UCLA Post Game Thread

[Kemba15]

This team is flawed but they are not soft. At 56-52 it could have easily gone the other way, but it didn’t.

What more can you say about Alex Karaban? I can’t believe some of the vitriol he took on here this year. He simply will not go down without giving his all, and his all is a hell of a lot better than a “role player.”

Can’t wait for Friday night.

 

[uconngb]

Im tired of fans still claiming that Ross is not a starter. He's the most++++++ on our team.

Make your case. It's not summer 2025. Get real!

Time to sit him honestly

 

[HooperScooper]

Karaban is just a guy, hey @RuffRuff? Don't ever diss a Southborough kid!

 

[Lanphoon]

Thank you #11. Survive and advance!!!!

Playing a C game isn’t going to get it done from here on out.

Hopefully we don’t have Lappas next weekend. I think he said Reibe rememinded him of Clingan, lol. He’s terrible.

 

[Leebo]

They did what they needed to do.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

1. AK and Mullins haters look real dumb. AK specifically has drawn some of the dumbest takes in this board’s history over the last few months. What a game captain.
2. Ross and Malachi were DOGS tonight
3. Reed still with a key double double.
4. Demary clearly a couple steps slow and still played excellent defense and facilitated. Just no first step on offense right now. Gutted this one out.
5. It won’t happen but you gotta start Ross over Solo next game.

 

[KingAG]

Alex dang sure didn’t look like a role player tonight. All time great !

 

[Gutter King]

AK threatening to be man of the tourney. Way to lead us in back to back games.

Demary got out of there no worse. That was the second biggest result.

Ross just continues to be a menace. He was called for three phantom fouls for his last three fouls. We are just so different out there.

We were very sloppy. We sputtered and started. But we got there.

 

[AllHusky]

this win is pure joy

 

[formerlurker]

Never forget

 

[Inyatkin]

Great w, reached down deep. Really have to think about limiting Solos minutes going forward. He’s useless.

Not the time, come on

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Who was it again that was criticizing Alex a few days ago?

We settled the score (tournament and overall) with UCLA. Next, square up the all time series with Mich St and go ahead in tournament matchups.

I've been saying, there are opportunities to settle a lot of scores thus tournament.

 

[SportsFan88]

Karaban with an time tourney performance for a husky, after Tarris had one, Ross is that X-Factor like it has been said all season, gettin to a sweet 16 without our starting PG, let’s go!!!

 

[NewBlood]

Ross is the AJax X factor. Except he can hit the 3 too.

Been saying it all year. He’s AJAX and Mullins can be Hawkins. Reed has been Sanogo like

 

[BugsyCT]

We don't win pretty, but we usually win.

Survive and advance. On to DC and the Sweet 16 Friday night!

And first ever win over UCLA. We've beaten all the bluebloods.

 

[bendm]

Alex’s decision to come back was worth it based on tonight alone. Best game of his career. Honorable mentions for Ross and Smith. I think it’s obvious to everyone at this point that Ross should be starting over ball and I loved playing both PGs at the same time. Smith should be 6th man and his renewed confidence could be huge. Another week for Silas to recover and get stew back for the sweet 16.

 

[HooperScooper]

Cronin wants to know if you can get a T for clapping sarcastically. Should I tell him to call Donny Marshall? 🤣

 

[Umami Zen]

Great team D. AK showed why he's on the Wall. Thought Malachi and Ross provided excellent help from bench. Malachi with a great floor game with Silas playing hurt. Braylon gaining valuable Tourney experience. Two down. Onto DC.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

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You don’t think that was a replacement level performance?

 

[jorge34]

Even 50% Demary was HUGE. Really gutsy performance overall.

Disgusting performance from refs….for both teams. NCAA should be embarrassed. The T was ridiculous. Can’t have it in the tournament

 

[uconnbaseball]

He didn’t dominate like he did vs Furman, but this was another good Reed game. Great defense and he hit free throws early to keep us level with them.

 

[willie99]

Alex was NOT losing tonight

I love Ross

And we have a sensational TEAM

Thank you Huskies, let's roll

 

[UConNick]

This one has me tearing up. Just love this team, love the way they’ve had each other’s backs to fight through adversity. Perhaps the fan base here could learn something similar. It’s no secret there’s been a lot of angst and tumult this year, but they’ve fought through when frankly a lot of people even here doubted them.

Of course, job’s not done. It’s not even halfway done. But we’ve earned the chance to extend our season at least another weekend. And I’m going to enjoy the hell out of that before refocusing in on that bigger picture.

 

[superjohn]

Best game of AK's career. He was exceptional from the opening tip. Drilling shots, mixing it up down low, getting great position, cutting. He did it when we were down early and then he took over the game in the second half. Incredible perfomance.

Best game of Jayden's career, he's become a true all around player and his defense is elite now. We're a much better team with him on the court and he should be starting.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Not pretty again but…..survive and advance!

On a side note, I don’t think there is anyone on the planet who hates the UCLA players more than Mick Cronin. 😂 Dude just looks pi$$ed off at someone at all times.