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[QUOTE="Hoov50, post: 159476, member: 1056"]
There were a lot of reasons why this game was a loss. Playing without Fab, and having no time to practice without him and ND's hot shooting are definitely on the list.

With that being said two things that stood out to me were two areas that we have been inconsistent in all year: half court offense and slashing to the hoop. Even in the first 20 games we are very inconsistent in our half court sets. Just like in years past there is a lot of dribbling and passing around the perimeter and very little movement of players without the ball. We are at our best when we are in transition and ND did a good job of slowing the pace last night.

We also settle for shots from the outside.  This is most frustrating since we have three guards and a slashing forward who we know can get to the rim and score or kick out to open shooters.

We were 20-0 with these glaring areas of "weakness" but last night these weaknesses along with Fab's surprise absence (and little or no practice time to work without him) and ND's hot shooting and overall play led to this.

As others have posted as much as we dreamed of an undefeated season we knew it was a near impossibility. We have to have to play harder Monday and regardless of the result get to next weekend. By then we will either have Fab back or have time to practice without him. I think either scenario will lead to better play than last night.
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