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Every time they build a decent lead they do dumb shit.

Awful first 8 minutes, especially defensively. Even worse last minute. The 11 minutes in between were great — helped a bit by St Louis with their turnovers. Would really be nice to have Diggins be a bit more consistent. Some games (and even just some halves) he looks ridiculously good. Then others h...

Some folks really thought there was a chance at an at large bid? Making the NCAA tournament should be the team's goal every season. It used to be. And then somehow mediocrity became acceptable. Now there's complete apathy with the program amongst a lot of fans (and most students). That’s not what I...

Some folks really thought there was a chance at an at large bid?

That’s a bad loss. Offense went into the complete shitter the last ten minutes with some bad turniovers. Important game at home too. Another one they should have won but deserved to lose.

Really nice win. Different team when the ball is moving and they are making shots. Really competed defensively.

Not even taking that insane ending into account, that was a game they should have won but deserved to lose. Turned the ball over and didn’t play much defense in the first half. Defensive rebounding was dogshit all game long. Missed 4 free throws in the last 90 seconds and that allowed the door to st...

Really disappointing performance. Sure Rhody was hot, but they were getting whatever they wanted offensively and that leads to a lot of open looks. Our perimeter dudes got totally outplayed at both ends. The offense is what it is. We are generally pretty good and can be really good when we hit enoug...

Feels like are down 20. Giving up 48 in the first half to this team is rough. More concerned with the defense than the offense. Rhody stinks from 3 but they got a lot of wide open looks so they hit 7. They are a terrible free throw shooting and they are perfect while we are back in the 50s again. Wi...

Rough start. We are more than a step slow. Perimeter d is terrible leading to open threes. Can’t shoot worth shit. Missing free throws. Oof. Lots of time obviously but they need to get their shit together.

Think this is going to be a tough game. Road game against a team that’s playing better as of late with some dudes coming back that has helped them. Cross, even if he plays is beat up. Those are my super high level, generic thoughts. Haven’t spent any time looking at Rhody’s roster. I think if we tak...

Obviously a much better second half. Ball seemed to move pretty well and turnovers dropped while assists went up. Got 4 threes from guards - not a ton but they help you build that lead. Curry and DHS brought it off the the bench. Workmanlike win — feels like we’ve had a lot of those this year and th...

TruBluMaroon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:49 pm

Jackson96 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:52 pm

I do like these announcers. The color guy in particular seems pretty smart and informed.

Interesting view of a hopping Cross to the color guy led him to believe it was a shoulder injury

Great point, thanks.

LaSalle is pretty well coached and seem fairly solid. Think we are playing kind of meh, though. We’ve had a few careless turnovers, especially when we had chances to extend our lead a bit down the stretch of that half. Defensively we’ve been okay, not terrible, not great. Our lack of perimeter shoot...

Their effort and taking care of the ball should keep them in every game. To reach their ceiling though they have to get better consistency from the perimeter shooting. Then they won’t need all of those offensive rebounds. Almost pulled it out in a game in which their 4 guards shot 4 for 31 and 0 for...