Immediate postgame thoughts:
- we just don’t run offense. It’s bizarre. I get that Cal is a “system” coach, but it seems like we should at least run something to get clean looks for our best guys, oh, I don’t know, 12-15 times a game.
- that said, the play to get Grady an open 3 in the corner was a thing of beauty. But he missed.
- feels like we are 0-25 on big shots in the clutch the last 2 years.
- either Cal doesn’t teach these guys defense or we have a team of dopes. We gave up so many baskets on simple blown covers defensively. Almost like this team doesn’t know you’re allowed to move without the ball on offense.
- take another long 2, Keion.
- obvious at this point that Wheeler can’t play in games like this (read: against well-coached teams who understand he can’t shoot or defend). Well… not with this scheme, anyway.
- gave up our customary two lay-ups on BLOB. Might be the difference in the game. Oh well - probably only the 7th or 8th time one could say that in the last 5 years.
- Notre Dame wasn’t doing anything fancy. Just spreading us out and taking us on straight line drives to the rack. Same formula we’ve seen beat us several times in recent years.
- Oscar is the only thing that might keep this team out of the NIT. Covers up a lot of mistakes and poor offense.
- Another loss in a game against a name opponent. Ho hum.