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I just opened can get another quality win other than Pittsburgh. And we sure don't need to lose to TCU. Let's regroup.

Stallion wrote:plus he didn't even try to take over game in crunch time

Sterling tried. And did a pretty good job of it.

20 wins a reasonable goal for this team? If USC could shoot free throws, we would have been hammered.

So no Big Dance this year?

yeah the only ones with intensity were Sterling and Ben but Ben couldn't get shots to drop when we need it

ALEX LIFESON wrote:20 wins a reasonable goal for this team? If USC could shoot free throws, we would have been hammered.

Well the conference does not seem to be that good so it is possible.

Arkpony wrote:So no Big Dance this year?

Not

Next up Boise State.

only 13 assists

we'll win some games but not against good teams on the Road-20-22 wins

we've got some weaknesses that aren't too surprising really

That was a game we win last season. We are a bubble team at the moment.

USC did beat A&M on the road and you've got to give them some respect for hitting 50% from 3 point line.

The lack of a bench doesn't help. Remember when we had Canaan Cunningham as about the 4th option off the bench. We got nuthin this year

We need more spare teams on the schedule, so Wilfong can play and we feel good about ourselves.lol

this team played sloppy!! no leader, no D when needed, and poor O. Gee, only 6 games and I already miss LB. This is going to be a long, long year and if we continue like we have started we can kiss any chance of going to the big dance goodbye.
I guess I really expected more. what a disappointment.

One Trick Pony wrote:

Arkpony wrote:So no Big Dance this year?

Not

If we don't make the NCAA tournament then we should have tried to appeal the post season ban not to remove it but to get it moved to this year since the verdict drug out until after the tournament anyway. l hope we can get some more good wins this year.

After finally getting to watch the game, only listened to it on Friday, had a few thoughts. First, we played good D and moved the ball pretty well for the first 26 minutes then just sort of fell apart. Second, when Shake came out around 15min mark of 2nd half, Sterling and Semi started trying to play hero ball so we had no ball movement and USC caught fire from 3 and went on that huge run to put them up 8-10. Didn't like how Jank didnt use a TO after the 8-0 run putting them ahead 4 or 5 to set something up on offense and get it flowing again. After they got up 8-10 we played a bit better offensively, but they just kept hitting 3's so we could never close more than 6.

Good news I liked how aggressive Froling was and he knocked down a few big shots. I expect him to get better an better as the season goes on. As was mentioned by multiple people we have to give Tom Wilson a shot over McDowell. I like McDowell's effort and could be a solid player, but gives us a big negative on offense. We need a spark off the bench who can score/stretch the D when Shake, Sterling, & Jarrey go out, since Gu isn't giving us much offensively.

We have the pieces to be a solid NCAA tourney team this year. We don't have much depth, but our starting 5 is real good. Lack height, but we still rebound well and are very skilled/athletic. We just need Shake to pick up his game along with Fro and another bench player to step up to give us something off the bench.