UConn Villanova Post Game Thread

[Rico444]

Andre Jackson is a dude. Just a special player. When he's on his game, we jump to another level

 

[superjohn]

Lamb? Bazz?

Lamb late in the year for sure. Bazz had a huge impact and I wanted him at the line in the big moments but he was a little wild as a freshman.

 

[BarkingDog]

Offense wins games. Defense wins championships.

 

[ctchamps]

If you trashed Hurley in January and early Feb you should realize this: you were upset as a fan and the losses effected your general mood, so you projected blame. As for the rest of us, Prost!!!!

That swoon in January forced a reset of our offense. Paying dividends!

 

[superjohn]

Andre Jackson is a dude. Just a special player. When he's on his game, we jump to another level

He totally dominated the first half of the second half.

 

[Captbluefin]

Pretty Work gentleman Pretty Work…

 

[HailUConn]

Listening to the coach speaking in the huddle, I was like: this is no way him talking.

 

[huskyharry]

Karaban with 16/6/4 with 4 blocks on 75% shooting. 1 TO. No hesitation to put the game away at the line. Dagger before the halftime buzzer.

When is the last time we had a freshman this poised in the biggest moments?

Nadav Henefeld

 

[wingsfan055]

This is easily Hurley's best coaching stretch as a Husky. Tonight, he got his team to play up-tempo and not fall into Villanova's half-court game. His team is also playing much more aggressive on defense. Bravo.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Best win of Hurley’s career. Hoping he gets more before the season is over

 

[Rico444]

He totally dominated the first half of the second half.

Game wasn't over at that point...but it was over.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Kenpom #4 confirmed

 

[Huskybass]

"Everyone was expecting Nova to win" LaVall Jordan

I like LaVall and he's great covering UConn on the Dauster podcast but this is nonsense.

I was surprised to hear him say that. I think what he meant was Nova was a hot team on its home floor.

 

[RF79]

If we can keep playing with this outstanding defense, limit our TO’s, and Ajax plays with this kind of ferocity our potential is scary!!

 

[sdglast]

"Everyone was expecting Nova to win" LaVall Jordan

I like LaVall and he's great covering UConn on the Dauster podcast but this is nonsense.

I thought the same thing. Not sure where he got that from unless he was the everybody.

 

[Palatine]

Nadav Henefeld

I bet the majority of this board never saw Nadav play. But there is definitely some Nadav in AK's game. A very high compliment. But Nadav was better in many facets.

 

[MTBingNinja]

On defense when Clingan is close to the basket, I see him leaving the ball handler too much instead of helping his teammate. I think he’s not helping out because he’s too focused with getting back to his man that he’s assigned to while also not wanting to draw a foul. Regardless, he’s great to have in the paint and will grow to become a better defender.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Huge win on the road against a quality team. Starters all came up big. Defense was tremendous and the effort was high start to finish. It sends a message to the league and hopefully the committee. Thoroughly jobbed by the refs in the second half but they didn’t let it affect their composure. This team is maturing.

It was 5 on 8 the whole 2nd half. Most blatant home whistle I’ve seen in a while…Nova with only 4 fouls with 2min left was high comedy with the crimes they were committing on D in the lane on our drives.

That being said, we kept our composure, made big shots, played stifling D.

Absolutely great win.

Also: Hurley and Co. just can’t win the close tough games away. Horrible win!

Hurley improves to 37-13 in games agains quality BE opponents decided by 10 pts or more.

 

[tzznandrew]

Andre Jackson is a dude. Just a special player. When he's on his game, we jump to another level

love love love this kid. My favorite player to watch since the 2014 season, and maybe since Kemba.

 

[inWV]

I think you have to go back many years to when Calhoun was coaching. Ben Gordon?

Jeremy Lamb comes to mind.

 

[Vuce]

That game might bump us to #4 in KenPom…it’ll be close

It did - up to # 4

 

[Rico444]

love love love this kid. My favorite player to watch since the 2014 season, and maybe since Kemba.

He's my favorite player since Shabazz. The two of them are very similar in how badly they want/wanted to win. I'll definitely be getting an Andre jersey sooner rather than later.

 

[slepers]

I bet the majority of this board never saw Nadav play. But there is definitely some Nadav in AK's game. A very high compliment. But Nadav was better in many facets.

The dove was so calm cool and collected

 

[Malamute]

Huskies have the answers to pass any test that can be thrown their way. Great team win. Great chemistry among the players.

How about Hawkins last 3 in front of UConn’s bench, defender was up tight and the Hawk rose and shot before the guy could even start to jump. Impressive.

 

[UCLJ0211]

I bet the majority of this board never saw Nadav play. But there is definitely some Nadav in AK's game. A very high compliment. But Nadav was better in many facets.

He was also like 23 when he arrived and served in the Israeli military. I’m sure basketball was a piece of cake compared to that!

 

[UCfor3]

Dan Hurley can coach. Period.

Don't worry. They are still waiting in the bushes for our next loss.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

The word for tonight: Toughness.

Man I hate the Nova brand of basketball. Great to beat them twice this year to start some payback.

The guys have each others back, and coach has theirs. It's great to see. Nice to ruin that crowd's evening.

 

[UCFan1513]

Seemed Diarra was available, but didn’t play. Hoping he’s ready for the BET and NCAAT - we could really use his defensive spark sometimes

 

[Deleted at users request]

I think you have to go back many years to when Calhoun was coaching. Ben Gordon?

I’d say Jalen Adams was really poised his freshman year. He took over in that OT game against Cincy in the AAC tourney. Bouknight’s first career game he made a buzzer beater as well or something along the lines of that.

Karaban is REALLY good. But we’ve had many a freshman step up throughout the years. Boatright’s first career game he sank some clutch FTs against FSU too in the Atlantic.

 

[UConnSwag11]

It comes down to the tourney’s.