalen Adams on this team. Especially in lieu of ball. Jalen knew how to hero ball.
 
iluvedwards said:
With that big east championship performance, thoughts on declining an invite all together instead of taking an even more humiliating loss to a 15 seed? Especially with Silas potentially out. Just go back to the drawing board and come back better next year.
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Ok add this post to the list of ridiculous takes in this thread. This is sarcastic, right?
 
RashadRay11 said:
Very similar to this team yah?
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I guess it needs to be said that they were not similar to this team for one reason.

The 11 and 14 teams had quick, tough, skilled guards. The 26 team doesn't have what Kemba, Shabazz and Boat brought to the court night in and night out.

I don't recall horrible shooting nights those years like we had in multiple games this year and those little guards could create their own shots, drive at will, and shut down opposing offenses with big, highly touted guards.

Dan Hurley is obsessed with size (please, no off color remarks here) and took the Ross brothers the last three years from the same team Marquette recruited this year's freshman of the year. They had to have seen him many times. Is James Hurley's Ryan Gomes or was he not recruited because he was too small? He's at least the size of KW, SN and RB and is quicker, gets by defenders and is more aggressive than any of our guards. We'll know in a year or two, but he looks like someone who would have helped this year's team.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Proof in the pudding that the BE is gifting AK awards for lifetime achievement - he made the all BET team, lol. Like his first team BE vote. He was awful tonight and in the semis. Really waters these things to meaningless.

I'm honestly really disappointed in him and he just looks tired being in college. Guy has looked lifeless in his last BE reg season game, reg BET game. Can he bring it in the tourney?

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How does the most outstanding player not make the top five?
 
HooperScooper said:
So it was a serious post? Yikes. That poster should lose posting privileges for a few months.
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There's close to 20 people in this thread calling players hot garbage, transfer bait, etc. This kid isn't even close to being banned. His post was at least good for a laugh.

In 2022 he absolutely guaranteed that Hurley was leaving UConn for Florida. At the time many people here would've volunteered to pack Hurley's bags.
 
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JMick said:
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
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I don't mean this as an attack, but you've posted 4 times in the past 6 weeks and it's after all 4 losses. You used to post all the time, why do you only show up after losses now?
 
Silas plays too many minutes for what he’s expected to do for us, he needs meaningful rest in these types of games. Seems like today was a culmination of him being being run into the ground a bit over the last month and half while Hurley had Mali on a short leash. Hopefully Smith will get back to meaningful minutes and impact in noncon line he was in November
 
Guy one a championship with defensive athletes and said nah, I want offensive minded shooters from here on out.

Talk about not being aware enough to know why you had your success in the first place.

As @RuffRuff said. Hurley is digging deeper and deeper into the lucky rather than good ditch. How far we go in this tournament can mean A LOT.
 
Oh, and Mullins would be silly to think he’s ready for the NBA.

He’s absolutely no where near ready. And as much as the goofies who want to make it seem like it’s strictly a financial risk management decision. Being ready MATTERS unless you’re okay with getting one contract and fighting for a minimum two way roster spot for our fans to fake like that’s really success.
 
UConn is not running its offense, and when UConn devolves to 1-on-1, UConn is just another good, not great, team.
 
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I Bleed Blue said:
Sounds like Colben Landrew
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Landrew is a big body guard, I'm very excited about him as a player but he's not an elite athlete. I've watched a bunch of him. He was apparently offered a scholarship to Bama football as an underclassmen which screams elite athlete but he's not that on the court. Junior County isn't that either, he seems like more of a guy we're going to try and grow into a lead guard down the road but neither of them address our lack of elite athelticm.

Abdou Toure is elite as it gets athletically and he grew up with UConn as his dream school. We didn't prioritize him and that bothers me.
 
djct1999 said:
I guarantee you Braylon gets drafted higher than his stats would validate. Playing in the UConn system helps to those that matter.
Saying Braylon is not going to be a lottery pick because of tonight is insane. The kid has elite talent. My guess is a gm in the lottery will agree.
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There's an incredibly high probability he's not an NBA lottery pick and it has nothing to do with tonight. It's considered the best crop of freshman ever and there's at least 15 of them who have produced more than him this season.

I always thought Braylon was a one and done and that was the expectation coming in. He was considered the best three point shooter in this class and his three pointer has failed him down the stretch and he's had over a dozen airballs. We all know he could use a year of building his body up and working on his handle.
 
HW611 said:
Oh, and Mullins would be silly to think he’s ready for the NBA.

He’s absolutely no where near ready. And as much as the goofies who want to make it seem like it’s strictly a financial risk management decision. Being ready MATTERS unless you’re okay with getting one contract and fighting for a minimum two way roster spot for our fans to fake like that’s really success.
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Becoming a bit more flexible on this idea myself. Liam came in with the shooters pedigree and showed versatility, Mulllins for better or for worse hasn’t has the opportunity/shown to ability to be much more than a shooter. I think snother year would actually vastly benefit him, just not sure what the mindset is on that from him and those around him.

He is too weak to affect an NBA game right now.
 
Blue Huskie said:
This years team is a "Jekyll and Hyde" act and so are the fans. One day people are pumped for regaining a one seed and hours later we suck again. Hurley is clueless and all our players are soft and non athletic. We'll see what the coming NCAA's reveal. I'm just glad to be playing other than in the Big East for a few games.
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The reality is we haven't looked like any kind of contender since the beginning of January. It's a historically weak Big East and we had a bunch of uncomfortably close wins against teams we expected to pound coming into it. The St. John's games a few weeks ago was fun because we destroyed them and it gave us a feeling we may have found something but it was fools gold.
 
superjohn said:
The reality is we haven't looked like any kind of contender since the beginning of January. It's a historically weak Big East and we had a bunch of uncomfortably close wins against teams we expected to pound coming into it. The St. John's games a few weeks ago was fun because we destroyed them and it gave us a feeling we may have found something but it was fools gold.
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Also, an impressive Villanova win away with them at full strength. Then we got back to playing meh against Seton Hall at home.
 
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Scrutineer said:
I guess it needs to be said that they were not similar to this team for one reason.

The 11 and 14 teams had quick, tough, skilled guards. The 26 team doesn't have what Kemba, Shabazz and Boat brought to the court night in and night out.

I don't recall horrible shooting nights those years like we had in multiple games this year and those little guards could create their own shots, drive at will, and shut down opposing offenses with big, highly touted guards.

Dan Hurley is obsessed with size (please, no off color remarks here) and took the Ross brothers the last three years from the same team Marquette recruited this year's freshman of the year. They had to have seen him many times. Is James Hurley's Ryan Gomes or was he not recruited because he was too small? He's at least the size of KW, SN and RB and is quicker, gets by defenders and is more aggressive than any of our guards. We'll know in a year or two, but he looks like someone who would have helped this year's team.
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What is happening to Dan - what a weird presser
 
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