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[QUOTE="JoeySimz, post: 2008932"]
I'll add that SJU was very aggressive and it paid off. They were hand-checking, slapping, clawing, fouling and the refs were not calling it. One ref named Brian was really bad and Mullins loved it.

We reacted poorly. None of our guys could play through the slightest bit of contact. This skinny team (I sat very close to the SJU bench. They looked like a skinny hs team to us) bullied us and we looked scared. We crumbled under pressure and never regained control, or even composure.

By the time we figured out how to get the ball inside and take the upper hand physically, it was too late. We were in foul trouble and exhausted and they were still running up and down. White and Coleman are very slow to begin with and our lack of team speed was on full display. Boeheim had no idea what to do with substitutions. It was also mind-boggling how much Roberson sat when we were getting run out of the gym in the second half.

Based on this, your last comment is more than reasonable.
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