Early in the season we beat FAU, I don’t know the +/- of it, but we got their big guy in foul trouble, and I think that was a key to that game.
We are a much better team now than we were then, and FAU is no UCONN, but I’m not sure we beat FAU if their big guy stays in the game.
Once Clingon stopped our drives (and we weren’t getting ANY calls), this was the longest of long shots. Hard to put the game in the hands of the whistles, but really our best hope was to go get Clingon out of the game or go crazy from three.
We tried going off on three on the second half, and look what happened then. Miss threes long, and they get run outs and dunks.
It was a sound strategy by Brad. And I’ve been critical of him as a strategist. I think Brad improved in many ways throughout this season, and that’s what gives me the most hope for the future.