Saint John's Post Game Thread

[gsmooth]

Defense was definitely spotty at times but that was ridiculous shot making by St Johns, college dudes hitting that many pull up jumpers not normal

Johnnies are very good in mid range
It is why they gave Creighton so much trouble this year.

 

[auror]

We comfortably beat a team that made double digit 3s at 45% clip. Was never in doubt.

63% on 2s ad 50% on 3s for us.

 

[REB1094]

Tristen Newton with a BE POY performance. Cam with an efficient 20 and 9 assists. Karaban with 14 on 50/50/100. Diarra double digits, Clingan 4 blocks, Jaylin Stewart best game of his career. And we only won by 5.

Why? Because Daniss Jenkins went crazy, Dingle got hot, and UConn and St Johns just gave us a HELL of a basketball game. This is going to be the marquee rivalry of the new BE until Pitino or Hurley leaves. Give me this twice a year in the Garden PLEASE

Don’t kill me here, but I actually don’t hate that the refs were way too tight early and then loosened up as the game went on. Normally I have the opposite stance, but that place was a powder keg and they didn’t lose control. It led to some bad calls and some bad missed calls, but it was still a GREAT game

Neither Clingan or Soriano could show their full game, but it’s funny to see how much better Clingan is as a sophomore. Soriano looked really uncomfortable out there

Let’s win this thing tomorrow!

 

[controlfade]

Cam's passing is special, dude puts just enough air on the ball while still delivering pinpoint passes on those lobs to make it easy for the bigs to catch

Sucks that we only get 1 year of him, kid is just been awesome for us!

 

[storrsroars]

That was fun to watch. It's simply impressive how many different ways this team can win.

 

[gsmooth]

Hope Newton is ok, he was shaking out that hand again and didn't shoot much after that

Ice and pain killers. I just don't want it to get worse

 

[Jaydumo20]

Will remember this game for j stew especially

 

[superjohn]

Pitino does it again, first year and he gets them in the tournament and nobody is going to want to play them.

 

[tzznandrew]

Hope Newton is ok, he was shaking out that hand again and didn't shoot much after that

He was also just getting absolutely mauled the whole game. Seems like he has to be fouled three times before the refs give him something sometimes.

 

[7774]

St John’s clutching and grabbing us the entire 2nd half and we’re still not in the bonus when they intentionally foul us with 30 seconds left. Always good for a laugh.

 

[Dibbie]

Don’t know why, but I’m still upset on that last foul call on AK. Shooter jumped into him. If it mattered it is doubly gross call

 

[tzznandrew]

A close loss on a neutral court to a top team is not a terrible outcome for a bubble team.

St. Johns played great and UConn played good enough. Survive and advance.

And the NET is treating it as a road game. Even better.

 

[Scoe]

You have to overcome adversity in March. Horrid officiating when you have both coaches pick up techs within minutes then you suck. Give St John’s credit they are definetly a tournament team very tough to beat a team 3 times especially against Pitino.

Clingan didn’t have a good game when he’s in foul trouble it does affect his decision making sometimes, but he does tend to rebound the next game expect him to take out his anger tomorrow night. Cam as always coming up with the big plays, Karaban with clutch plays in 2nd half, Castle stepped up in 2nd half he has hands of an NFL wr the way he gets balls in traffic, who would you trust more then Diarra in these high intense games off the bench. Sampson continuing to improve. Stewart played very well.

 

[Kolumbo]

Tristen Newton with a BE POY performance. Cam with an efficient 20 and 9 assists. Karaban with 14 on 50/50/100. Diarra double digits, Clingan 4 blocks, Jaylin Stewart best game of his career. And we only won by 5.

Why? Because Daniss Jenkins went crazy, Dingle got hot, and UConn and St Johns just gave us a HELL of a basketball game. This is going to be the marquee rivalry of the new BE until Pitino or Hurley leaves. Give me this twice a year in the Garden PLEASE

Don’t kill me here, but I actually don’t hate that the refs were way too tight early and then loosened up as the game went on. Normally I have the opposite stance, but that place was a powder keg and they didn’t lose control. It led to some bad calls and some bad missed calls, but it was still a GREAT game

Neither Clingan or Soriano could show their full game, but it’s funny to see how much better Clingan is as a sophomore. Soriano looked really uncomfortable out there

Let’s win this thing tomorrow!

When the refs are too tight early, I don't get to watch Clingan play. That's bad for the game and for UConn. It's more fun when we don't have to hear a whistle on every possession.

UConn's D was off but I think they had to play soft because of the early foul calls.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

I choose to think we just found another way to win. We had to win a track meet and did. Might need that against Bama or Kentucky.

 

[SLY63]

1. It seemed like whenever we needed a basket, either Newton got one or Cam sored, assisted or rebounded for us..
2. Samson and Stewart were a combined 7 for 7
3. Castle led the team in rebounds and only played about half the game.
4. DC really struggled with the pace.
5. Diarra was solid (again)
6. We really can't give up 17 more shots to an opponent like tonight

 

[Palatine]

We're highly unlikely to lose when we score 95 points.

The only thing that kept them close was rebounding where they had 3 more than us. Make that 4.

 

[bluestreak]

Hope Newton is ok, he was shaking out that hand again and didn't shoot much after that

Ya, he was in some pain there. Held his left arm by his side for at least 3-4 plays. Shaking his hand. Maybe a stinger? Hope he's 100 percent tomorrow.

 

[UCan3]

Well, it was a home game for St Johns, and they were never seriously in that game in 2nd half.

They put up a valiant fight but no reason to read negatives into the game - we won, they lost. St. John’s was on a hot streak and we helped them learn they have a ways to go to have a chance to make a deep tourney run.

Next game, please.

 

[Kolumbo]

22/24 From the Stripe!!!

 

[Brochacho]

When the refs are too tight early, I don't get to watch Clingan play. That's bad for the game and for UConn. It's more fun when we don't have to hear a whistle on every possession.

UConn's D was off but I think they had to play soft because of the early foul calls.

Clingan's fouls weren't the refs fault. The second foul was him being a complete bozo and the third was unnecessary.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

St John’s clutching and grabbing us the entire 2nd half and we’re still not in the bonus when they intentionally foul us with 30 seconds left. Always good for a laugh.

What bothered me most was all the shoving they were getting away with under the basket every time a shot went up.

 

[UCan3]

He was also just getting absolutely mauled the whole game. Seems like he has to be fouled three times before the refs give him something sometimes.

LOL, that’s what I’ve always said about Newton. He gets every third foul called when he goes in the lane.

 

[UCan3]

Clingan's fouls weren't the refs fault. The second foul was him being a complete bozo and the third was unnecessary.

Clingan had a tough night.

 

[jojipoji]

Did you guys see DC limping?! Hope he’s good