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These games are getting really hard to watch. Other than a couple 3's by Loyola they won the game with multiple lay-ups in the 2nd half. Very frustrated......
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Absolutely terrible to loose that game!! It was handed to us! Missed free throws, throwing the ball away, missing layups…..etc,Comment
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Yes the referees were not good today, but Malevy did impede Uguak’s path to the basket. That’s a guaranteed F1. We win in regulation if we hit free throws down the stretch and get back on help. During their comeback we overstayed on help too much and they got easy layups. We’re young and good. We will be fine. These last 2 sting like hell though.Originally posted by Tommy View Post
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You weren't "supposed to win" this game but God, your up 16 with 14 minutes to go. Play some defense!!! Time after time they got wide open layups. These refs are always horable every time we play Loyola but the foul discrepancy in the first half was egregious and then in the second half they tried to make it look better by calling 3 fouls on 1 Bradley possession. Terry has been playing bad these last 2 games and they have no one to create offense when he's either not in the game or not doing anything on offense. Also gotta cut down on turnovers. The starters had 13. I'm happy with just looking at the score after but watching the game I'm disgusted...Comment
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We make free throws down the stretch and we win this game in regulation. Simple as that….Comment
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No foul on a 3 pt shot you also win the game in regulation.
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Tommy hate to tell you this but that was the correct call. It's called an F1, in my day it would have been called an intention foul. Both the same penalties. Look no further than missed FT's again and missed layups for the loss. Also didn't defend penetration with the lob over Mast for easy layups. 3 main reason for the loss again.Originally posted by Tommy View PostComment
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As has been the case for this team all season there were moments of putridness and moments of brilliance. Until we can get more of the latter and less of the previous we'll keep having games like this. As dominant as Rienk was in the first half I didn't think we looked to him enough in the second half and that sure seems like a familar pattern of not going to the hot hand. And frankly that's on the coaching staff. Rienk finished with 20 points and 7 rebounds. Terry Roberts has carried us on his back in some games but unfortunately in this one he lost his grip as he was just 2-13 overall, 1-6 from 3 and 1-4 from 1 and had 4 turnovers and fouled out in OT. Early in the second half we made 4 straight 3's. The rest of the game we were just 3-22 and most of those were uncontested open shots. I also thought the foul on Leons, after giving it a second look, was the right call. And it only cost us 1 point. After giving up the lead late in the 2nd half I thought we showed our toughness to be able to take it to OT. Unfortunately we were just 1-6 overall and 3-6 from the FT line in OT. I'll say it again. We have talent. As long as they don't get too frustrated I think we'll be fine and be a team who'll be dangerous to play in March.Comment
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Yeah. Loyola got way too many poorly defended layups throughout the game. It is the same thing that cost Bradley the win at home vs. Missouri State. Whatever defense we are trying against these last two opponents, it wasn't working well in the paint.Originally posted by Big Mike View Post
Loyola had 42 points in the paint. And it was mostly their guards and wing players driving and scoring. Their big man Hutson played only 12 minutes, and was scoreless.
Missouri State Had 40 points in the paint, and likewise, it was mostly their guards who penetrated and got easy layups. Prim only had 8 points.
Indiana State.
These were 2 games Bradley should have won, IMO, and lost because we didn't seem to adjust to what they were doing.Comment
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Has Hannah disappeared, is it some prolonged disciplinary thing, or are we red shirting him at this point? Also, is Boya still hobbled and nursing an injury? He just has never developed up to expectations. We just seem to be missing stoppers in the lane and the extra rebounding we had in years past. Teams are just taking it to the rim and pounding the glass more against us.
In any case, if just one or two of our short-comings could be addressed (3's, free throws, interior defense, consistency), this could be a successful team. They work extremely hard of have big hearts. it would be great and deserving to see them get over the hump and get rewarded for that.Comment
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While I wasn't able to attend this in person like most seasons, I was able to watch this one late this evening and it echoes a constant sentiment every single time we play at Loyola. They DO NOT get called for fouls at home at even remotely the same rate as their opponents. Play some defense when Loyola is clawing back? The fouls at one point were 8 to 2 and if you still have it DVR'ed, legitimately go back and see the countless times we went into the paint and were hacked. Mast had at least two that should have been and 1s, one by Kent, etc. On the other end, there were a few phantom calls, especially one on Roberts that would have had him playing with 3 instead of 4 fouls for such a long stretch.
(Side note: The F1 was actually one of the few things they did get right. It was a clear holding on a clear to basket play.)
This isn't like it in any other arena. Not in Normal, not at Cedar Falls, not in Springfield, MO.
I'm not arguing the other sentiments about making more FTs, tightening up some of the defensive possessions, etc. But the refs did and usually do play a major role every time at Loyola. I haven't felt this way about any of the other losses except for this one.
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All that said, as much as this has been a difficult stretch, I want to end on a positive note. I don't anyone here would have honestly thought that when we were losing to cupcakes at home early in the season that we would have had a prayer in a game like this. The past two games have given me more hope that this season can be salvaged and that we can be a force come Arch Madness time. We've gone toe-to-toe with a few of the best teams in the conference and even with our best player having off nights, we could (and should) have won them. I still believe in these guys.Go Braves!Comment
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I still hold out hope that when Henry returns it will help in the paint on both ends. Hope he is close before it's too late on saving this season. Plus a return of Robert's play back to normal, just watch him on offense for something has changed. As far as Hannah I would transfer out,, there is no reason for him to have not played in the last 2 games IMO !Comment
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Yes, I hate to complain about the officiating, but there were several more critical calls that the replay showed were bogus. The late foul call on Kent on a 3-point shot by Williamson was definitely a flop by Williamson. That shot and free throw put Loyola ahead after they had made their 16 point comeback.Originally posted by BUBraves2006 View Post
Then on a subsequent possession late in regulation, Williamson drove into the lane, and Leons knocked the ball out of his hands cleanly (seen clearly on replay), but was called for a foul, and 2 free throws.
And there was a late Bradley possession where Bradley missed a driving layup, and Mast rebounded it was hacked and missed the putback, got another rebound, was hacked again and missed another putback, and then finally Loyola got the rebound. Any one of those would have won the game for Bradley in an overtime game. And there were others, but those three, late in regulation were the most memorable to me.
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Well he pretty much is the human turnover. He'll have 2 or 3 turnovers in 7 minutes. That could be why... Good defensively but can't hold the ball for 2 seconds without giftwrapping it right back the other wayOriginally posted by Big Mike View PostComment
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