Xavier Post Game Thread

[Excalibur]

The only bright spot: Solo really carried this team for most of the game.

I'm curious why Danny did not use 2 bigs when we were down by 2, 72-74? does that not give us more rebounds and put backs?

X extended their lead when we went with the two bigs.

Solo carried us for a good portion of the first half, but he missed everything he put in the air in the second half

 

[HooperScooper]

Johnson seems to get better every game and Mahaney played well.

Mahaney did give them a lift. That was nice to see. But on the negative side all 3 of those turnovers were brutal. How many times do you see a carry called these days?

 

[Leebo]

I'm telling you, between Ross and Stewart, there are minutes for Abramam. He can play and contribute.

I have a hard time believing anyone who isn't cracking the lineup in the current situation is going to look any better

 

[REB1094]

Shoutout Mahaney, Diarra, Samson, and Solo even though he was ice cold down the stretch. They came to play today

Stewart, Ross, Nowell, and Karaban were all extreme negatives but the top 4 kept us in it

So I’ve come to terms that we’re somewhere in the 25-40 range without Liam. How much does he lift us, and how much better does everyone else get when he’s back? Only time will tell

There’s a “get right” game on Wednesday, and then the fun starts. Let’s go huskies

 

[FearThePups]

I thought they would be deeper behind McNeeley at the wing spots, both Stewart and Ross can't give you nothing burgers at the wing. Amazing they still even had a chance to win this game with Karaban/Stewart/Ross being that bad.

Maybe time to let Abraham play.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Too many no shows. Ross, Stewart, Reed combined for 5 points.

Ah you need to put Alex in that group

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Mahaney did give them a lift. That was nice to see. But on the negative side all 3 of those turnovers were brutal. How many times do you see a carry called these days?

In fairness to him that was an absolutely ridiculous call. You can make that call on every possession of every game.

 

[Milo65]

Don’t matter Ross had an open look for a pull up but continued to drive. Has to get shot up for a chance.

Why is Ross out there for an offensive set? He brings nothing offensively, nothing!

 

[How Sway?!]

I'm telling you, between Ross and Stewart, there are minutes for Abramam. He can play and contribute.

People were saying the same regarding Stew and Nowell early in the year. If someone is not playing it's clearly because they are not ready.

 

[Excalibur]

We always play hard which is nice but there's just glaring holes on this team and they are badly exposed with no McNeeley. Fingers crossed he comes back somewhat soon or this will be a lost season. We're not getting close to enough from AK in Mc's absence and there's some guys on this team who aren't giving us anything in a lot of these games.

Not having someone that can get a shot for himself kills us at the end of close games.

It’s pretty clear to me that Alex is nowhere near 100%. His lateral movement looks really labored.

 

[nychuskyfan]

Based on what? I just don’t get it. He’s as bad as Solo defensively and he has more zero point games than double figure games. Why does everyone think he is so much more productive than he actually is? I just don’t get it.

He was a former top 50 recruit, plus athlete, shooting 50% for his career and has shown some flashes. It’s also called not over-reacting after a god awful game by him.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Ah you need to put Alex in that group

We have a pre-season All American who’s been a ghost more often than not and we’ve got people talking about “Mahaney doesn’t belong in a UConn uniform.”

 

[FearThePups]

We will not beat Marquette or St Johns. Karaban and Ya’ll can defend him all you want was awful today. Got out played by Jerome Hunter. Hummel said that runner is Karabans shot. He missed his last 9-10 runners.

Alex is the one struggling the most with Liam out.

 

[444JR]

Too many no shows. Ross, Stewart, Reed combined for 5 points.

Stewart iced by Hurley once again. How many points can the guy put up from the bench? Not that he played great while he was in because he didn’t..

Ross’ lack of situational awareness is staggering. The game has yet to slow down for him.

 

[Candyman]

Another game we win with McNeeley. The sky is not exactly falling.

Sidenote, some of victory laps you guys are taking after a road loss is really truly weird.

Except he’s not coming back for a couple weeks.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

In fairness to him that was an absolutely ridiculous call. You can make that call on every possession of every game.

He caught it on his hip, in real time I thought it was a definite carry, different from carries they usually don’t call.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

We don’t deserve to be ranked. Hopefully this is a wake up call for Hurley, the self-proclaimed, “Best coach in basketball”. Do Better !!

 

[BlueWolf25]

Going into this year people raved about depth. We’re actually not deep at all. Zero consistency from the bench.

It was a deep team on paper, hasn’t panned out that way. Reed, Ross, Stewart, Mahaney, even Karaban are all underperforming against expectations. Team is just so inconsistent and they can’t afford guys having an off night during McNeeley’s absence

 

[geohusky]

The last time out hurt, we had the rebound and were in the flow of the game the time out had us come back with a short clock and we struggle at times to get the ball in
we may not have scored but that timeout hurt

 

[HooperScooper]

They both should go. Not only have they not stepped forward, they have regressed.

Hurley gambled heavily on the sophomores making a big leap instead of getting help in the portal (they had another scholarship in their pocket) and he's getting burned for it. Plus the miss on evaluating Mahaney. Then McNeeley is out a month plus. As much as everything went right last season, everything is seeming to be going against them this season so far.

 

[uconngb]

We have no idea if that's the case. We were clamoring for Ahmad and he looks out of place out there.

But it literally can’t be worse. We get NOTHING out of Ross and Stewart. It’s impossible to get less than nothing.

Why Ross sees the floor at all is just mind boggling.

 

[Excalibur]

Stewart iced by Hurley once again. How many points can the guy put up from the bench? Not that he played great while he was in because he didn’t..

Ross’ lack of situational awareness is staggering. The game has yet to slow down for him.

Stewart was the worst player on the floor by a wide margin when he was in.

 

[Kitaman]

Would love to have the victory and not waste Mahaney's breakout performance. I saw something in the way they responded to Xavier's continual punches on the road.

They didn't quit and even could have won it even with AK on the bench at the end. This is clearly a March built team especially with Liam being out. We're getting closer to our Tourney readiness.

Just saying this team is good without McNeeley, that's one good thing confirmed tonight. We're going to be just fine, I saw Championship players tonight, the Championship plays are coming soon. It's close!