Tournament Opener

[LDopaPDX]

Holy crap... this was a team we annihilated two months ago. They got better. We didn't.

I think we could have survived one or two guys having a bad game, but there were a lot of guys who played really poorly tonight. Coward and Kyman a combined 2-14 from 3-pt land. Outrebounded by 7, including 11 offensive rebounds conceded.

This is a weird one because we've seen this script frequently. This team plays well from about Christmas until March, maybe 9-10 weeks of good ball. But everything that comes before and after is quite poor.

 

[sacstateman]

We definitely got better in the last 3 weeks...Freshmen started to really understand their roles...Hope you guys get a NIT bid, you deserve it and can make a great showing on a pretty big stage...Today we were the better team...Good luck...

 

[EagInTexas]

Another tournament where we didn’t seem to learn the lessons from the previous season. I can accept losing but to do it in such a spectacular fashion to a team with a losing record is a hard one to swallow.

Are we guaranteed a bid to the NIT? I though I read somewhere some recent changes they made to keep sole of the mid-major conferences out.

 

[EagInTexas]

Holy crap... this was a team we annihilated two months ago. They got better. We didn't.

I think we could have survived one or two guys having a bad game, but there were a lot of guys who played really poorly tonight. Coward and Kyman a combined 2-14 from 3-pt land. Outrebounded by 7, including 11 offensive rebounds conceded.

This is a weird one because we've seen this script frequently. This team plays well from about Christmas until March, maybe 9-10 weeks of good ball. But everything that comes before and after is quite poor.

I hate to single out players but I agree that those two played exceptionally poor. Jake Kyman who is usually a very reliable player may have played his worst game of the season from a shooting perspective. Lots of other players missed a bunch of easy shots inside as well.

That doesn’t explain getting out rebounded and not defending the perimeter.