That explanation makes a lot more sense and I agree. Thanks for clarifying. I read your first post as if you were saying there is very little talent on this team.I didn't say that. Again, you are just totaling missing my point. I will try again.
Basketball is a game of runs. We are good. Illinois and Indiana are good. So we should not be surprised when they come back in games. Just like they should not be surprised if we jump out to big leads on them. I am really disappointed that we lost the game. But I am not angry at the team or questioning their ability to win close games. We have won a bunch of tight games this year. I simply stated that we are not so talented that we can expect to dominate good teams or win every close game. And of course there is enough talent on the team to be successful. We are 11 and 6 in the conference. You were really stepping out on a limb on that one.
But when Audige does not play well, we are offensively challenged. Beran and Berry have not shot the ball well this year and frequently put up less than 6 points a game. Nicholson has been great filling his role but he has no post game yet and is a poor free throw shooter. Barnhizer is getting better but he's not making anybody's honorable mention All-B1G this year (hopefully he will in the future). That's pretty much the team. So folks should not be surprised if we have some periods where we can't score the ball.
And as disruptive as our defense can be (and it's been amazing), great offense will beat great defense more times than not. Shannon was great today. TJD was great the other day. Not a whole lot you can do when really good players get hot.
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