Vols4us
The Name's John Lee Pettimore
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The reason we lost is because our guards couldn't hit the three ball, wide open, while theirs we draining contested threes all night long. Our guards couldn't drive and when they tried they were physically assaulted at the rim and couldn't get a whistle. At the same time their guards would drive and if we contested the shot at all the refs bailed them out time after time with a foul. Kyle would have no doubt helped by challenging shots at the rim and with rebounding but our lack of guard play cost us the game.
Im a little late on the analysis but I thought we really missed Kyle on the high ball screen. All year our big men have hedged really hard on them and been able to recover due to Kyle being able to cover up any late rotations if it wasnt him hedging. I thought we would have been better off last night not hedging that play as hard and forcing the guy to drive the ball. Loyola was very good at making the extra pass or pump faking into a wide open shot once we started scrambling. They may have been the best passing team we played all year and they shot really well. Just my two cents...
Also, I wish Jordan would have driven the ball hard that last play instead of pulling up but I understand its hard to do when time is running out.
Everyone was too confident.
The team dropped that hype video and I knew it was over.
The region fell apart and the path was clear to the elite 8 and I knew it was over.
Just so defeated. I hate it for the players and I hate it for the fans.
Expectations were high because we were good.
We got outplayed - some things went against us and some things went for us.
We lost. It sucks. I am grumpy about it.
Next year is next year. Nothing guaranteed. Will have to earn it.
I hope the players use this as motivation. If they do they will be mad and hungry. Thats a good combo.
Also, almost every SEC team has a better recruiting class coming in than we do.
I felt we jinxed ourselves by that stupid dont pick us video. So stupid to put that out
I hear you. For the record, I think youre both solid and get both points. I do however like when drvenner comes in after long night to clean up.
