Utah State (11/29/24)

[BleedingGreen]

Good learning experience. Only our 8th game together.

[Big Z]

Boxing out 101

[BleedingGreen]

Good learning experience. Only our 8th game together.

[3_n_out]

Inbounder wide ass open. Good thing they threw it away. 

[CMJ]

USU 61 -------- NT 57

 

 

Final

[3_n_out]

Welp…Ross needs to learn to call different offensive sets now and then. That would help some. 

[Censored by Laurie]

we're a very good basketball team. 

now...to sit back and watch the stream of bad sports opinions filter in over the next hour or so

[greenminer]

really wanted this one.  A win could've been the juice we needed for T25 votes and better momentum for our future.

[Coffee and TV]

Shit!

[Coffee and TV]

That stinks!

[NT80]

Didn't hold them under 60.  

[greenminer]

Y2 McCasland started 16-1.  We are a really really good ball team now, better?, just facing a tougher schedule.

[greenminer]

Just now, NT80 said:

Didn't hold them under 60.  

This is a big stat for me, but I'm not gonna hang my hat on this tonight.  This is an opponent that averages over 90 ppg.

[3_n_out]

This was similar to the McNeese game. We sputtered offensively and they got to the line more while we missed our FTs. Not a combination if you want to win games. 

[NTXDJ]

We're a good defensive team. 
We're not a good offensive team.  We need someone who can attack the paint. 

That Falslev kid looked really good tonight.

[meaniegreenie]

9 minutes ago, NT80 said:

We never adjusted to Falsev.   Better halftime adjustments for USU than us.  Their Bigs are killing us.

Yeah, we played a good game, but needed to stop him.  Problem is that then he may have simply gotten assists instead of scores. 

[NT80]

1 minute ago, greenminer said:

Y2 McCasland started 16-1.  We are a really really good ball team now, better?, just facing a tougher schedule.

We are super athletic.  Perhaps winded after back to back games with our defensive style?   Only an 8-man rotation both days.  

[BleedingGreen]

None of these guys have played together except Sissoko and Walker . I am looking forward to continued progress.  
USU is really good.  They may be top 25 soon . 

[meaniegreenie]

Disappointing to not be able to get this one, especially after we were able to fight back after the first time it looked like they were going to pull away.

[greenminer]

2 minutes ago, NT80 said:

We are super athletic.  Perhaps winded after back to back games with our defensive style?   Only an 8-man rotation both days.  

I feel like this deep is a blessing, given some of those McCasland teams were lucky to go 7

[Censored by Laurie]

we're a top 50 team that just lost to a top 30-35 team in a game that played 10 times, probably finishes about 5 up, 5 down. 

stay locked in a beat High Point with what we've been doing...hopefully use the home-stand to work out a few kinks.

[UNTLifer]

1 minute ago, NT80 said:

We are super athletic.  Perhaps winded after back to back games with our defensive style?   Only an 8-man rotation both days.  

Wish I knew why Vice wasn’t getting a few minutes. Still would like to see Cotton and Mason more, but this wasn’t the game. Maybe playing them last night in them last night in the blowout would have saved some legs for today. 

[Censored by Laurie]

15 minutes ago, NT80 said:

We never adjusted to Falsev.   Better halftime adjustments for USU than us.  Their Bigs are killing us.

wanna start doubling their second best player so their best player can get going? 

[greenminer]

On the plus side, we get a week off.  Two intense days of high quality ball and we should (in thoery) come back refreshed and rockin'.

Also, maybe Rodge gets some office time to process how we can improve offensively.

[NT80]

2 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

wanna start doubling their second best player so their best player can get going? 

?  Falslev has been their best player.