Don't mind losing a game straight up, we had every chance to pull this game out last night,even with the missed foul shots in crucial times and the 3 for 26 3 point shooting. We got out scrapped and out Hustled for loose balls and on the Glass last night. That is totally unexceptable to me.  When shots aren't falling you have to turn it up a notch and get after it,  we didn't do that last night and it cost us the game. Learn from it and move on because we got a MAC Championship to win !  

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Dennis  'G'

        

I know the stats verify that we were out hustled.  But when watching the game, it didn't appear that way.  It seemed that RMU had many bounces go their way.  That being said, that's still no excuse for not turning it up a notch.

Groce addressed this in the post game interview on the radio.  He said Ohio did not get outhustled at all.  I don't think they did either.  He said the problem was entirely with execution.  The team did a bad job of shot selection and ball movement on offense.  The had obvious rotation issues on defense.  He also said he told the team that effort sometimes is not enough, and last night's game is an example of that.  There were a ton of loose balls RMU got, but remember we forced 31 turnovers.  That happens from hustling.  We could not grab the ball for some reason and shot 3-26 from behind the arc.  OU almost won in spite of themselves.  This is a good team that had a bad night. 

I agree that we were outhustled. I also agree the players gave good effort. I do not think these have to be mutually exclusive.

I agree that RMU's zone was very effective because Ohio was not hitting threes at a normal rate.  They picked their poison, our three point shooting, and the strategy worked because we couldn't throw one in the ocean most of the time.

Also give them credit for executing well on offense when they weren't turning it over.  They are very strong physically and took advantage of it. 

IT WAS EXECUTION, REBOUNDING AND SHOOTING.   WE CREATED  31 TURNOVERS.  A TEAM WAS NOT OUT HUSTLED OR DID NOT HAVE THE LACK OF ENERGY.  WE TOOK 3'S AND HAD NO REBOUNDING POSITION.  WE  MISSED TWO DUNKS, 23 -3'S, THAT IS ALL EXECUTION.  I FEEL THAT GROCE'S  QUOTES WERE A  CORRECT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

I agree with all this.  Only other matter of substance is that i think that most of our three point shots were not great looks--we weren't real set (foot position and balance) and RMU contested most of our threes.  RMU seemed to hit a pretty good number of threes--and their shots were good (not much contested by us, their shooters set and in balance).