Georgetown - Ucon 2/10/24 Discussion

[DanMcQ]

Time to lay a quad 4 loss on someone. Saturday is as good a time as any.

[KHoyaNYC]

the cooley interaction after the seton hall game is not good. i don’t like the trajectory of this team and optimism about the immediate future is dimming. a good showing against uconn would be a beacon of light in another season of darkness.

[ColumbiaHeightsHoya]

I predict pain. I can't see us sticking within 20 now that they have clingan back.

[78HOYA78]

Can you believe last game we went 29/38 from the line and unfortunately, we only had 4 assists and almost even in rebounds. Let's see what the staff has learned and what adjustments will be made.

[kettlehill]

Feb 8, 2024 11:18:51 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

Time to lay a quad 4 loss on someone. Saturday is as good a time as any.

The problem is- sorry to be obvious- that all the BE teams ( except us and Depaul ) are looking to either get in the dance or get a great seeding in the tourney. No team. in the Big East thinks they can afford a quad 4 loss and so they play at least as desperately as the Hoyas. Makes sneaking a BE win or 2 very improbable, especially this time of year.

[1427hoya]

I smell the 50th Big East loss since the start of 2021/22 coming. That would make the record 3-50 in that span, for those of you counting.

But at least the coaches are rich.

[kettlehill]

This whole money deal is very stupid. Whatever you think of Cooley as a coach, and/or the circumstances of him getting this job...the guy clearly cares. If his players are as competitive and involved as he is - we are in and will be in good shape.

[3xhoya]

Feb 8, 2024 11:21:30 GMT -5 KHoyaNYC said:

the cooley interaction after the seton hall game is not good. i don’t like the trajectory of this team and optimism about the immediate future is dimming. a good showing against uconn would be a beacon of light in another season of darkness.

Can you expand on this a little? Are you talking about a press conference or something you observed on the sidelines?

[SSHoya]

Predicted attendance: 9,000 with too many UConn fans.

[daveg023]

I’d be surprised if we keep this as close as the first game. We shot 38 FTs that game which hid the fact we shot 34% from the field and 25% from 3. UConn had 18 assists while we had 4. That score line was kind given how much they outplayed us.

Cook was a beast and we protected the ball; but if we don’t go to the line at that crazy rate, that was a 20 pt loss. I’d expect us to be at least a 14 point underdog if not more.

[hoyas315]

Feb 9, 2024 13:27:07 GMT -5 daveg023 said:

I’d be surprised if we keep this as close as the first game. We shot 38 FTs that game which hid the fact we shot 34% from the field and 25% from 3. UConn had 18 assists while we had 4. That score line was kind given how much they outplayed us.

Cook was a beast and we protected the ball; but if we don’t go to the line at that crazy rate, that was a 20 pt loss. I’d expect us to be at least a 14 point underdog if not more.

Hoyas +17.5 per Fan Duel

[jwp91]

I don't like this game for us. As you may recall, Cook kept us in this game while Donovan Clingan was out. They had no one who could deal with Cook (Wow...I like saying that). Meanwhile, the Hoyas have typically played well in the energy of away games and absolutely laid eggs at home.

Our offense evolved into drives to the hoop to get fouled, and the refs were calling it favorably to us.

I might give the points on this one.

[ColumbiaHeightsHoya]

Feb 9, 2024 11:50:39 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Predicted attendance: 9,000 with too many UConn fans.

We had 10,500 for Marquette. I think they'll be 12,000. That is 9,000 UConn fans though.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Could be more than expected. I don’t know how successful the Alumni takeover promotion has been in general, but I was at the bar last night with almost a dozen classmates who came in for the game. (First time in at least a few years for several of them).

[practice]

Aren't we due? I think we'd have to shoot 40-45% from 3 and make 20-25 of them to win. Unfortunately, I think w/the exception of DePaul, that's how we win any of the remaining games on the schedule.

[SSHoya]

Line now UConn -16.5; O/U 143.5

[SSHoya]

Feb 10, 2024 6:59:00 GMT -5 TrueHoyaBlue said:

Could be more than expected. I don’t know how successful the Alumni takeover promotion has been in general, but I was at the bar last night with almost a dozen classmates who came in for the game. (First time in at least a few years for several of them).

Hope you're right. Class of '77 usually has a decent showing. We're having our Irish Channel postgame for the second time since the pandemic.

[raleighfriar]

I can’t root for y’all because I’m a spiteful, spiteful man, but if the Hoyas pull this off I’m getting a Jack tattoo because I love the chaos

[dariantownesvanzandt]

Decent crowd here. Lots of Huskies.

[HometownHoya]

Gonna be a battle. Need to step it up on defense.