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MBB Game #19, (L, 65-64), SAT, 1/21 @ RUTGERS, 11:00 am CST, ESPNU
- Thread starter Red Don
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While I agree that we missed an opportunity to build a first half lead, we were up by 7 half way through the 2nd and up by 5 with 1:29 left. This team has no killer instinct and is scared of losing instead of playing to win.
I think its easier for the Huskers in games where they aren't supposed to win because they just play.
Its frustrating.
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Valid points indeed, well said ColoREDo. These last few losses have been head scratchers at the very least, hopefully the ship gets back on course as soon as possible.
I am sure with you on that, lol.
I wasn't shocked by this. First, I've seen Rutgers play this year a couple of times, and while the record isn't good, they have some talent. Second, this is a really young team that got gut punched. They have rallied a few times this year when things went poorly, but this looked like an emotional hangover. And discounting Morrow's toughness and lunch pail work is silly. Much of our success was him doing the little things that make life easier for the others on the floor.
Be disappointed, but lighten up, this is a young, fun group, accept some bad nights will happen.
Be disappointed, but lighten up, this is a young, fun group, accept some bad nights will happen.
No, they gave us two unexpected wins. No one should have thought we were going to all of a sudden be in the top of the conference for the whole season.
We are young and there are obvious areas for improvement. Not sure why we could close out close games against good teams and not against OSU and RU.
No excuses for today. We should have won and won big. Even in the last three minutes, we should have finished them out and won by double figures. That said, the factors (not excuses) I saw that really hurt included
- 0-17 from field to close 1st half
- McVeigh not being able to handle several passes to him at the baseline
- unforced turnovers
- shooting too many 3s
- foul trouble which caused defense to be less aggressive at times near the end
- no true back up point guard
We aren't as good as the first two conference games and aren't as bad as the last two.
Coaching better be able to address the issues that cost us the game. Maybe it wasn't the in game coaching decisions today. But every aspect that I saw cost us the game is coachable and recruitable.
100% accurate.
I agree the 8 players we play should have beat Rutgers. But not having Morrow does create a lot of problems overall. Including depth.
If it were a continuum though, I'd say we are closer to being the team of the last two games as the first two you mentioned.
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I disagree.
