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[loyter]

Holding is holding and the rules are the same no matter what the scoreboard and the clock read. I don’t like KC, but all the gnashing of teeth over this has some serious USC vibes.

[loyter]

I wish I had the same rosy outlook. This game just shone a spotlight on all the things wrong with the team. With enough talent, you can mask a general lack of fundamentals, but we don’t have that.

Turnovers, UO second chance points, offensive rebounds, 60% FT shooting, poor shot selection, poor offensive executuion… The only thing this team is really good at is defense, but it does no good to play great defense and then give up an offensive rebound.

The play that exemplifies this is that late offensive rebound that Brandon Carlson gave up on a missed free throw. I’ll call him out by name because that was 100% his guy and his fault. He completely failed to box his man out by lunging for the ball while it was still on the rim. Rebounding is all about keeping YOUR guy from getting the ball. It’s not about jumping high or hustling, it’s about putting your body on your man and boxing out. If BC had done that, one of his teammates would have come down with the ball.

Someone said “there are no little things in basketball”. Well, the Utes did 1000 little things poorly, and I’m not including their FG%, because that was Oregon playing great defense, so credit where credit is due.

Smith is making progress and might become a consistent winner, but that game Saturday is evidence that in terms of quality coaching, he’s much closer in terms of quality with LK than Big Rick…and LK managed to lose 10 games the year he had three NBA players on his roster.

[loyter]

Please someone explain to me why we are gnashing teeth over Nate Johnson. The Utes are 2x champs with Rising, trending up, and generally killing it. I get that he’s a good player, but Nate hasn’t really contributed much so far. Players come and go…

If Nate Johnson was some kind of savior/superstar type, he’d have beat out Cam for the starting spot, yet he didn’t even beat out Barnes for QB2. (Nothing against him, and I hope he ends up a star for the U.)

[loyter]

My main criticism was the following situation:
Utes down 10 points with 9 minutes on the clock. On first, second, and third down, the clock is running, and the Utes use up the ENTIRE play clock. Why are we not snapping the ball with 20 seconds on the clock? Are we so afraid of their offense that we are going to try to run a 7 minute drive and roll the dice on an onside kick?

[loyter]

The Colorad9 game will be, as Bill Walton would say, “a celebration of life.”

[loyter]

Holy shit. That’s one heavy dude.

[loyter]

I have a couple of thoughts on this.

1. When playing a bad team, you shouldn’t be in a position to lose because of 2 turnovers.
2. UW scored on their last 4 possessions.
3. This result would be acceptable if it wasn’t the exact same script, time after time after time after time. This result is what Larry has prepared this team – nay, this program – to do.

I’m glad I swore off watching this team. I’ll be back when Larry’s gone. (And I watched/attended every game of the Boylen and Giac eras.)

[loyter]

The defensive strategy seems to be allow the opponent to drive or shoot at will and hope the bigs can get a block. Rebounding is optional, although we tend to be close or ahead in rebounding just by sheer size.

[loyter]

I would be SHOCKED if there aren’t at least 5 teams from the SEC in the playoff. CFB is crooked and fixed, and that was clearly demonstrated in the playoff selection.

[loyter]

Rick, I don’t know what you are smoking but Larry’s teams haven’t been a win or two away from the tournament since 2018. Since then:
2019 17-14
2020 16-15
2021 12-15

Even if Lohner added a few wins, none of those teams were going to sniff the Dance.