Villanova Post Game Thread

[uconnever]

Probably the loudest I’ve heard Gampel through the television.

 

[Scoe]

I have to admit all the talk of “generational” level talent with Clark becomes annoying. She’s special but if any of Taurasi, Moore, Stewart and Bueckers averaged 30-34 shots a game they would have easily had the same numbers scoring. They didn’t have to because their “teams” were full of really good players. Not to take away from her but she’s not a better basketball player than Taurasi and never will be.

On the Maravich take, imagine a 3 point line but also imagine with his ability the advantage the players have these days with the “carry” for an extra 1-2 steps on some dribbles? Watch his videos his hand is always on top of the ball when handling it while today guys continuously dribble with a legal “carry” or palm which was called consistently back in the day. Pete was special with the rock!

Clark is getting the Ohtani treatment from the media, where general sports media and fans let their feelings override reality.

Championships do matter, Iowa lost the championship game to a lower seeded LSU team, they were not a jauggernaut, Clark wasn’t good in the championship game. It doesn’t take anything away from her but she Isn’t Stewie, Moore or Taurasi.

 

[Scoe]

*Breanna, four nattys and so easily overlooked.

Ya it really is pathetic, Stewie lost 4 games in her career 3 as a freshman, 3 in OT and only regulation lost was to Griner’s Baylor team.

 

[REB1094]

Thank you Cam Spencer thank you Cam Spencer thank you Cam Spencer thank you Cam Spencer thank you Cam Spencer thank you Cam Spencer.

16 rebounds is insane for a PG but not even the highlight of Newton’s night. 4 “career” triple doubles at UConn, in 2 years. AK ice cold all night but he hit it when his guy needed him to

Targeting Clingan to get him in foul trouble is a good idea, but only when it works. Dixon had 20, but needed 19 shots to get there

Great win!

 

[OceanDoggie]

Castle has entered Ricky Moore territory. He just gets better and better.

He definitely has the focus down. This kid's face was locked in all game. It was like he knew the assignment and offense was secondary.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I could have said the same thing after almost every game this season, but last night showed why this team is one of the few great teams this season:

Any of UConn's starters can score double-digits and all are above average defenders.

 

[Pmac923]

A+ games from spencer and newton but a B game overall. marquette and PC arent going to shoot 3/24 from behind the arc. Karaban is now 5/24 in his last 3 games. if his shot isnt falling on a given night we need to pound it inside to clingan. can't just rely on our backcourt.

Sometimes I don’t understand the takes on here. Whenever you play a team like Villanova and beat them by 24 pts it qualifies as an A grade. It’s a make miss sport. We’ve set an unreasonable standard if we think we’re gonna shoot 50% from 3s every game and win by 30+ every night. This game has no bearing on the next game performance by our guys or our opponent.

 

[husky8273]

not sure if it was Jackson or Johnson who repeatedly responded when one of our 3 pt shots missed badly "Brick!"

 

[Edward Sargent]

I have to admit all the talk of “generational” level talent with Clark becomes annoying. She’s special but if any of Taurasi, Moore, Stewart and Bueckers averaged 30-34 shots a game they would have easily had the same numbers scoring. They didn’t have to because their “teams” were full of really good players. Not to take away from her but she’s not a better basketball player than Taurasi and never will be.

On the Maravich take, imagine a 3 point line but also imagine with his ability the advantage the players have these days with the “carry” for an extra 1-2 steps on some dribbles? Watch his videos his hand is always on top of the ball when handling it while today guys continuously dribble with a legal “carry” or palm which was called consistently back in the day. Pete was special with the rock!

And Maravich did it with a heart defect

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I forgot to mention Castle, I think he's an even better defensive player than Jackson was.

Both are excellent defenders.

Jackson is a defensive playmaker. More of the turnovers he caused led to offensive transition, especially led by himself, to highlight plays.

Castle is more of a silent killer. He still generates turnovers at a similar rate to Jackson (see below), but Castle seems to have more of an impact matching up on an opponent's top guy, nullifying their impact.

In summary, while different players, Castle's hard work and adjustment has steadily streamlined the transition of the small forward position from Jackson to Castle. Rarely do I love UConn's freshmen, but Castle has been amazing in the second half this season and he's up there on the list of my favorite Huskies.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Haven’t watched the game yet looking forward to this afternoon. Was Castle on Justin Moore? I just looked at the boxscore and was wondering what happened to him

 

[mauconnfan]

not sure if it was Jackson or Johnson who repeatedly responded when one of our 3 pt shots missed badly "Brick!"

Heard that and I believe it was Gus. One of Castles that missed right without rim stood out to be Gus.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

AK’s shot was off all night except when it was needed most.

A buddy of mine and frequent lurker on the Boneyard (what's up Trip!) is concerned about Karaban, but although he's struggled over the last three games, I'm not worried.

Why? His shooting form is still excellent and his mindset is Jeter-esque: never too high or too low.

Personally, I see Karaban having a big game on the perimeter against Seton Hall. Seton Hall's aggressive interior defense will allow for a ton of kick-out opportunities for Karaban (six attempts in the first matchup, and Seton Hall is in the 88th percentile of 3PA/FGA ratio, so they allow plenty of perimeter opportunities).

 

[Matt1010]

Can Diarra return next season? The 5th year eligibility stuff is always confusing.

 

[Dibbie]

Heard that and I believe it was Gus. One of Castles that missed right without rim stood out to be Gus.

Also said it on an AK miss

 

[freescooter]

Also said it on an AK miss

#1 team in the country and we consistently get C-list announcers. Gus was embarrassingly bad. Not sure he even knew there was a game going on at times. And while it was great seeing Rip, they missed action to talk to him. Fox is really pretty awful outside Rafferty.

 

[phillionaire]

#1 team in the country and we consistently get C-list announcers. Gus was embarrassingly bad. Not sure he even knew there was a game going on at times. And while it was great seeing Rip, they missed action to talk to him. Fox is really pretty awful outside Rafferty.

Are you always this miserable or did someone pee in your cornflakes this morning

 

[Samoo]

This is what I wanted to post:
Hopefully, this year TNewton get individual awards and another natty and NBA bound.

I know that’s asking a lot but I will trade my left nut for all that to happen, could not happen to a nice guy!

Only the left one? Definition of casual...

 

[Sibeerian]

Diarra sure makes some pretty layups.

 

[brihman]

Are you always this miserable or did someone pee in your cornflakes this morning

For real Gus is a national treasure! I love that guy on the call

 

[HuskyHawk]

Now the difficult part for us waiting 7 days for the next game.

The really hard thing is how late the tournaments are this year. It kind of sucks.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Who cares, it's his opinion of who HE'S watched

Well he’s watched our team and all of our guys are more exciting than her. Andrew Hurley would probably steal her lunch money.

 

[AdamaNation]

Tristen with 16 rebounds is insane, that's totally nuts from a college point guard. Nice to see AK finally knock it down to get Tristen the triple double. These guys love seeing one another succeed more than themselves succeeding. It makes for a special team.

We didn't even play well and won by 24, it shows how good we are and how bad Nova is. Nova really needs to fire Neptune, he has no clue what he's doing.

Cam made all the scoring plays when we were struggling. Any opposing coach should have him as their #1 priority to stop heading into a game.

AK needs to snap out of it on offense. He played some good smart post D though.

We need Clingan out of foul trouble like tonight.

Its remarkable how much Hass has improved since last season.

Gus Johnson constantly talking about live odds/gambling during the game was gross.

It seems the beauty of our offense has been figured out as it regards our slips to the rim that Alex and can have masters. Thankfully it took all season for the league to stimulate that. Wrinkle in our game. Alex isn’t getting cuts he had as if late. I think it’s more an adjustment from our opponents. We will absolutely dominate when BE is over.

 

[freescooter]

For real Gus is a national treasure! I love that guy on the call

Maybe in the past, but he was terrible last night. Just awful. Lost track of the game. Kept repeating the brick call. How come only UConn had bricks, by the way? Discussing the replay while showing a different replay.Luckily Jackson bailed him out. Giving out betting line on Newton. Come on. Guy was an embarrassment. Jackson is solid and bailed out his nonsense several times. And not to mention the Caitlin Clark nonsense. Fox has her game I guess so he needed to pump it, but come on.

 

[navery12]

Well he’s watched our team and all of our guys are more exciting than her. Andrew Hurley would probably steal her lunch money.

Come on, this is just a beyond stupid take. The Caitlin Clark hype is out of control but this is just not remotely true

 

[Dove]

Probably the loudest I’ve heard Gampel through the television.

There is a power tweeter in the UConn Twitterverse who could not rail against Gampel and the crowd enough. Was totally off his game. I think he was drunk. And I think he travelled from far away to attend.

BigLArryForearm

 

[Dove]

*Breanna, four nattys and so easily overlooked.

Did UConn lose more than 5 games during her time here?

 

[Dove]

Also said it on an AK miss

Azzhat said it when the ball was in the air. C'mon, man.

 

[Icehawk]

I said Tristen was a due a 4th and Karaban, clutch boy, delivered. Was really nice to see Alex hit that one after his shooting struggles, he rarely misses the high pressure ones.

I agree, pretty lame for Nova to press/foul with 2mins left and down what like 16+? Glad we stomped them into the dust.

Look I love Jackson, what heart, but Castle is clearly an upgrade. Not sure how it can be argued otherwise really since Jackson was hard pressed to make a bucket of any kind and I think elsewhere it's pretty much a wash.

Gampel was loud on TV and the white out looked pretty good too. UConn represents.

 

[microfich]

Well he’s watched our team and all of our guys are more exciting than her. Andrew Hurley would probably steal her lunch money.

Come on, this is just a beyond stupid take. The Caitlin Clark hype is out of control but this is just not remotely true

It is absolutely true. The women's game is practically a different sport bringing its own attraction. Caitlin Clark is an elite player there.
Andrew Hurley is faster, can dunk the ball, would shoot over and run past Clark easily and make her take all 35 foot threes. She can't make 'em all, lol.
Gus got a bit carried away.