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Belo-Plum-TFraz 7 for 29 field; 4 of 8 FT. not getting it done and, sorry, but has happened too regularly thoughout entire season. Got 1 week to get on a heater
Belo-Plum-TFraz 7 for 29 field; 4 of 8 FT. not getting it done and, sorry, but has happened too regularly thoughout entire season. Got 1 week to get on a heater
Homecoming 2019
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And we got a B1G regular season title this season which is more important than anything we did last season.
I think those people, including myself, weren't expecting a first game loss
Makes the regular season championship even sweeter.
Get focused for the NCAAs.
Get focused for the NCAAs.
The reason they had Plummer in was to keep the defense from trapping down on Kofi because they are worried about giving him the open three. That's why they had Trent on the other side as well with Curbelo and Hawkins spacing the floor.
you're not a basketball expert. it shows with this take. You take the contested layup there 100% of the time with Belo. Shocked there wasn't a foul called. With how we were shooting today, taking a jump shot in that situation makes ZERO sense, and we admit defeat.
The no look pass bit Trent on that play, tough loss. Played soft pretty much the whole game. Not even sure what to think of Plummer at this point, because that was awful.
Brad likes to point out how the teams practices defense 2/3 of the time. Yeah it shows bc your offense is an utter train wreck when it matters most.
Not an intelligent note. Did you go to Iowa?
If we make the sweet 16 or better nobody’s gonna give a crap about this loss
The one concern of mine is our scoring droughts. It’s been a problem thru the last half of our season. 3 starting guards shooting 25% or less. Won’t go very far with those stats. No consistency except for Kofi.
The curse of the white jerseys, do not wear the white jerseys again this year…
I wonder if Hawkins was where he’s supposed to be? If Frazier draws the wing defender, isn’t Coleman supposed to be in the corner?
This. If we don't have a drought in the first half, we win by a few. I was excited when he brought in the energy from the bench (Belo, Payne, Goode, and RJ), but they couldn't score either! Hopefully we're full strength next week with Grandy back in the fold.
I think this is an issue especially when he decides to pump fake and drive to the lane to pass. Teams know he wont pull up, shoot a floater or anything so when he does that they just have to guard the passing lanes.
You mean like when it mattered most against Iowa to win the conference title?
As much as I would have liked to win today this is not when it mattered the most.
Bench had one basket. That is a concern. Freshmen played tentative, Payne out of control, no BBV. We will need more from them next week.
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Fine, I’ll defer to your knowledge. However, it doesn’t take a basketball expert to see that we rarely have a set play and a contingency plan in these situations. If the team knew the plan on a miss was Andre taking it to the hoop (and that’s fine, but they SHOULD know that), three other guys should have been preemptively swarming the glass with one posted at the three-point line in case the trees are too tall.
Rest up for the real tourney that matters. Let's make a run and f**king win the entire thing in April.
Trent Frazier please just shoot the step back 3 when in crunch time.... No drive... No pass. It works. I seen it!
No one likes a loss, but as others have said, I think this team could use the extra time to get healthy and get focused. They were humbled by a team playing for their tourney lives. But they have a second life, now let's see what they do with it. ... hopefully they come out with a little chip on their shoulder next game and, ideally, not wait until midway thru the second half to show it. I still like our chances, there's a ton of teams with flaws heading into the tourney.
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