Another Big East loss for Mac

[flsportsfan83]

when will this madness end?

[GoBulls84]

Our free throw shooting is god awful. It's painful watching them shoot as crappy as they do from the line

[Guest Sprtsfn627]

I was impressed with the effort.  Outside the first 5-10 minutes, the guys played a strong game.  I think this was one we learned a lot from, which will hopefully translate to a few wins down the road.

[Velcro]

The difference in the game was one run in the first half where WVU hit something like 6 straight 3's in a 3 minute period.  Other than that, we played dead even with them for the other 37 minutes.

It was a competitive game, on the road.  It is a loss, but it is nothing near the bomb we put up against UL at the dome.  

Ok, go back to your bashing and lack of insight.

[smazza]

I was impressed with the effort.  Outside the first 5-10 minutes, the guys played a strong game.  I think this was one we learned a lot from, which will hopefully translate to a few wins down the road.

a moral victory

[flsportsfan83]

I was impressed with the effort.  Outside the first 5-10 minutes, the guys played a strong game.  I think this was one we learned a lot from, which will hopefully translate to a few wins down the road.

a moral victory

Moral victories..... Don't we make fun of UCF for having Moral Victories....

USF Basketball < UCF Football

[BigShoop]

The difference in the game was one run in the first half where WVU hit something like 6 straight 3's in a 3 minute period.  Other than that, we played dead even with them for the other 37 minutes.

It was a competitive game, on the road.  It is a loss, but it is nothing near the bomb we put up against UL at the dome.  

Ok, go back to your bashing and lack of insight.

I agree. Like BullsFanatic said, I think the team learned a lot in this game. The team didnt quit this time when it fell behind by double digits. In the Pitt and UCONN games, they did.

HAVE to improve the FT shooting though. "Shooters" arent supposed to miss free throws.

[tampajo]

Blah game, but there wasn't too much difference between these two teams, seems to me.  If we had hit free throws, we could have had it.  How many minutes did Gransberry play in the first half, was he in when they pulled away? I didn't even notice him.

Speaking of not being noticed, Howard looked tired today. 3 games in a week versus none for 3 years seems to have worn on him, specifically the hat trick at the end of the game.  Good things he's got brains, he didn't seem to have too much spring.

This game was winnable.

[Triple B]

The difference in the game was one run in the first half where WVU hit something like 6 straight 3's in a 3 minute period.  Other than that, we played dead even with them for the other 37 minutes.

It was a competitive game, on the road.  It is a loss, but it is nothing near the bomb we put up against UL at the dome.  

Ok, go back to your bashing and lack of insight.

I agree. Like BullsFanatic said, I think the team learned a lot in this game. The team didnt quit this time when it fell behind by double digits. [highlight]In the Pitt and UCONN games, they did.[/highlight]

HAVE to improve the FT shooting though. "Shooters" arent supposed to miss free throws.

If they did in those games, I imagine part of the reason they didn't this time was #24 ...

[Velcro]

Blah game, but there wasn't too much difference between these two teams, seems to me.  If we had hit free throws, we could have had it.  How many minutes did Gransberry play in the first half, was he in when they pulled away? I didn't even notice him.

Speaking of not being noticed, Howard looked tired today. 3 games in a week versus none for 3 years seems to have worn on him, specifically the hat trick at the end of the game.  Good things he's got brains, he didn't seem to have too much spring.

This game was winnable.

That is exactly what I am saying... this game proved to be winnable... not because WVU is bad... but because we played with enough heart and have enough talent.  WVU is 14-2 and has been ranked this season and probably will again shortly.  They've already beaten at least one ranked team.  We got behind bad early, but battled back.  We might not have won, but the final 35+ minutes showed we can play dead even with a top 30 team on the road.  

We have a lot of work to do as a team, but we are learning.  Did you notice Mattis didn't put the ball on the floor from 20 feet out, except once and he got a layup on that one.  That is an improvement.   We didn't go inside to gransberry in the first half... half time adjustment, and we go inside constantly.  I wish we had done that in the first half... who knows what would have happened.  The are plenty of good and bad things to take from this game, but I hope the players take from this game that if they give it their all... they are going to win some games this year, even against good teams.