Yes, ok...This team has had to face a little more than just "some" adversity this basketball season, but I still do not think that this team should be slumping as bad as they are.
Sure, you can make a case that this team has been very unlucky, but in the games that we have won, besides Indiana, Iowa, OSU, Wisky, we have let the opposing team have every chance in the world to get back into the game and beat us!
Poor play down the strech has been the achilles heal for this team all season long. You would think that at the end of the regular season this team would be over that obstacle by now. Everytime I have watched a game this season I haven't felt comfortable about any of are leads. I'm sure most of would say that a team is never "dead" no matter what the score is when they play the gophers after watching the Illini disaster. Granted we did win, but come on 19 point lead with 7 minutes to go...and we only win by a mere 2 points!
Another point of emphasis is this teams streakiness. 14 points given up at half time in Illinois! Impressive! Then Michigan a team who is the worst shooting team in the conference from 3's puts up 7 against us in the first half and scores 43 points! This outburst of scoring coming just one game after our spectacular showing of D against Illini. Once again this has been a re-occuring theme for this team throughout the season. The probablility that this team will come out flat, and play lazy D on the road is about 2:1. I see this happen about everytime on the road. There have only been a few game against big teams this season that we have played solid D on the road. You would think by now that this team would learn from the game film and figure out how to stop guys like Sims. Round 1 was a failure, and round 2 was an epic failure. The sound of that Michigan P.A's voice saying Deshawn Sims! everytime he made a basket is still stuck in my head to this moment. It's pathetic let me tell you!
Finally, this team always seems to be a very streaky shooting club. Playing on the road is like trudging through the jungles of Vietnam for this team. My point being that they are always way to afraid to make a mistake. Sometimes baskets don't come when a team is being cautious and looking for the best possible shot. Sometimes you gotta mix things up a bit. They gotta get a little bit flashy!
Teams like PSU, and Michigan seem to have improved their game over the last month or so. I don't see how we can't be like that. Were young, our boys have talent! Why couldn't they put a better showing on the court this season. This is virtually the same team that made the NCAA's and knocked off a Louisville team who was a 1 seed in the regular season. I don't see the same fire from this team at all like I did last season. Sure last season they fell off the map, but that's only because we were young, and we probably got ahead of ourselves a bit. But hey, we still made the dance!
Losing Nolan hurts, and i know Devoe isn't a true PG, but where is this teams heart? The players don't seem to gell at all! We just need to find ourselves again That's the answer everyone is looking for.
Sure, you can make a case that this team has been very unlucky, but in the games that we have won, besides Indiana, Iowa, OSU, Wisky, we have let the opposing team have every chance in the world to get back into the game and beat us!
Poor play down the strech has been the achilles heal for this team all season long. You would think that at the end of the regular season this team would be over that obstacle by now. Everytime I have watched a game this season I haven't felt comfortable about any of are leads. I'm sure most of would say that a team is never "dead" no matter what the score is when they play the gophers after watching the Illini disaster. Granted we did win, but come on 19 point lead with 7 minutes to go...and we only win by a mere 2 points!
Another point of emphasis is this teams streakiness. 14 points given up at half time in Illinois! Impressive! Then Michigan a team who is the worst shooting team in the conference from 3's puts up 7 against us in the first half and scores 43 points! This outburst of scoring coming just one game after our spectacular showing of D against Illini. Once again this has been a re-occuring theme for this team throughout the season. The probablility that this team will come out flat, and play lazy D on the road is about 2:1. I see this happen about everytime on the road. There have only been a few game against big teams this season that we have played solid D on the road. You would think by now that this team would learn from the game film and figure out how to stop guys like Sims. Round 1 was a failure, and round 2 was an epic failure. The sound of that Michigan P.A's voice saying Deshawn Sims! everytime he made a basket is still stuck in my head to this moment. It's pathetic let me tell you!
Finally, this team always seems to be a very streaky shooting club. Playing on the road is like trudging through the jungles of Vietnam for this team. My point being that they are always way to afraid to make a mistake. Sometimes baskets don't come when a team is being cautious and looking for the best possible shot. Sometimes you gotta mix things up a bit. They gotta get a little bit flashy!
Teams like PSU, and Michigan seem to have improved their game over the last month or so. I don't see how we can't be like that. Were young, our boys have talent! Why couldn't they put a better showing on the court this season. This is virtually the same team that made the NCAA's and knocked off a Louisville team who was a 1 seed in the regular season. I don't see the same fire from this team at all like I did last season. Sure last season they fell off the map, but that's only because we were young, and we probably got ahead of ourselves a bit. But hey, we still made the dance!
Losing Nolan hurts, and i know Devoe isn't a true PG, but where is this teams heart? The players don't seem to gell at all! We just need to find ourselves again That's the answer everyone is looking for.
