The Bruins played some poor basketball for most of the game, but put on a clinic when they needed to in order to knock off their hated rivals in the Wildcats.
Thanks Dmitri, I got to the game at half-time with us up 30-28 and Tyler having a non-existent stat line. The second half started and until 'Zona made its run it was fugly. These are two highly- touted baskeball programs? We were making TOs on lackadaisical passes and couldn't hit a bucket. Even the free ones. No one had any spark finally Tyler started to exert himself on the inside and scored enough to give us hope. We went away from inside and threw up some missing threes. Fortunately our quick hands kept 'Zona from scoring and we locked them down to tie the game and go on to win. Tyler was the spark plug, not our guards. Mick, take note of that.
The life of a Bruins fan: quick flashes of talent and never a complete game.
Excellent recap Dimitri. I still feel like the Bruins stole a game here considering the extremely poor offensive sets (if you can call them sets) for 12+ minutes in the second half. A win is a win but I’m not convinced you get away with a W playing this poorly against a better coached team (Gonzaga, Illinois, Michigan State, etc). And I for one have noticed an Andrews really taking a marked step backwards in the last 5-6 games. Thank goodness Clark, Perry and Mack seem to be carrying the load in his disappearance. Seems something is going on there??
Cronin wants the team to play through Bilodeau on offense. Seems they've been having some difficulties getting him the ball consistently. As we saw late in the 2nd half, good things tend to happen when he gets the ball.
Cronin is defense first and offense a distant last. There are very good defensive teams who also have a very good offense. We are not in that category. There is no rationale as to why we can't be very good on both ends, but Cronin does not have a mindset for a great and fluid offense. As much as I am happy we won, there are a ton of flaws with Cronin's coaching.
Thanks Dmitri, I got to the game at half-time with us up 30-28 and Tyler having a non-existent stat line. The second half started and until 'Zona made its run it was fugly. These are two highly- touted baskeball programs? We were making TOs on lackadaisical passes and couldn't hit a bucket. Even the free ones. No one had any spark finally Tyler started to exert himself on the inside and scored enough to give us hope. We went away from inside and threw up some missing threes. Fortunately our quick hands kept 'Zona from scoring and we locked them down to tie the game and go on to win. Tyler was the spark plug, not our guards. Mick, take note of that.
The life of a Bruins fan: quick flashes of talent and never a complete game.
It also didn't help that ED was maligned with foul trouble. He's another key offensive weapon.
Excellent recap Dimitri. I still feel like the Bruins stole a game here considering the extremely poor offensive sets (if you can call them sets) for 12+ minutes in the second half. A win is a win but I’m not convinced you get away with a W playing this poorly against a better coached team (Gonzaga, Illinois, Michigan State, etc). And I for one have noticed an Andrews really taking a marked step backwards in the last 5-6 games. Thank goodness Clark, Perry and Mack seem to be carrying the load in his disappearance. Seems something is going on there??
Cronin wants the team to play through Bilodeau on offense. Seems they've been having some difficulties getting him the ball consistently. As we saw late in the 2nd half, good things tend to happen when he gets the ball.
Nice win Bruins! Keep up the gritty play.
The offense may have been lacking, but Arizona is averaging like 80 points per game, aren’t they? We held them to 50? That’s good basketball.
Cronin is defense first and offense a distant last. There are very good defensive teams who also have a very good offense. We are not in that category. There is no rationale as to why we can't be very good on both ends, but Cronin does not have a mindset for a great and fluid offense. As much as I am happy we won, there are a ton of flaws with Cronin's coaching.