As I watching the first half I was telling myself the same thing: "this is a pretty good basketball team." The second half made me wonder if we're just going to be highly inconsistent: very good one game or one half and not very good the next time out.
After the loss in the buzzer beater on Saturday, I didn't have the stomach to watch the next two games. I'm glad I didn't watch this game, since this would be too darn stressful. I need a sense of calm and stability. :)
Having struggled with free throws myself and determining to get better, I can't understand how division I college athletes can be so poor. As a team the Aggies are shooting 61% over 7 games. I'm sure coach Les knows what it takes to get players to be able to shoot well: mostly good form (which is coachable) lots of practice and developing a set routine at the line. Once the game starts, it's mental. Johnson (42.1), Anigwe (45.5), Lose (16.7!) and Milling (50) are all shooting far under their ability IMHO. I hope Johnson's hitting 7/8 in OT today gets him, at least, on the right track.
This one was very "stressful" so you did yourself well to not watch it. Watching a 29 point lead slowly dissolve into a 2 point deficit over 16 minutes was not fun at all. It was actually kind of surreal. I kept telling myself that we would stop the bleeding when the lead got cut in half...then under 10...and then under 5...it just kept going!
I think the poor FT shooting has gotten into their heads now. Their body language shows their exasperation after each additional miss. It's taken on a kind of "FT mass hysteria" now where practically no one can make a FT. Anigwe hit the back of the iron and tried to adjust on the second shot and threw up an airball. That's just mental. I think Les is going to have them shooting tons FT's in practice in the next few days.
I was freaking out remembering the time I was in Seattle watching Cal play Washington. The Huskies were up by 19 at the half but the Bears came out hot in the second half and won the game, much to the chagrin of all my Husky friends and colleagues. Cal had some guy named Kevin Johnson at the time. They could sure use him now.
I find it hard to believe that UC Davis was a 20 to 1 favorite. I checked several days ago and Massey only showed UC Davis as about a 3 point favorite.
I generally don't bet against the home team, but I probably would have bet heavily against UC Davis if given those odds.
They won this is a new team, they make a lot of mistakes. These are non conference games and learning sessions. Should never have lost that lead and they need to improve the FT and cut down on the TOs. From what I’ve seen they’re determined to win. Unfortunately, for one error in judgment they should have been 3 - 0 and won the tournament.
Unfortunately, for one error in judgment they should have been 3 - 0 and won the tournament. — Lizaggie
I think you may be referring to Anigwe trying to throw throw the ball into the backcourt in the final 2 seconds after he grabbed the rebound which, unfortunately, went right to a Milwaukee player who drained a 3 at the buzzer. Anigwe was falling down with the rebound and he needed to either try throw the ball into the backcourt or fall to the floor with the ball and be called for a travel which would have given Milwaukee another final chance. So it wasn't an "error in judgement;" it was just bad luck.
I didn't see it at first also but then I saw in on the replay. It was just bad luck. The ball bounces that way sometimes. Fortunate for Milwaukee and unfortunate for us.