I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

I agreed with the plan in the onset of the game, but when things don't work out you can't just stay the course. Adjust then make them adjust. We were clearly running them down early in the game that played in our favor. They got a little help then adjusted, and we wilted.

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

You can still play defense and rebound no matter what you shoot.

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

Watch our offensive sets compared to theirs after the first 5 minutes. We stood around and jacked shots and they actually ran plays. Regardless, we could have shot 50% and still lost with our matador defense.

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

What was our game plan from stopping them from shooting 60%

(03-23-2014 11:36 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .




Play defense

Hate away is you want

Play defense
We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

What was our game plan from stopping them from shooting 60%

(03-23-2014 11:38 PM)bobby jo Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:36 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .




Play defense

Hate away is you want

Play defense
We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

What was our game plan from stopping them from shooting 60%

JJ's was to cuss Nick King when King pointed out where JJ needed to be. Leadership in action.

I think pastner doesn't put as much hard work in to game planning as he does recruiting. Thus the results we've seen for 5 seasons. Give any respectable coach that team & they would have been top 10, a higher seed & at minimum a sweet 16.

(03-23-2014 11:36 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

Watch our offensive sets compared to theirs after the first 5 minutes. We stood around and jacked shots and they actually ran plays. Regardless, we could have shot 50% and still lost with our matador defense.

I disagree with this, regarding the first 5 minutes. I thought we fed the ball down low really well, and we had the up-tempo game we were looking for. I even thought Virginia looked a little gassed. But all the missed "bunnies" and the touch fouls (and no calls) killed us. Then we panicked and started jacking ill-advised shots. Game over at that point.

(03-23-2014 11:36 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

Watch our offensive sets compared to theirs after the first 5 minutes. We stood around and jacked shots and they actually ran plays. Regardless, we could have shot 50% and still lost with our matador defense.

We watched a collection of athletes, who at times can play really good basketball compete against a collection of basketball players.

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

Why not? It has happened about 8 other times this year. We are not a good shooting team - See OSU first time, Cincy two times, UConn twice. Not an unusual happening to shoot poorly. Defense would help when shots don't fall but we don't play it. How many charges did we try to take all year? I believe we got 2 all year and almost never a blocking call because we don't try to take charges. We get fouls called for all the reaching from being out of position. Worst defense of any Tiger team I can remember in my 30 years as a fan. And don't try name calling with me, I am not attacking you. Just giving my observation that is shared by many.

(03-23-2014 11:32 PM)Rob Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

You can still play defense and rebound no matter what you shoot.

This team had been who they are for three years now. When shots don't fall they just don't defend. It probably frustrated Josh more than us, but if it wasn't coached out thentwo seasons ago then out just isn't going to happen.

As for those saying we should have adjusted. The gameplanv we had was our only hope to beat them. We weren't going to beat them straight up

Honestly between Austin and Shaq we left about 14 points on the floor in the first half. That can't happen. Those are shots they have been making most of the year

(03-24-2014 12:30 AM)tigers0830 Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:32 PM)Rob Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

You can still play defense and rebound no matter what you shoot.

This team had been who they are for three years now. When shots don't fall they just don't defend. It probably frustrated Josh more than us, but if it wasn't coached out thentwo seasons ago then out just isn't going to happen.

As for those saying we should have adjusted. The gameplanv we had was our only hope to beat them. We weren't going to beat them straight up

Honestly between Austin and Shaq we left about 14 points on the floor in the first half. That can't happen. Those are shots they have been making most of the year

Lol Layups? I am willing to bet they have been making those most of their lives.

(03-23-2014 11:42 PM)73tigerfan Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:36 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:30 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:26 PM)Tygrys Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 11:19 PM)tigers0830 Wrote:  I thought the gameplan was perfect to beat Virginia. We got the ball and pushed and moved on offense really well the first 10 minutes of the game. With that said Austin and Shaq have to make those bunnies to allow the gameplan to be effective. When they missed those shots it pretty much eliminated the only chance we had at winning the game. You could just see the confidence shrinking after every miss that those two missed near the rim.

I'll probably get told I'm wrong or I don't know anything about the sport. That's fine it's your opinion, but I really felt like the gameplan the coaches put in was our best chance at winning the players just didn't execute it .

Hate away is you want

We had 0 balance and no plan B if out-run them did not work. We were down around 30 at one point, that was not due to missed layups. Most importantly was our terrible defense. That is 50% of the game as well and that game plan failed miserably.

You are right; we had no Plan B for shooting 26% from the field. You are a genius.

Watch our offensive sets compared to theirs after the first 5 minutes. We stood around and jacked shots and they actually ran plays. Regardless, we could have shot 50% and still lost with our matador defense.

I disagree with this, regarding the first 5 minutes. I thought we fed the ball down low really well, and we had the up-tempo game we were looking for. I even thought Virginia looked a little gassed. But all the missed "bunnies" and the touch fouls (and no calls) killed us. Then we panicked and started jacking ill-advised shots. Game over at that point.

This ^^

Austin and Shaq left about 14 points on the floor in the first half. That just can't happen.

They make those shots and we could be celebrating right now who knows.

But looking at the off-season Austin has got to add weight. He could be a best with some added weight.