That was a really bad half of basketball. 2 for 25 shooting...8%!!! Unreal. Just to highlight more agony, Clayton hit 2 cheapies at the end of the game. Before then we were 3 for 26 from 3 and 10 for 50 overall. Holy. Moly.

It's true the sky is falling group is being a bit much and needs to calm down. It's true that our goals are still in front of us.

BUT...it is also true that as a fan, my confidence in what success we will have in the next month took a huge step back on Friday night. There is losing a game and then there is being completely outplayed. It is concerning, no doubt. Sure we beat them in Athens but Kent is a different team than they were then. I believe in our guys and the coaches...but I don't know how you can feel super confident that we find a way to get thru both Kent & Toledo at this point.

I've said all year our biggest weakness is quite simple, we don't shoot that great. I thought this even before Roderick took a dive. Luckily Schmock has come up and filled some of that gap behind the arc, and Sears has developed a solid 3 point shot. But there isn't really a single player on the team with an above average mid-range jumper is there? Carter & BVP can finish at times in the paint but not at a super high success rate. And of course Sears has made our jaws drop in the paint plenty but has been shutdown against stronger opponents.

I believe in our consistent and strong defense. I believe in our ability to draw fouls while not committing fouls. I believe in our ability to win the turnover battle every game. I even believe, somewhat, in our ability to create enough open looks. I just don't believe in our ability to put the ball thru the net. And all that taken together best explains why we take care of business aainst weaker teams and have avoided letdown losses...but haven't been able to beat good teams. You gotta hit your shots against good teams.

Things change quickly as we've seen with Kent, but right now it sure feels like 3 teams are distancing themselves from the pack. To me that makes the 1 seed important. I hope we can keep avoiding the letdown loss all the way to a 1 seed and avoiding Kent/Toledo until the final, at which point we just need our shooting to show up.