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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5432801, member: 6798"]
In hindsight, I think people were taking for granted the effects of injuries on our performance in the 3 game losing streak that lead to this thread. Cornell was the least injury related, aside from still playing without Thomson, but they are also the clear #1 team in the country and we were coming off a big win over ND. Hiltz gets hurt late in that one. His shooting and dodging was a huge part of our offense in the Cornell game and the ones leading into it.

In the Duke game Hiltz is basically a total decoy who can barely move, Rhoa and Leo have questionable health, and it is Thomson's first time on the field in almost two months. Leads to us asking a heck of a lot of Anderson as a freshman and he struggles. Levine goes down later in the game. UNC it is our first game without Levine and we experiment with rookie ssdms, Hiltz gets some numbers but is still much less effective off the dodge, and it is Thomson's first game back at attack.

Did we make some bad decisions and undisciplined plays in those games? Yes. Could Gait and Co have made some better choices with matchups and personnel based on the injuries? Probably. But for a team with depth as one of its biggest weaknesses, losing key guys in the middle of an extremely tough stretch of the schedule is gonna lead to problems. It does not excuse every individual play, but fatigue can lead to the plays that get percieved as being undisciplined. With our turnaround since that losing streak, I think health is looking like a larger factor in why things went as poorly as they did.
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