Let’s face it. The 2nd half was abysmal. Early on in the half, it appeared that Mick was micromanaging the offense. That is one aspect of CMC that I don’t like. He doesn’t always do it, but it was a problem tonight. Then, he was exhorting Tyger to push the ball more. We got out of rhythm. Our defense was less intense and we couldn’t hit free throws.
"Burn This Game Film, Bury the Ashes - Let’s never speak of this again.'
Agreed. I originally had a USAF Auxiliary meeting tonight but thought I'd listen to these radio broadcast of the second half instead. What the hell, I wanted to hear the Bruins put the Toe Jams to the sword.
I promise never to do this again!
Also, arrest the arrogant little prince who passed out the UCLA "We Run L. A." T-shirts! The almighty despises haughtiness.
A completely awful 16-point, 2nd-half performance by the Bruins that almost did them in. The terrible aftertaste of this game feels like they had suffered an ugly loss instead. But Purdue, Zags, and AZ almost got upset too. Could be symptomatic of a New Year's hangover for these top-ranked teams. In any case, hope the Bruins bounce back strong next week against Utah and also get a healthy Amari back in the lineup. Go Bruins!
Enfield had some harsh words for Boogie Ellis to reporters after his offensive foul in the final seconds, calling it "immature" and a "lack of IQ" to commit that foul. He must have been pretty mad to publicly call his own player stupid to the media. He's a senior, isn't he? Must be tough to be called immature at this point.
Ellis also didn't box out when Singleton got that offensive rebound. Watching the highlights, it looks like Singleton was battling Jaquez for the rebound, not a USC player.
Perhaps we shouldn’t have fretted so much abt UCLA’s close win against Washington St. they’ve now beaten SC and Arizona at Arizona. They’re definitely showing their potential right now and can be a dangerous team in the conference
Utah has lost now too and ucla now is the sole unbeaten, so we gotta show up against them next wknd
He was the senior captain. He led a freshman team through a tumultuous season with multiple losses, including a lopsided defeat by USC, hitherto unheard of, under Larry Brown and his multiple substitution style. He was a quick hire after Gary Cunningham's surprise resignation. Brown' style was initially bewildering to both players who, for years, had been coached on a seniority based starting five with designated back up. As such, nobody expected UCLA would go beyond the regular season, let alone into the tournament final. So even with Kiki flubbed at the most crucial time, I still regard theloss as a moral victory.
Good news: The Bruins can beat Just *$c by playing only 21 minutes of basketball.
Bad news: All of the other 19 minutes. Yeesh. Cronin needs to do more to change things up when the game is getting away like that.
I actually don’t have a lot to say… not much left to say as you said it all
Let’s face it. The 2nd half was abysmal. Early on in the half, it appeared that Mick was micromanaging the offense. That is one aspect of CMC that I don’t like. He doesn’t always do it, but it was a problem tonight. Then, he was exhorting Tyger to push the ball more. We got out of rhythm. Our defense was less intense and we couldn’t hit free throws.
"Burn This Game Film, Bury the Ashes - Let’s never speak of this again.'
Agreed. I originally had a USAF Auxiliary meeting tonight but thought I'd listen to these radio broadcast of the second half instead. What the hell, I wanted to hear the Bruins put the Toe Jams to the sword.
I promise never to do this again!
Also, arrest the arrogant little prince who passed out the UCLA "We Run L. A." T-shirts! The almighty despises haughtiness.
A completely awful 16-point, 2nd-half performance by the Bruins that almost did them in. The terrible aftertaste of this game feels like they had suffered an ugly loss instead. But Purdue, Zags, and AZ almost got upset too. Could be symptomatic of a New Year's hangover for these top-ranked teams. In any case, hope the Bruins bounce back strong next week against Utah and also get a healthy Amari back in the lineup. Go Bruins!
A win is a win...in January at least. Get your act together Mick!
That last three from Jaylen was pure joy!
Enfield had some harsh words for Boogie Ellis to reporters after his offensive foul in the final seconds, calling it "immature" and a "lack of IQ" to commit that foul. He must have been pretty mad to publicly call his own player stupid to the media. He's a senior, isn't he? Must be tough to be called immature at this point.
Ellis also didn't box out when Singleton got that offensive rebound. Watching the highlights, it looks like Singleton was battling Jaquez for the rebound, not a USC player.
I don't care what it says in the W-L column, but this game was not a win.
I think CMC would agree.
The offensive play was pretty terrible in the 2nd half.
Perhaps we shouldn’t have fretted so much abt UCLA’s close win against Washington St. they’ve now beaten SC and Arizona at Arizona. They’re definitely showing their potential right now and can be a dangerous team in the conference
Utah has lost now too and ucla now is the sole unbeaten, so we gotta show up against them next wknd
He was the senior captain. He led a freshman team through a tumultuous season with multiple losses, including a lopsided defeat by USC, hitherto unheard of, under Larry Brown and his multiple substitution style. He was a quick hire after Gary Cunningham's surprise resignation. Brown' style was initially bewildering to both players who, for years, had been coached on a seniority based starting five with designated back up. As such, nobody expected UCLA would go beyond the regular season, let alone into the tournament final. So even with Kiki flubbed at the most crucial time, I still regard theloss as a moral victory.