Fatigue. I'm not here to make excuses for us, I never have, but I saw a team in the 2nd half that was tired. The 20 point lead allowed the adrenaline to fade and fatigue took over. Not sure we've really had time to recover from a 7 NIGHT, 3 CITY, 4 FLIGHT, 3 HOSTILE GAME ROAD TRIP. We probably got home in the early hours of Sunday morning and didn't have a lot of rest time before starting to prepare for St. Mary's.
We are coming off what Few has called the toughest road trip in his entire time at GU, and I just think the 2nd half showed that. I thought that was why we were so late on close-outs, missed some of those easy bunnies, and started making some sloppy plays. No legs underneath us. You could really see it with Elias, Kelly, and Gary, who have been getting banged around for a week and a half.
Obviously there are things that we need to sure up, and we definitely did some of the bad things that have haunted us before, but I just thought we looked tired. This full week off should give us time to rest/recover, get a tune-up game in against Portland (7-10 record), and give it hell against Butler rested and ready to go.
We're 16-1 and come Monday will probably be ranked #7 or so. Take a deep breath and say that out loud: 16-1!!!
We are coming off what Few has called the toughest road trip in his entire time at GU, and I just think the 2nd half showed that. I thought that was why we were so late on close-outs, missed some of those easy bunnies, and started making some sloppy plays. No legs underneath us. You could really see it with Elias, Kelly, and Gary, who have been getting banged around for a week and a half.
Obviously there are things that we need to sure up, and we definitely did some of the bad things that have haunted us before, but I just thought we looked tired. This full week off should give us time to rest/recover, get a tune-up game in against Portland (7-10 record), and give it hell against Butler rested and ready to go.
We're 16-1 and come Monday will probably be ranked #7 or so. Take a deep breath and say that out loud: 16-1!!!
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