Louisiana Tech (3/11/22)

[Green Otaku]

Squandered a chance to go up big in the first part of the half. Our shots are not landing, let's hope fatigue starts to set in for Tech in the 2nd. 

[outoftown]

Defense was plenty good enough. NT on pace for less than 30 is obviously a problem. Lines are tight, but I still think several players need to start driving a bit more often with the aim to shoot. Tech has closed the passing off very well, so that is the only way to open that up a bit more.

Edited March 11, 2022 by outoftown

[Greendylan]

Yeah . . . it doesn't matter how good the defense is.  When you score 13 points in the first half, you aren't going to win.

[CMJ]

I just hope we're not down too far.  I know we're gonna make a charge, but eight points in this game feels like 15.

[97and03]

Just now, CMJ said:

I just hope we're not down too far.  I know we're gonna make a charge, but eight points in this game feels like 15.

NIT.

[golfingomez]

1 minute ago, 97and03 said:

Is there another team in the country that could hold the opponent to 21 at the half and still be down by 8?? My daughter‘s JV team scored more than that in almost every game they played in a recent tournament. In fact, my girl scored 13 herself in a half multiple times. 

[Mean Green Matt]

Just now, 97and03 said:

NIT.

The way we are playing we won’t get very far. This slump did not start today. It’s been going on for awhile against anyone not named Rice. 

[DeepGreen]

La Tech was supposed to be “dog” ass tired coming into this game.  WTF?

[greengal]

I’m worried!  We seem to be in a very deep hole.

[Mean Green Matt]

The good news is we have 20 minutes left. 

[golfingomez]

1 minute ago, DeepGreen said:

La Tech was supposed to be “dog” ass tired coming into this game.  WTF?

same was said about NT last year

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, DeepGreen said:

La Tech was supposed to be “dog” ass tired coming into this game.  WTF?

They actually started the game looking a bit sluggish I thought.  The problem was we didn't take advantage of it.

[Green Otaku]

2 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

La Tech was supposed to be “dog” ass tired coming into this game.  WTF?

 

Hopefully it will set in this half. 

1 minute ago, texx2818 said:

Not great. Jacking up awful shot after awful shot.

This has been our biggest negative. I know Ousmane is getting double teamed but we aren't finding our best shots like usual. 

[Andrew]

1 minute ago, golfingomez said:

same was said about NT last year

True but they did spread out minutes last game between 9 guys so Lofton got just under 30 mins. 

[GMG_Dallas]

1 minute ago, CMJ said:

They actually started the game looking a bit sluggish I thought.  The problem was we didn't take advantage of it.

Exactly. They started sloppy and we played down to them instead of stomping on them. I know Grant is a good coach and you play to your strengths but I wonder if speeding up the pace a bit early would have been good. 

[UNT Family Man]

This is a you know what show!  Wow! The shooting is awful. 

[p_phelps]

Just now, Andrew said:

True but they did spread out minutes last game between 9 guys so Lofton got just under 30 mins. 

Lofton hasn't don't much, which is scary. We need someone to step up on offense.  Perry has been cold for a month now.

[outoftown]

I am worried that this game comes down to NT having to drive the ball from outside to inside, and that this in turn might mean it might come down to Bell at the stripe. That said, I can still see NT pulling this off. Coach has been pretty good at halftime adjustments.

[bstnsportsfan3]

2 good things.. first we won’t shoot 18% in the second half! Second I am in the e building! 

[Clinetort]

11 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

NIT.

Wouldn't be the worst thing to happen.  Would get a couple of home games

 

[p_phelps]

2 minutes ago, Clinetort said:

Wouldn't be the worst thing to happen.  Would get a couple of home games

 

Would certainly suck non the less

[Mean Green Matt]

We are toast. 

[MDH]

We get smoked today and our at large bid gets very hard to buy.

[outoftown]

Doubled up in the second half. The good news is I guess it is still just 13 points

[meangreenlax]

4 minutes ago, Clinetort said:

Wouldn't be the worst thing to happen.  Would get a couple of home games

 

Loser mentality. NIT stinks