Yuleofell
03-30-2006, 05:38 AM
All right you all have had your fun. Here is how the game really stacked up.
Balkman posterized Farley early on his first dunk. It was close to charging, but Farley was still sliding. This one play lost the game for us. The whole rest of the game our team had that glazed look in their eyes and had no confidence. Pitino pulled Farley and put in Brian Johnson. Brian is all heart and no lateral movement. USC pulled him away from the basket and then drove by him for easy points.
Dean tried to rally the team, but the referees were allowing a great deal of handchecking and tight play to occur which is not the style he plays best at.
Tello is still very slow to jump and does not elevate very high. He got his shot blocked and that was it for him, his confidence was shot.
In short, our team got punished this year by other teams that played physical outside of Freedom Hall. At home, the crowd would get the young guys to fight back. On the road, these guys just could not respond to adversity.
The real shame of it is USC has about 3 guys who are outstanding athletes, but our team had more overall talent. We need a leader and some backbone for next season. I am just not sure where that is going to come from.
Balkman posterized Farley early on his first dunk. It was close to charging, but Farley was still sliding. This one play lost the game for us. The whole rest of the game our team had that glazed look in their eyes and had no confidence. Pitino pulled Farley and put in Brian Johnson. Brian is all heart and no lateral movement. USC pulled him away from the basket and then drove by him for easy points.
Dean tried to rally the team, but the referees were allowing a great deal of handchecking and tight play to occur which is not the style he plays best at.
Tello is still very slow to jump and does not elevate very high. He got his shot blocked and that was it for him, his confidence was shot.
In short, our team got punished this year by other teams that played physical outside of Freedom Hall. At home, the crowd would get the young guys to fight back. On the road, these guys just could not respond to adversity.
The real shame of it is USC has about 3 guys who are outstanding athletes, but our team had more overall talent. We need a leader and some backbone for next season. I am just not sure where that is going to come from.