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Post by 304dev on Dec 1, 2009 22:09:30 GMT -5
Not to belabor this, but in the three games Illinois State played in their tournament, they attempted 107 foul shots versus 44 by the three teams they beat. Illinois State outscored their three opponents by a total of 45 points AT THE LINE. Hard to believe Bonnies outscored Redbirds by 19 from the field...and lost. I know it happens everywhere but it's just galling. I hope we decline future invitations to Normal(?), Ill.
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Post by wgt on Dec 1, 2009 23:08:05 GMT -5
This thread would have ended if not for the fact that, as Chuck characterized it, these are stunning numbers. The Red Birds are a team that gets to the line more often than their opponents at a frequency similar to Bonas. Sunday they magnified their trips to the stripe. We enjoyed an early lead & were up by 6 at the 13 min mark. Then within 44 secs Andrew is called for two fouls & is pulled out to sit most of the half. The encouraging aspect of this tough loss was the fact we showed we can compete against a solid team with Andrew watching from the bench and the calls not going our way.
When you make more baskets, shoot better from the floor & the stripe it’s not easy to stomach a loss. Still tougher to stomach when you make more assists, gather in more off & def boards & hit more treys. Hopefully a lesson will be learned that even though you outplay your opponent in these key areas of the game you can’t expect good things when the disparity in turn overs is 9. In spite of Andrew being taken out of the game & the huge disparity of FTs this could have been a win if not for the 19 TOs. The players can’t control how games will be called but they can control how they care for the ball. I’m sure Coach is driving that point home once again.
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Post by mcspin on Dec 2, 2009 10:08:02 GMT -5
Complaining about fouls is something the coach does during the game. Once it's over, it makes no difference. Home teams almost always end up with the favorable bias on fouls. This is a major reason why it's so difficult to win on the road against good teams. Nicholson has taken himself out of games before with early fouls and is something he really needs to work on. Add that to the fact that their low-post game was a lot better than ours that day, and it's not too difficult to see why it went that way.
As others have pointed out, turnovers cost us the game. Nine more possessions and we win by 6-10. I think you find most coaches saying that turnovers is one of the most vital statistics - along with rebounds.
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