SWC75
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- After holding our own on the boards against Connecticut and Texas A&M we got crushed against the Badgers 25-51. We almost overcame that but it’s a hard obstacle to over-come. Tyler Robertson’s foul trouble didn’t help. And why did DaJuan Coleman, who committed no fouls, play only 5 minutes?
- The refs seemed to have no control over the game. Not only did they take a point away from what appeared to be a Michael Gbinije three pointer several minutes of playing time later, (and they’d had a dead ball in that time but did nothing), but they failed to call the most obvious foul in the entire game: Gbinije got knocked to the floor on a lay-up attempt with no call.
- Despite that, we still had a chance to win it in regulation but Trevor Cooney rifled a pass to Tyler Lydon’s back shoulder. Tyler couldn’t handle it and it went out of bounds with 10 seconds left. There was no one between Tyler and the basket.
- Malachi Richardson opened the game with a wild three pointer at the shot clock buzzer and never hit another, 1 for 7.
- Our foul shooting was again bad only this time we didn’t get to the line 39 times. We were 11 for 20 from the line. 12 of 20 would have done it.
- 58 points in 45 minutes isn’t going to win too many games. We aren’t a one trick pony but we are a two trick pony: Hit threes or drive to the basket. A strong defensive team like Wisconsin can maintain contact with shooters and cut off drives. With no real inside scoring, the good defensive teams will be a bad match-up for us. And we are going to play several of them, including one this Saturday.
- The refs seemed to have no control over the game. Not only did they take a point away from what appeared to be a Michael Gbinije three pointer several minutes of playing time later, (and they’d had a dead ball in that time but did nothing), but they failed to call the most obvious foul in the entire game: Gbinije got knocked to the floor on a lay-up attempt with no call.
- Despite that, we still had a chance to win it in regulation but Trevor Cooney rifled a pass to Tyler Lydon’s back shoulder. Tyler couldn’t handle it and it went out of bounds with 10 seconds left. There was no one between Tyler and the basket.
- Malachi Richardson opened the game with a wild three pointer at the shot clock buzzer and never hit another, 1 for 7.
- Our foul shooting was again bad only this time we didn’t get to the line 39 times. We were 11 for 20 from the line. 12 of 20 would have done it.
- 58 points in 45 minutes isn’t going to win too many games. We aren’t a one trick pony but we are a two trick pony: Hit threes or drive to the basket. A strong defensive team like Wisconsin can maintain contact with shooters and cut off drives. With no real inside scoring, the good defensive teams will be a bad match-up for us. And we are going to play several of them, including one this Saturday.
