The good news is that SHU will increase their lead on some of the teams behind them for the next 8 days at least. Doesn't look like Marquette and Creighton will falter, but most of the other teams will. Right now, the goal is to win 5 games and finish no worse than 4th in the league. That looks the most realistic goal at the moment. It is possible that SJU can finish ahead of us, but they have some tough games.
We need to beat Nova twice and have a good shot away at St. Johns. Good time for our bye week .
Agree…this is the year we need to beat Nova, at least once. If they keep struggling, they will hopefully be packing it in by the time we play them. They have to be disappointed in their record.
Amen. What has it been, 7 straight losses? And many close and heartbreaking.
Davis is a real good player. He’s fun to watch bc he’s crafty, tough, and has a lot of good moves. He’s having a great season.
He is one strong guy too. He has a few baskets a game where he just muscles his way in against double teams and scores anyway. And he gets some phenomenal rebounds in traffic too because of that strength. Love watching him play.
All big men should remember that when they get the ball keep it high if not from 6 10 you become 6 5 and lose your height advantage .
They weren’t the first time. They overcame a 16-pt deficit against us and were leading with under 3 minutes to play.
When we get into these scoring lulls, we really need to get the ball to Dre or Jaden in the low post. Both guys are pretty consistent scorers in the paint and our best options for an easy bucket. I wish Sha would would call a play for one or the other when we do get in those droughts. Dre is so crafty. He's the type of guy I used to see on other teams and wish we had at SHU.
I would have to go look at the box scores, but with Epps, he can go off for 25 points plus if he is hot from three. He can also shoot you out of the game when it’s cold. Cool is solid if he stays out of foul trouble.
Need to get it more inside to Big J. He seems more confident offensively and is getting good position. He's a good FT shooter too, so a win-win.
Just tell them we might lose the game, but they will always have a POS head coach… Lol
Often superior teams, especially late in the season don't take an opponent like Georgetown serious and because of that the game is tight longer than it should be until the better team breaks away late.
With Richmond’s time missed, Epps has now taken over as #1 in both usage and % of shots in the conference within BE games. He’s 31/72 (.431) from 2PT, only 17/68 (.250) from 3PT. He’s 7th in fouls drawn and 7th in FT% at .860. Although with his workload probably not surprising that the shooting is off a bit from outside as that tends to happen. He shot 5/13 from 3 vs. Seton Hall, his best game, lol.
It’s the weird 6:30 game again, like Providence. By far the worst time to get there, IMO. But by then we hadn’t played at home in a while so hopefully there’s some biz
I have been asking for that all season. Not sure i think its gonna happen. But he gives us great effort day in day out. Rebounds, defends, and gets us points on his own. And he played clingan so darned well in first uconn game. Thrilled with what he gives us.
With Cooley they give off that aura of a team that can be dangerous no matter who they play. I suppose they had some of that with Patrick as well. They would have the occasional blowout loss but usually be competitive.
and...right most scenarios would have us playing St. John's on Thursday afternoon....with both teams swapping between 4 and 5 depending on exact wins...and perhaps that St J matchup coming up.
Right now, I'd say it will come down to SJU and Xavier. Providence are playing well, but they have a brutal schedule the rest of the way. SJU has the more favorable schedule. I believe they have a good chance to beat Uconn on Saturday. If they don't they will really have to scramble.
Absolutely 💯 agree.
