This detestable loss is on Jordan!

[bac2therac]

Boro, fine. Then we should criticize him for the loss and not for the fact that we once had a big lead.

not sure why you are having a hard time with this. When you are up 16 and then lose by 2, that's a 18 point differential in crunch time ....do you think that Indiana football fans are giving credit to their coach for being up 29 on Rutgers and then losing by 3

 

[MADHAT1]

It was a bad loss, but RU is still a bad team working to get better.

 

[bac2therac]

As usual the sunshine pumpers are twisting the words of those who dare criticize or have any expectations.

Driving to the hole is fine but not chucking up a contested shot against a defender eight inches taller. A senior guard should know better than to take some of the shots he did last night.

agree...seems like we have a poster on our board that seems to have trouble interacting and having discussions

 

[bac2therac]

If we took the air out of the basketball up 16 like people are saying I would have killed Eddie Jordan.

There is a 30 second shot clock and a ton of time left in the game.

If you are going to blame Eddie it is allowing Bishop to take over the offense.

there is such a large inbetween taking the air out and Daniels driving to the hoop like his hair was on fire against 4 trees

 

[BigEastPhil]

get the damn ball to Freeman inside.....especially against SJU.......

 

[nirrad]

Your team is up 16. They're young. Why the hell don't you tell them to run their offense and take time off the clock? You don't. Instead you have Daniels, Sanders and others take shots with over 20 seconds left on the clock. WTF???? Then, when St. Johns is struggling offensively especially from outside, you stop the 2-3 zone and go back to man-to-man. Why? It's working. They're shooting 27% from the field. Why bother changing?

A couple of observations having watched the entire game:

Corey needs more touches and needs to shoot more. Cory also needs to spend more time after practice, practicing his damn free throws. Inexcusable to suck so bad from the FT line.

Freeman needs more touches. He's a beast and can score anywhere. He became absent in the 2nd half when we needed him most. He should have been more than the difference.

Lewis has regressed. He may have lost a lot of weight, but why he thinks he can score from 12 and 15 feet away, is beyond me. He was awful from that range. Again, this kid is ball challenged. DO NOT PASS THIS KID THE BALL UNDERNEATH. He has BRICKS for hands.

Daniels was terrific tonight, until it mattered at the end when he failed to finish, but also rushed his shots allowing St. Johns to get back in the game when he missed.

Foreman and Diallo need a lot of work. Especially Diallo. He was a ghost out there except for his fouling.

Laurent is young and not ready for prime time. Goode? He was non-existent out there tonight.

Williams? He finally hit the 3's he was recruited for, but missed some wide open shots late in the second half when it mattered.

Watching this game from start to finish, we were BETTER than St. Johns. To be up 16 points nearly midway through the 2nd half and then lose this game is unconscionable. Yes, the officials SUCKED. Yes, they missed two obvious calls at the end of the game, against Bishop and Corey. Still, it never should have come to that. Jordan mismanaged the endgame. Mullen didn't beat us with his coaching. Jordan lost the game with his lousy coaching from the 10 minute mark in the 2nd half.

I agree to a certain extent. The refs called a horrible game. Every time our guards drove to the basket, even on made baskets, there was contact and no calls at all on SJ.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

agree...seems like we have a poster on our board that seems to have trouble interacting and having discussions

Lol....at the guy who disappears for weeks and then comes back to post....."I told you so", when there is any hint of negative news. Same guy who said Jordan would be "let go" after year 3 so that a Hurley could be hired.