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First off I'm very proud how hard this this team fought and even down 10 never gave up.
Bazz was huge. Led the team in points (29) and rbs (8). Boat hit some huge shots. Wolf had a good game. Just needs to cut down on the fouls so that he can stay on the floor longer. DD was very good early, but got banged up. Got to give them a grade of A as far as effort was concerned.
They should have won the game in regulation if they hadn't had so many squanders. Wolf's missed dunk. A few too many missed FTs especially in the first half. They did start banging them down in the 2nd half though. I can't remember them all, but they had a few other squanders and if they just had one less OT never happens.
Again we were out-rebounded badly (by 10) resulting on too many 2nd chance points. MU had a 11-5 edge on the offensive glass. Even getting out-rebounded we almost pulled that one off.
With that said, taking those 2 points away at the beginning of OT was flat out the wrong call based on what I've read in some other posts. BTW, I was wondering why they switched sides when they tipped it up for OT. How that even happened is beyond me. It turned out to be a 4 point swing and who knows how the OT would have gone if UConn had jumped on top right away. The officiating was not very good. It felt a tad one-sided in favor of MU. There were a few calls that went our way though. I thought Boat got away with an out-of-control charge. That one usually goes the other way, but we lucked out on that one. DD got all ball and somehow ended up with a foul and an other cut on his chin.
It was a bummer of an outcome, but this team is competing a whole lot better than I thought they would.
Some think they should have fouled and not let them get off the 3 at the end of regulation. I still think the odds of MU hitting their first 3 of the night and a deep one at that was less likely than them hitting the first FT and then getting a put-back or getting fouled for another 2 shots. With that said, I would not have criticized the coaching either way.
Bazz was huge. Led the team in points (29) and rbs (8). Boat hit some huge shots. Wolf had a good game. Just needs to cut down on the fouls so that he can stay on the floor longer. DD was very good early, but got banged up. Got to give them a grade of A as far as effort was concerned.
They should have won the game in regulation if they hadn't had so many squanders. Wolf's missed dunk. A few too many missed FTs especially in the first half. They did start banging them down in the 2nd half though. I can't remember them all, but they had a few other squanders and if they just had one less OT never happens.
Again we were out-rebounded badly (by 10) resulting on too many 2nd chance points. MU had a 11-5 edge on the offensive glass. Even getting out-rebounded we almost pulled that one off.
With that said, taking those 2 points away at the beginning of OT was flat out the wrong call based on what I've read in some other posts. BTW, I was wondering why they switched sides when they tipped it up for OT. How that even happened is beyond me. It turned out to be a 4 point swing and who knows how the OT would have gone if UConn had jumped on top right away. The officiating was not very good. It felt a tad one-sided in favor of MU. There were a few calls that went our way though. I thought Boat got away with an out-of-control charge. That one usually goes the other way, but we lucked out on that one. DD got all ball and somehow ended up with a foul and an other cut on his chin.
It was a bummer of an outcome, but this team is competing a whole lot better than I thought they would.
Some think they should have fouled and not let them get off the 3 at the end of regulation. I still think the odds of MU hitting their first 3 of the night and a deep one at that was less likely than them hitting the first FT and then getting a put-back or getting fouled for another 2 shots. With that said, I would not have criticized the coaching either way.