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Up by 10 with 8 to go, 1st half. Goracki seems to have found his shot, 3 for 3 from deep.

I predict that we are up 10 with 3 minutes to go…

Robert Ford deserves his own statue.

luckyirishguy25 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:47 pm

Robert Ford deserves his own statue.

Indeed!!

Flagrant one foul on Goracke, did he even touch that guy's face? Sure didn't look it to me... and they even reviewed it

NAU currently on a 13-0 run...here we go again. It's unbelievable that we can piss away big leads over and over and over again. Looks like our infamous February swoon is back with a vengeance.

msu_agfan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:22 pm

Flagrant one foul on Goracke, did he even touch that guy's face? Sure didn't look it to me... and they even reviewed it

Replay seemed to show no contact at all. Flopper?

nanacat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:25 pm

msu_agfan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:22 pm

Flagrant one foul on Goracke, did he even touch that guy's face? Sure didn't look it to me... and they even reviewed it

Replay seemed to show no contact at all. Flopper?

I thought they were going to reverse it to a flop, That was a terrible call

MinnesotaBobcat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:30 pm

nanacat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:25 pm

msu_agfan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:22 pm

Flagrant one foul on Goracke, did he even touch that guy's face? Sure didn't look it to me... and they even reviewed it

Replay seemed to show no contact at all. Flopper?

I thought they were going to reverse it to a flop, That was a terrible call

Yup!

Little too much “me” ball instead of “we” ball in the 2nd half. ET3, BW, and Gorake all wearing their blinders today.

This team is frustrating.

At least the winning streak against NAU came to an end at their house.

25-5 run in the 2nd half and a 7 minute scoring drought is less than ideal. You could tell fatigue played a factor in the 2nd half and the decision making more than showed it. Defense was non existent at times.
BW scoring 22 is only good if he doesn’t gift Basham 20 points. Not to mention 11 boards to boot.

mslacatfan wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:29 pm

I predict that we are up 10 with 3 minutes to go…

Can I have tonight's lottery numbers?

Desert_Bobcat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:13 pm

25-5 run in the 2nd half and a 7 minute scoring drought is less than ideal. You could tell fatigue played a factor in the 2nd half and the decision making more than showed it. Defense was non existent at times.
BW scoring 22 is only good if he doesn’t gift Basham 20 points. Not to mention 11 boards to boot.

You are correct sir but captain obvious once told me that if every player on one team outscores every player on the other team by just 2 points each, that first team should win the game.
It’s frustrating seeing this team give up double digit leads late in games and I hope they figure out how in the near future to hold on for the victory With their level of firepower about the best we can expect is that every game will be a struggle win or lose

Things are unraveling. Beat EWU. Now can't be anybody. NAU is terrible. So is Idaho. I'm afraid the only good thing coming out this season is next season. Welcome back-annual February swoon.

OMG the stupid February Swoon talk. Give it a rest.

Joe Bobcat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:19 pm

Desert_Bobcat wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:13 pm

25-5 run in the 2nd half and a 7 minute scoring drought is less than ideal. You could tell fatigue played a factor in the 2nd half and the decision making more than showed it. Defense was non existent at times.
BW scoring 22 is only good if he doesn’t gift Basham 20 points. Not to mention 11 boards to boot.

You are correct sir but captain obvious once told me that if every player on one team outscores every player on the other team by just 2 points each, that first team should win the game.
It’s frustrating seeing this team give up double digit leads late in games and I hope they figure out how in the near future to hold on for the victory With their level of firepower about the best we can expect is that every game will be a struggle win or lose

And guess what, captain obvious is right. Yeah it’s frustrating the team is giving up double digit leads and crapping games away. But the most frustrating thing these last 3 games has been the effort, or lack thereof, of some key players down the stretch. Brian might not have had shots falling the last few but he made up for it by hustling and working hard on defense. Walker shoots a 3 (a shot he should NEVER take) from the top of the key and gives up a wide open layup because he can’t get his butt back on defense. This happened multiple times tonight (and too many to count this year) where he throws a bad pass, misses a jump shot, then doesn’t get back to stop the fast break. And don’t get me started on his lack of rebounding ability and ‘want to’

My point is this; no matter how good a player plays on offense, they need to produce on defense for any of it to matter. Yes it may be an obvious point. But, when it comes to BW and his piss poor effort doing the simple things, he is doing all of his teammates a disservice because they have to cover for his mistakes.

And yea, we’ve talked about his conditioning and stamina before. But as far as I’m concerned, if you don’t have enough energy to box your man out and keep him from getting an offensive rebound, you shouldn’t have enough energy to hog the ball at the top of the key, spin 4 or 5 times and back your way into a layup.

He is a starter and a star on this team which is why I hold him to such a high standard. Look at what Rob does night in and night out. If Walker had 15% of Robert’s effort he could be All-BigSky

It looks to me like the cream of the Big Sky at the moment are Eastern, Northern Colorado and Montana. Everyone else is bunched up. It should make for an interesting tourney.

Honestly I have watched very few games. But I was super disappointed in the lack of rebounds. Throw it up and not follow the shot. Isn't that fundamental bball? Gah! Also it's so frustrating to have a fairly dominant first half then not compete in the 2nd.