"Team played extremely lackluster no sense of urgency"

>>What does this even mean?
...Why in the hell are people so quick to label poor play with things like "they don't want to win" or "they look lazy" or "totally unprepared!!!!"<<

Played crappily. Does that clear it up for ya? That is what people do the world over when their sport teams play crappily - complain.
NIU lost. NIU didn't win. There is ample room for criticism. 41.7% FT shooting? TV announcer said early on (after two NIU FT clankers) ya ain't gonna win this game if ya can't hit your friggin FTs (I'm paraphrasing). BS shot 70.4% FT. We lost by 4 points. BS is the better team because they are better free throw shooters!!!

41.7%!!! I didn't play college nor high school BB. But I did hit about 80% of my FTs 50 years ago. Maybe they moved the line back since then?