Why can't we hold a lead?

[casey1973]

Are we just not mentally tough or is it their change in defense and we don't react? I think we just get complacent and part of that I think is on Fred. Just a small part I realize. I'm glad they hung in there but they make it so hard on themselves not to mention all of us sitting at home yelling at whoever will listen. GO CLONES!!!!

 

[BigJCy]

This is one of the main reasons:


http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/167461-54-second-half-points-wvu.html

 

[Cyclonepride]

I believe we just did

 

[Gunnerclone]

I believe we just did

And 2 games in a row at that.

 

[Doc]

I think it's ISUs defense that tends to go to **** more than the offense. I don't know if teams figure out the defensive gameplan and the coaches are slow to adjust, or if the players get a little fatigued and play with less effort and focus on the defensive end.

 

[klamath632]

Are we just not mentally tough or is it their change in defense and we don't react? I think we just get complacent and part of that I think is on Fred. Just a small part I realize. I'm glad they hung in there but they make it so hard on themselves not to mention all of us sitting at home yelling at whoever will listen. GO CLONES!!!!

You ever try to hold lead? It gets real heavy after awhile.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I think it's ISUs defense that tends to go to **** more than the offense. I don't know if teams figure out the defensive gameplan and the coaches are slow to adjust, or if the players get a little fatigued and play with less effort and focus on the defensive end.

WVU's comeback was all about turnovers, not our D. We turned it over 10 out of 22 possessions of the 2nd half at one point.

 

[heitclone]

its our style, expect momentum swings,the things that makes us great on offense also makes us really sloppy at times.

 

[83Clone]

A couple bad TO's by Babb and Korie, Will misses 3 FT's. booker's brain fart and it 's really pretty easy to see how they stayed in the game

 

[Cycl1]

yeah, pretty sure they never got the lead the second half there.

 

[abe2010]

I'd go with the 10 turnovers in 22 straight possessions stretch in the second half this time

 

[Rural]

Superb Korie played the first half, WTH Korie played the second half.

 

[casey1973]

WVU's comeback was all about turnovers, not our D. We turned it over 10 out of 22 possessions of the 2nd half at one point.

You're probably right for this game in regard to the the number of turnovers at the end.

 

[State43]

That, and changing a 1-13 3 point shooting half to a 7-9 borage

 

[CTTB78]

Sloppy ball handling by seniors, poor defense on the perimter, and a lack of timeouts to get your team settled down.

 

[cyatheart]

I don't know, this game was never in doubt really. Teams are going to make runs at you. nobody is going to lay down on senior day at home. People are way too excited about this, enjoy it and hopefully the guys can make a run in KC.

 

[Knownothing]

I always notice that we suck when we go into a prevent offense and try to run the clock down. We need to just stay in our offense and say screw the clock

 

[cyclonestunners]

I always notice that we suck when we go into a prevent offense and try to run the clock down. We need to just stay in our offense and say screw the clock

I disagree. I was very happy to see us run the clock against OSU. I think the problem has been the opposite, where we still shoot early in the shot clock and DONT adjust until ti's too late. See the KU game. We were still putting up shots 10 seconds into th shot clock with 2 minutes left.

 

[VeloClone]

I don't know, this game was never in doubt really. Teams are going to make runs at you. nobody is going to lay down on senior day at home. People are way too excited about this, enjoy it and hopefully the guys can make a run in KC.

It was 76-72 at one point with plenty of time left. It was certainly in doubt at that point.

 

[cloneteach]

Worrying about a 27 point lead dwindling to a 9 point win in a conference road game is a good problem to have.