UM-NW B-ball open thread
Waiting for the next Beilein appreciation thread.....
adding the .4 seconds allowed time for that play by Northwestern. Tough road loss against a hungry, less talented Northwestern team.
The ball was out of his hand with .7 seconds. So that did't matter at all
I've never agreed with not calling an available timeout at the end of a game like that. I get it, control the pace and find an open shot by catching the defense in transition panic. But, look what happened: a poor shot was taken by the overall least consistent shooter without any awareness of how much time would be left on the clock (which proved to be one second too many). If you call timeout, you can at least deploy something with some awareness of the clock and player with the ball. In my opinion, not a good coaching decision at all, ESPECIALLY when you only needed a 2 pointer to win the game.
That was one of the backboard shots right? There are some other painful losses at Crisler (1993 vs IU, 1997 vs IU, and 2014 vs IU) that I'd prefer not to think about right now.
This team is great at home but loses all of it's balls on the road. Never understood how road games can be so tough? There is nothing better than shutting up a screaming crowd over and over and draining the life out of them and their players. I guess only some of us thrive in those situations. As for Wilson, what the F was he doing on that last play. He should've had that block like it was nothing. Very sad. I'm guessing no one will say anything to him about it either. Like dude comeon man. There's two seconds left and the ball just went over your head and you are at the free throw line. Go up and block the fucking shot!! Unbelieveable.
20 plus 3s ??? ...then the worst option to take the last shot bombs another 3. Get to the basket. Just sad.
Love Walton guarding a big at the end. Great timeout strategy.
That is one way to play yourself off the 8/9 line. Thankfully this team found a way to beat Purdue. Now just win in Lincoln or first game of B1G tourney and see what happens in the tournament. I really don't anticipate them making it out of the first weekend, but stranger things have happened when a team gets a good draw and other upsets occur.
Good Night and Go Blue!
Donnal clearly gave the passer way too much space.
I'd like to ask Beilein why we were guarding anyone in the backcourt.
Lots of fingers to point. One guy who gets zero blame is Walton. Hope he can catch on in the NBA. If I were a GM he'd be an ideal 3rd pg in my mind.
Eh, i could blame Walton a little bit. He took some really bad shots in the last few minutes. We did a shit job of actually running our offense for the majority of this game.
Right now I'd still say they're in. But if they lose to Nebraska, they're in deep shit.
Beilein appreciation thread?
Calling them "NW" is nowhere near the same territory as scUM and other stupid abbreviations. We're just going with something that's less confusing.
Any ideas on how to separate the two N-word B1G schools?
Yes, the University of Nebraska is UN. Northwestern University is NU.
Hey, Illinois beat State. So there's that.