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Tn Tech 86 BU 84 - PostGame Thread

MacabreMob

MacabreMob

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OK, line up and put yourself on a side.

You can go on "suicide watch" or you can stay positive.

Sound off.

I remain positive.
 
oooops, we did it again. Another road loss. Maybe Coach Les should just tell these guys that all road games are neutral courts. They are not really on a campus. I don't know? Maybe that would help. Not too worried. Go BU!
 
I said this in the chat room, too.

This was a team that everyone expected to be around .500. We've exceeded expectations to this point but didn't get it done tonight. Every team has bad losses.

BU's defense was terrible, capped off by the last possession of the game. Back to the drawing board...but the season sure isn't over. We're still 5-2.
 
OK, let me say this. The 1st half was BAD.

Recall an interview with Majerus when he was at Utah. He said he didn't understand how players didn't give it their ALL every game. He claimed he knew what it took to get the next level, had sent players to the NBA, and knowing how few make it....

He just didn't understand how college players didn't give 100% 30 times a year for 4 years.

I think J Les needs to challenge this group and find out why they have flat halves - or get stuck on a number.
 
I'm positive but there are definately some things that cause me to worry.

(1.) Salley needs to get his head out of his backside ... and quick
(2.) We need to practice free throws, then practice some more free throws
(3.) What happens to our guards in crunch time? They start to rush things and we get out of sync, which leads to let ups on the defensive end.
 
84 points on the road should be enough to win this game and most games.
The problem tonigh was defense. They were really bad at stopping TT.
 
As Coach just said, the tape session isn't going to be pretty. We need to shape up on defense, the compitition isn't going to get any easier.
 
BUBraves06 said:
As Coach just said, the tape session isn't going to be pretty. We need to shape up on defense, the compitition isn't going to get any easier.
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not at all and our rpi could struggle if rutgers remains sucky and depaul wasnt what we thought they were
 
Back to reality people.

People can easily forget Les was brutal on the road until late last year. I hope that just wasn't an aberration.

5-2 is right where I expected this team to be at this point. It's just how we got there. I thought at the beginning of the year, this team will have a winnable game like this that they'd lose. Well, we used up our mulligan.
 
I'm not putting this one on the coach. Players gotta play. They looked tired and lifeless. Perhaps that's to be expected playing 5 games in 10 days, especially from a team with not much depth.

Again we're exposed inside, getting beaten on the boards. ZA can't do it alone. Boxing out team-wise was abysmal. Absolutely abysmal. Guard play was just good enough to get you beat tonight. JC and Ruff forgot to get off the bus in the 1st half.

We were getting beaten repeatedly on penetration, probably due to tired legs. I would have liked to see a little more zone, which might have helped a little on the boards.

All in all, a real kick in the b@lls. This team had the look of good one battling back from 12 down to go up 9, but again giving one away in the final 5 minutes has to leave a bad taste in a BU fan's mouth. I still think we're going to be lucky to be .500 and out of the play-in round. Our league is just too good.
 
I'm starting to think that giving up double digit offensive rebounding is going to be the norm. How do Crouch, Ruffin, JJ and Adams not get one defensive rebound? Even the out of bounds got three for BU.
 
Zach had a field day, as this team did not defend the paint very well.
The difference clearly was not having POB.
If BU had just one more effective offensive player in the paint, it's a while different game, as Tennessee Tech did defend the guards well.
Crouch continues his hot hand and was 3-4 from beyond the arc.
We absolutely have to get the kid more shots.
Crouch is 29-45 from 3point, .644.
He could miss his next six and still lead the Valley.
He could miss his next 13 and still be at 50%
We have to get him more good looks.
 
The offense is fine...BU has proven they can score...

Our defense was very poor last night...I think this will get better as the year goes on....

Zach has got to stay away from foul trouble this year. We have absolutely no inside game without him. We have got to get more contribution from Sam S. and especially Matt S.

REBOUND...for goodness sakes man...please REBOUND!! We cannot continue to get outrebounded every game. I think this is BU's biggest problem right now. Zach can't grab all of them. Everyone else has to make this a priority in their game.
 
The 4 spot is killing us right now.Matt Salley is lost until he can start helping ZA a little bit it is going to be a long year.
 
As with most undersized teams.. BU must have great team rebounding efforts...

Guards should have 2-3 apiece or we are going to have more games like last night...

BUt 5-2 is a good start, let's not jump off the bridges when most thought this would be a .500 team. How you react to situations presented to you reveals character-

Let's see how BU does....
 
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