there is so much I want to say right now because over the past 6 years, this program has had its ups and downs. this was supposed to be the year that we put it all together and made it to the elite 8 or better. this was the year we were going to be elite. teams that are elite in our conference: Louisville and Syracuse. Do those teams lose at home to anyone, yet alone an unranked team that is filled with freshmen? Do those teams draw 5-6 thousand per game in the nonconference? Do those teams struggle to find good opponents in the nonconference? If we can answer yes to all 3 of those questions, then we will be elite, but we cant answer yes to any of them. We are an inconsistent team that plays to our competition. I thought this was going to be the year where we didn't lose games like these. We should not lose a home game this year. our 2 hardest games are on the road. The game today was a joke. We have the talent to be a top 10 team. We have the athletes to run up and down the floor, to press, to rebound the ball. yet today, we constantly walked the ball up the floor, didn't press, and didn't rebound. we chuck up 3's and hope they go in. only person that seems to make at an efficient rate is cash. we cant make a free throw to save our lives, and I guess I will give them a pass on rebounding cause this is the first time that has happened all year. villanova scored 83 pts in regulation against them less than a week ago, and I would say we have more talent offensively then they do, yet we score 53. we go on these long droughts were we miss 20 0f 22 field goals, turn the ball over, miss free throws, etc. we cant keep having these spurts and expect to win. today, we were in a drought the whole game. we get horrible looks in the half court. who do we give the ball to with the game on the line? titus rubles. what a joke. the kid went 1-4 from the free throw line with all 3 misses being short. he was 1 for 21 from 3 today and yet he still has the green light to shoot. I don't whether to blame the players or coaches, but something has to change and it needs to happen quickly. we need to bring the same level of intensity, execution, sense of urgency for all 40 minutes. still so much more I could say. today was a joke.
