We had the momentum and was back in the game down 5 with ball with ten minutes then Freeman and Cooper take two bad shots and let CMU bust the lead out to double digits. Right out of timeout and Freeman throws up that crap shot from Bubba land. Consider that we had so much success with Cooper attacking the rim to cut the lead to five before that and CMU never did stop Cooper driving to his left.
I actually thought that was a good look for Tommy when we were down 58-53. Open enough for Tommy and if he makes it, it's a different ball game. Thing is, there was just so much time left in the game. It was as though we fought hard to cut a 14 point lead to five that we felt we had to overtake the game right then and there. Down five, if you just play hard, you can win.
My dad would say we didn't go for the base hit.
Oh refs weren't terrible, but they were still bad. I saw plenty of bad calls go both ways. The worst was the spin move Ziegler put on Devaughn that was called a blocking foul. The official couldn't possibly have been looking at Devaughn's feet. Even Reghi said that was questionable but it was awarded play of the game by STO.
Last Edited: 2/3/2011 12:37:16 AM by shabamon