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Message: [QUOTE="Matrim55, post: 2016709, member: 3376"] I think we have to give them some credit there, for their energy. Part of playing in this conference is that we're the team on the schedule that everybody circles, so we get everybody's best shot. I've seen Tulane play 3 other times this year and they've never been able to bring energy like that to the court, and neither did USF or ECU. Look at how early they were picking up Jalen when he was bringing the ball up. They were meeting him at nearly the half-court line, and so he wasn't able to play downhill. That put the onus on CV, Vance & Rodney to create, and after about 12 minutes they figured it out. For context: We scored 13 points in the first 12 minutes, and 63 in the next 26. Part of that is better execution on our part, obviously, but part of it is Tulane bringing unsustainable energy on both sides of the ball. There's a reason we put them away down the stretch, just as we did to USF and ECU. In a better world we'd have the horses to dominate from the start, but we're not there yet. Next year, hopefully. [/QUOTE]