the UNI game was a 9 point game with 3:30 to play. 57-48. we shut them out from there to push it to 20, but at no point short of the last minute or so was it even possible to clear the bench.
everybody needs stop over-analyzing tonight's loss. it was a toss up...they made a few more plays than we did. play the game ten times and it's 5/5 with a top 30 team that might sneak into the top 25 by Christmas.
Hard to blame the refs when we forced 16 turnovers and took 15 more shots. Just couldn't hit our shots. Sometimes you're cold. I'm going to agree with @UNTLiferwho said we should have played bench guys against UNI considering it was a blowout. Have to give your starters rest when you can, especially on the first of a back-to-back.
Even the announcers commented that the refs were calling the game closer in the second half. They let them play in the first half, only like 5 total fouls. They should keep it consistent.
21 fouls called on NT, versus 9 on Utah St.
I think the refereeing was much in favor of USU in the second half.
Discounting the stop the clock fouls in the last few minutes, the calls still seemed to me to be very tilted toward USU. USU's much slower bigs seemed to get by with a lot more pushing than the Green. I know losers often blame the refereeing, but sometimes there is merit to the allegation.
Despite that, NT lost the game because of their inability to hit threes.
This game should help NT continue to develop.
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