vs. Toledo (1/30)

[mbenecke]

And... we fell apart.

Toledo leads by 12 all of a sudden, and we again can't make a basket.

[BourbonFalcon]

If we can’t hit threes we have no game.

[mbenecke]

HALFTIME: BG is down 40-28.

Juice has been pitiful. I wish they'd stop talking about the record. After going 1/10 from the field in the first half, I don't think he's scoring 15 in the 2nd half unless something dramatic changes.

We're in trouble here, folks.

[hammb]

If we can’t hit threes we have no game.

More specifically crazy contested or nba range 3s.

We got completely outclassed by a much better basketball team. Huger is effing clueless at how to fix this...he's sitting around waiting for juice to get hot again this season which may never happen. We have maybe 2aasists in the half court all game long. We don't effing pass, it's infuriating. Of course turner is 1-10 shooting. All 10 of them were with ha ds in his face, at least 5 of those were fadeaway mid range shots.

Anybody watching this game would be baffled how this team was picked in the top half of the league let alone the #1

It's a damned good thing UT has struggled hitting their [mostly open] 3s or this thing would be completely over already.

[Hammer]

We have some good players but overall we have a poorly constructed roster for today’s game. We don’t do any of the little things well and this coach has never implemented any offense. It’s all just hero ball and we don’t have the guys for that.

[mbenecke]

14:18 to play in the 2nd half, Toledo leads 51-38. We're going steady with them this half, but that's not going to be enough to win. We need scores AND stops, and that's just not happening.

To say this team has wasted their potential... might be correct.

[Hammer]

Metheny will be a great player some day but he is really hurting this team when he is on the floor.

[mbenecke]

11:34 to play, Toledo leads 56-42.

We're obviously not playing well, but man, Toledo is making EVERYTHING. Rockets are 53% from the floor for the game, and they're making things regardless of the level of defense. Hand in the face? Doesn't matter.

Brutal.

[mbenecke]

Metheny will be a great player some day but he is really hurting this team when he is on the floor.

He's not quite coordinated enough yet. He's going to be really good in the future, but he's a little too chaotic/out of control right now. He needs to just take a deep breath sometimes, rather than playing every single second at 100% speed.

[hammb]

We have some good players but overall we have a poorly constructed roster for today’s game. We don’t do any of the little things well and this coach has never implemented any offense. It’s all just hero ball and we don’t have the guys for that.

I think the roster could be fine if we played properly. Would like to have more length but should still be ok in the MAC.

But instead we run a crazy amount of high screens and dribble hand offs with no crisp passing. Seems like a solid 20% possessions are just a quick pull up 3 by whoever happens to touch it first. And we actually have some guys who I think might be decent shooters if we ever ran sets to get those shots open instead of just chucking the first look they get.

If we're going to just try to isolate and drive we shouldn't constantly have a guy in the middle clogging it up. Not that I think we have the talent to play that type of ball anyhow.

[hammb]

11:34 to play, Toledo leads 56-42.

We're obviously not playing well, but man, Toledo is making EVERYTHING. Rockets are 53% from the floor for the game, and they're making things regardless of the level of defense. Hand in the face? Doesn't matter.

Brutal.

But they're not dude. They've missed more open 3s this game than they probably have all season.

Our defense is slow and out of position.

[mbenecke]

11:34 to play, Toledo leads 56-42.

We're obviously not playing well, but man, Toledo is making EVERYTHING. Rockets are 53% from the floor for the game, and they're making things regardless of the level of defense. Hand in the face? Doesn't matter.

Brutal.

But they're not dude. They've missed more open 3s this game than they probably have all season.

Our defense is slow and out of position.

At times, yes. But they're knocking down some INSANE shots, too. Even when the defense has been good, they're hitting.

I guess what I'm really saying is Toledo is completely in control and nothing we do will matter.

[mbenecke]

I don't get how we're still in this game.

With 7:28 to play, BG is down 11. All it would take is a few stops and scores in transition for this to be a game.

[mbenecke]

These officials are WAY over the top with their "flop warnings."

There have legitimately been 5 of them so far today. Ridiculous.

[mbenecke]

The backside three is open every single time, in every single game, and we never adjust for it.

This team is done.