Villanova Post Game Thread

[Palatine]

Stunning. You gotta make your foul shots.

 

[SportsFan88]

All ima say is ball don’t lie, can’t even be mad Alex brick them 2 free throws cause he ain’t get fouled in the first place

 

[Jhuskie89]

wow

 

[Jmark212]

That was one of the worst 1 minute segments I’ve ever seen from a player in 50+ years. Karaban better flush that from his memory quick.

 

[HailUConn]

With Liam, we win by 10+ pts.
AK is a system player, keep chin up, he will bounce back, GD, he is 2-time champ.

Bright spot is Jaylin. He belongs in the starting lineup, build him up.

 

[TheHorde]

The positives are that Stewart shined and Ball shook off a sluggish first half to have a very good second half. We turned the ball over a lot in the first half, which put us in a hole.

 

[UKemba15]

Onward and upward.

 

[UCan3]

Everybody loves Alex but he's got to give us more for us to win in this league

I was more upset with Alex’s last 2 drives to the hoop than the free throws… He was lucky to get to the line - that was a terrible offensive play.

 

[50cPitchers]

yikes

 

[HCCForever]

Tough ending. Should have ended better. UConn certainly had their chances to win. On to the next game.

 

[JMick]

Big east road loss. It happens. But this team doesn't really have a guy to go to in crunch time.

 

[husky429]

On the road. Good team. No McNeeley. We're okay.

That being said... we shot ourselves in foot giving up 40% from deep and with little mistakes at the rim.

Those free throws are going to overshadow a phenomenal performance by Stewart. He stepped up BIG TIME in his first start.

We don't have enough shot creation with McNeeley since Mahaney is in a different role. Without McNeeley we're reeling.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Tough night for Karaban. Three plays drawn up for him to win the game. Should have been Solo's shot. Stew and Solo were great tonight. On to the next game.

 

[superjohn]

You win and lose together and all that but AK lost us that game. With all the accolades there's an expectation and he ghosts way too much. You can't just be a connector who launches 30 footers with all that hype.

Spoils an incredible second half offensive performance from Solo. The shooting is awesome but he's showing so much more lately. I'm so happy with Solo's play.

 

[Kitaman]

Very good road game. No excuses, had our chances. We just lost couldn't win.

No cause for concern.

 

[jibsey]

It’s not an upset, without Liam and at Nova, though they call it one because they are unranked. It just isn’t.

 

[aceboon]

even before the missed FTs Alex has got to make his presence felt more without Liam, he's way too comfortable just floating in the background

 

[ec33]

The clutch guys came up unclutch down the stretch. Road games in the Big East without your best player are tough under those kinds of circumstances.

Great to see Stewart break out a bit and for Ball to step it up.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Nova tried to hand us that game and we regifted it back to them.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

With Liam, we win by 10+ pts.
AK is a system player, keep chin up, he will bounce back, GD, he is 2-time champ.

Bright spot is Jaylin. He belongs in the starting lineup, build him up.

Yup Liam is the difference. We’ll be lucky to go .500 while he’s out. Cruel fate that a loose ball in a blowout against DePaul derailed our season.

 

[UCfor3]

Love Alex but have to stop going to him at end of games and shot clocks. He's better in flow of offense off ball. Just not a go get it scorer off bounce. Wanted Solo, Reed or Jaylin and in what seemed like 6 chances, none of them had one. Keep thinking of the open 3 Hass turned down. Would have been best look. Early, but best. Just shot ball horribly in first half. Whole team outside of Stewart and the bigs were abysmal in first half. Not AK's game. He will rebound and so will we. Now let this fuel us and crush Cooley and GTown.

 

[superjohn]

Big east road loss. It happens. But this team doesn't really have a guy to go to in crunch time.

I think we have a couple. We had three cracks at it, we just went to the wrong guy on two of them.

 

[Candyman]

Tough night for Karaban. Three plays drawn up for him to win the game. Should have been Solo's shot. Stew and Solo were great tonight. On to the next game.

he’s not that guy to create. He s pick and pop, slip to rim player. Can’t believe we went to him both times.

 

[jibsey]

Big east road loss. It happens. But this team doesn't really have a guy to go to in crunch time.

Liam in crunch time.

 

[Candyman]

Very good road game. No excuses, had our chances. We just lost couldn't win.

No cause for concern.

If you watching UConn last two games it’s a cause for concern. That team was 178 in Kenpom D and we struggled.