usf-cal

[caw]

I agree that the game wasn't really in doubt and you can't necessarily claim that their struggles portend bad late-game execution in the future, but you realize that ND was USF's last game before yesterday. Kind of hard to have "come a long way" in one game.

The ND game as you mentioned was a close game throughout. USF may have turned the ball over a lot at the end, but their largest lead was 5 with about 10 to go 1 with 5 to go and 3 with about 3 to go.

Now USF should have at least scored more than 2 points in the last five minutes but ND only put up 3 points during that time span. The pace of that game was drag down slow and scoring/offense was abysmal on both sides.

I don't consider that as much of a collapse as just a close game that ND managed to get to OT.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Eh, I agree with you when you look at it on the whole, but USF made about 4 "choke" plays down the stretch that make you wonder about their poise at the end of a game with a small lead.

If I remember, it went something like:

- Got the ball stolen on a halfcourt trap
- Blew a fast break layup while beating the press
- Bricked the front end of a 1-and-1 following the blown layup
- Committed a horrendous foul due to poor awareness after the missed FT