We had the ball

[Excalibur]

Why on earth did Xavier end up with possession? Fireable offense.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Why on earth did Xavier end up with possession? Fireable offense.

Seriously. Never seen anything like it.

 

[the Q]

I’m more bitter about Jones 2 point take down of Whaley being called a travel.

 

[upstater]

I’m more bitter about Jones 2 point take down of Whaley being called a travel.

And then Whaley leaned on him to foul out

 

[Robo03]

As much I dislike officials too, we can only pin this loss on Gilbert’s 5 missed/block shots in a row. Oh and him losing the ball on a drive.
I appreciate his effort and all he has gone through from his injuries, but holy cow he is a terrible decision maker.

 

[auror]

Why on earth did Xavier end up with possession? Fireable offense.

They had the ball when the whistle was blown.

 

[uconnbill]

The call on Whaley was terrible and Jones got away with a couple of fouls not being called on him. Not one foul on him all game, how is that

 

[Excalibur]

As much I dislike officials too, we can only pin this loss on Gilbert’s 5 missed/block shots in a row. Oh and him losing the ball on a drive.
I appreciate his effort and all he has gone through from his injuries, but holy cow he is a terrible decision maker.

It’s not a question of “only”. It’s both. We win despite the mistakes if the officials simply do their jobs. And we win despite having four points taken from us in double overtime if we don’t make stupid plays down the stretch in regulation.

 

[8893]

As much I dislike officials too, we can only pin this loss on Gilbert’s 5 missed/block shots in a row. Oh and him losing the ball on a drive.
I appreciate his effort and all he has gone through from his injuries, but holy cow he is a terrible decision maker.

His foul shots were money though.

 

[Excalibur]

They had the ball when the whistle was blown.

They had attempted a shot. We had secured the rebound.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

There were a lot of just jaw droppingly bad calls tonight. Real head scratchers. Don't get me wrong, we got some in our way but there were some just awful calls.

 

[ucawn]

What about the last shot of regulation and OT, if the ball is in Bouk, or BAs hands we walk out victorious. If that dude on Xavier doesn’t hit that long 3 to tie it we win. So heartbreaking because we all know how huge this game was to win and there’s so many flaws that we could pick out and if we can fix those flaws by conference play why aren’t we a top 2/3 team.

 

[Excalibur]

What about the last shot of regulation and OT, if the ball is in Bouk, or BAs hands we walk out victorious. If that dude on Xavier doesn’t hit that long 3 to tie it we win. So heartbreaking because we all know how huge this game was to win and there’s so many flaws that we could pick out and if we can fix those flaws by conference play why aren’t we a top 2/3 team.

I'm not going to assume that we score if the ball is in somebody else's hands, but he waited way too long to penetrate and, as is typical, over-penetrated.

The play that really had me pissed was Vital's stupid 3 a few possessions earlier. We were running solid offense, getting open looks for Polley, and Vital just walks down and jacks up a 24-footer with a guy in his face.

 

[auror]

They had attempted a shot. We had secured the rebound.

The replay is up. Watch it. We didn't have the ball at any point.

 

[LIuconn]

Whatever. I Iose hands on 19 when the dealer hits 20.

Bouk got that and 1 when he shouldn't have. We needed that game to get over the Ollie stink

 

[Candyman]

I'm not going to assume that we score if the ball is in somebody else's hands, but he waited way too long to penetrate and, as is typical, over-penetrated.

The play that really had me pissed was Vital's stupid 3 a few possessions earlier. We were running solid offense, getting open looks for Polley, and Vital just walks down and jacks up a 24-footer with a guy in his face.

We had a 5 point lead with 1:39 left. They score and we up 3. Vital takes a bad 3 with a hand in his face instead of eating clock and misses. They score now we up 1. Gilbert hits two Free throws and then Marshall’s big 3.

Vital has to eat clock there. If he does we probably win. That infuriated me.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

We had a 5 point lead with 1:39 left. They score and we up 3. Vital takes a bad 3 with a hand in his face instead of eating clock and misses. They score now we up 1. Gilbert hits two Free throws and then Marshall’s big 3.

Vital has to eat clock there. If he does we probably win. That infuriated me.

The % of plays where he takes a rushed terrible 3 after the opponent hits a 3 is probably in the high 60s

 

[Samoo]

It was a great game and a war. Lots to look forward to this season, and even more when we get back to this on a regular basis in the Big East.

 

[Shine33]

We had a 5 point lead with 1:39 left. They score and we up 3. Vital takes a bad 3 with a hand in his face instead of eating clock and misses. They score now we up 1. Gilbert hits two Free throws and then Marshall’s big 3.

Vital has to eat clock there. If he does we probably win. That infuriated me.

Yep that one had me livid. Prob the worse decision of the game made by our “leader”. I can’t stand the die hard Vital fans on this board. He and AG lost us this game.
We need to be honest with ourselves and turn the page on the Ollie era.
I know Hurley can’t NOT play them but he needs to send them a stern message that they are not our leaders if they play like that

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Yep that one had me livid. Prob the worse decision of the game made by our “leader”. I can’t stand the die hard Vital fans on this board. He and AG lost us this game.
We need to be honest with ourselves and turn the page on the Ollie era.
I know Hurley can’t NOT play them but he needs to send them a stern message that they are not our leaders if they play like that

Our emotional leader needs to be Adams and our shot takers Polley, Bouknight, and Akok. We are going nowhere with Gilbert and Vital as high volume guys

 

[Fishy]

The play that really had me pissed was Vital's stupid 3 a few possessions earlier. We were running solid offense, getting open looks for Polley, and Vital just walks down and jacks up a 24-footer with a guy in his face.

He will never stop doing it.

There are players who make losing plays and he’s just one of them.

 

[LIuconn]

Bingo. That's the "15%" Hurley mentions

 

[Shine33]

He will never stop doing it.

There are players who make losing plays and he’s just one of them.

Not only did that play tick me off but i was even more mad that Hurley didn’t immediately bench him after that.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Yep that one had me livid. Prob the worse decision of the game made by our “leader”. I can’t stand the die hard Vital fans on this board. He and AG lost us this game.
We need to be honest with ourselves and turn the page on the Ollie era.
I know Hurley can’t NOT play them but he needs to send them a stern message that they are not our leaders if they play like that

Sure he can NOT PLAY THEM. He coaches and they earn playing time . . . or lose it.

 

[ctchamps]

Bouknight’s suspension hurt. A few extra games would have helped him play better defense and not force Hurley to pull him out because of foul trouble.

Brendan looked to be playing in pain. I believe his lower back is sore.

That forced Hurley to play Christian and Alterique more than he would have preferred. The future got a lot of playing time this and the Buffalo game. Should pay dividends down the road if those kids are mentally tough.