Connecticut (MSG), Sat., Feb. 3, 12 NOON, FOX

MugCostanza said:
Though how many losses at MSG will it take for NYC casuals who jumped back aboard for Pitino to quit on us again
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Good question, Rick’s awesome marketing job from point of hire on was incredibly attention getting, but “same old St John’s flue” can lessen casual fan interest. Program is obviously in better hands and in next year or probably two imo hopefully is at a level to draw beyond the die hard fans.

I pledge not to get too optimistic about our portal conquests until they play some games, Monte’s lament forever. Apparently they have adequate $$ to get “talent” but ok to choose wisely. Not bashing anyone, but re RJ, get portal guys less athletic, more blue collar & with interest in defending. In fairness staff had limited time to identify targets and confident we will do better in April.
 
Marillac2 said:
Jenkins was 1-6 in the second half. How was that better than anyone else?
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He was trying to get his teammates involved in the second half and as usual none of them stepped up. If Jenkins shoots too much you bash him , if only takes 6 shots in a half you bash him. He’s the only player on this team with any guts! He should have taken 15 shots in the second half. We would have been better off.
 
paultzman said:
Good question, Rick’s awesome marketing job from point of hire on was incredibly attention getting, but “same old St John’s flue” can lessen casual fan interest. Program is obviously in better hands and in next year or probably two imo hopefully is at a level to draw beyond the die hard fans.

I pledge not to get too optimistic about our portal conquests until they play some games, Monte’s lament forever. Apparently they have adequate $$ to get “talent” but choose wisely. Not bashing anyone, but re RJ, get portal guys less athletic, more blue collar & with interest in defending. In fairness staff had limited time to identify targets and confident we will do better in April.
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RJ looked as good as anyone on UConn at times today. The one on one crap has to stop though. That can’t be his entire identity.

He needs to be paired with a penetrating PG.
 
Mean Gene said:
He was trying to get his teammates involved in the second half and as usual none of them stepped up. If Jenkins shoots too much you bash him , if only takes 6 shots in a half you bash him. He’s the only player on this with any guts! He should have taken 15 shots in the second half. We would have been better off.
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I don’t think it’s fair to bash secondary players for not stepping up when they weren’t given the chance the first 3 months of the season. We can’t become a balanced team in February.

This is our team whether we like it or not. We need 30+ from Soriano and Jenkins and for that to more than our opponents get from the 1 and 5. We need Ledlum and Luis to go completely 1 on 1 while everyone else stands around to get us 20. Then we need 20 from everyone else.

Go 4-0 against DePaul and Gtown, beat SH or Butler, and hope for a good Big East matchup. That’s it.

Maybe pick Creighton off at home?

We aren’t very good.
 
This team thinks it’s a lot better than it actually is.

Like, it’s sickening to see the way they lollygag up the court sometimes and alarming how little they hustle sometimes. Someone is apparently gassing them up and I doubt it’s Pitino.

Luis clearly plays when “he wants to,” and acts like a superstar for whatever the reason and for all the hustling Ledlum supposedly does, he does an alarming rate of standing there and watching. A lot of them do but I can’t stand seeing a guy his size play like that. A lot of these seniors play like a deer in headlights too, like they’ve never played an important game before. It’s amazing.
 
guinness77 said:
This team thinks it’s a lot better than it actually is.

Like, it’s sickening to see the way they lollygag up the court sometimes and alarming how little they hustle sometimes. Someone is apparently gassing them up and I doubt it’s Pitino.

Luis clearly plays when “he wants to,” and acts like a superstar for whatever the reason and for all the hustling Ledlum supposedly does, he does an alarming rate of standing there and watching. A lot of them do but I can’t stand seeing a guy his size play like that. A lot of these seniors play like a deer in headlights too, like they’ve never played an important game before. It’s amazing.
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That’s the NIL affect. Or is it effect? Who knows. Anyway, I blame NIL
 
Awful shooting throughout the season.
We must be close to the bottom in the Big East in three point shooting %.
Any rational reason Pitino didn’t keep a couple of the shooters from last years team?
Jones in Memphis is at 46%
and Storrs for Wisconsin is at 44%

Jones just won the game for Memphis over Wichita State!
 
Jack Williams said:
listen, the mission remains, beat DePaul this week and put yourself in a position to steal one @Marq

The season is not over
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Jack Williams said:
listen, the mission remains, beat DePaul this week and put yourself in a position to steal one @Marq

The season is not over
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I won't even say that we need to steal the Marquette game, I will say that we need at split @ Marq & PC, that would put us at 7-7 going into the last 6.

Finish 5-1 and that's 12 wins and we're in.
 
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cbruno said:
Awful shooting throughout the season.
We must be close to the bottom in the Big East in three point shooting %.
Any rational reason Pitino didn’t keep a couple of the shooters from last years team?
Jones in Memphis is at 46%
and Storrs for Wisconsin is at 44%

Jones just won the game for Memphis over Wichita State!
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I just watched that myself Cbruno. We could use a guy who can make a big shot!
 
mattc said:
Dingle most disappointing player this year. Luis far and away the most frustrating player. Dunlap isn’t ready for this level yet.

Bottom line is this is an average team. Was hoping for a good team.
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They don’t pass Dunlop the ball. It’s all eyes at the hoop once they start dribbling.

I can’t wait until next year for Dunlop. These guys are allergic to him.
 
Marillac2 said:
RJ looked as good as anyone on UConn at times today. The one on one crap has to stop though. That can’t be his entire identity.

He needs to be paired with a penetrating PG.
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I’ve seen enough “athletes“ who are not good basketball players m, especially in St. John’s uniforms, to know he’s a guy who looks great in a bb uniform, can look good making plays but will not be a real core bb player. It’s not his make up. Low bb IQ. You take guys like that in the hope they’re just developing. Rarely works out. That’s why I compare him to Alph Bangura. Never saw a guy look better than AB in a St. John’s uniform. Looked pretty good in Practice. But was a complete bust as a BB player. I’m seeing that here.
 
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