GoUSFBulls.com Bulls Drop Road Contest at UConn

[Brad]

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Bulls Drop Road Contest at UConn

USF is back at home to host East Carolina on Saturday at 8 p.m.

STORRS, Conn., FEB. 8, 2017 – The University of South Florida men’s basketball team (6-17, 0-12 The American) was defeated 97-51 at UConn (11-12, 6-5) on Wednesday evening.

The Huskies began the game by scoring 17 of the first 18 points, placing the Bulls in an early double-digit hole.

USF drew closer with a 21-7 run, cutting the deficit down to six, 31-25, with 1:59 on the clock. Junior guard Geno Thorpe (Pittsburgh) tallied all eight of his first half points during the stretch.

The Huskies then extended the advantage going into halftime with a 40-30 edge.

UConn then started the second half strong with 17 consecutive points on their way to the double digit win.

Key Stat

· UConn made 16 three-pointers in the contest.

Quotables

Interim head coach Murry Bartow on the game:

“We got off to a bad start, but played phenomenal over the last eight minutes (of the first half) and had a lot of momentum…We just had a terrible start to the second half. I give a lot of credit to UConn – they played well and made a lot of threes.”

Notables

• Thorpe finished with 11 points, his 15^th double figure game this season.
• Sophomore guard Troy Holston (Queens, N.Y.) posted 10 points, his 21^st career game in double figures.
• On Sunday, USF made seven, three pointers, giving the team 19 this month. The Bulls are participating in the Coaches vs. Cancer Three Point Challenge throughout February. Learn more/donate HERE

 

Up Next

The Bulls return home to host East Carolina on Feb. 11. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. at the Sun Dome.

[raptorcj]

+ =   [edit] MBB equation only...

Got to get better from here.

Edited February 9, 2017 by raptorcj

[SANJAY]

"Drop" does not appear to adequately describe what happened.

[usfgrad84]

We can just use the same headline and insert the opponents name at the end.  This is quite a mess that Harlan has on his hands.  I think even a worse situation than McCullum created.  

I feel bad for Bartow because he is just doing what he can.  Harlan is going to need to make a splash hire to begin to build any kind of interest in the program at this point.

[mellobull]

1 hour ago, SANJAY said:

"Drop" does not appear to adequately describe what happened.

More like plowed under

[mellobull]

Basketball should drop to division II until they recover

[SANJAY]

1 hour ago, usfgrad84 said:

We can just use the same headline and insert the opponents name at the end.  This is quite a mess that Harlan has on his hands.  I think even a worse situation than McCullum created.  

I feel bad for Bartow because he is just doing what he can.  Harlan is going to need to make a splash hire to begin to build any kind of interest in the program at this point.

With possible sanctions looming a splash hire will be difficult. I think it pretty likely that Bartow is hired to ride this out for a couple years. 

[mellobull]

Bartow, if he somehow he miraculously turns this team about, say have an above 500 season next year,  should he be made the permanent head coach ?  My thinking is yes .

[usfgrad84]

Anything above .333 record with this program should be considered miraculous. Unfortunately that's not really an exaggeration. 

[raptorcj]

2 hours ago, mellobull said:

Bartow, if he somehow he miraculously turns this team about, say have an above 500 season next year,  should he be made the permanent head coach ?  My thinking is yes .

I know a lot of people like the guy, and by all accounts he seems to be a stand-up character. But I'm not seeing much in his ability to figure this thing out. He's been trying to find a good starting combination, but we're obviously still not there yet. Tough time to take over for ANY coach, but my vibe is that Bartow won't work out.