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Message: [QUOTE="businesslawyer, post: 4888603, member: 55"] Creighton had a better game plan than we did, no question. They weren’t going to let Spencer and Karaban beat them from 3. We needed more folks getting into the lane with the bounce and then either getting up a floater or, if Kalkbrenner committed, laying it off to a big. Creighton also played great offensively. They are a really good passing team and when they go 20 minutes hitting over 60% of their 3s, to some extent what are you going to do. Some were open but some weren’t and some were open shots by players you’re going to give 3s to. And, when Clingan had to sit the ten minutes with 2 fouls, we needed help inside and something has to give. Only Newton and Clingan kept their cool and figured out how to compete last night. No one else came out with the necessary intensity. So add those up and we got our butts kicked. It is what it is. We’re still 2 up in the loss column with 4 to play, and we don’t have to win in Milwaukee to need help to win the conference outright. So just need to respond Saturday night at home. But we knew going into last night that the most likely path to a loss is Clingan getting in foul trouble or hurt. By the time the NCAAs come along, we need to be ready to play much better than that when DC sits. [/QUOTE]