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Official Game Thread -- CU v #18 SMU
- Thread starter Darth Snow
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I believe CU was the better team. Free throws and some really bad calls did us in. Hey when your ranked you get some better whistles I reckon. Good effort and showing from the boys. I like this team. I'm smelling a Pac 12 championship. Also, damn, Fortune was on point.
thought the same thing. shhhh. ****. goddamit.
Yep. It worked. Great. But the last thing you want to do against a good O-Reb team is play zone. Buffs need to play their game and that's man defense.
Anyone wishing to see a lot more zone defense is going to be consistently upset as long as Tad is the coach. It's simply not our identity. We'll play zone about as often as Boeheim switches things up at Cuse to play man.
Hate losing because of free throws. Can't blame the refs for that one. We had 9 free points left on the court, and only needed 5.
Me too. I didn't want to post it, though.
Really good game. I wanted to be ranked. ****.
Yeah. Hopefully just tired legs from 4 games in 6 days.
scott had 12pts and 12rebs, I think his back is probably alright. Everyone was missing FT's, wasn't just him. *tosses salt* *knocks on wood* *crosses fingers*
He really did put the team on his shoulders yesterday. Probably all it is. Just worn out and had a night where he had to do a ton of grunt work because he wasn't getting much help on the glass -- especially in the 1st half.
Slurpeee
It's only a gambling problem if you don't win.
This isn't a football, BS, MM "moral victory". That was a damn good basketball game, where we balled for 40 minutes against a very athletic, extremely well coached (and well paid) team hitting on all cylinders. Was an awesome watch. And despite the outcome, I'm going to bed tonight feeling better about this team than I did when I woke up this am. Feels like we've got something special brewing here. Bring on the Pac 12. Roll frigging Tad! Good loss.
I wouldn't go that far, but it's good perspective. 11-2 record. Both losses were close games on neutral sites against Top 10 RPI teams. Basketball's a long season and no one goes undefeated. Program is in great shape and so is this year's edition as we head into Pac-12 play.
We need to go **** some **** up on this road trip.to start off the p12.
Good to play a game like this, sucks to lose it.
SMU will be a tourney team and probably a fairly high seed. For the Buffs, especially the younger guys to know that had they done a few things better, and things they are capable of doing, they would have beaten a team this good is big.
SMU will be a tourney team and probably a fairly high seed. For the Buffs, especially the younger guys to know that had they done a few things better, and things they are capable of doing, they would have beaten a team this good is big.
SMU is banned from the post season.
seattlebuff
Well-Known Member
FTs the difference tonight ... on the stat sheet anyway.
We've taken a step forward this year, and it's because of one thing: outside shooting. Our ability to take (something we haven't been willing to do in recent years) and make the open jumper. That's why we're feeling optimistic this year, no doubt. But the biggest thing separating us from really taking the next step, into rankings, national respectability, whatever? Perimeter creators. You saw it tonight with SMU (and with Iowa St. before). SMU made ZERO 3s, yet won. Why? They have guards who can take it to the rack and finish or dish for an easy score. We still simply don't have that with any kind of consistency, or at a really dangerous level. Haven;t had that player since Spencer, and really he's been the only one in the last 5 years.
I like the makeup of this team. But unless Collier, Fortune, Akyazili, Talton, whoever, can be good creators off the dribble, this is our ceiling. A solid team, but a fringe NCAA team.
We've taken a step forward this year, and it's because of one thing: outside shooting. Our ability to take (something we haven't been willing to do in recent years) and make the open jumper. That's why we're feeling optimistic this year, no doubt. But the biggest thing separating us from really taking the next step, into rankings, national respectability, whatever? Perimeter creators. You saw it tonight with SMU (and with Iowa St. before). SMU made ZERO 3s, yet won. Why? They have guards who can take it to the rack and finish or dish for an easy score. We still simply don't have that with any kind of consistency, or at a really dangerous level. Haven;t had that player since Spencer, and really he's been the only one in the last 5 years.
I like the makeup of this team. But unless Collier, Fortune, Akyazili, Talton, whoever, can be good creators off the dribble, this is our ceiling. A solid team, but a fringe NCAA team.
Why'd you have to post that? I was about to make Mtn a bet that SMU wouldn't make a postseason tournament.
Yeah. But we have still have like 18 straight losses to ranked teams.
And the same problems keep rearing their heads.
Forgot about that. So used to SMU cheating that you just ignore it. And Larry would never cheat,
Slurpeee
It's only a gambling problem if you don't win.
Get your point on the "like 18 straight losses", but respectfully disagree about the same problems rearing their heads part.
I think we've improved in posing more of an offensive permitter threat that must be accounted for (opening other things up). I think we're starting to see the inside-out offense truly execute as its drawn up. I see individuals like Dom, Wes and even XT (who I'm typically way critical of) quietly get better and better each game. We can actually get the damn ball inbounds. We make half time adjustments.... etc...
Bottom line: I think if we're not cold on free throws tonight, we beat a very good team who is having a good night. Maybe I'm naive, but I like the trend line for this team.
I think we've improved in posing more of an offensive permitter threat that must be accounted for (opening other things up). I think we're starting to see the inside-out offense truly execute as its drawn up. I see individuals like Dom, Wes and even XT (who I'm typically way critical of) quietly get better and better each game. We can actually get the damn ball inbounds. We make half time adjustments.... etc...
Bottom line: I think if we're not cold on free throws tonight, we beat a very good team who is having a good night. Maybe I'm naive, but I like the trend line for this team.
My main takeaway from tonight is that we can play with anyone. I saw loud SMU fans at the game starting to bite fingernails in the second half realizing they might not be the better team. Turns out they were, but not by much. I thought Dom and Fortune in particular really started to be assertive in the second half, then the team started to feel nerves when they got a lead with under 10 minutes. This kind of tourney experience is the type you need to grow from. If Dom can take that next little step at this level, he/CU could be scary good this year.