Yep Mashack won that game for us. Key as well was okay. We defended well but James got lit up by the fella Jillian when they went on a run late. Our seniors (Vescovi, James, Nkamhoua) have to play much better against Duke to have a chance. They all played poorly last night.
On paper we match up well with Duke. They don’t have a ton of guards, they are young and don’t shoot that well from perimeter. But if we keep turning the ball over they will convert and beat us by 20. Plus they will gets calls from refs because they always do.
There were large gaps of just horrible basketball against Louisiana. It looked like UT didn’t know what they were doing. And it can’t just be no Zeigler. This is a mature team and some of the plays and decisions they make are head scratching. Throw in tentative play on offensive end in a lose and go home tournament, and just hard to watch. They play afraid offensively and are not aggressive. Basically how Nkamhoua and James have been their entire careers on offensive end. Someone needs to whisper in their ear that this is it. No more games if you
lose. Why don’t you play like it.