Sure not finishing strong today.

8-12 FG, 4-5 on 3's in the third quarter.

Feels like we're at a tipping point here. Couple good possessions on both ends and we've got it. Couple poor possessions and Hawaii's right there.

Great start to the half.

Won't continue because we're basically making every shot but still good to see.

More turnovers, more offensive rebounds allowed. Got to fix those.

Not a good few minutes here. Leaving shooters open and a couple turnovers.

Not a terrible quarter for us, just didn't shoot all that great. But I thought we rebounded well and weren't sloppy with the ball. Keep those two things up and I think we'll hit enough shots to win.

What an ending.

2017 and 2018 should be enough proof that nothing is certain in the tournament, for both players and fans.

Yeah, the combination of the removal of the game clock (shot clock is still used) and the playing to the target score eliminates the incentive/need to foul at the end. You play defense because the clock isn't a factor anymore. You'd still have stoppages for timeouts but it makes the end of close games run way smoother.

The ending of last year's ASG was great because it went down to the wire.

Survive and advance. Not pretty but job done. Rest tomorrow and play better Friday.

Have you heard of the Elam Ending? They used it in the ASG the last couple years and have used it in The Basketball Tournament as well. It's great.

In TBT, they play the first 3 1/2 quarters like normal and then with 5 minutes left, they turn the clock off. They add a certain number of points to the winning teams score and that's the target score. Then the first to reach that score wins. So it pretty much eliminates fouling at the end. Obviously a blowout is still going to be a blowout but close games are way better that way.

Somewhat concerning going forward we're only up 6 against a 2-14 team.

Solid end to the half. Need to bury them in the third quarter to rest in the 4th.

I did have that same thought. Bad team is going to miss shots differently than normal (i.e. rather than being straight on and either a bit short or a bit long, they're off to the side) which leads to rebounds going in different directions.

Lots of sloppy turnovers. At least twice we've rebounded on defense and thrown the ball away.

Solid first quarter. Need to rebound a bit better though.

I will say, the one good thing about this year with the change in format that rather than playing a decent team right off the bat because of the byes, this year we now get to play the worst team in the league.

I know, famous last words. But playing a 2-14 team early is much better than playing a decent team that's gotten their feet wet by already playing and winning a game (or two) in a new gym.

A win is a win in the tourney but it would also be nice to come out and blast Fullerton in the first half so the starters don't have to play much in the 2nd half.

Women struggled a couple times also. 2017 they lost the early game and 2018 they barely won. But then 2019 they beat Irvine by 32.