UMES Post Game Thread

[Leebo]

ok, what's an MTE, and why doesn't he ever want to play one again?

MTE means "multi-team event", which was something I had never heard until last season, even though things described as MTEs have existed for ages. The Maui Invitational was our MTE for this season.

You can probably guess why he's not itching to do one again right now.

 

[storrsroars]

You can probably guess why he's not itching to do one again right now.

I don't know how he doesn't keep playing MTEs. Every single P5 school played in one this year. Only 16 teams, all mid-majors, did not participate in one.

 

[Leebo]

I don't know how he doesn't keep playing MTEs. Every single P5 school played in one this year. Only 16 teams, all mid-majors, did not participate in one.

I didn't see the clip, so I don't know how he said it, but I doubt he's being serious. Not participating in MTEs would make it a lot harder to get enough good matchups in the early season.

 

[willie99]

Hurley postgame:

’I will never as long as I’m coaching here play another MTE.”

I predicted he's never going back to Maui, this is even bigger. I liked going to the Battle for Atlantis. A little bummed

But I'm a Dan man. It is what it is

 

[AntG168]

I don't know how he doesn't keep playing MTEs. Every single P5 school played in one this year. Only 16 teams, all mid-majors, did not participate in one.

He said 3 game MTEs

 

[willie99]

That would include the Battle for Atlantis. Might mean we're in NYC more often, that's a good thing

 

[ThetaZoo]

Was the XL Center floor totally full of dust or condensation tonight?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the players cleaning off their shoes as much as I witnessed tonight. Also, the floor sweepers were running the whole length of the court during every break.

The floor sweeper that I was watching lifted his mop on one pass before he got to the baseline. He needs to go back to sweeping school.

 

[Steve UConn72]

ok, what's an MTE, and why doesn't he ever want to play one again?

Thanks for asking what I was wondering.

 

[willie99]

Multiple Team Events

It appears he's talking about 3 games in 3 days tournaments.

 

[willie99]

ok, what's an MTE, and why doesn't he ever want to play one again?

Doesn't like losing, no time for adjustments, didn't like his treatment in Maui (98-48 matters). He saw how frustrated his kids were by the third game.

Pure speculation on my part

 

[BFieldHusky]

Multiple Team Events

It appears he's talking about 3 games in 3 days tournaments.

Hurley feels they have a huge advantage in scouting and prep. You lose that advantage after your first game in an MTE.

 

[willie99]

Hurley feels they have a huge advantage in scouting and prep. You lose that advantage after your first game in an MTE.

and that too

 

[PAHusky]

Check back in a month, see where he is. Then check back a month after that. I’ll bet you’ll be smiling.

This team doesn’t have two months worth of major minutes to give Ross so he can figure himself out. Like the kid and think he eventually learns to play within himself but right now he’s not the answer and Liam/Alex/stew are all ahead of him (also no he can’t play the 1 or 2).

 

[PAHusky]

Hurley feels they have a huge advantage in scouting and prep. You lose that advantage after your first game in an MTE.

If this is at all part of the reason they don’t want to do MTEs it’s really weak sauce.

Also love DH but don’t remember him complaining about MTEs when we won the Nike thing etc

 

[BFieldHusky]

If this is at all part of the reason they don’t want to do MTEs it’s really weak sauce.

Also love DH but don’t remember him complaining about MTEs when we won the Nike thing etc

Not disagreeing. Just repeating what I've heard. Also, that tournament had a day off in between Games 2 and 3.

 

[Kemba429]

Im glad we slaughtered them. But like others, I didnt take too much from this. Playing the worst team in.. Maryland. With literally a brand new roster. This month is a gauntlet, Ill always have faith and cheer em on. Only time will tell.

 

[djct1999]

I think the board is toeing the line of becoming overly critical. We won by 50 without Alex. Not perfect and nothing to boast about. But also not much to complain about tonight. Enjoy the win and your evening

It was a buy in game two days after retuning from Hawaii. We were without our leader and best player on the floor. We won by 50. Everyone played, everyone contributed. It’s an absurd overreaction to take to too much positive out of it. It’s even more absurd to be critical.

 

[freshler40]

Not disagreeing. Just repeating what I've heard. Also, that tournament had a day off in between Games 2 and 3.

Need to add in here the time zone difference of going to HI and our weak first half last evening. Perhaps we were still in a zone of sorts until it was sweep aside in the second half.

 

[Robrio89]

This game being another ridiculous low level opponent gives us zero optics into any changes that could have occurred between Maui and now. Baylor will be the true test. Home, ranked opponent. If we lose that game, then who knows what the rest of the season looks like…

One takeaway having attended the game. How often are we moving up court and we hesitate on an open pass. There is so much hesitation and a lack of comfort with passing in those transitions. Particularly when Solo is moving with the ball.

 

[TheShot1990]

Abraham needs more minutes. Team is too slow and not very athletic and it shows, especially on defense. Abraham brings much needed physical play

Baylor game is huge. Fans are running out of patience.

Maybe some fans but I will NEVER run out of patience with the Huskies. I have infinite patience for them. You may be too young to remember the teams from the 80s.... This rough stretch? A minor blip.

 

[upstater]

These tournaments are great. I hope he’s just talking out his butt because he doesn’t look good saying this. They’re great environments for the kids and great preparation for March.

Benedict said the same thing before the tourney. There's a lot more to it

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Benedict said the same thing before the tourney. There's a lot more to it

You can’t say something like that after the stretch we had. He just seems like a sore loser with that comment.

And you can’t act like that after going back to back and talking about three praying every chance you get.

 

[REB1094]

Game was over after 10 minutes so going to focus on behaviors instead of box scores. But a 54 point win as 40 point favorites without our best player is nice

Diarra - had to cut down on TOs and he did, although did foul a lot. 5AST/1TO

Solo - needs to look to pass more. If he’s a designated scorer, he needs 15-18 every game. If not, he has to get others involved

Liam - still hurt? Missed 5+ wide open threes, most days that’s a 25 point game. Needs to add a floater, once he gets to the hoop it is usually just launch himself into the defender and throw up a prayer

Stewart - really good. Played as starting PF, took some threes, made some strong moves to the rim/FT line, and ran fast breaks. Very versatile game.

Samson - showed better judgment on when to chase a block/steal vs when to stay home. With no exceptions we NEED this every single game

Nowell and Mahaney - offensively Nowell looked jittery while Mahaney looked more composed. Defensively Nowell surprisingly got blown by a lot, and Mahaney was..Mahaney. Most important stat though is 9AST/2TO

Tarris - dude is a beast. But I cringed a lot when he lived on the guy’s left shoulder and gave up like 3 layups on an easy post spin. What was that about?

Ross - crashed boards hard and saw some shots go in. Hopefully helps confidence

Abraham - low key a black hole on offense? Lots of fouls too

Singare - got scored on a few times but put his arms straight up and made guys shoot over the top of a 6’10 dude. That’s what we beg our Cs to do this year

Overall - mostly everyone still sucks on defense but UMES didn’t take advantage. I did appreciate the deliberate effort to get the ball to our bigs, forces the defense to respect the threat in the paint. We out-talented them today, which shows the team can be dangerous once the talent catches up to the X’s and O’s. Shoutout #0 Shaw, dude was a bucket

 

[boog204]

What a bizarre collection of takes here. We have ppl simultaneously saying Ross and Stew are both great defenders and terrible defenders. People calling out McNeeley for not being a good shooter when he was shooting 40% from 3. Attacks that Hass needs to play more and play less. That Nowell needs to be our starting PG and another saying he's a 15mpg player. Oh, maybe the best... After back-to-back national championships - including one of the best teams college basketball has seen, fans are losing patience. It's really something.

 

[upstater]

You can’t say something like that after the stretch we had. He just seems like a sore loser with that comment.

And you can’t act like that after going back to back and talking about three praying every chance you get.

This is why I wrote they said that BEFORE the tourney.