Time to adjust the expectations. Writing is on the wall for this team; very inconsistent mental focus and intensity. Not gonna happen this year.
Expectations were unrealistic even before this game. During the 4 game-winning streak we beat:
1. Wisconsin at home while they were missing their best player and they are just an Ok team
2. Nebraska on the road but they are not a good team
3. MSU was a nice home win- but Hall, one of their best players- was out the last 10 minutes or so of that game and we had some home cooking official calls
4. Minnesota is even worse that Nebraska.
Same old story on offense- Many missed layups, FT's, Hawkins passing up open shots and then taking bad ones, untimely, momentum-killing turnovers( even though the total wasn't bad), standing around on offense and then going one on one and forcing up a contested shot.
Today, we got beat on the boards- out-toughed it seemed and obviously had no one to stop Davis or Hood Schifino.
The reality is that we are just an average team who might sneak into the tournament where we'll likely lose in the first round( again) or at most the second- if we get in at all.
So disappointing.