(POST GAME) (MSG) Connecticut, Sun., Feb. 13, 12 Noon, FOX

[Section3]

The plan at the end of the game is the same plan as the first Anderson game. Work the ball around and whoever feels they have an open shot take it. Nothing has changed in three years.

The end of game was a tough spot. It required setting the defense up for the inbound play (decision was to double Cole and leave the inbounder unguarded, which was fine except Cole got the ball anyway), instruct to foul, and then put in the options for down 1 or 2 or down 3 depending on how that played out. The right guy took the right shot at the end, under the circumstances.

My consistent critique of Anderson is halfcourt and crunch time play design and execution, but he didn't do a terrible job in that spot.

The most frustrating thing to me was that we let Sanogo and Martin play something like the last 17 minutes of the game with 3 fouls each. I don't know if that's on the coach or the players (other than the Julian mistake when he had an opportunity to pick up #4 on Martin, which had me tearing my few remaining hairs out when it happened, and it wound up biting us in the rear). But it isn't the sign of a team with a high basketball IQ.

In fairness the PG is usually the brains of your on floor operation and Posh and Pinzon are both out, but we have other guys who should be better at analyzing and executing even given the occasional deficiencies in tactical coaching.

No use crying over spilled milk, I guess. This is just going to be one of those "always a bridesmaid" seasons and hopefully we return enough of this core and add a couple of impact players to get married next year.

I am a supporter, but that is on the coach. Should have been a FOCAL point.

 

[Section3]

Its  so silly for so many to day well if we had Posh we'd win today , beat Nova etc.

Love the optimism, but there are so many fans who live in fantasy land.


 

Neither an excuse nor a fantasy. We would have.

 

[beast of the east]

On a positive note:  Soriano Has progressed well.

Now I can’t tell if this is sarcastic. Cause 1, I think he definitely has progressed, but 2, today he killed us. Martin hit 2 of those 3s in his face. Fumbled a pass for a layup. Didn’t come up with the rebounds we needed late.

And at the same time, he was underutilized today. As we (you, I and many others) have said, he should not be switching on perimeter (unreasonable expectation). He should have been in the game when Sanogo was in FT as an inside out focal point.

Agree 1000% a lot of our defensive scheme has him switching on the perimeter where it's a mad scramble to reset our defense and get him back down low

 

[Ilzion]

NIT, here we come!

 

[Johnny Rapper]

It’s on the coach to have an effective 3-point defense.
Not his fault on the missed bunnies.
Missed free throws are something that can and should have been fixed at this point in the season.
I’ve been critical of coach Anderson’s in-game coaching, but I think he has been more effective of late.
These guys look so close, but for a few pieces.

Absolutely correct

Completely disagree. From the chaos in the closing minutes to not calling a time out when the team was up 7 and UConn went on an11-0 run. Had a time out been called, and a play ruin, it may have stemmed the tide. Those in the world of coaching know that more could have been done to possibly change the outcome. If this was a one time close loss, it’s one thing but it has become a constant with this coaching staff. 

 

[beast of the east]

Crowd was great today.  Probably 60-40 st johns and nearly all game outcheered uconn fans.

I met a grad student from sju who bought tix next to mine who said his dad is a big supporter of sju and was friends with Belson.  Nice guy
 

 

[NCJohnnie]

the thing I find the most galling is that ridiculous foul call on Mathis at the end. I thought it was a bad call watching it live but when they showed the replay and Lavin called it out it was an obvious no call. Just amazing how even when we are the "so called " home team we don't get a call like that. 

 

[RedStormNC]

Its  so silly for so many to day well if we had Posh we'd win today , beat Nova etc.

Love the optimism, but there are so many fans who live in fantasy land.




 

Based on what ?


Neither an excuse nor a fantasy. We would have.

Based on what ? If so, when we had Posh why did we lose so many other games ?

he's a warrior, but let's not pretend he's a walking W.

 

[mjmaherjr]

We have guys that want it down the stretch.  Just not the right guys.

totally understand what you are saying but respectfully disagree. They aren’t put in a position to succeed.  How does Mathis Not get a cut to he basket last 6 minutes how do we not have more than one really good look last 7 Minutes

 

[IDRAFT]

Crowd was great today.  Probably 60-40 st johns and nearly all game outcheered uconn fans.

I would agree with that. We should play them every year on Super Bowl Sunday as it gave a lot of them something else to do that could involve endless drinking and puking. Even the UCONN fans around me today were pretty much like humans.

 

[SJU Double Alumn]

 totally understand what you are saying but respectfully disagree. They aren’t put in a position to succeed.  How does Mathis Not get a cut to he basket last 6 minutes how do we not have more than one really good look last 7 Minutes

We had good looks. We missed a lot of shots. 

 

[IDRAFT]

the thing I find the most galling is that ridiculous foul call on Mathis at the end. I thought it was a bad call watching it live but when they showed the replay and Lavin called it out it was an obvious no call. Just amazing how even when we are the "so called " home team we don't get a call like that. 

I thought that call was awful but the refs were fine and had no bearing. Meaning they were horrendous but both ways. Cole was shoving guys to the ground in the backcourt - as I said earlier this week that's somehow okay now. But Wusu saw that and kept doing it too - and if he didn't he might not have advanced the ball to midcourt the entire game.

The only thing consistently worse than SJU is the Big East referees. They are so terrible.

 

[paultzman]

the thing I find the most galling is that ridiculous foul call on Mathis at the end. I thought it was a bad call watching it live but when they showed the replay and Lavin called it out it was an obvious no call. Just amazing how even when we are the "so called " home team we don't get a call like that. 

Sadly we don’t have “benefit of doubt” status and agree on that call NC. That said, imo  officiating overall was better than usual.

 

[monte]

the thing I find the most galling is that ridiculous foul call on Mathis at the end. I thought it was a bad call watching it live but when they showed the replay and Lavin called it out it was an obvious no call. Just amazing how even when we are the "so called " home team we don't get a call like that. 

Sadly we don’t have “benefit of doubt” status and agree on that call NC

Refs all across the country blow way to many end-of-game anticipatory whistles. 

 

[MarkRedman]

I really believe that we lose many close games because, when the chips are down, we do not collectively as a team have a very high basketball IQ and make a lot of unforced errors and/or use poor judgment.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

I really believe that we lose many close games because, when the chips are down, we do not collectively as a team have a very high basketball IQ and make a lot of unforced errors and/or use poor judgment.

Agree 100%. And we don’t have guys who are particularly good at putting the ball in the basket. Who on this teams best skill is going to get their own shot? No one. Well it might be Smiths best skill but he hasn’t been able to do it at this level.

 

[Section3]

NIT, here we come!

From your lips to God’s ears. Positive thinking

 

[bamafan]

I really believe that we lose many close games because, when the chips are down, we do not collectively as a team have a very high basketball IQ and make a lot of unforced errors and/or use poor judgment.

Agree 100%. And we don’t have guys who are particularly good at putting the ball in the basket. Who on this teams best skill is going to get their own shot? No one. Well it might be Smiths best skill but he hasn’t been able to do it at this level.

Smith is not close to a one on one player especially at this level (lacks quickness).

 

[Section3]

Its  so silly for so many to day well if we had Posh we'd win today , beat Nova etc.

Love the optimism, but there are so many fans who live in fantasy land.





 

Based on what ?


Neither an excuse nor a fantasy. We would have.

Based on what ? If so, when we had Posh why did we lose so many other games ?

he's a warrior, but let's not pretend he's a walking W.

My opinion, we win. Doesn’t mean I think we are a good or great team. Just that both of those teams were and are beatable

 

[beast of the east]

I really believe that we lose many close games because, when the chips are down, we do not collectively as a team have a very high basketball IQ and make a lot of unforced errors and/or use poor judgment.

Agree 100%. And we don’t have guys who are particularly good at putting the ball in the basket. Who on this teams best skill is going to get their own shot? No one. Well it might be Smiths best skill but he hasn’t been able to do it at this level.

Biggest difference to me this year is julian doesn't have the swagger of a get on my back and I'll carry the team type of player this year