Wildcats enter the Vault as 13.5 underdog
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Common foul in my book. But if that happens to a conference darling, heads would explode and it would be reviewed for 20 minutes.
Lucky we played Northwestern today. Not our best game by some key people. Jacobson and Sandfort did have a decent game.
Penn State had some decent teams under Patrick Chambers. They ran him out of town and have been pretty awful since.
They have pretty much done that all season. Underperform offensively the first half and pull away in the 2nd.
They had that coach that left for ND too, he was pretty solid. PSU is a graveyard for CBB coaches though.
They did decent that one year recently they had that very athletic big white player and we beat them at their place last game of the year and he cried.
Not going to change….been that way multiple times this year. Unfortunately teams usually carry traits the whole season.
I think part of it is other teams have started to figure us out. Lots of film out there now. Our lack of athleticism limits how much we can just overwhelm supposed inferior teams. And I think Mast is starting to wear down (even before the illness). He doesn’t have the body type to handle banging against a true 5 for months on end.
on a side note: did I see Curtis is now on the injury list? Anybody know what the issue is? Is that why he didn’t play against Purdue and their frontline?
Oh yeah - I forget Shrewsberry was there for a short time. He probably would have gone okay if Penn State didn’t treat BB like a club sport.
Yep. I’ll add seems that the starting 5 are all trying to grind thru it. Tired legs = turnovers, missed open 3’s , not getting to their spot both offensively and defensively. Mast needs to flush this performance and start putting out solid performances in back to back games.
Mast can’t maintain is footing and played today with butterfingers. The whole team threw not just bad but extremely terrible passes and most of the time it wasn’t because of Wildcat pressure. They can’t go to Iowa City and play this way and expect to win. I think we need Garcia to step up his game. We need another big.
NW is probably better than what their record shows; The B1G is brutal on an average-ish team, and their schedule was a monster.
6 games left - would be nice to win 4 or 5 of them. 3 or less would be concerning.
6 games left - would be nice to win 4 or 5 of them. 3 or less would be concerning.
Wierd game for Mast: 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 points, 6 TO's.
Seems like he would get into trouble when he tried to dribble down low.
Very sloppy 1st half, bad passes and had a lid on the basket seemed like nobody wanted to take a shot thought some shots where passed up.
Knew they would take control in the second half but coving the spread looked iffy in the 1st half.
I’m in Cancun and was very happy they got the game on for me.
Need to make sure they can hat the Herky game on Tuesday night. Unfortunately it’s a hour later here in Cancun
Knew they would take control in the second half but coving the spread looked iffy in the 1st half.
I’m in Cancun and was very happy they got the game on for me.
Need to make sure they can hat the Herky game on Tuesday night. Unfortunately it’s a hour later here in Cancun
Like it or not, this is the world we live in. I don’t believe for a second that posts like these are random but more of a calculated step by his advisors to get it out there that he is willing to listen to offers. Blue bloods and the T Techs of the world have lots of resources.
Yes, our offense is predicated on pace without ball handing. We don't have even a decent ball handler(nba level) or anybody who can create or provide the time to let a play develop. We rely heavily on quick passing once the dribble hand off is executed. Teams can start to play the passing lanes because we are a rhythm offense, especially teams playing us for the 2nd time, with 25 games on film, and who are now giving us their best effort. We are still dangerous because we have good three point shooters but beating good teams is going to come down to the luck of make or miss from 3. Our easy layups and high % shooting at the rim is coming to an end as teams are just playing those lanes. Much like the NBA, the college game comes down to hitting 3s, and hoping the other team misses theirs.
Our problem also is that we really don’t have any bigs and we’re not that athletic. Reink and Berke are our two guys with size that play regularly, but I wouldn’t consider either one of them physical guys. Reink, maybe. But he plays the perimeter so much. We’re a smart team that plays with movement with the ball with good shooters. If we’re not shooting well we’re screwed.