There's times our players fight like hell, I'll give them that.
Cook finally figuring out we need him to score.
Well if AF ever comes back I believe McGill should start in front of that prolific 3 pt shooter we got from the Billikens.
Down 8 and with 35 seconds to go and allow them to dribble out the game. Don't guess a foul is ok
A few observations/opinions;
Turnovers, turnover, turnovers- this is coaching and this season is going to turn into a very long one if this problem can't be corrected.
we stink the place up the first 10 minutes or so of the game, then go zone and we get in a rhythm not only defensively but on offense to and crawl back into the game at halftime.
We come out for the second half and go to....man to man...and Buffalo runs right away from us again. We go back to zone and make a comeback effort. I was actually astounded that we switched back to man to man when the zone had been working so well. Tweak the zone a little if need be but why go back to something that got you into a deep hole before?
This was a winnable game but we cant' expect to beat anyone if we turn the ball over as much as we have lately.
McGill certainly needs to be starting when AF returns over Bartley. If he doesn't that is hurting the team. He is turning into an mvp.
We need to see much more of Darius and he needs to just let it go and be as aggressive as he can. He is going to be a special player.
I would have fired BH half way through the first half. I don't know whose decision it was to go to the zone but or who said the things needed in the time out that got the players back on focus. If it was BH then good for him, if not then he needs to let someone else coach.
McGill's been out playing everyone lately with the possible exception of Lloyd. He deserves the minutes. Neither KP or Bol had a single rebound. Maybe that's why they never went back in later.
Way better effort than Murray.
Nice games by Lloyd, Rudy, McGill.
I think McGill gives us better chance of winning than Bartely.
Agree that the team refused to give up when they could have quit. Good for them.
That said, watching a Barry coached game is sheer torture. Players are coached NOT to shoot, that's why we have so many turnovers. Plus the usual assortment of missed layups, missed free throws, aimless dribbling around etc. Same ole, same ole.
The definition of insanity is: repeating the same things over and over and expecting a different result.
March on triumphantly!
The only reason the score was as close as it was at the end, buffalo really had nothing to prove. They played just well enough to win. Syracuse was on their minds.
Another year where Barry has to do something he's never done in nearly two decades to make a meaningful post season. Yawn. Wake me up when half-pint is gone.
... half-pint on a good day!
Keep those emails coming kids! jerry.kill@siu.edu
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We haven’t beat a top 25 team in 5 yrs.
I believe an "at large" is out of the picture and only hope is winning at the Arch which this impostor has never done. He did say on post game will get better next week, maybe AF will be back.
I believe an "at large" is out of the picture and only hope is winning at the Arch which this impostor has never done. He did say on post game will get better next week, maybe AF will be back.
Well our next games are at home against sub .500 teams so Im sure that goes a long way to explain how we will get better
