Your favorite AK moment

[patrick]

Yeah the last 15 points
Cmon AK we need you

 

[TouchdownHusky]

AK's offensive rebound and assist which started the 30-0 run against Illinois...

AK's three pointer to give Newton his triple-double...

Yeah, last year opponents had 4 other players on the floor they had to account for. Karaban was #5 in the UConn rotation.

 

[deedougie]

It's pretty clear AK is a limited role player who is trying to do too much this year cause we don't have the same talent. Biggest disappointment of the year for me is his play but he is who he is.

 

[husky429]

Definitely not the momentum-killing bricked 3 when we had finally cut it to single-digits.

 

[Scoe]

I don’t even mind that miracle 3 because it would’ve been miracle to come back so it only made sense, Solo and Liam played worse then AK no one played except except maybe Reed and he had his bad sequences.

 

[superjohn]

I don’t even mind that miracle 3 because it would’ve been miracle to come back so it only made sense, Solo and Liam played worse then AK no one played except except maybe Reed and he had his bad sequences.

That shot was ridiculous. It was nice to see him finally make some threes but he played terribly.

 

[Scoe]

That shot was ridiculous. It was nice to see him finally make some threes but he played terribly.

Maybe don’t be down nearly 20 in the first place, so at that point it was like throwing a Hail Mary.

 

[blkknight1]

Definitely not the momentum-killing bricked 3 when we had finally cut it to single-digits.

Actually it was the turnover down 9 all the momentum. Gets a pass down low would have had a layup instead fumbles it out bounds

 

[HooperScooper]

What was with all the fumbles today? He must have done it 10 times. In the first half he fumbled the ball almost every time he touched it. I wonder if there is something physically wrong with him. What was the tape on his shoulder for? Is there an injury there we don't know about?

 

[Palatine]

His hands looked horrible today.

 

[deedougie]

Actually it was the turnover down 9 all the momentum. Gets a pass down low would have had a layup instead fumbles it out bounds

Turning point of the game unfortunately.

 

[aceboon]

Maybe don’t be down nearly 20 in the first place, so at that point it was like throwing a Hail Mary.

Well they were down 20 in part because he was once again a no show in a big game. He didn't start playing well until the game was out of hand.

 

[Scoe]

Well they were down 20 in part because he was once again a no show in a big game. He didn't start playing well until the game was out of hand.

Ya the turnovers are a much bigger deal, while he had the biggest blunders, McNeeley played worse overall.

 

[aceboon]

Ya the turnovers are a much bigger deal, while he had the biggest blunders, McNeeley played worse overall.

I just expect and expected more out of a 4th year junior who played the type of minutes he did his first 2 years. I guess I should have used his tournament play and bad stretches last season as a sign of things to come and not had high hopes.

 

[king conn]

This is a guy that played like a Jr. when he was a freshman

Now he's a Jr playing like a freshman. What an enigma.

 

[LBird33]

I feel bad for AK.

 

[Hankster]

Hopefully still to come. Waiting for the shot to come back when we need it most

I believe also, but I am afraid it is moot.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

40 foot jumper today when we tons of momentum with 25 seconds in the shot clock

 

[jibsey]

Actually it was the turnover down 9 all the momentum. Gets a pass down low would have had a layup instead fumbles it out bounds

I feel like that was a killer because they scored 2 quick baskets off that in a row.

 

[HooperScooper]

“I’ve always been hard on myself, but more so now as the leader of the team and someone the team relies on a lot,” Karaban said. “I put that burden on myself. I need to play better, and it’s just who I am as a person. I mean, I made a lot of mistakes. As a junior and a player with this much experience I made so many mistakes today. It cost us the game.”

Dom Amore: A study in accountability, Alex Karaban puts another UConn loss on himself

Alex Karaban’s third season at UConn has not gone as he had planned, but he has never shied from accountability. It was no different after the Huskies lost to St. John’s.

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A study in accountability, Alex Karaban puts another UConn loss on himself

 

[Deepster]

Pre Concussion, he was shooting 50.7%, 59.1% from 2, 46.8% from 3, averaging 15.8 ppg
Post Concussion, he is shooting 40.8%, 53.3% from 2, 28.3% from 3, averaging 13.6 ppg
Pre Concussion, he had 1 game in single digits out of 7 games (14%), since the concussion, he's had 6 games in single digits out of 18 (33%).

Looking at the Nova game where he missed the 2 FT's, he was shooting 81.4% before and 81.8% since. No impact.

In the last 10 games, the team is 5-5. In the previous 15 games, they were 11-4 with cupcakes and the 3 losses in Maui.
In the last 10 games, he has had 2 three's or more only 2 times. Less than 2 three's 8 times and 0 three's in 5 of the 10 games.
In the first 15 games, he was 43/100 from 3 (43%) and in the last 10, he's 9/53 (17%) including 3 of 6 last night.

Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
25 Games	25	903	121	280	43.2%	69	127	54.3%	52	153	34.0%	62	76	81.6%	42	85	127	76	14	42	35	49	356
Pre Concussion	7		35	69	50.7%	13	22	59.1%	22	47	46.8%	19	23	82.6%	9	20	29	23	3	14	7	14	15.86
Post Concussion	18		86	211	40.8%	56	105	53.3%	30	106	28.3%	43	53	81.1%	33	65	98	53	11	28	28	35	13.61
Pre Villanova												35	43	81.4%
Post Villanova												27	33	81.8%

 

[aceboon]

pre-concussion UConn played 1 legit team in Memphis, Colorado isn't even any good and AK played awful against them before he got concussed against Dayton

 

[Palatine]

Six turnovers for Alex. That is way too many for a secondary ball handler. Take out those and we had the same number of TOs as St John - 11.

 

[superjohn]

Pre Concussion, he was shooting 50.7%, 59.1% from 2, 46.8% from 3, averaging 15.8 ppg
Post Concussion, he is shooting 40.8%, 53.3% from 2, 28.3% from 3, averaging 13.6 ppg
Pre Concussion, he had 1 game in single digits out of 7 games (14%), since the concussion, he's had 6 games in single digits out of 18 (33%).

Looking at the Nova game where he missed the 2 FT's, he was shooting 81.4% before and 81.8% since. No impact.

In the last 10 games, the team is 5-5. In the previous 15 games, they were 11-4 with cupcakes and the 3 losses in Maui.
In the last 10 games, he has had 2 three's or more only 2 times. Less than 2 three's 8 times and 0 three's in 5 of the 10 games.
In the first 15 games, he was 43/100 from 3 (43%) and in the last 10, he's 9/53 (17%) including 3 of 6 last night.

Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
25 Games	25	903	121	280	43.2%	69	127	54.3%	52	153	34.0%	62	76	81.6%	42	85	127	76	14	42	35	49	356
Pre Concussion	7		35	69	50.7%	13	22	59.1%	22	47	46.8%	19	23	82.6%	9	20	29	23	3	14	7	14	15.86
Post Concussion	18		86	211	40.8%	56	105	53.3%	30	106	28.3%	43	53	81.1%	33	65	98	53	11	28	28	35	13.61
Pre Villanova												35	43	81.4%
Post Villanova												27	33	81.8%

Pre concussion he played 4 terrible cupcake teams, a good Memphis team, a horrible Colorado team, and a weak Dayton team. His 10 games post concussion AK was 57-125 for 46% field goals and 23-62 37% three pointers for 16 points per game.

 

[Chin Diesel]

What was with all the fumbles today? He must have done it 10 times. In the first half he fumbled the ball almost every time he touched it. I wonder if there is something physically wrong with him. What was the tape on his shoulder for? Is there an injury there we don't know about?

SJU forces you to play at a pace faster than you are accustomed to playing. Either you adapt or you play hurried and rushed- bobble passes, fumble, miss rebounds, etc.

 

[Deepster]

Pre concussion he played 4 terrible cupcake teams, a good Memphis team, a horrible Colorado team, and a weak Dayton team. His 10 games post concussion AK was 57-125 for 46% field goals and 23-62 37% three pointers for 16 points per game.

Agreed. I wonder though how much shooting is just shooting no matter who the opponent is.

Said differently, a wide open 3 is a wide open 3.

 

[RuffRuff]

Agreed. I wonder though how much shooting is just shooting no matter who the opponent is.

Said differently, a wide open 3 is a wide open 3.

Go look at his numbers last year and who he stacked all his big games against in the BE.

He’s a set and shoot guy, needs time to uncork his shot.

His numbers swing steeply from bad teams to good.

 

[HooperScooper]

Hurley must have read this thread. Watch his reaction in his Georgetown pregame media availability to Karaban getting criticized by fans. I've started the video on that part.