Game 23, 2024-25: SLU (2/4)

[MikeUMA]

Did anyone watch the late SportsCenter on Tuesday? Were we among the Bad Beats?

We should have been. Final line was SLU -1.5
If people took UMass, they looked pretty solid with UM being up 5 with 49 seconds left, until they didn't.
Final was SLU -2

That's a Bad Beat.

[MikeUMA]

Painful to compile the recaps
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[inthescoop]

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"Josh Shertz postgame presser: Didn't feel like we deserved to win that game, we got outplayed for most of the 40 minutes"

Yep.

[eldonabe]

Painful to compile the recaps
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"Josh Shertz postgame presser: Didn't feel like we deserved to win that game, we got outplayed for most of the 40 minutes"

Yep.

Yup 39 minutes and 11 seconds to be exact.

[rt63]

It’s just unacceptable for a team at this level to lose in that manner. A total lack of clock management and it all lies on the coaching staff’s shoulders.

[eldonabe]

It’s just unacceptable for a team at this level to lose in that manner. A total lack of clock management and it all lies on the coaching staff’s shoulders.

Yea, this falls 100% on Frank.

You gotta know by now that your team does not have that in their BB-IQ. Even if they did have it, you are pounding that ball/time control message into their heads every time they have the ball in their hands regardless of it being a time out, shooting fouls shots, or just the point brining up the ball. Poor coaching on that one.

[Jack]

Embarrassing. Stupid, sloppy execution w/poor effort from most. outcoached and outplayed.

[69MG]

^ It was stupid and sloppy, yes. But you are letting the end of the game cloud your judgement.

We were outplayed for the first 6 minutes of the game. After that, until the final minute, we either outplayed them or it was even. Not a poor effort from most. Dumb plays yes, but the effort was there.

And I do agree that Frank would do things differently at the end of the game if he had the chance. Regardless, they need to put this one on the back burner, learn from it and get a win in Philly tomorrow.

[Jack]

^ Fair enough - the effort in the final minute was terrible. We gave the freaking game away.

[Floyd]

Had to watch the replay to make sure that really happened. What a fucked up collapse that was, poorest clock management in recent memory