Stetson Post Game Thread

[AllHusky]

We crushed our fist opponent in a realistic title defense run at arguably the high point of our program, game full of great performances and all we have is a 3 page post game thread with half the comments negative?

Chest thumpers, band wagoneers, wannabes, call em what you want, they ain’t all in Huskies!

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

It was a clinic in the first half for the most part and I was disappointed in his halftime interview with the girl. Not a fan of the arrogance of it but I know most of you say that’s him. I get sayin “I’m not happy with the last 2-3 minutes but overall we played very good basketball in the first half” not the focus on “that’s not championship basketball” crap. I get expectations but sorry I’m more impressed with coaches that are nice to these ladies at halftime. Just me.

Such a weak take. From what I've seen Hurley treats everyone equally. He's supposed to give a nice answer because she's a lad Lol. She's not a girl, she's a professional doing her job. I think calling her a girl and saying to treat them differently is offensive. Maybe that's just me.

 

[AllHusky]

And he's relatively new to basketball I think too? Either way he didn't have any real playtime until this year at UConn so I think he could improve more than expected. I see a lot of folks think he can't be the starter but if he keeps playing like he has recently it isn't unthinkable to me by any stretch.

Looking forward to Jaylin next year, I think he might really show out. I also saw tonight just how big he is, there was one camera shot where I was like "woah".

I think Jaylin is not done growing. Looks young, lost some weight, got fit
Add another inch and man muscle and experience
Watch out

 

[REB1094]

A year ago, I was worried that we’d choke in the 1st round for the third year straight and Coach Hurley would get closer and closer to the hot seat

Now, I’m reading arguments about if we played well or not as we steamrolled our way to a 40pt tournament win

I’ll take it!

You’re allowed to get outscored by 8-10 for a few minutes if you win the other minutes by 45-50. Bring on Northwestern!

 

[NJHusky]

It was a clinic in the first half for the most part and I was disappointed in his halftime interview with the girl. Not a fan of the arrogance of it but I know most of you say that’s him. I get sayin “I’m not happy with the last 2-3 minutes but overall we played very good basketball in the first half” not the focus on “that’s not championship basketball” crap. I get expectations but sorry I’m more impressed with coaches that are nice to these ladies at halftime. Just me.

Sir Charles and the crew liked his comments…holding guys to a championship standard

 

[mauconnfan]

Such a weak take. From what I've seen Hurley treats everyone equally. He's supposed to give a nice answer because she's a lad Lol. She's not a girl, she's a professional doing her job. I think calling her a girl and saying to treat them differently is offensive. Maybe that's just me.

Your assumption is that’s what I meant? Speaking of weak lol. It was over the top I thought whether it was a “lad” or Ian Eagle. The interviews at halftime are now 90% lads. But maybe that’s just me.

 

[Hunt for 7]

You want us to tell Hurley that you are delusional. Do you think he would care?

I watched all four games in person with pretty good seats. All I can say is this. I know the game fairly well played in high school and coached for about ten years. My wife played in college was all state at Bristol Eastern in the late 90’s. I think she attended every Auriemma summer camp for like six years. So she knows the game pretty well herself.

My point if you watched these games the way we -played and the way everyone else played even if you were a novice you could see a marked difference. Other fans are almost accepting of the fact of how superior we are and just nod in agreement when talking about how good each team is.

Yes we can have a bad night and lose in a single elimination tourney, but if this were the nba no team playing college basketball would win two games against us in a 7 game series. Yesterday the only team that did something on the court that was similar was the intensity that JMU played defense. But they were so much more athletic and faster than Wisconsin it really seemed like they were just the better team. Dook will have problems with them but they are more athletic. However Dook is horrible defensively. But if yesterday was any indication the game will feel like a home game for JMU. Other than watching us dominate the amount of haters towards Dook was the best part of the day.

No player was booed more resoundingly than Flopowkoski when he was introduced during pregame.

 

[Huskybass]

Do you? They played like garbage

I think we may have found the biggest idiot on The Boneyard, and that's saying something.

 

[Hunt for 7]

I know why Tristen did not have a towel around his neck like Clingan. He now is my favorite all time UConn player! We need to stop complaining about how we played. It struck me how focused this team was pre game. I shared a few words and a fist bump with Kimani while they were watching OT from the tunnel entrance at the end of the Northwestern/FAU game. No coach or player was smiling pre game they were just focused. This coach and staff are amazing.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Dude, I thought about him today. In my text thread with my longtime friends who are Ilinois, KU, and UK fans one of them randomly brought up Cliff Robinson and instantly I started thinking about Sticks and flooded them with videos.

Stanley is one of my all-time favorite guys...

Lol@ him yelling "gimme that " at both ends of the floor.... (Edit; nice lob from Austrie).

 

[CL82]

They played exactly as they should have.

May God have mercy on Northwestern's soul. Another big win queued up.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

 

[ValleyGuy]

Dude, I thought about him today. In my text thread with my longtime friends who are Ilinois, KU, and UK fans one of them randomly brought up Cliff Robinson and instantly I started thinking about Sticks and flooded them with videos.

Stanley is one of my all-time favorite guys...

Thanks for sharing the video. Truly one of my favorites. Was real upset when he passed. Loved that he went to work and came back to the team. Took that punishment and ran with it.

 

[CL82]

Is this a mojo thing that I missed ? - "jorge34 has to post like an unhinged crazy person through the tournament"

If not, maybe there needs to be an auxiliary hanging

It is. When you don't have a hanging, some idiot ends up sacrificing themselves for mojo. Last year it was at halftime during the Iona game, the dude who was calling for Hurley to be fired. Instead of a mojo hanging, it's a mojo suicide. Seems to work just as well though.

 

[NJHusky]

Wow. We can hear the questions…what a concept. Maybe UConn will take notice

 

[Umami Zen]

Eh, thumbs down on this. I'm tired of this. We have all summer to rip him, and I'm sure people will.

As we progress through the Tournament-Going to need his contributions to be successful. Giving Donovan a rest to keep him fresh is invaluable. Getting rebounds -through whatever combination of players-will be critical.

Northwestern has lunch pail-blue collar rebounders. Effort guys. Not the most athletic guys. Samson is certainly quicker on his feet and a lob threat when in the rotation. Actually thought Samson showed some aggressiveness and rebounded with authority vs Stetson.Progress

 

[jibsey]

I know why Tristen did not have a towel around his neck like Clingan. He now is my favorite all time UConn player! We need to stop complaining about how we played. It struck me how focused this team was pre game. I shared a few words and a fist bump with Kimani while they were watching OT from the tunnel entrance at the end of the Northwestern/FAU game. No coach or player was smiling pre game they were just focused. This coach and staff are amazing.

The coaching staff does the unseen work but they are probably the best around. Would love to keep them intact longer.

 

[Hunt for 7]

I totally agree. I have never not been impressed with his time when he gets a chance. I'd really like to see him get meaningful minutes next year.

I really hope he stays. It has to be just our depth and perhaps his on ball defense or difficulty following the defensive rotations. But he can rebound, I think he has been under rated in this area but he has gotten much better. Perhaps he has gotten a little stronger and he looks every bit of 6’9” and is very long.

As for his offense, he can bring the ball up, he is just a flat out great shooter. He is certainly a plus passer. Our practices must be something to watch.

Give me:

Diarra, Ball, Stevie, him and Samson and they can compete with most teams. Ross also is very athletic. I hope they choose culture over BS when the me season starts.

 

[Scrutineer]

The first time I was never nervous during a tournament game.

You must have missed a lot of games over the years, especially in 2004...

 

[Scrutineer]

They made a comment about how the balls feel different. Maybe he was overcompensating

"Sticky balls" can do that to you according to the announcers.......

 

[Bogey02]

Dude, I thought about him today. In my text thread with my longtime friends who are Ilinois, KU, and UK fans one of them randomly brought up Cliff Robinson and instantly I started thinking about Sticks and flooded them with videos.

Stanley is one of my all-time favorite guys...

I kind of miss those grey unis, they were real clean

 

[Shamon30]

I really hope he stays. It has to be just our depth and perhaps his on ball defense or difficulty following the defensive rotations. But he can rebound, I think he has been under rated in this area but he has gotten much better. Perhaps he has gotten a little stronger and he looks every bit of 6’9” and is very long.

As for his offense, he can bring the ball up, he is just a flat out great shooter. He is certainly a plus passer. Our practices must be something to watch.

Give me:

Diarra, Ball, Stevie, him and Samson and they can compete with most teams. Ross also is very athletic. I hope they choose culture over BS when the me season starts.

His on-ball defense really hasn't been bad this season. The only two weaknesses I see are that he's a little slow in switches (but always recovers) and tends to bite on every fake.

 

[Leebo]

Any idea what this guy is talking about on the Northwestern board? ESPN's play-by-play lists a missed 3 for Stetson in that stretch, but I can't find a full replay of the game at the moment. Is he just hallucinating?

 

[navery12]

Any idea what this guy is talking about on the Northwestern board? ESPN's play-by-play lists a missed 3 for Stetson in that stretch, but I can't find a full replay of the game at the moment. Is he just hallucinating?

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He's hallucinating. Just rewatched and Newton banked in a 3 to make it 19-4, Stetson airballed a 3 and then Castle made a layup to make it 21-4

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

How does the BY profanity filter not block out that name?

Everyone loses sometimes, and sometimes terribly.

There's a case to be made that him making a dozen ridiculous off balance step-backs led to the changes in philosophy that lead to 2 years of our dominance (more to come). I don't mind hearing that name with that in mind.

 

[tzznandrew]

He's hallucinating. Just rewatched and Newton banked in a 3 to make it 19-4, Stetson airballed a 3 and then Castle made a layup to make it 21-4

Lol. The shot was so bad he imagined it went it.

He rejected reality and inserted his own. Nerds for you.

 

[Devland]

He's hallucinating. Just rewatched and Newton banked in a 3 to make it 19-4, Stetson airballed a 3 and then Castle made a layup to make it 21-4

Is this the first time someone posted something that didn't actually happen on the internet.? I'm shocked!!! Lol

 

[Leebo]

He doubled down even after some pushback.

 

[caw]

He doubled down even after some pushback.

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Deep fakes these days man. Where is conspiracy kitty when you need it?

 

[Hunt for 7]

His on-ball defense really hasn't been bad this season. The only two weaknesses I see are that he's a little slow in switches (but always recovers) and tends to bite on every fake.

But it seems we do agree it is his defense keeping him on the bench. The only comment I will make is this. With all the three guard lineups we see , could he stay in front of a big guard or athletic wing. Because when he plays it is not usually against the other teams best. Even though it looks like he is getting bigger/stronger still don’t think he has the strength to play a stretch 4.

Maybe one more summer of getting stronger and he fills that role for us next year if AK leaves. Stewie will be Swiss Army knife like Castle he may be good enough next year to guard 1-4 so I could see him taking on the role Castle plays. Either way we are going to be on the smaller side at guard when Nowell and Diarra are on the court so I think we will need to play a little bigger on our front line. And that will be even tougher with Clingan playing in the nba.

But I regress, we have a big game tonight. From what I saw I do not think our staff is focusing on next years roster construction. They and the players are just super focused on the challenge directly in front of them.

Pre game they look like a bunch of guys in a bad mood. No smiles just pure focus. It was incredible to watch them watch the end of the FAU/NW game. No emotion just that focused stare.

Can’t wait to get to the arena later today.

Having lunch at Sarges then back to Brooklyn and onto to the Barclays center.

Let’s go UConn!!!