Embarrassed

[BradleyBrave]

BU's home court advantage is back in the 1990's

Yup...but there's 100 reasons why it's OK...don't worry, they're coming.

[BUBrave28]

Is this even surprising anymore?

Didn't we all think this would happen at halftime?

I didn't. I can't speak for everyone, but I had feelings in those other games that teams would make a run on us because WE (not Egolf, the whole team) seemed to relax thinking the game was in hand. I KNOW they didn't think that this time, not after what happened in Bloomington. You can talk offensive boards until you turn blue. We should have won this game. Period.

OE looked absolutely awful. I think he has played his way into a European career at best. Those layups were hitting above the square or missing everything.

Not sure what happened to all of our TO's or when we took them, but we needed one at the end, bad.

There are absolutely NO EXCUSES why we get the ball to take the lead TWICE in the last 30 seconds and can't get a POINT. Those two plays where SM (sort of) isolated or went around a screen, wow. Just because you get to that point doesn't mean you throw up nothing and settle. I can't blame Sam for that, he had a great game. Aren't ATO's JL specialty?????

I also have to ask what in the hell TB was thinking on his 4 pump fakes from 3. If you do pump that's, fine. But use it to your advantage. Draw the defender in and dribble by him! He would pump, pump and shoot. He's shown me that he can knock down a 3 being set. After you fake so many times, give the ball up if you don't dribble drive. If your defender is gonna keep slacking off, pass it to the guy 5 feet from you, get him to take a step back again, get the ball back and shoot it then.

Not sure why, but we lose our heads after the 4:00 TV TO every home game. I've seen enough. The rollercoaster ride ends here.

[Braves4Life]

I thought all the players played good.

But it's glaringly obvious what are weakness is, we've got no height or weight under the basket, Egolf can't do it all by himself. We get pushed around so much by big teams that are heavier than us. It is what it is. Hopefully Prosser can play alongside Egolf next season. Hopefully we hit every three point shot we take in St. Louis. Hopefully JL learns from us getting beat-up under the basket in many games against bigger/heavier teams and figures out something different.

But I've still got hope for St. Louis, why not

VERY well said BU RICK! It was a valiant effort but our guys were just out-manned (and out-beefed).

[flipper]

we only had 5 turnovers for the entire game and lost.

[Out of Balance]

I thought all the players played good.

But it's glaringly obvious what are weakness is, we've got no height or weight under the basket, Egolf can't do it all by himself. We get pushed around so much by big teams that are heavier than us. It is what it is. Hopefully Prosser can play alongside Egolf next season. Hopefully we hit every three point shot we take in St. Louis. Hopefully JL learns from us getting beat-up under the basket in many games against bigger/heavier teams and figures out something different.
But I've still got hope for St. Louis, why not

How many years will it take In school they called them slow learner's. I don't think it's a case of JL being a slow learner just a small player coach and can't being himself to change I don't care how many big men he recruit, he will only play one at a time

[Braves4Life]

How many years will it take In school they called them slow learner's. I don't think it's a case of JL being a slow learner just a small player coach and can't being himself to change I don't care how many big men he recruit, he will only play one at a time

Do you REALLY think our big men can hold a candle to ISU's OoB? It would not have mattered if JL played WE, SS and AT at the same time. Those "men" that ISU has would have still handed our guys their @ss.

[bigdaddystuck]

We are what we are....a middle of the road team. Someone on one of the boards said that this game could be a microcosm of the kind of team we are. I think it was.

We showed flashes of brilliance and determination and then let that slip away. We have been up and down all season. This game was the season in a nut shell...brilliant one second and then stagnant the next! Maybe all of those sport writers who don't follow the Valley, but picked us to finish 6th, know more than we the fans do!

We played better defensively, but in crunch time we could not make the plays. They did. Right now, as it stands, I don't see this team doing much of anything down in St. Louis. I can see us having a good game and then completely collapsing in the next. IMO, I don't think we can win a 3 day tourney, especially when we have not really been able to string together many back to back good games!

BTW, Sam M. played very well tonight but was left hanging by his teammates in the end. Everyone knew we were going to him late in the game, including ISU and nobody else on BU stepped up to make the plays!

[Out of Balance]

Not going to beat anyone when you give up 17 offensive rebounds

Your right and I agree And why doe's it happen Out maned under the basket, period They played two bigs and attacked the boards with both plus one more Thats 3 to 1 BU big player and I will take those odds anytime of getting the rebound This small ball is not going to yield us anything but a 4-6, maybe lower and is just plain BS

[Braves2011]

I was talking to Coach Mo just a week or so. He said that any league such as ours its really tough to find a big man just cause they are either really good or they just are D1 potentialy good. We basically found a needle in a haystack with POB when he was here.... That is WHY our league will always be a guard league...

[Lakeview Brave]

I was talking to Coach Mo just a week or so. He said that any league such as ours its really tough to find a big man just cause they are either really good or they just are D1 potentialy good. We basically found a needle in a haystack with POB when he was here.... That is WHY our league will always be a guard league...

We dont need POB we need better than Sam Singh

[squirrelgotdead]

I was talking to Coach Mo just a week or so. He said that any league such as ours its really tough to find a big man just cause they are either really good or they just are D1 potentialy good. We basically found a needle in a haystack with POB when he was here.... That is WHY our league will always be a guard league...

Mo found competent bigs, and had success even when he all he had were physical, bruising forwards.

But I don't agree on league affiliation mattering. POB was a fluke ending up here. . .same thing with the possibility of Wilkins. But you see good centers across the mid-major level every year.

[BradleyBrave]

I was talking to Coach Mo just a week or so. He said that any league such as ours its really tough to find a big man just cause they are either really good or they just are D1 potentialy good. We basically found a needle in a haystack with POB when he was here.... That is WHY our league will always be a guard league...

Ok, well then our guards aren't good enough and our bigs aren't even serviceable. If we can't even get the guard part right, what are we doing?

And it doesn't take POB to win in the MVC, nor does it take an NBA player. Countless teams have shown us that since 1996.

[Out of Balance]

Do you REALLY think our big men can hold a candle to ISU's OoB? It would not have mattered if JL played WE, SS and AT at the same time. Those "men" that ISU has would have still handed our guys their @ss.

I don't know where you watched the game or if you listen to it. But what I saw was three of their players going to the boards against SS or WE! Your right, those men looked pretty good when its 3 to 1. Maybe if we played 2 bigs we still might of got beet, but for gods sake man, at lease try to make a game out of it and even the odds the best you can Sorry B4L but you make it sound as if ISU bigs are the best in the league and unstoppable If that is the case wouldn't their record reflect it. Sorry but we are not giving our selfs the best chance to win by getting killed on the boards and playing small My opinion friend Been going on year after year, just BS in my book

[bigjimmy]

I don't care who you are. If you only score 6 points in the last 9 1/2 minutes of the game YOU WILL LOSE.We started going to much one on one instead of looking for the good shot. At the end of the game we panicked.

[Out of Balance]

We dont need POB we need better than Sam Singh

At least POB had MS and Boogie to help I am not going to point the finger at SS or WE