St. John Post Game Thread

[Huskyforlife]

Positive momentum. Keep getting healthy and back to practice. We know this team will struggle to close, the key is surviving.

 

[upstater]

I really think it's just lack of concentration. 3x I saw good things happen for them, they could have put the hammer down, and instead they just relaxed and lost concentration.

For instance, the guy who stepped on the line on the inbounds play late. We get the ball, do nothing, and settle for a bad 3. That kind of thing happened 3x in the last 7 minutes.

Basically losing concentration on a possession is just asking for it.

But I'm happy they won and settled in on defense in the OT.

This will help with their confidence.

A little lucky too on Tyrese's shot.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This seems to be the script when we play St. Johns. They never quit. Well coached team that always seems to make runs on us.

Anderson’s teams were the same at Missouri and Arkansas. Never ever an easy game.

 

[uconngb]

Great gutsy win

No business getting to OT down 1 w/ 4 seconds left

Great call by Hurley at the end of regulation

Did you mean no business going to OT up 10 with 7 minutes to go??

 

[AntG168]

Positive momentum. Keep getting healthy and back to practice. We know this team will struggle to close, the key is surviving.

I think the key is making sure the game isn’t that close lmao

 

[RichCTBB]

It was nice to get through OT without foul trouble being an issue

 

[nadavtheman]

Averted disaster (Quad 3 loss). We won, that's all that matters.

 

[elmcityboy]

The lineup at the 13’ mark was atrocious. Called a timeout and trotted them back out. I think we had a double-digit lead before the coaching malfeasance.

that same lineup was great in the first half (remember the polley 3, gaff 2, hawk 3 sequence?) and hurley called the TO when they were terrible in the second half. can't blame this fiasco on that lineup.

 

[CL82]

Man two really intense games in a row. This league is so tough. It reminds me of the old Big East. I have to feel like our teams are going to be prepared going into the NCAA tournament.

 

[gsmooth]

This seems to be the script when we play St. Johns. They never quit. Well coached team that always seems to make runs on us.

I bookmaraked the 13 min mark in the 2nd half when UCon was up 13 and RJ had to go to the bench with 3 fouls. That is when SJU stemmed the tide and started cutting the deficit albeit slowl. UConn had a lot wasted possessions

 

[Palatine]

It's a miracle. When the Champagnie hit that shot -- it was over. Another blown lead. Disbelief that we blew the lead. Disbelief that we won. It is a freakin' miracle.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Ended up not mattering but I have no idea what the clock operator was doing in the 2nd half. Ran an extra 7 seconds off the clock after Wheeler's 3 with 1:01 left

Is the clock supposed to stop there when it gets down to 1 minute? Or because it went through on the "plus side" of 1 minute does the clock just keep running?

 

[auror]

In the last 5:15...

They made 5 of 6 3's to end regulation. Pretty much all contested.

Cole missed a couple shots, we had a couple dumb turnovers, and we went to the line 4 times and went 1/2 each time.

100% execution.

 

[elmcityboy]

a win is a win, i guess. sanogo was a monster.

champagnie is the real deal, too. the rip-through mid-range and-one is nba stuff. the three over cole was insane.

 

[Hi-Low]

We have a 7 man team

 

[Mister P]

That was almost a bad loss. But instead its a good win. We have to figure out how to close teams out, it’s infuriating. That Champagne shot was incredible, not much you can do about that. The fact they were even within one was the issue. I’m happy we won, a win is a win. We have an incredibly soft part of our BE schedule coming up. We need to roll

That was a clutch shot by Champagnie.
But I wondered why Cole was on him giving up 7”-8”. There must have been a defensive switch that I didnt see.

 

[Austin316]

Win by 1 or win by 50… a win is a win and I’ll take a win in the big east any day of the year

 

[Hurleyman216]

I bookmaraked the 13 min mark in the 2nd half when UCon was up 13 and RJ had to go to the bench with 3 fouls. That is when SJU stemmed the tide and started cutting the deficit albeit slowl. UConn had a lot wasted possessions

You should have used a better book mark because we were only up 9 when Cole went out

 

[Conndog]

Just a weird, weird game! we were lucky to win after blowing a lead all game long. It isn't not closing so much (which is happening) tonight, we just don't know how to take a lead and put the other team away. UConn was always up 5 or 7 or even on occasion a little higher. Then, they relaxed, threw the ball away trying to do too much or too fancy. UConn would do well to figure out how to avoid having to close out at the end.
And thank God for Sanogo. That was one of the all-time great UConn performances!

 

[HobokenHusky]

Pros:
They won a close game - builds confidence.

Cons:
The game should have never been that close - I can feel the tension through the tv when the lead gets within 8 under 2 minutes. Absolutely terrified to make a mistake.

They won in crunch time through sheer attrition and mistakes by St Johns - maybe it’s because we have been spoiled with guards with brass stones throughout the years, but can anyone come up with that clutch shot on our side? Telling that our coach went with the “get fouled” play with 3 seconds left instead of “get our guy the ball to bring it home” play.

On to the next.

 

[karstenkibbe]

that same lineup was great in the first half (remember the polley 3, gaff 2, hawk 3 sequence?) and hurley called the TO when they were terrible in the second half. can't blame this fiasco on that lineup.

This. We also could have and should have been up 16-20 in the first half, if not for some ridiculous turnovers. I’m thrilled with the win, but this team will provide us with a healthy dose of nailbiters the rest of the way.

 

[nadavtheman]

Turnovers killing us, 18 Saturday and 15 tonight

 

[UC1995]

Sure feels better to win going into another long break before games.

Turnovers are our issues when we are up. We get sloppy. We also suck at free throws after tv timeouts. I hate the rule of going to a timeout before we shoot free throws. Total momentum killer.
We always seem to let them score after a timeout.

Overall we played a good game, just not a consistently good game.

 

[UconnU]

Good: Good momentum builder. Sanogo is an absolute beast. Looks way more athletic than last year. Our interior defense is elite. Teams can barely get shots off inside. RJ’s stability.

Bad: Free throw shooting needs to improve. Crowd sucked. Diggins looked miserable on the bench, I hope we don’t lose this kid. Need Martin to be better, hasn’t been the same since the wrist injury. Gaffney and Hawkins poor play continues.

 

[Palatine]

That was a clutch shot by Champagnie.
But I wondered why Cole was on him giving up 7”-8”. There must have been a defensive switch that I didnt see.

Yep, why was Cole on a guy 7 inches taller on that possession?