We have a good collection of talented college basketball players. But we do not have a good college basketball team. I have run out of words trying to describe this group of talented individuals who simply refuse to play hard for 40 minutes.
This team played without more structured offensive plays. We rarely set up plays to get our shooters open especially against better defensive teams. Too many one on one and forced outside 3 point shots in last few games.
We rushed up court towards the end of the game ending in turn overs or missed shots. Why did we ask Burns to bring the ball up court?
When we could not make the 3 points shots or high % free throws, we lost. High turnovers didn’t help. How many times today did we lose the ball while dribbling into the crowded paint?
When Rush can hit the tree balls, we could overcome these issues. If he couldn’t make the 3 balls, defense collapsed into the paint making our inside game difficult.
We lost the game at csu today because we had all those issues.
I watched the entire game on ESPN+, I thought csu players wanted this game more than us.
It was kind of interesting that, many times, our assistant coaches were on the sidelines instructing the players during the timeouts while Calhoun was sitting on the bench (looking unhappy). Anybody else observed that or was that just me?
