@Connecticut, Sat., Dec. 23, 8p, FOX

[Mullins Revenge]

Taylor hit a big 3 down the stretch and then was pulled. I did not understand that. Should have been taylor and Luis as the forwards down the stretch and not ledlum. Hes brutal.

Anyone. We went toe to toe w/ the national champs on the road. Under CMA, we lose this one by 25 points. The future is bright.

 

[Demo]

Definitely a game we should have won but too many pays to overcome and we didn’t. From the offensive rebounds we gave up to the missed foul shots toward the end to the questionable person who took the 3 (and I’m not a Jenkins hater). Couple other guys should be taking that before he does.

And I lost $$ on it. Ugh.

You must have picked SJU to win. Couldn’t imagine a SJU fan picking Pukon to cover the spread.

 

[Boo Harvey]

We came up short, but a lot of positives to take away from this one. We played one of the best teams in the country to the wire at their place. The D was terrific. If Luis stays healthy he will add a new dimension. We missed a number of makeable outside shots. Soriano was in foul trouble much of the half and didn’t have a big game. And yet, if Ledlum didnt miss two critical free throws we may have won. I don’t believe in moral victories, but there is no doubt in my mind that if we continue to bring it like we did tonight we will dance this year.

 

[Silly Donovan]

Our guards cost us the game. They can’t stop penetration and every time Joel came up to help it was dunk city.

 

[MugCostanza]

The bigger problem with the Jenkins situation is that Pitino clearly trusts him more than anybody else.

Pitino hasn’t reined him in at all and even makes sure Jenkins is critically involved in the plays coming out of timeouts. One of the ATOs was for a patented Jenkins elbow jumper that he missed then the lob to Soriano that was stolen

 

[paultzman]

Luis addition is as good as advertised and this team will be fine in long run. Good effort w lost chances, it happens

 

[Boo Harvey]

Jenkins is brain dead and seriously needs a blanket party in the team hotel tonight.

Code red! Lol

 

[Mullins Revenge]

I thought the play that killed us was coming out of the timeout, rick called a great play for an alleyoop to joel who was wide open and the pass was deflected. You have to get that one.

 

[Demo]

The bigger problem with the Jenkins situation is that Pitino clearly trusts him more than anybody else.

Pitino hasn’t reined him in at all and even makes sure Jenkins is critically involved in the plays coming out of timeouts. One of the ATOs was for a patented Jenkins elbow jumper that he missed then the lob to Soriano that was stolen

There isn’t anyone else.

 

[SJU61982]

No say it…”He cost us the game”!

He cost us a chance at the game. Even if he makes both, it's only tied, so no guarantees.

 

[MJDinkins]

Taylor hit a big 3 down the stretch and then was pulled. I did not understand that. Should have been taylor and Luis as the forwards down the stretch and not ledlum. Hes brutal.

Anyone. We went toe to toe w/ the national champs on the road. Under CMA, we lose this one by 25 points. The future is bright.

Mike Anderson beat UConn twice on the road in his four year tenure at St. Johns. We blew 'em out last year at UConn.

 

[logen]

Luis did in his limited minutes

I am not about to knock a kid who hasn’t played but he missed 3 layup attempts and two free throws; that is hardly stepping up. He certainly looks like a player and again, I am not in any way knocking him, but he did not “step up”.

 

[paultzman]

Pitino should change this year rotation giving much more time to Wilcher and Dunlap for next year. Now, it is proven that Ledlum, Jenkins and Dingle trio can not win against top 64 teams. NO Way.

They almost did on the road. The 2 Frosh would not have changed anything and throwing in towel is premature

 

[Boo Harvey]

Ledlum is trash. A liability all around

Bad take

 

[MugCostanza]

Luis addition is as good as advertised and this team will be fine in long run. Good effort w lost chances, it happens

Luis needs to be a difference maker and looks like he definitely has that capability. That said, this one is not an “oh well” type loss to me because it was super winnable and the meaty part of the bell curve for this team is right on the bubble where this win would have been huge

 

[Demo]

He cost us a chance at the game. Even if he makes both, it's only tied, so no guarantees.

Don’t forget he missed 2 free throws earlier in the game. And 2 open 3 point shots.

 

[Ray Morgan]

At this point, I'd rather see Wilcher in than Jenkins

It's a close call, but I would trust CRP's opinion. About 5 minutes of Wilcher in a game like this and most of us would be hoping Bobby Kelly still had some eligibility left. And you can throw Richie Lyons in the bucket.

 

[guinness77]

Luis addition is as good as advertised and this team will be fine in long run. Good effort w lost chances, it happens

Those plays he made on defense single-handedly got us back in the game.

Those 3rd and 4th fouls called on Soriano were a joke. Just have to add that. If Soriano plays most of the 2nd half instead of having to sit, I bet we would have won. I mean, they got Alleyne on a foul just boxing out. lol

 

[firestorm]

I feel like I did that Christmas when I opened my present and it was a matching corduroy pants and jacket. So much excitement; so much disappointment.

 

[Eric]

You must have picked SJU to win. Couldn’t imagine a SJU fan picking Pukon to cover the spread.

Money line all the way.