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holy shit that was some classic shakablah. that late game offense just gave me terrible ptsd. they literally did not call any plays or run any sets, they just had kolek pound the air out of the ball before taking a terrible heave with a hand in the face as time on the shot clock ran out. THAT is the shaka smart that i know. just totally hapless, with no late game structure or ideas, just his players out there winging it. that tiger ain't changed his stripes. 

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9 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

holy shit that was some classic shakablah. that late game offense just gave me terrible ptsd. they literally did not call any plays or run any sets, they just had kolek pound the air out of the ball before taking a terrible heave with a hand in the face as time on the shot clock ran out. THAT is the shaka smart that i know. just totally hapless, with no late game structure or ideas, just his players out there winging it. that tiger ain't changed his stripes. 

I'm sure all the Marquette fans are super pissed they won tonight

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9 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

I'm sure all the Marquette fans are super pissed they won tonight

the very reason that shaka was here for six long years is because we won a whole bunch of games despite playing that terrible brand of basketball. of course none of those wins came in the tourney, which is why shaka had to tuck his tail and head back home. 

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look at marquette's players and observe how insanely easy this was to defend:

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just spread your players all over the floor/perimeter and have them all watch as one guy either jacks a three or drives with his head down. and then, because shaka does not believe in offensive rebounding, uconn easily cleans the glass and heads back down the court with a chance to tie or take the lead.

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rinse and repeat for the final two possessions of the game. those marquette fans actually care about basketball. let shaka continue to run his teams like this and we'll see how much they love him in 3-4 years when he's got one tourney win and is back at his level trying to win the NIT.

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18 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

the very reason that shaka was here for six long years is because we won a whole bunch of games despite playing that terrible brand of basketball. of course none of those wins came in the tourney, which is why shaka had to tuck his tail and head back home. 

lol fair points. 

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kolek really is a beast. fun to watch too. he's the kind of guy who could become a tourney star...in something other than college basketball as long as shaka is his coach, lol. in all seriousness, i could easily see kolek leading them to the S16, only for shaka to, how you say, bumblefuck his way into 8th in the conference in the ensuing years.

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12 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

look at marquette's players and observe how insanely easy this was to defend:

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just spread your players all over the floor/perimeter and have them all watch as one guy either jacks a three or drives with his head down. and then, because shaka does not believe in offensive rebounding, uconn easily cleans the glass and heads back down the court with a chance to tie or take the lead.

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rinse and repeat for the final two possessions of the game. those marquette fans actually care about basketball. let shaka continue to run his teams like this and we'll see how much they love him in 3-4 years when he's got one tourney win and is back at his level trying to win the NIT.

Lol at the dude just standing under the basket. It's like they're looking for the most efficient way to kill any spacing. 

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Just now, ztejas said:

Lol at the dude just standing under the basket. It's like they're looking for the most efficient way to kill any spacing. 

Shakablah! 

Smarter coaches will scheme to make it difficult as fuck for Kolek and force them to actually run offense. Which is, you know…

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3 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

I stopped reading after the sub-headline mentioned Shaka's "success at Texas".

https://andscape.com/features/marquettes-shaka-smart-isnt-making-a-comeback-in-the-ncaa-tournament-he-never-left/

ESPN mentioned this morning that he hasn't won a tournament game since 2013. Ten years. 

"Success at Texas" 

Right. 

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13 minutes ago, Deej said:

ESPN mentioned this morning that he hasn't won a tournament game since 2013. Ten years. 

"Success at Texas" 

Right. 

Like anyone could just waltz into Austin and win the NIT and lose to a 14 seed in round 1 

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Watching Arizona last night, and watching Ramey airball the final shot, brought back flashbacks of his horrid game vs. ACU that cost Shaka his job.  In that game Ramey was 1-7 FG, 0-3 3PT, 4 TOs.  And we lost by 1.

I really liked Ramey by the time he was done at Texas, but man those early years were hot and cold. 

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1 hour ago, HookEm said:

Watching Arizona last night, and watching Ramey airball the final shot, brought back flashbacks of his horrid game vs. ACU that cost Shaka his job.  In that game Ramey was 1-7 FG, 0-3 3PT, 4 TOs.  And we lost by 1.

I really liked Ramey by the time he was done at Texas, but man those early years were hot and cold. 

Was talking Hunter vs Ramey yesterday and the ACU game came up. He’s the basketball Keaontay Ingram. A moment or 2 overshadowing an otherwise decent career. 

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