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Trey Ball
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posted 11-15-2023 12:21 AM
Played like Freshmen down the stretch and Cal coaches like Cal with under 5 minutes to go. He may be the worst coach in all of college basketball the last 8 years when its a possession by possession game with under 5 minutes to play. It really started with the Elite 8 game against Notre Dame in 2015.
That is not opinion either we can go get the facts pretty easily. Im not sure what his solution will be other then have a 15 point lead with 5 to play to get a win. It’s not all on Cal because the players don’t always execute what he wants but he is the Coach so it does all fall on him.
I did not understand inserting Dillingham back in the game for Sheppard with 4 minutes to go. Dillingham can’t guard his shadow and goes for dumb steals that kill the defensive rotations. He gave up all 5 open threes to Harris tonight and those two to tie it with under 4 to go.
[ 11-15-2023, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: Trey Ball ]
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PaulCat
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posted 11-15-2023 07:00 AM
What gets me is that we never run specific plays to get an open look at a 3-pointer. At the end of last night's game, I think I know why. We should've just went for a 2-pointer and started fouling. Cal is not very good at drawing up plays.
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Bama Cat
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posted 11-15-2023 10:22 AM
Whatever?? You could see they were doing 2 things. Stalling to make the clock run out the last 10 minutes, or taking a 3 as soon as they could. Of course they couldn't drive because of the big man Cal gave them before the season started. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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rlt4uk
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posted 11-15-2023 02:02 PM
We got out scored 11-1 over the last 3 minutes of the game. I know we missed shots but Cal is natorious for playing stall ball. Reed should have been in the game at the end. I don't care who starts its's who finishes the game that matters. Edwards may be the most overhyped player that we've ever recruited. Kansas is not a better team than we are. you just can't compete with their height. our boys played their hearts out and I'm proud of them.
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m hamilton
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posted 11-15-2023 02:55 PM
Reed was in the game at the end. He attempted that three late in the game, didn't he?
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handycat
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posted 11-15-2023 05:13 PM
Yes, he took a terrible, contested, air ball shot with 5 seconds left. I don’t mean to imply that was the shot that lost the game but it was a shot no one wanted.
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PaulCat
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posted 11-15-2023 05:25 PM
That's because we have no plays to get a good look at a three. We should've gone for a layup and then fouled.
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ukman
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posted 11-15-2023 07:00 PM
I was really pleased with how we played last night in the first half and start of the 2nd. I went to sleep in the 2nd half when we were up by 11. I wasn't surprised to see that we lost by 5. I told some friends of mine today that I am sure we lost because Cal had us slow it down the last 5 minutes and we settled for forced shots with under 5 seconds on the shot clock. From some of the comments it sounds like that was the case. I have not watched the rest of the game, and if Cal did make them slow down I may get too frustrated to bother watching it. When we play fast and keep the ball moving we looked really good. I was real pleased with how they took care of the ball overall as well. If we can get a post player back, we could be really, really good. Of course, we'll still have to overcome some of the coach shortcomings, but it could be a really fun team to watch.
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