This was the UConn I was worried about 6 weeks ago

[MuggsyB]

Ighadaro, OMax, and Kam went 19, 17, and 15 last month at Fiserv.  They essentially were no shows today.  Hard to win or compete against a quality team when three of your best players aren't themselves.   You add the atrocious rebounding numbers and we never were remotely in this contest.  Extremely disappointing. 

[BCHoopster]

This could have been worst defensive rebounding performance in watching in 60 years. UConn got 2 shots on just about every offensive play. Can not win that way.  Offensively, could not make a shot. But please, stop this tired crap, I played everyday at there age all day, and came back the next day. I do not believe that excuse. MU does not have the talent to play one on one basketball.
Need more movement, to many players just stand around when Joplin or Omax try to back somebody down. Gold and Jones played well, nice to see.

[MuMark]

27-8 second chance points advantage for UCONN

[79Warrior]

We will bounce back.  This was a dreadful performance but give UCONN credit.

Need the Georgetown game this weekend.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I honestly can't believe this is happening again.  I really really didn't want to subscribe to the Feb Fade theory, but here we are.  The offense has been atrocious the last three games.  To go from #1 is offensive efficiency to what we see now is head scratching.  Why all the iso ball?  What happened to the movement, both ball and player?  Are we the only team that can't adjust the second time through the Big East schedule?  Omax is just out there getting cardio and Oso is doing only slightly more than that.  Those guys were impactful in Dec/Jan. 

Please use the Gtown game to snap out of it.

I can’t believe there’s so many dumb posts about the “February fade”, either.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Said this in 2018-2019 season after the loss to Villanova (on a different board), if this same team continues to show up, you may not see another MU victory this year. Took a lot of crap for it  that team only beat St Johns.

Let’s hope this same team does not show up.

This team has nothing to do with the 2018-19 team.

[MuggsyB]

1 Rebound for Ighodaro.  That's tough to stomach. 

[Farley36]

I can’t believe there’s so many dumb posts about the “February fade”, either.

I can’t believe you’re so fragile you respond to every single one of them.  😂

[nyg]

It wasn't the usual 50/50 ball issue, but just getting pummeled on the boards.
UCONN 48-23 total and 21 to 8 on offensive, almost absurd.
Oso with one rebound entire game.

A lot of Omax criticism, but don't forget the expert baller posters have said he is leaving early and will get drafted by an NBA team and be on a roster.  OK....  The thing with Omax is he is either really good or he is really bad, there is not a middle comparison.  Recently bad, with tonight being one of his worst.  Guess the word is consistency and hopefully he can turn it around for the final run, this team needs him.

I was glad Sean Jones got extended minutes and showed he is more than capable as a backup and kudos to Stevie Mitchell, who played his heart out with hustle and determination.  Some of his teammates should watch the tape and notice how hard a player works, even down 20 the whole game.

Off to D.C. and play one of worst teams in the country to get back on track.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

1 Rebound for Ighadaro.  That's tough to stomach.

Really needs to rebound with his arms.

[BCHoopster]

It wasn't the usual 50/50 ball issue, but just getting pummeled on the boards.
UCONN 48-23 total and 21 to 8 on offensive, almost absurd.
Oso with one rebound entire game.

A lot of Omax criticism, but don't forget the expert baller posters have said he is leaving early and will get drafted by an NBA team and be on a roster.  OK....  The thing with Omax is he is either really good or he is really bad, there is not a middle comparison.  Recently bad, with tonight being one of his worst.  Guess the word is consistency and hopefully he can turn it around for the final run, this team needs him.

I was glad Sean Jones got extended minutes and showed he is more than capable as a backup and kudos to Stevie Mitchell, who played his heart out with hustle and determination.  Some of his teammates should watch the tape and notice how hard a player works, even down 20 the whole game.

Off to D.C. and play one of worst teams in the country to get back on track.

If I was a NBA scout, I saw a few players on UConn that will play in the show, but for MU maybe Kolek but who could have been impressed with Omax, who showed nothing except long arms.

[RushmoreAcademy]

Rough loss but not a big surprise. Let’s see how they bounce back.  Seasons have ups and downs and now it’s time for Shaka to right the ship.
Biggest concern is Oso only because of how important he’s been to our success. He’s a good kid and he’ll adjust.

[Herman Cain]

I was disappointed .

We will come back and hopefully have a strong game against Georgetown

When I saw the game was out of control early, I decided to do some long over do cleaning, got me some good will with The Missus. So not a totally bad evening .

[tower912]

NYG, I still think OMax plays in the league.  Almost every game, we hear that scouts are looking at him. 
 He has been bad lately.
 Just like many parts of MU, the Big East has a plan for him.   He needs to adjust and improve.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I was disappointed .

We will come back and hopefully have a strong game against Georgetown

When I saw the game was out of control early, I decided to do some long over so cleaning, got me some good will with The Missus. So not a totally bad evening .

Brown chicken, brown cow.

[PointWarrior]

You're enjoying this, hey Point?

Nope, hate this.   joke wooshed over my head....

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Nope, hate this.   and your personal name use is even creepier...

Why do you hate this, Larry?

[JakeBarnes]

I honestly can't believe this is happening again.  I really really didn't want to subscribe to the Feb Fade theory, but here we are.  The offense has been atrocious the last three games.  To go from #1 is offensive efficiency to what we see now is head scratching.  Why all the iso ball?  What happened to the movement, both ball and player?  Are we the only team that can't adjust the second time through the Big East schedule?  Omax is just out there getting cardio and Oso is doing only slightly more than that.  Those guys were impactful in Dec/Jan. 

Please use the Gtown game to snap out of it.

It's 2 games into February. Step off the damn ledge

[nyg]

If I was a NBA scout, I saw a few players on UConn that will play in the show, but for MU maybe Kolek but who could have been impressed with Omax, who showed nothing except long arms.

Yup, but read the prior threads, especially the "MU in Association" one.  Posters stated six current MU players will be on an NBA roster, but that's another topic.  Like I mentioned, Omax is sort of the team X factor when he is playing well, but he just doesn't do it every night.  Tonight he did not even make a field goal, fouled a guy on a three pointer and believe he airmailed an open three and Oso had one field goal, 3 points and one rebound.  Not going to win many future games when both of these players put up statistics like that.

Get out of their slumps and move on to Georgetown. 

Tower, not going to argue with Omax to NBA and be on a roster.  That was discussed at length in other threads. We will see at end of year. 

[PointWarrior]

Why do you hate this, Larry?

Hate MU is on a trend playing like crap on offense, Ralph...

[TFlegend]

It's 2 games into February. Step off the damn ledge

It's 3.  And I don't take the Wojo BS into account, that was a different coach, different teams.  What does concern me is we saw this last year with Shaka.  Offense was great in Jan, grinds to a halt in Feb with an increase in iso ball, which we are not good at.  Making shots will help, but I'd contend we are not getting the same quality of shots as the ones we were making in Dec/Jan.  Do the advanced stats back that up?  I'm genuinely asking. 

[DoctorV]

One thing is for certain, I will be on the edge of my seat and watching intently on Saturday.

Unfortunately, only one result will be satisfactory the way the last few have gone, a win by 15+ on the road.

Play well Saturday, carry that into a win over Xavier, and tonight becomes forgotten.

[BCHoopster]

NYG, I still think OMax plays in the league.  Almost every game, we hear that scouts are looking at him. 
 He has been bad lately.
 Just like many parts of MU, the Big East has a plan for him.   He needs to adjust and improve.

He has a chance to play in the league but needs another year to improve his game. Needs to get in the gym this summer big time, he has showed improvement but needs more offensive skills to get a shot off.

[Uncle Rico]

It's 3.  And I don't take the Wojo BS into account, that was a different coach, different teams.  What does concern me is we saw this last year with Shaka.  Offense was great in Jan, grinds to a halt in Feb with an increase in iso ball, which we are not good at.  Making shots will help, but I'd contend we are not getting the same quality of shots as the ones we were making in Dec/Jan.  Do the advanced stats back that up?  I'm genuinely asking.

8 February games last year:

83 points on 71 possessions
72 on 68
79 on 69
77 on 69
82 on 74
64 on 68
80 on 81
85 on 77

Don’t ask about March

[MUfan12]

I'm curious what they allowed per possession in February last year. The offense slowed but the defense absolutely cratered.