Villanova Post Game Thread

[slepers]

Made 75% and shot well late but missed some front ends of one and ones. Every point counts and it’s not deniable that this year’s squad hasn’t shot free throws as well as last year’s. I’m very happy with the win but would love to see a slight uptick at the line.

Are you sure they were front ends take out the 4 Samson and Clingan misdeed and I know one was the backend of a 1&1 so that leaves one!

 

[Huskyforlife]

If the standard is that we'll struggle without 2 of our 5 starters then there are 0 good teams this year. It would be nice to get more from Ball and Stewart, but that's a nice bonus, not necessary

Was trying to say losing even 1 at a time is a significant drop off for us. Going from title favorite to top 5ish is still very awesome, but having at least one more Joey/Alleyne level bench guy would take a lot of stress away.

 

[Fan1978]

What was Hurley yelling at McConnell about when Tristen was shooting FTs at the end?

The announcer to you, Mcconnell the was dealing with jawboning as excuse to try to freeze tristan by delaying giving him the ball

 

[Scoe]

We’re striving for greatness pointing out our flaws is healthy it keeps us on our toes.

 

[DogMania]

Justin Moore applying the same hook move on back to back possessions sure was veteran savvy.

Those were critical mistakes that UConn benefitted from.

 

[Mr. French]

We win by ten if we actually used him on offense rather than launching 25 footers.

I love the 3 ball, but there’s a few times we have that lob angle from either top or wing, and the guards weren’t hitting him. Especially in the last few minutes milking some small leads.

 

[navery12]

I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.

Last year we shot 76%, so with our 20 FT attempts per game that we average that's an extra 0.6 points per game. If that's a significant difference to you then I don't really have anything else to say to you.

And our closing lineup of Newton, Diarra, Spencer, Castle, Karaban are 5 good to great FT shooters, which is really all that matters for the discussion

 

[ucp990411]

We will see some tweaks to our offense with the 8 days off

 

[formerlurker]

The announcer to you, Mcconnell the was dealing with jawboning as excuse to try to freeze tristan by delaying giving him the ball

@HooperScooper

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

It’s a good sign that the complaint has gone from “this team can’t win close games” to “this team has to play close games that they win.”

I’m thrilled with any road win in conference. Villanova aren’t bums. They’re good. And O’Connell brings down the vibe with his mere presence.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Those were critical mistakes that UConn benefitted from.

That’s been a patented Nova move for years. I think they’re learning that Neptune hasn’t earned quite the same latitude that Wright had.

 

[TheHorde]

Are you sure they were front ends take out the 4 Samson and Clingan misdeed and I know one was the backend of a 1&1 so that leaves one!

I stated under another comment I probably remembered it incorrectly. Still would like to see the free throw percentage tick up 2-3 points.

 

[my2cents]

Anybody who thought Clingan had a bad game knows nothing about basketball and is probably mentally handicapped.

 

[FearThePups]

Why do some people yearn for negativity? That was a really big Q1 win. And you found a way to harp on negativity. Sorta weird.

Because we’re Nutmeggers. It’s in our DNA.

 

[Bomber36]

Made 75% and shot well late but missed some front ends of one and ones. Every point counts and it’s not deniable that this year’s squad hasn’t shot free throws as well as last year’s. I’m very happy with the win but would love to see a slight uptick at the line.

Completely wrong on what transpired this evening.

 

[freshler40]

Cling is a difference maker. Nova wanted no business in the paint while he was in there.

Cling turned away the masses as they approached the throne. They went home empty!

 

[Huskybass]

We need a heck of a lot more than 2 and 2 from our starting center. I thought we played really bad tonight. Lucky to come away with a win.

 

[Bomber36]

Anybody who thought Clingan had a bad game knows nothing about basketball and is probably mentally handicapped.

Or insane…

 

[slepers]

I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.

Keep searching for your validation

 

[navery12]

Was trying to say losing even 1 at a time is a significant drop off for us. Going from title favorite to top 5ish is still very awesome, but having at least one more Joey/Alleyne level bench guy would take a lot of stress away.

That I can agree with. All I'll say about that is that last year at this time Joey was unplayable and buried on the bench. So a bit early to write off those guys contributing on a March run. Especially Stewart who seems to be gaining Hurley's trust by the day, and feels like he's on the verge of breaking out offensively

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Three "kill shots," or scoring runs of 10+. This team is so close to being unstoppable.

Lots of credit to Nova in this one. It's basically impossible to win a game with multiple kill shots and they were close

 

[TheHorde]

Last year we shot 76%, so with our 20 FT attempts per game that we average that's an extra 0.6 points per game. If that's a significant difference to you then I don't really have anything else to say to you.

And our closing lineup of Newton, Diarra, Spencer, Castle, Karaban are 5 good to great FT shooters, which is really all that matters for the discussion

We are shooting about 3% worse from the line this year. There’s not much to complain about with a team ranked first that’s on a very nice winning streak. But I don’t envision blowing people out in the tournament the way we did last year. It’s my opinion. You can disagree with it. The numbers are what they are.

 

[87Xfer]

This is just blatantly not true. We missed 6 free throws and not a single one was the front end of a 1 and 1. Clingan and Johnson both had 0/2 trips on a shooting foul, and Newton/Castle both had a 1/2 trip

Everything posted from that account is crap

 

[DogMania]

Ball and Stewart gotta figure out how to contribute, our lack of depth could be the death of this team.

It's not easy when getting such infrequent minutes but it would be a huge plus if they can learn to make plays with what little they're given.

Ball began to play very well just before Castle returned when he was getting rotation minutes.

 

[Bomber36]

I may have that wrong. But we are shooting 72.8% from the line this year. That is blatantly true. I really really really hope that does not come back to bite us in a nail biter during the tournament. Villanova shot almost 83% tonight. That’s more along the lines of what the 2022-2023 UConn team brought.

But your original take about tonight was blatantly wrong.