MAC QUARTERFINALS: vs. Central Michigan (3/14)

[mbenecke]

Man, we REALLY have to work for a whistle with this crew.

[mbenecke]

Better stretch there, moving the basketball and playing with more intensity to go on a little 6-0 burst.

Tied 10-10, about halfway through the first half.

[mbenecke]

Feels like they’re still working harder than us and we’re turning it over too much, but it’s 18-17 at the 1H U8.

[Redwingtom]

End of half, AGAIN, my biggest issue with Simon. No pressure at all, and let the team walk right down the court and toss in a WIDE-OPEN three.

Inexcusable.

[Hammer]

What in the world were we doing taking a full court shot with eight seconds left on the clock??? And why is Phillip on the floor at all? He is playing like he has money on Central.

[mbenecke]

Trailing 28-26 at halftime.

We’re in this one. Need to tighten a few things up and get some shots to fall and we’ll have a chance.

[hammb]

Obviously Spurgin misread the clock when he got the ball at the end of the 1st half. Brain fart, but it happens.

We won't win this game (or any others) if they're going to keep letting Hill get hit every time he gets in the paint with no calls.

[mbenecke]

Agee and Hill both get hacked so much with no calls. What do they have to do to buy a whistle?

[hammb]

Agee and Hill both get hacked so much with no calls. What do they have to do to buy a whistle?

Spurgin just got decked in the face on a rebound attempt and it's just "Inadvertent contact"

f**k this, it's not basketball.

[mbenecke]

3 turnovers in our last 4 possessions.

Long way to go, man.

[hammb]

Nice to see Hill rattle that 3ball home. Let's make it count, get some stops.

[mbenecke]

Gave up an offensive rebound, it turned into a 3. Cannot have that little stuff in a close contest like this. 2nd time that has happened today, and that’s the difference between being down 4 like we are and up 2 like we would be.

[hammb]

Holy f**k they called a shooting foul!?!?!?!

[hammb]

This asinine way of calling the game destroys the flow and the entire way a game should go. It's exactly what the NBA does all the time in the playoffs, just let teams maul one another until somebody starts making some shots. All in the name of "making them earn it" or some horseshit. Yeah, nobody wants to watch a FT shooting contest, but when the fouls are being committed you have to call them so we can actually watch basketball.

I'll take a FT shooting contest over watching people get grabbed and smacked in the arm every time they're within 5' of the rim anyday.

[Hammer]

They are physically beating the crap out of us with impunity. This is a rugby match.