Your favorite AK moment

[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.

 

[CheshireCat]

When he committed to UConn

And when he said he's coming back this year

Love you Alex, I believe, we're in this together

Coming back apparently because it was a better deal than a low-end international program.

 

[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.