SisterJean wrote:
Same thing different day. Refs don’t matter. We lost to Bradley last year because they didn’t call any fouls. Got killed today and they called too many. Have to be able to win both types of games. Good teams can. Well coached teams can. Don’t see this team winning 3 straight in St. Louis. Don’t see them ever making it back to the tournament again. Hope I’m wrong. Big expectations next year but it’s all the same guys that can’t win on the road coming back. Same guys who can’t make the free ones. Same team that has been wildly inconsistent for the last 700 days. Every other team in the conference is still getting better also.
Look, the loss sucked but can the doom and gloom.
We won the league last year in spite of the inconsistency. We lost big time players and still find ourselves at the top of the league.
Conventional wisdom says that teams that deal with the adversity of losing the close games learn from their mistakes. All things being equal, they'll be fine next year.
Yes, the free throw shooting sucks but Krut is an example that you can improve. 57% last year to 68% this year. The coaching staff just needs to preach practice.
Look, there are many of us here that suffered through very lean times. This is the renaissance of LU basketball and if you can't see that...well I'm sorry. My recommendation is to drop the end of the world schtick and enjoy the ride. It's much more fun.