FT
UConn 18-20 missed 2
Tigers 11-18 missed 7

The same number of baskets
More 3pt FG

Tigers-UConn
FG% 35% 32%
FGs 21-60 21-66
3FG% 38% 17%
3FGs 8-21 4-23
FT% 61% 90%
FTs 11-18 18-20
TOs 16 12
PtsOffTO 12 19
TotReb 42 45
DefReb 28 27
Off Reb 14 18
2ndChPts 11 17
BenchPts 21 16
PtsPaint 20 24
FstBkPt 8 18
Blocks 5 8
Steals 7 6
Assts 12 11

Some of you posters are on the pathetic side in my opinion, and you can say the same about me because frankly I could care less. You live to bash and be malcontents. This team tries but the lack of a guard that is consistent is what kills us, it's not all coaching because he has us in a position to win but the players lacking is a problem.

Coach didn't miss free throws, did the UConn players hitting free throws have anything to do with Coach Hurley, no, the individual players hit them. My fault with coach this game was his sticking with Alo. but the problem with subbing him for DB is that DB at this time in his career makes horrible decisions with the ball in his hands. Coach was dealt a blow or blows this season. Honestly, I hope that he resigns after this season so that you malcontents can start up on a new coach if he doesn't win big in his 1st year. I realize that it simply doesn't matter what the truth is, you are Hypnotized by your hatred for Coach that no matter what all you can see is fault. a person can follow your post through out this thread to see your enjoyment at things not going well, or you came on late to do no more than criticize and bash. But you're fans, that is as long as we're winning. Its getting to the point that this board is no longer enjoyable to look at.

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:32 PM)Antonio5fan Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:29 PM)GermantownTiger Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:27 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:25 PM)GermantownTiger Wrote:  Gutpunch of a loss this afternoon.

Coaches and players just need to keep developing in preparation for making a run in the conference tournament.

That is the ONLY way this team gets in the tournament.

You are correct.

Precious is hustling like a mofo on every possession...he just needs to make a pass when he's triple-teamed. I know he feels like he has to carry the load, but he seems to be pressing a bit too much at times on the offensive end.

He needs to give the ball to the guards and quit trying to bring the ball up the court.

And stop puttin it on the floor in the lane. Learn how to post up and if your guards aren't feeding you then the coach should put them all the way at the end of the pine.

I agree with that.

Our guards - or at least two of them - lack fundamentals that should have been learned 4 years ago.

(02-16-2020 05:41 PM)stoby Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:32 PM)Antonio5fan Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:29 PM)GermantownTiger Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:27 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  That is the ONLY way this team gets in the tournament.

You are correct.

Precious is hustling like a mofo on every possession...he just needs to make a pass when he's triple-teamed. I know he feels like he has to carry the load, but he seems to be pressing a bit too much at times on the offensive end.

He needs to give the ball to the guards and quit trying to bring the ball up the court.

And stop puttin it on the floor in the lane. Learn how to post up and if your guards aren't feeding you then the coach should put them all the way at the end of the pine.

I agree with that.

Instead he continues to reward them with extended minutes and giving them a green light to... to do something, but it isn't to play fundamentally sound basketball.

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)stoby Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:37 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:23 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  When Alo is in the game he kills the entire offense because they dont guard him.

His man is in the middle of the paint on precious' drives.

Compound that with the fact that precious refuses to pass the ball and your offense stalls. Penny going to have force precious to pass the freaking ball

This so much this. Lomax is basically Andre Allen. He needs to play tops 15 mins. That's it.

Penny's obsession with playing him is going to be his demise

Baugh needs to be in at the end of games not Lomax

I'd take Andre in a heart beat.

I still wouldn't Andre playing as much as Lomax plays and especially at the end of games

At the end of games you have to play your best players. Baugh is better than Lomax, but it's now back to back games where in the last 6 mins Lomax is in while Baugh sits.

It's just such poor coaching

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)truest blue tiger Wrote:  Some of you posters are on the pathetic side in my opinion, and you can say the same about me because frankly I could care less. You live to bash and be malcontents. This team tries but the lack of a guard that is consistent is what kills us, it's not all coaching because he has us in a position to win but the players lacking is a problem.

Coach didn't miss free throws, did the UConn players hitting free throws have anything to do with Coach Hurley, no, the individual players hit them. My fault with coach this game was his sticking with Alo. but the problem with subbing him for DB is that DB at this time in his career makes horrible decisions with the ball in his hands. Coach was dealt a blow or blows this season. Honestly, I hope that he resigns after this season so that you malcontents can start up on a new coach if he doesn't win big in his 1st year. I realize that it simply doesn't matter what the truth is, you are Hypnotized by your hatred for Coach that no matter what all you can see is fault. a person can follow your post through out this thread to see your enjoyment at things not going well, or you came on late to do no more than criticize and bash. But you're fans, that is as long as we're winning.

Yes, it did. It is the coach's job to teach proper FT shooting and make sure the team is able to do the most simplest things that matter in the game.

FT shooting is a teachable skill.

the program is stuck in mediocre and struggling to get out of it.

After 25 games this is how our record looked for the last 4 seasons:

(2019-20) 17-8 overall; 6-6 in AAC
(2018-19) 15-10 overall; 7-5 in AAC
(2017-18) 14-11 overall; 5-7 in AAC
(2016-17) 18-7 overall; 8-4 in AAC

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)truest blue tiger Wrote:  Some of you posters are on the pathetic side in my opinion, and you can say the same about me because frankly I could care less. You live to bash and be malcontents. This team tries but the lack of a guard that is consistent is what kills us, it's not all coaching because he has us in a position to win but the players lacking is a problem.

Coach didn't miss free throws, did the UConn players hitting free throws have anything to do with Coach Hurley, no, the individual players hit them. My fault with coach this game was his sticking with Alo. but the problem with subbing him for DB is that DB at this time in his career makes horrible decisions with the ball in his hands. Coach was dealt a blow or blows this season. Honestly, I hope that he resigns after this season so that you malcontents can start up on a new coach if he doesn't win big in his 1st year. I realize that it simply doesn't matter what the truth is, you are Hypnotized by your hatred for Coach that no matter what all you can see is fault. a person can follow your post through out this thread to see your enjoyment at things not going well, or you came on late to do no more than criticize and bash. But you're fans, that is as long as we're winning.

Here we go again. The posters that want him gone are a handful. Fans are frustrated and are rooting for Penny to turn it around. We have been on mediocrity for way too long and if Penny’s coaching tenure fails, the program will be in a heap of trouble. We need him to succeed but most criticism has been constructive. We can’t keep blaming players at this point of the season for lack of coherent offensive sets and barely any progression in individual development of players other than perhaps Boogie.

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)truest blue tiger Wrote:  Some of you posters are on the pathetic side in my opinion, and you can say the same about me because frankly I could care less. You live to bash and be malcontents. This team tries but the lack of a guard that is consistent is what kills us, it's not all coaching because he has us in a position to win but the players lacking is a problem.

Coach didn't miss free throws, did the UConn players hitting free throws have anything to do with Coach Hurley, no, the individual players hit them. My fault with coach this game was his sticking with Alo. but the problem with subbing him for DB is that DB at this time in his career makes horrible decisions with the ball in his hands. Coach was dealt a blow or blows this season. Honestly, I hope that he resigns after this season so that you malcontents can start up on a new coach if he doesn't win big in his 1st year. I realize that it simply doesn't matter what the truth is, you are Hypnotized by your hatred for Coach that no matter what all you can see is fault. a person can follow your post through out this thread to see your enjoyment at things not going well, or you came on late to do no more than criticize and bash. But you're fans, that is as long as we're winning. Its getting to the point that this board is no longer enjoyable to look at.

Get down from your soapbox, no one hates Penny. Most of us hate the fact that he has done little this year to show that he's a good coach at this level. He may yet get there but he aint there right now.

(02-16-2020 05:39 PM)Hoots Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:29 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:27 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:16 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:14 PM)Mimi Wrote:  Alo has done a lot of small things really well
And Harris outburst earlier was nice

Yeah and he's done a lot of big things really bad.

This. Lomax will be the demise of Penny. Lomax provides nothing on offense he is essentially Andre Allen out there.

I said it after the Cincy game. When Lomax is in the game the offense immediately goes to crap because the ball will stick in his hands.

Andre Allen would start every game on this team, and deserve it.

C'mon, man. He cut his teeth on this team and screwed it up.

OK, the weed NCAA no show did slip my mind, but he was a much better player, in my opinion.

It is just no offense. Guys standing around while Precious plays one three. Guards jacking threes. Players dribbling around aimlessly. Players making the same lazy passes to nowhere they were three months ago.

PLEASE STOP THIS “NBA system” we are running. We do not have the players for it.

(02-16-2020 05:45 PM)tiger1016 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)truest blue tiger Wrote:  Some of you posters are on the pathetic side in my opinion, and you can say the same about me because frankly I could care less. You live to bash and be malcontents. This team tries but the lack of a guard that is consistent is what kills us, it's not all coaching because he has us in a position to win but the players lacking is a problem.

Coach didn't miss free throws, did the UConn players hitting free throws have anything to do with Coach Hurley, no, the individual players hit them. My fault with coach this game was his sticking with Alo. but the problem with subbing him for DB is that DB at this time in his career makes horrible decisions with the ball in his hands. Coach was dealt a blow or blows this season. Honestly, I hope that he resigns after this season so that you malcontents can start up on a new coach if he doesn't win big in his 1st year. I realize that it simply doesn't matter what the truth is, you are Hypnotized by your hatred for Coach that no matter what all you can see is fault. a person can follow your post through out this thread to see your enjoyment at things not going well, or you came on late to do no more than criticize and bash. But you're fans, that is as long as we're winning.

Here we go again. The posters that want him gone are a handful. Fans are frustrated and are rooting for Penny to turn it around. We have been on mediocrity for way too long and if Penny’s coaching tenure fails, the program will be in a heap of trouble. We need him to succeed but most criticism has been constructive. We can’t keep blaming players at this point of the season for lack of coherent offensive sets and barely any progression in individual development of players other than perhaps Boogie.

Boogie is the one exception. Everyone else has either stalled at where they were or have regressed.

(02-16-2020 05:47 PM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  It is just no offense. Guys standing around while Precious plays one three. Guards jacking threes. Players dribbling around aimlessly. Players making the same lazy passes to nowhere they were three months ago.

PLEASE STOP THIS “NBA system” we are running. We do not have the players for it.

That's the one thing that makes me wonder if he's going to make it at this level.

(02-16-2020 05:45 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:39 PM)Hoots Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:29 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:27 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:16 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  Yeah and he's done a lot of big things really bad.

This. Lomax will be the demise of Penny. Lomax provides nothing on offense he is essentially Andre Allen out there.

I said it after the Cincy game. When Lomax is in the game the offense immediately goes to crap because the ball will stick in his hands.

Andre Allen would start every game on this team, and deserve it.

C'mon, man. He cut his teeth on this team and screwed it up.

OK, the weed NCAA no show did slip my mind, but he was a much better player, in my opinion.

His skills and hoops IQ were head and shoulders above at least two of our current guards.

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)dwash Wrote:  So next year when Wiseman and Precious are in the NBA and this team still looks horribly disorganized (trust me it will if they have the same staff) will it then be ok to criticize Penny?

Are we factoring in losing the best player on the team again next year, a starter like quinones missing time early, losing a player like dj in the heart of your schedule for months, and someone like boogie not playing well until almost 3/4 of the way into the season? If none of that happens then absolutely, he'll deserve all criticism.

Tigers are 277 in the nation in Free Throw shooting at .676%. They could potentially miss over 250 free throws by the end of the conference tournament.

(02-16-2020 05:50 PM)jmar2211 Wrote:  

(02-16-2020 05:40 PM)dwash Wrote:  So next year when Wiseman and Precious are in the NBA and this team still looks horribly disorganized (trust me it will if they have the same staff) will it then be ok to criticize Penny?

Are we factoring in losing the best player on the team again next year, a starter like quinones missing time early, losing a player like dj in the heart of your schedule for months, and someone like boogie not playing well until almost 3/4 of the way into the season? If none of that happens then absolutely, he'll deserve all criticism.

I feel safe in saying we will not lose a lottery pick next year, so that one will be gone. But of course, we'll still get some bad calls, so . . .

I want to see Boogie, LQ & Baugh on the floor in the last 5 mins of the game. The local guard experiment has failed.

(02-16-2020 05:57 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  I want to see Boogie, LQ & Baugh on the floor in the last 5 mins of the game. The local guard experiment has failed.

Amen but I'm afraid the Alo relationship is too strong.