...and a huge missed opportunity for a team that desperately needs to pad it's NCAA resume.
Still need to get 2-3 more wins.
Im having a reallly hard time getting over this one
...and a huge missed opportunity for a team that desperately needs to pad it's NCAA resume.
Still need to get 2-3 more wins.
We actually had the ball with a chance for the win at the end of regulation and OT. Just a complete whiff. Pitino gift-wrapped this one and JB said, "thanks but I'll pass."That's where I am at.
To somehow have the ball, tied up, with a chance to win at the end of the 2H... you just have to get a look at the hoop.
We needed to end it there and steal it. Really a bummer.
We actually had the ball with a chance for the win at the end of regulation and OT. Just a complete whiff. Pitino gift-wrapped this one and JB said, "thanks but I'll pass."
That's where I am at.
To somehow have the ball, tied up, with a chance to win at the end of the 2H... you just have to get a look at the hoop.
We needed to end it there and steal it. Really a bummer.
I actually liked the fight they showed last night to claw back in it. Getting crushed on the boards and a cold shooting night for White is what ultimately doomed the Cuse.
Im with you, to me the golden opp was at end of reg.That's where I am at.
To somehow have the ball, tied up, with a chance to win at the end of the 2H... you just have to get a look at the hoop.
We needed to end it there and steal it. Really a bummer.
Agree, I love the heart and no give up mentality this team is showing lately. A stark contrast to the St John's game when I was sick to my stomach watching the 2nd half.
It's great that they aren't giving up (especially since I thought after the BC game that they had totally given up), but at this point, showing heart isn't enough. They need W's, and I'm not sure there will be enough of them this late in the season to get us where we need to be. That Pitt loss was killer, and I can't believe there were people here trying to downplay it.
This was a tough one.I actually liked the fight they showed last night to claw back in it. Getting crushed on the boards and a cold shooting night for White is what ultimately doomed the Cuse.
I agree with you more or less, know what youre trying to say. But heres the problem- you HAVE to stay in front of the ball handler. If you cant do that every single possession would end up in a layup. The only way to stay in front of a guy is to constantly move your feet, which sometimes/often times includes sliding. Its all about having proper position. When guys are moving really fast its just really difficult to determine who has the proper positioning. Especially when they change the rules every other year. Bottom line, defenders have to have a way to stay in front of the ball handler. If you dont have a charge call it would be impossible to stay in front of your guy (and in between basket) at all times. Imo the charge call has to exist for defenders to have any chance, im just not convinced they have properly defined a charge call and or call it properlyI think i'd rather be punched in the face every day than have to watch defenders slide over and take charges when the offensive player either has the ball or has given it up. That. Is. Not. Basketball.
I think i'd rather be punched in the face every day than have to watch defenders slide over and take charges when the offensive player either has the ball or has given it up. That. Is. Not. Basketball.
And I thought I was a masochist for coming on here as "often" as I have this season. You clearly take your hoops masochism to a new level.
Game was lost twice in my mind. Obviously tied with the ball with 16 some seconds you have to get a shot off there. If we miss we miss but to not even get a good look, awful. Second and what's gone over looked as SU comes out and immediately gets a 3pt play in OT and can really put some pressure on Lville and we let that 5 foot nothing walk on who looks like he came straight from a highschool game bury a wide open 3 to tie it. SU gets a stop there and another bucket to go up 5 the pressure is all on Lville. This was a game that was there for the taking and we failed, very disappointing.
Good points. We should have gotten a shot at the end of regulation. Gillon screwed up. But then it was Gillon's amazing 3 that got us there.
For the second game in row, Lydon had a fatal TO at the end. That is what cost us both games.
We get another crack at Louisville in a little over a week. This time we need to win to make the tournament.