Cinci thoughts

[RichZ]

1. I hate complaining about the refs, but tonight, I just can't help it. It really seemed like we were not allowed to play any interior defense, and Cinci was given a green light to just maul our guys at will. Bearcats attempted 21 FTs to our 9.
2. NINE!?!?!?
3. Jalen's emergence was pretty exciting.
4. Way too much help defense on the interior makes us easy prey to the kickout. If the other team is shooting 3s well, overhelping on interior D is toxic. Cini shot them well enough to hurt us.
5. Way too many missed bunnies.
6. It was a disheartening performance to be sure, but not the end of the world.

 

[JMick]

#3 and #5 are the most important takeaways IMO. Jalen played out of his mind - everyone else still struggling with something as simple as a layup