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This season was a failure.

This is off the rails. After last season, the expectation was a down season this year after losing Bouk and having a roster full of role players. There was improvement pretty much across the board this year. Even coach showed improvement.
Did the season end in disappointment? Of course. Do we aspire to better? Of course.
Teams and players catch fire and that’s the buzz saw we walked in to.. at the same time we had a down game.
Our roster in general lacks guard at depth and a go to scorer…Things you need for a March run.
Heck, we’ve also probably missed more bunnies thank any D1 school this season. Things you need for a March run.
Those of you acting like this team owes us something more or that the coach should be in the hot seat are acting like bratty children that don’t get their way on something.
 
jibsey said:
Not having Hawkins be a big time 2 guard for us was the killer and yes we got nothing from him as he was injured.
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Hawkins should have been an X-factor down the stretch. He was the freshman that WAS playing. Because he was good enough, and by the end of the season he could have been a major contributor. And it seemed to me he was starting to turn the corner on game speed and aggressiveness.

And then he didn't play in the most important two weeks of the season. Nobody's fault, and It's a bummer.

We needed his shooting, and it was a void on the roster during the two tournaments. By the end of the season he was 80% of Jackson's D with 100% more spacing.
 
jibsey said:
Not having Hawkins be a big time 2 guard for us was the killer and yes we got nothing from him as he was injured.
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Did you ever get the feeling he was going to impact the team this year, healthy or not? I didn't and that's what I'm implying there.

We just needed the Freshman to take partial load off the loss of Bouk. Essentially we ended up with a net zero, and a similar flameout in the tourney as last year. Sadly, no momentum going into next year either.
 
This season was trash. Can’t beat the good teams for the most part. Lose early in the tournament again. We really need to examine the coaching situation if this happens again next year. I’m sure we can find someone else for 2.5+ Per year than can win us a tournament game.
 
We had a starting lineup with too little offensive ability, and once Hawkins became unavailable only 1 guy off the bench that Hurley was willing to use. You have alleged talented freshmen sitting on the pine all year, and a long lean forward with shooting ability who somehow found himself unable to contribute.

You’re only deep if you use it.
 
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I'd say we just limped over the threshold of failure which ain't great. I'm disappointed, but I also knew that our team has major flaws and based on statistics we realistically weren't going to win more than 1 or maybe 2 - or O is just too weak. I love our guys and I am just going to try and look forwards to next year.

Another year like this though and it will be a failure IMO, we absolutely must recruit\portal talent because D only takes you to the dance, it doesn't win it.
 
djct1999 said:
We should have. But a great season would have been playing into the second weekend. A failure would have been missing the tournament entirely. This was neither. A bad game tonight? 100%. But let’s keep perspective.
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I guess. Maybe a better word than disappointing is “troubling”. Losing to a lower seed in the first round again, who by most opinions and metrics should’ve been a 13 seed is troubling
 
ConnHuskBask said:
This season was an absolute failure. I'm sure Hurley would be the first to say that as well.

If you want to hang your hat on a bloated win total compiled against the dregs of D1 and beating who we should have in the BE, by all means.

Nova 1-2, Creighton 0-2, PC 0-1, and choke in the tourney against NM State.
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In addition, the two St. John's wins were luck and the Nova win at home as well.
 
AntG168 said:
I guess. Maybe a better word than disappointing is “troubling”. Losing to a lower seed in the first round again, who by most opinions and metrics should’ve been a 13 seed is troubling
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What could Hurley truly have done better? At some point you have to assume the guys on the court should do what they are capable of. Can we blame Hurley foe Sanogo fouling Allen late for a three. Did Hurley cause Cole to force a horrific turnover? No. It was the players. THey didn’t execute tonight. That’s on them, not the coach.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
He shot 4-7 from 3 and 13-13 from the line. Let’s be real here, the rest of NM ST didn’t beat us.
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That wasn't the argument. The argument was that the NMSU team played well. They did, unequivocally.
CardiacAndre7 said:
The thing is they didn’t play that well lol.
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I saw Sir'Jabari Rice shoot 3/6 from 3 on tough shots coming around elevator screens. Same with Henry. And McCants made his open 3, unlike Whaley who went 1/4, so we had to guard him to keep him honest.

Again, the guys aside from Allen went 14/26 overall and 7/10 from 3. If you don't call that playing well, I guess we just disagree.
 
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shizzle787 said:
We finished 3rd in the Big East, lost in the BET semis, and lost in the first round in an upset. The program arguably took a step back this year.
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Not sure step back but we definitely didn't push forward and announce we are back yet. Kind of just treading water now.
 
Icehawk said:
I'd say we just limped over the threshold of failure which ain't great. I'm disappointed, but I also knew that our team has major flaws and based on statistics we realistically weren't going to win more than 1 or maybe 2 - or O is just too weak. I love our guys and I am just going to try and look forwards to next year.

Another year like this though and it will be a failure IMO, we absolutely must recruit\portal talent because D only takes you to the dance, it doesn't win it.
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Without question, Hurley must embrace the portal. We need backcourt depth.
 
That wasn't the argument. The argument was that the NMSU team played well. They did, unequivocally.
auror said:
I saw Sir'Jabari Rice shoot 3/6 from 3 on tough shots coming around elevator screens. Same with Henry. And McCants made his open 3, unlike Whaley who went 1/4, so we had to guard him to keep him honest.

Again, the guys aside from Allen went 14/26 overall and 7/10 from 3. If you don't call that playing well, I guess we just disagree.
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7 players scored 33 points. 1 player scored 37. We did nothing to take Allen away. I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we doubled. Our hard hedge rarely works. This is coaching. Teddy Allen is not an AA. He could have been disrupted way more than he was.
 
Was the outcome tonight the one that anyone wanted? Of course not. Is it frustrating and disappointing? Absolutely. But you know what - it’s because we as a fan base are engaged and emotionally invested again. I’ll take that feeling any day over apathy like we had for several years post the last title.
This season was not a failure. Our seniors RJ, Tyrese, Tyler and Isaiah gave us hope for a win in most games and played their hearts out.
I think we all sometimes forget that these are young men that play the game that they love for our enjoyment. If you have children, take a moment to think how much this hurts for them. At the end of the day it’s a game, a season, a small group of moments in their and our lives. Personally I would be proud to call any of these young men my son. Let’s thank them for their efforts in returning us to more success than we have had in some time.

Do we have more to do? Yes. We can always improve and I’m sure after reflection and some time we will.
Can’t wait for next season. Go Huskies!
 
Uconngal said:
Was the outcome tonight the one that anyone wanted? Of course not. Is it frustrating and disappointing? Absolutely. But you know what - it’s because we as a fan base are engaged and emotionally invested again. I’ll take that feeling any day over apathy like we had for several years post the last title.
This season was not a failure. Our seniors RJ, Tyrese, Tyler and Isaiah gave us hope for a win in most games and played their hearts out.
I think we all sometimes forget that these are young men that play the game that they love for our enjoyment. If you have children, take a moment to think how much this hurts for them. At the end of the day it’s a game, a season, a small group of moments in their and our lives. Personally I would be proud to call any of these young men my son. Let’s thank them for their efforts in returning us to more success than we have had in some time.

Do we have more to do? Yes. We can always improve and I’m sure after reflection and some time we will.
Can’t wait for next season. Go Huskies!
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Alright Andrea
 
djct1999 said:
What could Hurley truly have done better? At some point you have to assume the guys on the court should do what they are capable of. Can we blame Hurley foe Sanogo fouling Allen late for a three. Did Hurley cause Cole to force a horrific turnover? No. It was the players. THey didn’t execute tonight. That’s on them, not the coach.
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He could have gotten thrown out more? That seemed to work pretty well. Sorry, I’m just pissed right now.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
People shouldn’t sound like huge bitches, constantly. You have zero impact on the program, no matter what your aspirations.
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Spot on. We are powerless. If you can't change the situation (which we can't) change your attitude instead. I sincerely hope our players don't read this pap
 
Uconngal said:
This season was not a failure. Our seniors RJ, Tyrese, Tyler and Isaiah gave us hope for a win in most games and played their hearts out.
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The four seniors high school rankings from 24/7 Sports:

Cole: #479
Martin: #220
Polley: #168
Whalley: N/R

All were key players on the team, not highly thought of coming out of HS, and developed by Hurley and staff. They all had great college careers and played their hearts out.
 
Do we have a talented guard tandem that can score next year?.( And don't tell me Diggins).
 
And stop bringing in “projects”, “pro potential if he develops”, “he needs to work on his basketball skills, but he’s a pro talent”, “ he’ll fix that jumper once he gets to UCONN “, etc.
One of those is fine but this team was full of them. Way too many.
 
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Maybe KY should can Cal by our logic. Suck it up. Be adults. My 7 year old nephew handled this loss better.
 
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Gotta go into the offseason assuming both Cole and Martin are gone. And transfers are okay Danny. They tend to help a lot. They can coexist with your own recruits. It’s a good happy medium.

Also, Adama apparently needs to learn how to make a layup again, so work on that as well.
 
Royxbl said:
Not spoiled, there is an expectation that comes with the programs success. If some wins and first or second round exits from the NCAA is the expectation, be a Cincinnati fan. This is UConn…expect more
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Look, we know who we are and what we've accomplished. I get the disappointment and frustration tonight - we played a lousy game and got burned by a kid that couldn't miss. But to trash the team, coach, and whole season like people are doing sounds like spoiled, petty whining. Yeah, we expect more because we're UConn but winning isn't exactly a birthright either. Are we expecting another Jim Calhoun to take the helm? Those guys aren't easy to find. I'm not even a Hurley fan but some of the takes on here are way over the top.
 
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