St. John's ThoughtZ™

[RichZ]

1. Watched it four times, and to my eye, the foul on Karaban 24 seconds into the game existed only in the mind of that ref.
2. Shooting "pretty well" early on gave us a 13 point lead five and a half minutes in.
3. As a team, we started this game playing our best ball of the season. In particular, Reed was playing like a man possessed.
4. The start of the johnnies' run roughly coincided with Mahaney entering the game. Coincidence?
5. Johnnies take a 1 point lead with 2:18 left in the half. Where did that great play from the first 8 minutes go?
6. In the first half, it was very evident that McNeeley hadn't played in a month.
7. Most telling stat at the half... we turned it over 10 times to St John's 2. We did have a 26 to 12 edge in first half rebounds though.
8. Seemed like the score was 42 all for about 8 minutes. That tie was actually "only" 2:40 but St John's was stuck on 42 for 6:30! How did we not take better advantage of the Johnnies scoring draught?
9. McNeeley found his shot in the 2nd half. I hoped that would loosen the D on Solo. It didn't.
10. Reed rebounding strong, but threw three outlet passes to St. Johns guys.
11. Why was Mahaney in there in the 2nd half? It was literally like we're playing 4 on 5.
12. Ball Started off on fire. Three 3s and a pair of 2 pointers. But his last bucket was about 12 minutes into the game. Went from automatic to not-a-chance after the TV timeout. Whatever Calimari told his guys to do during the commercial break basically shut Solo down. He did have a couple blocks and dimes in the 2nd half, but couldn't hit a shot.
13. Reed and McNeeley both had double doubles, and accounted for 60% (26 of 43) of our boards and 48% (30 of 62) of our points.

 

[Husky Alien]

1. Watched it four times, and to my eye, the foul on Karaban 24 seconds into the game existed only in the mind of that ref.
2. Shooting "pretty well" early on gave us a 13 point lead five and a half minutes in.
3. As a team, we started this game playing our best ball of the season. In particular, Reed was playing like a man possessed.
4. The start of the johnnies' run roughly coincided with Mahaney entering the game. Coincidence?
5. Johnnies take a 1 point lead with 2:18 left in the half. Where did that great play from the first 8 minutes go?
6. In the first half, it was very evident that McNeeley hadn't played in a month.
7. Most telling stat at the half... we turned it over 10 times to St John's 2. We did have a 26 to 12 edge in first half rebounds though.
8. Seemed like the score was 42 all for about 8 minutes. That tie was actually "only" 2:40 but St John's was stuck on 42 for 6:30! How did we not take better advantage of the Johnnies scoring draught?
9. McNeeley found his shot in the 2nd half. I hoped that would loosen the D on Solo. It didn't.
10. Reed rebounding strong, but threw three outlet passes to St. Johns guys.
11. Why was Mahaney in there in the 2nd half? It was literally like we're playing 4 on 5.
12. Ball Started off on fire. Three 3s and a pair of 2 pointers. But his last bucket was about 12 minutes into the game. Went from automatic to not-a-chance after the TV timeout. Whatever Calimari told his guys to do during the commercial break basically shut Solo down. He did have a couple blocks and dimes in the 2nd half, but couldn't hit a shot.
13. Reed and McNeeley both had double doubles, and accounted for 60% (26 of 43) of our boards and 48% (30 of 62) of our points.

Liked most of your post but you forgot to mention the great 1st half by Stewie. He was important along with Ball. It should of been mentioned imo.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Liked most of your post but you forgot to mention the great 1st half by Stewie. He was important along with Ball. It should of been mentioned imo.

Does Stewie know the game has TWO halfs?

 

[Husky Alien]

Does Stewie know the game has TWO halfs?

Maybe if Hurley put him in the 2ND HALF he would. Apparently you did not watch the game.

 

[Rich]

My ideal lineup is

Diarra
Ball
Karaban
Johnson
McNeeley

Hockey line subsitution:
Nowell for Diarra
Stewart for Ball
Reed for Johnson with some minutes for Singare
Ross/Abraham for Karaban/McNeeley OR we could get funky and roll with Ross and Abraham.

Utilize all of your assets, irrespective of experience.

 

[storrsroars]

Might be a good time to drop a few bucks on Johnnies to take the whole thing.

 

[HooperScooper]

Might be a good time to drop a few bucks on Johnnies to take the whole thing.

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[DRBackup]

Might be a good time to drop a few bucks on Johnnies to take the whole thing.

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Whatever

 

[3rdbass]

Might be a good time to drop a few bucks on Johnnies to take the whole thing.

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Yeah if you want to lose money. Their offense doesn't carry in post season and they won't get away with that kind of defense in the tournament. The big east sucks this year.

 

[jibsey]

Might be a good time to drop a few bucks on Johnnies to take the whole thing.

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They can win 6 straight games with no 3 point shooting? Right.

 

[Thighbone]

Yeah if you want to lose money. Their offense doesn't carry in post season and they won't get away with that kind of defense in the tournament. The big east sucks this year.

To the contrary, bring Auburn here, or to the Garden, or to Omaha and watch them squirm. Our conference, as always, is a bitch….

 

[RuffRuff]

They can win 6 straight games with no 3 point shooting? Right.

Issue will be if some balanced team comes out and grabs a big lead. They’re not built to play from behind.

When Mahaney comes in to run the offense it feels like our pace of play goes from 5th to 1st gear. He's that methodical.

Got the wrong Italian coach referenced in the initial post. Calimari is reserved for only one man.

 

[bendm]

My ideal lineup is

Diarra
Ball
Karaban
Johnson
McNeeley

Those have been the starters since Maui

 

[UConniki]

Liked most of your post but you forgot to mention the great 1st half by Stewie. He was important along with Ball. It should have been mentioned imo.

And he played all of 2 minutes in the second half. This season has to be DH’s worst coaching and recruiting performance at UConn including the portal for 2024/2025 which simply added to the loss of 4 incredible college players to the NBA. It was a lot to overcome. Between the portal and incoming freshmen coming off of a NC we got exactly 1 player who plays meaningful minutes. Would the real DH please stand up. The one who put together the 2 NC teams or the one who put this team together. JMHO

 

[ucp990411]

Does Stewie know the game has TWO halfs?

Does he know that the other team is also trying to score?

 

[ucp990411]

They can win 6 straight games with no 3 point shooting? Right.

I am betting the Johnnie’s gag as soon as they play a good team

 

[RuffRuff]

I am betting the Johnnie’s gag as soon as they play a good team

What do you consider a good team?

 

[RichZ]

Issue will be if some balanced team comes out and grabs a big lead. They’re not built to play from behind.

We had a 13 point lead 5 and a half minutes into the game. St John's went ahead minutes later.

 

[uconngb]

And he played all of 2 minutes in the second half. This season has to be DH’s worst coaching and recruiting performance at UConn including the portal for 2024/2025 which simply added to the loss of 4 incredible college players to the NBA. It was a lot to overcome. Between the portal and incoming freshmen coming off of a NC we got exactly 1 player who plays meaningful minutes. Would the real DH please stand up. The one who put together the 2 NC teams or the one who put this team together. JMHO

Have to say I agree with this. Complete whiff on Mahaney and his in game personnel moves have been mind numbing. Also his stubborn pattern of trying to force his system on players that are not equipped to execute it. Gotta be willing to make some changes along the way when it’s abundantly clear certain things aren’t working.