You do know that 25 seconds means that we will probably have to inbound at least once, don't you?
So tired of seeing the team lose in this sort of fashion. I hope it pays off and we are able to consistently win these sort of games next year.
1) Lose Big,
2) Lose Close,
3) Win Close,
4) Win Big.
Holy shit, do we have "Lose Close" nailed down. It's time to move on.
I think I just look at this as the inevitable back-to-earth decline after the brief high that was the past few years. I survived the Ellerbe and Amaker years. I sat in the gold section as a freshman, watching a fucking mediocre Amaker team limp to the end of the season, alone in my section when no one else showed up except for Michigan State and Illinois, and finished as a senior in the empty bleachers watching a fucking awful Beilein team start to rebuild.
I just don't know how this team can blow it so many times, go to so many overtimes, and not pull it out. Even with the injuries, the attrition, etc. It's just... Gah.
years to our basketball present?
This is not a "brief high."
Everything is different and it's sad that you don't see that those years have literally nothing to do with our generally excellent present.
that image is the first thing I've seen that appropriately captures my mood of disbelief and curse the gods level of disappointment.
You gave away the money, lol
First, stop having Spike take it out. Need to be throwing TO him, not from him, when the other team is fouling to catch up and we're in the 1 and 1 bonus. In addition he's not tall enough. (Zak's foul shooting down the stretch last night couldn't last - and it didn't)
Second, when up by 3 and only seconds left, foul and put them on the line. Maybe it's been mentioned that there is some risk the other team may try to get into the act of shooting but there was plenty of opportunity to foul before that last night.
And lastly, Bielfeldt's bad pass was partially due to Northwestern having a guy on the inbounds pass. With 2.4 seconds left and the other team taking it out under their own basket - put a guy on the inbounder - best case scenario the guy throws it out of bounds without it being touched.
Why are a faction of you getting all worked up about a team that, as you can tell, has been extremely snake bitten? This season just hasn't been theirs from the start. Now, they are struggling with all of the losses that have been covered over and over, we're going to start freaking out about the future.
Do you want Coach Beilein gone? Is he not allowed a bad season in which two of his starters have pretty much missed the entire, crucial second half? Based on a few of the responses, the answer is no, he's not.
Many, many coaches have that policy, including Ton Izzo.
I hate losing to Northwestern as their band plays "Hello Dolly" in triumph. At least I was not there for it like I was in 2002.
- Raymond Babbitt
Gotta give this team some credit. Its hard to lose 1 game twice. But somehow they managed to pull it off.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/frank-kaminsky-1.html
Check out NPOY candidate Frank Kaminsky's stats his first two years. That doesn't scream POY candidate, but big men take longer to develop. Could be the same with Doyle, Donnal, even Chatman.
Yesterday was frustrating, but there is promise for the future of the team and program.
Over the past two years we've lost a starting team to the NBA. Only problem is we aren't the University of Kentucky in basketball.
Beilein prides himself in player development, but didn't realize that kids will jump ship if they know they are going to cash in quick. McGary might've stayed if it wasn't for the suspension, which may have prompted his buddy GRIII to stay another season as well.
It was a brilliant ride the past two seasons and we were spoiled for it. The team will be good next season whether Levert comes back or not. Look at the starting 5 right now compared to the beginning of the season.
Plus, if Spike is playing like this with a bum hip, think about him 100% next season with a year of training from Beilein's staff for the freshman.
Rahk, Dawk, Doyle, and Chatman could have HUGE year 2 jumps like Levert and Stauskas.
That was basically the 2013 PSU football game on the hardwood.
Ugh.
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