ASU led 53-26 in the 1st half, then Nevada won the 2nd half, 47-45, so his team did play slightly better defense after halftime. LOL... So long, chief!
4th straight loss (a blowout one at that) and 5 losses out of the last 7 games for Nevada. Teams that were on the bubble are probably cursing the NCAA selection committee for picking a team that backed its way into the tournament and immediately flopped. Also shows how competitive a lesser Pac-12 team is (ASU had a NET ranking of 66 vs. 37 for Nevada). Still hard to believe he was actually hired to be head coach at UCLA...
YouтАЩre not wrong. Already everyone is picking Gonzaga to beat us. WeтАЩll need Bona back to (mostly) full strength, but for some reason, they donтАЩt scare me this year. ItтАЩs weird because it seems to be a tough region, but we can be anyone if we execute.
It is also true that this year's Gonzaga is far from the Zags of the past, while our Bruins (full healthy) are better than our Final Four Bruins a few years back :-)
Actually, we are underrated but AZ was highly overrated, as their quick exit showed. I have little faith in SUC doing anything in the dance as well; will try to root for ASU but Hurley is a horse's ass, as has been noted many a time..
I do think there was a lot in ASU's favor in this matchup, from Hurley having familiarity with what Alford wants to do to having three players in their rotation (2 starters) who transferred in from Nevada and had extra motivation to play well.
A serious can of whupa$$
This first half is the apotheosis of the alfrau experience - enjoy Nevada!
Alfor (no D) was asked what he said to his team during halftime and he told them they needed to play defense. I literally burst out laughing.
ASU led 53-26 in the 1st half, then Nevada won the 2nd half, 47-45, so his team did play slightly better defense after halftime. LOL... So long, chief!
LOL. Maybe ASU started to tun out of gas and got tired of hitting 75% from the field!
4th straight loss (a blowout one at that) and 5 losses out of the last 7 games for Nevada. Teams that were on the bubble are probably cursing the NCAA selection committee for picking a team that backed its way into the tournament and immediately flopped. Also shows how competitive a lesser Pac-12 team is (ASU had a NET ranking of 66 vs. 37 for Nevada). Still hard to believe he was actually hired to be head coach at UCLA...
YouтАЩre not wrong. Already everyone is picking Gonzaga to beat us. WeтАЩll need Bona back to (mostly) full strength, but for some reason, they donтАЩt scare me this year. ItтАЩs weird because it seems to be a tough region, but we can be anyone if we execute.
It is also true that this year's Gonzaga is far from the Zags of the past, while our Bruins (full healthy) are better than our Final Four Bruins a few years back :-)
Actually, we are underrated but AZ was highly overrated, as their quick exit showed. I have little faith in SUC doing anything in the dance as well; will try to root for ASU but Hurley is a horse's ass, as has been noted many a time..
Never ;-)
I do think there was a lot in ASU's favor in this matchup, from Hurley having familiarity with what Alford wants to do to having three players in their rotation (2 starters) who transferred in from Nevada and had extra motivation to play well.
It also shows just how pathetic Salford is as a coach. Obviously, you mentioned this, but it always bears repeating.