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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4826796, member: 1414"]
Read what I said.  The way the refs called it (or didn't call it mostly) was something we weren't prepared for.  We stunk up the joint, but had it been officiated like the OOC games we played we would never have gotten into that rut, and probably would have played much better.  We were not prepared to play a game like that.  Dan has said as much.

It's exactly what we went through last year.  Very physical defense against us and very physical offense against us, especially on drives to the rim and refs swallowing the whistle on physical fouls but calling touch fouls.  We didn't adapt to that last year until a few losses forced it.  We have a highly skilled team that is probably below average athletically.  When the game is this style, skill takes a backseat.  The guys have to be tougher and unfortunately, our biggest weakness is that we just don't have any physically imposing guys other than DC, Castle and Ball. Castle wasn't good on offense but had 3 blocks and didn't mind the physical game.  Biggest need this team has is an athletic bully ball 4.
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