Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
2/3/2025 12:03 PM
+1, but let's not let facts get in the way of a good old fashioned BA over reaction meltdown narrative after a tough stretch.
Right now, we're 11-10 overall and 5-4 in conference.
Our remaining conference schedule is:
--WMU: Should be a win at home. Needs to be a win, honestly.
--@BG: We know Boals has a losing record against BG, and that BG is a tough place to play. Easy to see that as a loss.
--@Kent State: We scratched and clawed to win an ugly game vs. Kent State at home. It was pretty flukey, considering the rebounding numbers and their foul shooting numbers. Easy to see that as a loss.
--CMU: Should be a win. Kind of needs to be a win.
--Akron: Akron's better than us. They're always tough to beat, and this year's team creates bad matchups for us all over the court. They're one of the better 3 point shooting teams in the country, and we're one of the worst at defending the 3 in the country. Not a great combo.
--@WMU: Need to win on the road. Should be able to.
--Miami: They controlled that game for long stretches. Without the foul trouble, might be a different outcome. I'm not convinced we're head and shoulders better than them, even with Clayton back. They shoot well (~top 50 nationally). We defend poorly.
--EMU: They beat us once, could do it again.
--@Toledo: Their length was a big problem for us, and they were a lot more athletic than us. A tough place for us to play, and they own Boals.
We have very little margin for error. We can't lose any of those directional Michigan games and we have to create more margin for error by winning a couple of tough games (Miami at home, @Kent, @BG, @Toledo, @Akron). Doable, sure. Maybe even the most likely outcome.
But this team has some really, really glaring flaws even with Clayton back. We are a bad defensive team. Full stop. And we can't protect the rim and are undersized. When you're in the bottom 1.5% nationally defending the three, I don't think there are a whole lot of gimmes on the schedule.