OK... please step down from the ledge people and lets talk rational.
Here is my take. Over the last two days our boys have been grabbed, pushed, shoved, checked and etc. A game like tonight or last night would never happen in the dance since fouls would get called. I'd almost want to say that it looked like our boys felt it beneath them to stoop to that level. It cost them dearly. Bravo to SCU and USD for taking full advantage of what was being given them. That level of physicality wouldn't fly in the tourney. We all know that the officiating (on all ends of the court) stinks to high heaven in the WCC. So lets just move on. (BTW where was that elite team call tonight Mr. Gottleib? I still think you are a horse's behind)
The boys couldn't buy a bucket the last 2 games. Just ugly. they were horrid from nearly everywhere on the floor. Despite that, they managed to stay in the games they played and won one of the two. Cold shooting can be remedied and they have plenty of time to work on it... Hopefully they get the Friday/Sunday games to get the extra day. They found ways to produce. Much of the problems stems from the over the top physicality that was being allowed to happen. The boys will get back into the flow.
Billy knows the system inside and out. He knows how to disrupt the system and he had his boys working it good. Tack on the fact that our boys played with so little heart in the second half and made weak efforts to get defensive boards and you have a recipe for disaster. USD just plain whooped them on the boards.
Tonight was the poster child for why the tournament needs to be on a neutral court. It is just plain unfair to allow a lower seeded team to actually have a home court advantage.
So what does it all mean? IMHO, it means don't stress it. There was a perfect storm coming at them with the above mentioned items. If they get bumped down to a 8/9 it will stink... but take the lumps and move on. I'm just as confident in this team as I have been the last 2 months. They aren't perfect and they have off nights, but the fire is still in the belly. Perhaps this bitter taste is just what they need heading into the dance.
Good Luck Boys... I can't speak for the jumpers here, but I am behind you 100%.
GO ZAGS!!!!!
Here is my take. Over the last two days our boys have been grabbed, pushed, shoved, checked and etc. A game like tonight or last night would never happen in the dance since fouls would get called. I'd almost want to say that it looked like our boys felt it beneath them to stoop to that level. It cost them dearly. Bravo to SCU and USD for taking full advantage of what was being given them. That level of physicality wouldn't fly in the tourney. We all know that the officiating (on all ends of the court) stinks to high heaven in the WCC. So lets just move on. (BTW where was that elite team call tonight Mr. Gottleib? I still think you are a horse's behind)
The boys couldn't buy a bucket the last 2 games. Just ugly. they were horrid from nearly everywhere on the floor. Despite that, they managed to stay in the games they played and won one of the two. Cold shooting can be remedied and they have plenty of time to work on it... Hopefully they get the Friday/Sunday games to get the extra day. They found ways to produce. Much of the problems stems from the over the top physicality that was being allowed to happen. The boys will get back into the flow.
Billy knows the system inside and out. He knows how to disrupt the system and he had his boys working it good. Tack on the fact that our boys played with so little heart in the second half and made weak efforts to get defensive boards and you have a recipe for disaster. USD just plain whooped them on the boards.
Tonight was the poster child for why the tournament needs to be on a neutral court. It is just plain unfair to allow a lower seeded team to actually have a home court advantage.
So what does it all mean? IMHO, it means don't stress it. There was a perfect storm coming at them with the above mentioned items. If they get bumped down to a 8/9 it will stink... but take the lumps and move on. I'm just as confident in this team as I have been the last 2 months. They aren't perfect and they have off nights, but the fire is still in the belly. Perhaps this bitter taste is just what they need heading into the dance.
Good Luck Boys... I can't speak for the jumpers here, but I am behind you 100%.
GO ZAGS!!!!!
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