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I am going to try and make this my last comment on this game.
I "scouted" the game last night.
Other than a pure luck banked 3, and a very short UCONN run early in the second half, and the last 3:33, WSU controlled the game.
You cannot measure the importance of the (no) charge call against Walker. It ENDS the game if the son of a ***** makes the right call, period.
Gabe's block MAY have ended the game. UCONN was reeling at that point. They were out of control and more mistakes were on the way. The chance our lead was going to 15-20 were about 3-1 in our favor.
I don't know this, but I'd be willing to wager any appendage that Gregg, at some point deep in the second half, told the guys to stop fouling, hence the ease of some of Walker's baskets, exacerbated by the fact that when he was stopped a couple of times, we were called for a foul.
What was a foul on one end of the court, ceased to be a foul on the other end with about 7 minutes to go. Sure, they rewarded the aggressive team, but in numbers that a sane person cannot make right. Almost every one of our layups in the second half were met with contact that was a foul at the other end. Gregg responded by telling his guys not to foul (in my assessment) which made baskets very easy for UCONN because we stopped defending....it is tough to defend without fouling in a game like that against players like that.
Yes we have to take better care of the ball (even when being fouled) and yes we have to find a way to win when we are the better team and overcome adversity. I get that.....but sometimes frustration wins the day when you can't get a fair shake.
PS Let me add it warms my heart to see guys like KC, shockerfammes, William and a few others RIGHT THERE WITH ALL OF US when things are done, just to keep us crazy fans in line. It must be a hard, cold night to fight through the losses the way you guys do and never enjoy the good times....you guys deserve a purple heart!
I "scouted" the game last night.
Other than a pure luck banked 3, and a very short UCONN run early in the second half, and the last 3:33, WSU controlled the game.
You cannot measure the importance of the (no) charge call against Walker. It ENDS the game if the son of a ***** makes the right call, period.
Gabe's block MAY have ended the game. UCONN was reeling at that point. They were out of control and more mistakes were on the way. The chance our lead was going to 15-20 were about 3-1 in our favor.
I don't know this, but I'd be willing to wager any appendage that Gregg, at some point deep in the second half, told the guys to stop fouling, hence the ease of some of Walker's baskets, exacerbated by the fact that when he was stopped a couple of times, we were called for a foul.
What was a foul on one end of the court, ceased to be a foul on the other end with about 7 minutes to go. Sure, they rewarded the aggressive team, but in numbers that a sane person cannot make right. Almost every one of our layups in the second half were met with contact that was a foul at the other end. Gregg responded by telling his guys not to foul (in my assessment) which made baskets very easy for UCONN because we stopped defending....it is tough to defend without fouling in a game like that against players like that.
Yes we have to take better care of the ball (even when being fouled) and yes we have to find a way to win when we are the better team and overcome adversity. I get that.....but sometimes frustration wins the day when you can't get a fair shake.
PS Let me add it warms my heart to see guys like KC, shockerfammes, William and a few others RIGHT THERE WITH ALL OF US when things are done, just to keep us crazy fans in line. It must be a hard, cold night to fight through the losses the way you guys do and never enjoy the good times....you guys deserve a purple heart!
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