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Shotgun Spratling summed it up pretty well, so I am borrowing it: "USC fell to 4-6 this season when playing on ESPN, ESPN2 or FOX after an ignominious 71-61 loss to a sub-.500 Utah team that had lost four straight by an average of 10.3 points entering Saturday night's matchup."
Almost every time we have a chance to show how good this team is to the rest of the nation, we lay an egg (Oregon game excepted). SC basketball has to start earning the respect by playing intelligent, winning basketball, not the kind of hero ball witnessed yesterday. I have not been so upset over a loss in a very long time. I had to take a long walk to blow off steam. I chose not to say anything to my family for fear I would fly off the handle and take it out on them (my wife and son are SC grads as well, so I know they understand my passion), but year after year, we blow our opportunities. I could lay that blame on the coaches, but Enfield said it best that the fix is simple, the team just has to play better. I agree they need to step up and start sharing the ball, finishing at the rim and knocking down some outside shots. We have to get back to playing tough D and not let other teams kill us with 3s. We should put the best combinations on the floor and when someone is producing, leave them in the game and when someone obviously doesn't have it that night, they need to sit. Not naming names, it is a team game and all players could be singled out on any given night,
I am not ready to write this season off, we have performed well up until this road trip and need to get it together fast and finish strong. While I so desperately wanted this team to win the conference title outright, I know if takes an Oregon loss now for that to happen. We no longer control our own destiny for the conference crown, but we do control what happens in these last two games. Let's fight on and get those victories!
Almost every time we have a chance to show how good this team is to the rest of the nation, we lay an egg (Oregon game excepted). SC basketball has to start earning the respect by playing intelligent, winning basketball, not the kind of hero ball witnessed yesterday. I have not been so upset over a loss in a very long time. I had to take a long walk to blow off steam. I chose not to say anything to my family for fear I would fly off the handle and take it out on them (my wife and son are SC grads as well, so I know they understand my passion), but year after year, we blow our opportunities. I could lay that blame on the coaches, but Enfield said it best that the fix is simple, the team just has to play better. I agree they need to step up and start sharing the ball, finishing at the rim and knocking down some outside shots. We have to get back to playing tough D and not let other teams kill us with 3s. We should put the best combinations on the floor and when someone is producing, leave them in the game and when someone obviously doesn't have it that night, they need to sit. Not naming names, it is a team game and all players could be singled out on any given night,
I am not ready to write this season off, we have performed well up until this road trip and need to get it together fast and finish strong. While I so desperately wanted this team to win the conference title outright, I know if takes an Oregon loss now for that to happen. We no longer control our own destiny for the conference crown, but we do control what happens in these last two games. Let's fight on and get those victories!
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