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- Florida State is too big and too good to beat when they are going to make 11 of 22 threes. They normally hit 33% and forcing them to shoot form outside is a good strategy against them. Not tonight.
- The game was decided on two runs, both of which were as painful to watch as it gets. Tyus battle hit a 10 footer from the side to make it 9-11 with 14:10 left in the first half. In the next 8 minutes and 26 seconds we were out-scored 5-25. We were 2 for 10 in field goals, 1 for 5 in free throws and had 7 turnovers in that span while the Seminoles were 9 for 16 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line with 3 turnovers. Rebounds were about even 9-8. They made 4 of 7 treys. We were 0 for 6.
- I didn’t feel the game was over. If you are going to fall way behind, fall way behind early. You’ve got time to come back, (in this case 25:44) and you’ve got halftime in the middle so you can rest up in the middle of it. My fear was not that we couldn’t catch up that we would expend so much energy in doing so that when we finally caught them, we would not be able to sustain the effort any further and the Noels would go on an answering run and re-take control. When we ended the half on a 17-3, I felt that we would then get the rest needed to avoid that. All we needed was a good start to the second half. We got the good start but could never gain the lead, coming within one point at 45-46, (an additional 14-7 run) with 13:44 left. That’s a total run of 31-10 over exactly 12 minutes). But it was as far as we got. It was still 52-55 when State went on their second run of 0-12 as we went scoreless for 3:46. We just get stuck on one score too many times. When we next scored we were down double digits with 6:25 left and the gas tank was on empty. It was over. They’d managed to fight us off until we just couldn’t go on over-drive any more.
- Years ago Herve Lamizana hit a banked in trey, (his only one all year) to beat us for Rutgers. That became known as a “Laminzana shot”. Tonight we witnessed a ”Kabengele Shot”, a three that’s obviously short all the way, hits off the back rim and the crawls over the rim and in. I thought it must have been tipped in by somebody but it must have had such a violent forward spin that it could defy the laws of physics and get through the hop anyway. I didn’t have a good feeling about the game after that shot and my feeling was correct.
- Frank Howard had a -9 game: two missed field goals, 3 missed free throws, 3 turnovers and afoul. He didn’t have one single positive statistic. The Noles’ second run began when Frank replaced Tyus to give him a blow. Senior point guards are supposed to lead the team in games like that and as JB said in his press conference, “he wasn’t mentally there”.
- Buddy Boeheim did some good things but isn’t really ready for a game like this against an opponent like this. He was 0 for 6 from the arc and had 3 turnovers.
- Jalen Carey got in for one minute, (if that). He made a steal and drove right into the defense and gave it right back. That was his entire evening.
- Elijah Hughes finally got it going in the second half and wound up with good numbers but he just hasn’t been himself for the previous three games. On the road trip he was 8 for 32 from the field, 5 for 21 from the arc and had 7 turnovers. Tonight, he had several opportunities to make the big shot that could have caught us up and maybe spurred us to hold onto a lead but he missed several of them: a trey at 38-42, a trey at 43-46, a trey at 45-48 and a jumper at 49-53. He also had a big turnover during the 0-12 run. Battle is Battle. Brissett is coming on strong. We need Hughes to make a it a big three, since Frank is playing small this year.
- Missing free throws when you are trying to nail down a win is very frustrating but it’s maddening when you are trying to make a comeback and you can’t convert on free shots with the clock not running. We missed 9 of them tonight. At one point we were 1 for 6 from the line.
- Bad officiating isn’t the reason you lost by 18 points but it stands out even more when nothing seems to be going right and you aren’t getting the calls either. The refs missed a shot clock violation. And several foul calls that could have been made. Also: if the other team’s 10th foul is a charge, don’t you get two free throws at the other end? That was the situation at the end of the half and all they did was have SU inbounds the ball and walk off to the dressing room.
- Some idiot called into the post-game show and said that they lost this game because JB attended the Super Bowl. The host pointed out that the team had practiced that morning.
- The game was decided on two runs, both of which were as painful to watch as it gets. Tyus battle hit a 10 footer from the side to make it 9-11 with 14:10 left in the first half. In the next 8 minutes and 26 seconds we were out-scored 5-25. We were 2 for 10 in field goals, 1 for 5 in free throws and had 7 turnovers in that span while the Seminoles were 9 for 16 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line with 3 turnovers. Rebounds were about even 9-8. They made 4 of 7 treys. We were 0 for 6.
- I didn’t feel the game was over. If you are going to fall way behind, fall way behind early. You’ve got time to come back, (in this case 25:44) and you’ve got halftime in the middle so you can rest up in the middle of it. My fear was not that we couldn’t catch up that we would expend so much energy in doing so that when we finally caught them, we would not be able to sustain the effort any further and the Noels would go on an answering run and re-take control. When we ended the half on a 17-3, I felt that we would then get the rest needed to avoid that. All we needed was a good start to the second half. We got the good start but could never gain the lead, coming within one point at 45-46, (an additional 14-7 run) with 13:44 left. That’s a total run of 31-10 over exactly 12 minutes). But it was as far as we got. It was still 52-55 when State went on their second run of 0-12 as we went scoreless for 3:46. We just get stuck on one score too many times. When we next scored we were down double digits with 6:25 left and the gas tank was on empty. It was over. They’d managed to fight us off until we just couldn’t go on over-drive any more.
- Years ago Herve Lamizana hit a banked in trey, (his only one all year) to beat us for Rutgers. That became known as a “Laminzana shot”. Tonight we witnessed a ”Kabengele Shot”, a three that’s obviously short all the way, hits off the back rim and the crawls over the rim and in. I thought it must have been tipped in by somebody but it must have had such a violent forward spin that it could defy the laws of physics and get through the hop anyway. I didn’t have a good feeling about the game after that shot and my feeling was correct.
- Frank Howard had a -9 game: two missed field goals, 3 missed free throws, 3 turnovers and afoul. He didn’t have one single positive statistic. The Noles’ second run began when Frank replaced Tyus to give him a blow. Senior point guards are supposed to lead the team in games like that and as JB said in his press conference, “he wasn’t mentally there”.
- Buddy Boeheim did some good things but isn’t really ready for a game like this against an opponent like this. He was 0 for 6 from the arc and had 3 turnovers.
- Jalen Carey got in for one minute, (if that). He made a steal and drove right into the defense and gave it right back. That was his entire evening.
- Elijah Hughes finally got it going in the second half and wound up with good numbers but he just hasn’t been himself for the previous three games. On the road trip he was 8 for 32 from the field, 5 for 21 from the arc and had 7 turnovers. Tonight, he had several opportunities to make the big shot that could have caught us up and maybe spurred us to hold onto a lead but he missed several of them: a trey at 38-42, a trey at 43-46, a trey at 45-48 and a jumper at 49-53. He also had a big turnover during the 0-12 run. Battle is Battle. Brissett is coming on strong. We need Hughes to make a it a big three, since Frank is playing small this year.
- Missing free throws when you are trying to nail down a win is very frustrating but it’s maddening when you are trying to make a comeback and you can’t convert on free shots with the clock not running. We missed 9 of them tonight. At one point we were 1 for 6 from the line.
- Bad officiating isn’t the reason you lost by 18 points but it stands out even more when nothing seems to be going right and you aren’t getting the calls either. The refs missed a shot clock violation. And several foul calls that could have been made. Also: if the other team’s 10th foul is a charge, don’t you get two free throws at the other end? That was the situation at the end of the half and all they did was have SU inbounds the ball and walk off to the dressing room.
- Some idiot called into the post-game show and said that they lost this game because JB attended the Super Bowl. The host pointed out that the team had practiced that morning.
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