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Rewatching the 2nd half from the 10 min mark to the 8 min mark

ManitouDan

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We cut the lead to 7 , then just go into brain dead mode ... Ga runs a simple pick n pop and we leave the tall guy wide open at the top of the key .. like lonely wide open .. thats just a mistake . a terrible shouldn't happen mistake . I thought Pope said they practiced that for hours after the Tosu debacle ( yes it was a debacle) . Then Oweh misses a jumper , we let the white guard drive the lane for what was essentially a layup , he misses , three Cats around the goal get pushed around and Jaxson R just flat out moves out the way , not blocked out , not shoved , just glides away from where the goal is , he ends up under the rim . ?? That was the beginning of the end .. Oweh really had an off night , Almadore ( sp?) didnt give good minutes . But the 7th foul to send them to the bonus , was the mystery flop called on JR . Sad night , some was ref's , a lot was our weak ass non focused approach to the game of basketball. Butler is killing it , night in , night out , the rest are a box of ( melting) chocolates . We drop that game by 2-4 points , it happens , but we never challenged for the lead , they kicked our ass all night . And they are a very average team . I'm still pissed .
 
We cut the lead to 7 , then just go into brain dead mode ... Ga runs a simple pick n pop and we leave the tall guy wide open at the top of the key .. like lonely wide open .. thats just a mistake . a terrible shouldn't happen mistake . I thought Pope said they practiced that for hours after the Tosu debacle ( yes it was a debacle) . Then Oweh misses a jumper , we let the white guard drive the lane for what was essentially a layup , he misses , three Cats around the goal get pushed around and Jaxson R just flat out moves out the way , not blocked out , not shoved , just glides away from where the goal is , he ends up under the rim . ?? That was the beginning of the end .. Oweh really had an off night , Almadore ( sp?) didnt give good minutes . But the 7th foul to send them to the bonus , was the mystery flop called on JR . Sad night , some was ref's , a lot was our weak ass non focused approach to the game of basketball. Butler is killing it , night in , night out , the rest are a box of ( melting) chocolates . We drop that game by 2-4 points , it happens , but we never challenged for the lead , they kicked our ass all night . And they are a very average team . I'm still pissed .
Yes, I ( and most of us) are either pissed or disappointed (or both) and wouldn’t be here discussing ad nauseum what went wrong if we didn’t bleed Blue. We just got bullied by UGA and the officials went along with it We are not a good defensive team or rebounding team, don’t have a lot of team speed, lack energy and grit at times, and make bone-head decisions. But, we all revel in the good victories and love it when they’re on.
GBB
 
I’m disappointed but not pissed . This is a mulligan season because of circumstance’s. I’m still thinking we will be pretty close to my preseason prediction of 20-10 and a second round exit.

I did underestimate how good the sec would be , didn’t predict Kerr’s injury and wildly overestimated Robinson along with Chandler’s progression.
 
I’m disappointed but not pissed . This is a mulligan season because of circumstance’s. I’m still thinking we will be pretty close to my preseason prediction of 20-10 and a second round exit.

I did underestimate how good the sec would be , didn’t predict Kerr’s injury and wildly overestimated Robinson along with Chandler’s progression.
Real good summation. I think that says anything I could.

Just to point out to those that say Pope is too nice, I've not been in his locker room or one on one's when things go wrong. I don't think he's Bobby Knight, but I don't think he is Mister Roger's either.
 
Imo our guys let the officials get in our heads. We saw it in the other losses too. We keep waiting on refs to come to their senses but it never happens and it bothers us.
when these things happen, it should make them mad. They should want to prove to all they are superior & play even harder instead of sucking their thumb in the corner. just sad to watch them play like a whipped pup, with heads dropped & tail between their legs
 
I’m disappointed but not pissed . This is a mulligan season because of circumstance’s. I’m still thinking we will be pretty close to my preseason prediction of 20-10 and a second round exit.

I did underestimate how good the sec would be , didn’t predict Kerr’s injury and wildly overestimated Robinson along with Chandler’s progression.
makes everyone , coaches included I'd guess down to the commentators and fans -- were the 2 huge W's over Gonz and duke fools gold ? But your post is dead on , esp the last sentence
 
makes everyone , coaches included I'd guess down to the commentators and fans -- were the 2 huge W's over Gonz and duke fools gold ? But your post is dead on , esp the last sentence
I think it was matchups. I don’t think of Duke or Gonzaga as tough physical teams, which is our kryptinite. I don’t believe either of them would fare very well on the road in the sec with the way they are calling the game either.
 
We cut the lead to 7 , then just go into brain dead mode ... Ga runs a simple pick n pop and we leave the tall guy wide open at the top of the key .. like lonely wide open .. thats just a mistake . a terrible shouldn't happen mistake . I thought Pope said they practiced that for hours after the Tosu debacle ( yes it was a debacle) . Then Oweh misses a jumper , we let the white guard drive the lane for what was essentially a layup , he misses , three Cats around the goal get pushed around and Jaxson R just flat out moves out the way , not blocked out , not shoved , just glides away from where the goal is , he ends up under the rim . ?? That was the beginning of the end .. Oweh really had an off night , Almadore ( sp?) didnt give good minutes . But the 7th foul to send them to the bonus , was the mystery flop called on JR . Sad night , some was ref's , a lot was our weak ass non focused approach to the game of basketball. Butler is killing it , night in , night out , the rest are a box of ( melting) chocolates . We drop that game by 2-4 points , it happens , but we never challenged for the lead , they kicked our ass all night . And they are a very average team . I'm still pissed .
This is true for the most part, but people act like UGA was no good, that team has some really good players on it and the refs let them play their way, rough and tumble and the Cat's except for Butler folded, thanks to the Refs.
 
We continue to get down double digits game after game, then we mount a comeback and make it close. In the losses the hill was just too steep to climb. Even our big wins we played from behind part/most of the game. My point is if we are good enough to make these runs to get back into games we are good enough to make runs to get separation from most of these teams and play as a frontrunner.
 
Yes, I ( and most of us) are either pissed or disappointed (or both) and wouldn’t be here discussing ad nauseum what went wrong if we didn’t bleed Blue. We just got bullied by UGA and the officials went along with it We are not a good defensive team or rebounding team, don’t have a lot of team speed, lack energy and grit at times, and make bone-head decisions. But, we all revel in the good victories and love it when they’re on.
GBB
We have a lot of good qualities and a lot of bad. We just need to minimize the bad because we can beat anyone for sure. Just need consistency.
 
Imo our guys let the officials get in our heads. We saw it in the other losses too. We keep waiting on refs to come to their senses but it never happens and it bothers us.
Jaxson Robinson was in his own head from the second he missed his first shot.

Did anyone ask CMP what is going on with JR, and why Trevor Noah shouldn't get a few of those minutes that JR spends loafing and hanging his head???
 
That Georgia game really pissed men off. Some of our guys should have just stayed home. Robinson, Brea & Almonor played really bad. This game really was a very bad loss. Now we are really going to be pissed because Mississippi St. will beat us this Saturday.
 
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Yeahm, I think I was the most pissed at JR for moving out of the way so they could rebound and dunk. If you are focused you should at the very least scream and sell moving out of the way like you got pushed hard. maybe you get a call. But you have to be focused and care about the score to do that.
 
I really think part of it is if you get an hour+ mind ***k like we did down there from those refs, it just becomes hard to think after a while. Your brain gives up trying to figure out the “how is it being called as opposed to how it’s written” angle. And your brain is pretty pissed off because it’s not dumb enough to think it’s being called the same way on both ends in any case. So it gives up. Not entirely and that’s not the only factor but I think it’s a bigger factor than most of us are allowing right now.
 
We cut the lead to 7 , then just go into brain dead mode ... Ga runs a simple pick n pop and we leave the tall guy wide open at the top of the key .. like lonely wide open .. thats just a mistake . a terrible shouldn't happen mistake . I thought Pope said they practiced that for hours after the Tosu debacle ( yes it was a debacle) . Then Oweh misses a jumper , we let the white guard drive the lane for what was essentially a layup , he misses , three Cats around the goal get pushed around and Jaxson R just flat out moves out the way , not blocked out , not shoved , just glides away from where the goal is , he ends up under the rim . ?? That was the beginning of the end .. Oweh really had an off night , Almadore ( sp?) didnt give good minutes . But the 7th foul to send them to the bonus , was the mystery flop called on JR . Sad night , some was ref's , a lot was our weak ass non focused approach to the game of basketball. Butler is killing it , night in , night out , the rest are a box of ( melting) chocolates . We drop that game by 2-4 points , it happens , but we never challenged for the lead , they kicked our ass all night . And they are a very average team . I'm still pissed .
Dan: I agree with you but we differ on how much the refs played a part in our loss.
Yes, UK has areas that needs attention; same for all teams. But the area that stood out to me was our mental weakness.
Players are not robots and its in the mindset where that statement is so true.
You know from softball how an ump can get in a player's head by his/her calls.

The fouls that were being called on UK were not being called the same on the other end. That is pretty much factual. You could see by our players heads when the whistle was called they knew it was BS.
Take a pitcher in softball who has an umpire behind the plate that has a very tight strike zone. Your pitcher gets frustrated and becomes one of the following:
Conan; she tries to muscle the ball where she wants it
Pitch Perfect; she tries to be a Greg Maddux and place the ball perfectly
Scared Susan; she tries not to make a bad pitch; I can't throw a ball, I have to have a strike thought.

What happens is your pitcher is not in rhythm; has no flow at all. She is trying to not to make a mistake. Your muscles tighten up, you get in a rush both mentally and physically and you are off your game.

Our players had that look to them.
In every game you have the same things you deal with; refs, your teammates, other players from opposite team, coaches, fans, playing conditions such as weather, field conditions, parents; but the only thing you have control over is your response to all of these. Players know when they are being hosed and if they are not fully focused on what their plan is, their game is off big time.

I thought we did a horrible job of how we responded. Rebounding is an issue but when the ref calls a foul every time you try to block out, you tend to back off.
My point in all this, there is no real way to know how much the refs changed our players mindset with those BS calls.
Like you, I am still pissed.
Be safe brother.
 
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when these things happen, it should make them mad. They should want to prove to all they are superior & play even harder instead of sucking their thumb in the corner. just sad to watch them play like a whipped pup, with heads dropped & tail between their legs
I would just have everyone play as physical as UGA, until we all foul out.
 
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