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Three things bothered me:
1) Defensively, Xavier did what any team with an ounce of common sense should- sag off of Whaley and AJ and effectively take Sanogo out of the game. So why wait until the last three minutes of the game to put Hawkins back in and force them to defend the perimeter?
2) I can understand Nunge and Freemantle being a problem for Adama and Whalley on the perimeter, but why were they continuously wide open under the basket?
3) Scruggs was making AJ look silly on defense for a good stretch of that second half.
 
Mooch82 said:
This was a huge play. Andre was out ahead of everyone. Would’ve cut the lead to 2 and given us all the momentum.
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We get the turnover, Martin had sanogo raise his arm for the lob pass and he selfishly tried to lay it up amongst two defenders , which led to a frustrated Jackson getting a tech … just make the right basketball play which this team doesn’t do well
 
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It was a bad T despite knowing it was a tough call can’t happen. The bad decisions by the players hurt more than anything. RJ missed a wide open AJ for an easy deuce which would have cut it to 2 and had them reeling. Same on Martins attempt to finish which was weak.

Just a bad loss for many reasons they don’t look prepared at all when in close games.
 
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mauconnfan said:
It was a bad T despite knowing it was a tough call can’t happen. The bad decisions by the players hurt more than anything. RJ missed a wide open AJ for an easy deuce which would have cut it to 2 and had them reeling. Same on Martins attempt to finish which was weak.

Just a bad loss for many reasons they don’t look prepared at all when in close games.
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We looked prepared against Marquette. This is college basketball this year. We’re just inconsistent.
 
Platt81 said:
Do you not remember Calhoun purposely getting T’s to fire up his team? Your coach having your back like that goes a lot further than giving up those two points.

It’s like people forget what they complain about is what they used to love…
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Getting a technical under four minutes to go in a game you’re losing by a few points is incredibly dumb. Calhoun didn’t do that. Hurleys antics kill them late in games, the team feeds off his energy. If the head coach isn’t focused, the team follows suit. It was a tough spot for them to win the game regardless, but I’m pissed about what happened there.
 
upstater said:
On drives, Xavier is much better are drawing contact to get a foul. UConn seems to try to avoid contact.

On the steal on their inbounds, RJ had Andre for a dunk and instead made a cute pass for a turnover.

It was really over right then.
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Rj has been bad passing and decision making on the break since he’s been here.
 
KodiacKemba said:
We get the turnover, Martin had sanogo raise his arm for the lob pass and he selfishly tried to lay it up amongst two defenders , which led to a frustrated Jackson getting a tech … just make the right basketball play which this team doesn’t do well
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How about Whaley recovering a loose ball and turning it over trying to bring it up court, resulting in a Nunge 3? Just collect the ball and get it to a guard Whaley!
 
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The players make poor decisions over and over again at crucial moments. Can’t blame Hurley, we should have won this game pretty easily. Lots of people here blame the coaching which can use some adjustments, but almost all of the losses can be attributed mostly to poor decisions.
 
The players don’t get a pass , let’s be Frank they be messing up too lol …. My point is at that time in the game Hurley can’t get that T & give up Crucial defining points
 
What makes me so mad is we lost to a mediocre team at best. This and the Creighton loss should never have happened. Some of the other ones also, but we definitely should not have loss to those two teams. AJ needs to concentrate on being sound and not f-up the basics. Him and Gaffney have butter fingers. Like I said best possible outcome sweet 16 and that’s me reaching.
 
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Platt81 said:
Do you not remember Calhoun purposely getting T’s to fire up his team? Your coach having your back like that goes a lot further than giving up those two points.

It’s like people forget what they complain about is what they used to love…
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He did it with a purpose. Danny sees red and can’t control it.
 
Calhoun always conveyed control. If he got a T it was in control. His anger was in control. He was emotional but understood the moment.

Nothing about DHs antics suggest he is in control. It does not motivate or calm in tight situations. This league is hard every game. If he is going to be an emotional mess at every game his players will fray down the stretch.
 
mauconnfan said:
Big first half helped. Should’ve never been close in that one either. It is college basketball this year but for UConn it’s been the pattern for 2-3 years in close games that’s the reality.
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Why shouldn’t it have been close? This is the problem. You all think we’re better than we are. We shouldn’t be blowing Marquette or Xavier(on the road) out this year. We were in position to win on the road against a top 25 team with a true home court advantage. We lost. We all know at this point we aren’t a top 10 team and a final 4 lock. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves after every loss. It’s miserable. Enjoy the climb. We could be GTown, Cuse, or seton hall. Instead we’re an inconsistent team who is good way more often then they are not. We wanted to be in a top conference. We’ll this is life in a top conference. Win your home games and compete on the road. That’s where we are this year. If you would just adjust your expectations, and stop expecting us to come out and man handle top 25 teams on the road, you’d enjoy yourself more.
 
mauconnfan said:
Big first half helped. Should’ve never been close in that one either. It is college basketball this year but for UConn it’s been the pattern for 2-3 years in close games that’s the reality.
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They are what they are at this point. Everyone gets too high/low with this team. They’re a 6-7 seed team whose likely outcome is winning a game in the tourney. We all wanna see more than that, but their inconsistency and style play suggest that’s about what they are.
 
YoungFree said:
That's exactly how I saw it too.
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I'm with you. Blaming Hurley makes very little logical sense:
1) if you think our players are sub-par players and subpar athletes, then Hurley is doing a coach - of - the -year type performance, keeping them ranked for a good part of the year.
2) if you think the players are top notch, elite level players, then it would be Hurleys fault. But did you really see elite level talent tonight? Did you really?
 
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