Just a tip, don't predict what the team will do in the future. You will just look stupid.
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awesome! that would be quite a great season.
And we all would have signed up for a Round of 32 team in November. I think we all got a little drunk on the Kool-Aid after we started the conference season 4-0. In reality, this is a flawed team that is getting exposed in the best conference in the country. We are what we are, and that's a middle of the pack Big 12 team. Which again, we all would have signed up for in November.
Not for a team that was leading the best conference in the land at the end of January.
Twice late in the game Osun didn’t step in front of the ball handler because he was hunting a block. Both times they scored.
And any post predicting what the other team will do or not do needs to be removed.
Someone posted something like 'good to get an essy win' at half time and my ears got a little hot.
We have some coaching problems. Lots of trouble inbounding and getting down the court. There's gotta be schematic ways to help this out more. I know guys playing the game are the ones making passes and putting up shots, but repeated turnovers of the same flavor and 12 minute scoring droughts being a trend eventually becomes a coaching issue. There must be a way to break the cycle, no matter what play or personnel it takes just to get going again. Get guys in positions to score points. We had long stretches of not even getting a single shot off.
We have some player problems, too. Lipsey killed us in the second half. Terrible TOs, bad passes, no shooting, no driving, you've got to do something. There's a reason everyone else was struggling, too, they're playing 4v5 because Lipsey was regularly unguarded and doing nothing to make himself deserve respect. Even taking and missing shots is preferable to turnovers and run-outs. We also re-learned that we struggle terribly without Grill. Most of the latter part of the second half when TTU was steaming back -- he's on the bench due to foul trouble. Not a coincidence, it's a trend. Looked eerily like the OSU game.
Having lost both OSU and TTU, my guess is our 'Chip hopes are done. So be it, a 10/11 win finish is still good for what we expected going in...but it wasn't our full potential.
We have some player problems, too. Lipsey killed us in the second half. Terrible TOs, bad passes, no shooting, no driving, you've got to do something. There's a reason everyone else was struggling, too, they're playing 4v5 because Lipsey was regularly unguarded and doing nothing to make himself deserve respect. Even taking and missing shots is preferable to turnovers and run-outs. We also re-learned that we struggle terribly without Grill. Most of the latter part of the second half when TTU was steaming back -- he's on the bench due to foul trouble. Not a coincidence, it's a trend. Looked eerily like the OSU game.
Having lost both OSU and TTU, my guess is our 'Chip hopes are done. So be it, a 10/11 win finish is still good for what we expected going in...but it wasn't our full potential.
Robert Jones played 18 minutes, while Tre King played 16.
Barring foul trouble or injury, this should NEVER happen yet it does routinely.
Barring foul trouble or injury, this should NEVER happen yet it does routinely.
Well if you are going to have the 2 game stretch we just had, I guess the most positive thing I can find is the back half was a Monday and we have until Saturday to figure some things out. This upcoming game will tell us a lot about staff and team.
Sorry…. I’ve set my expectations higher for this team after what they’ve shown.
I should have known better I guess.
The free throws continue to exasperate me. We were 12-21, they were 26-37? Good thing Big Rob was 2-2 or it would have been worse.
I want to second the first point with the caveat that I am very impressed by this staff overall. I have eaten a lot of crow with TJ and he's been awesome, he has the program in a place with a VERY bright future.
I do think that a simple man press shouldn't be such an enormous feat to overcome for two straight years, though. Teams that don't really press are able to do it consistently without giving up easy buckets and it absolutely kills the offense.
Even the token presses are a killer, as the makeup of the roster makes the offense very reliant on ball movement to get an open look. When you lose a third of the clock each possession and you're already relying on more of it than almost any other team, you're gonna struggle.
IMO, there needs to be more emphasis on the ability to handle the ball under pressure for almost every spot on the roster. Guys have to be able to get the ball up the court more easily and can't be thrown off so much when the defense gets aggressive. Gotta be able to attack and exploit that stuff instead of be put on your back foot.
We need to get a team sports psychologist on board to figure out our poor FT shooting.
It’s like kickers in football, it’s all mental. These guys have played basketball their entire life and should be able to make FTs. They probably do fine during practice. But in games, it’s different.
I like your thinking. Also, despite 2 terrible losses we are still only one game out of first place in the league.
Holding a lead late is an issue between the free throws and a press with several guys who don’t handle the ball well.
You realize we're in an era where a 16 over a 1 isn't a surprise?
ISU could go undefeated from here on out and still only win a game or none in the tourney.
They've been finnickey at times in the season. They're pretty good but have their limits.
