I was going to say this is 3 games in a row and that is becoming a trend we need to respond to. I don't know if it is random chance (very possible maybe even probable) or if there is something we are doing line up wise or if it is the better team sucking it up or ? Hope the coaches take a look at the issue and see if we need to change something up.NathanAllen said:
I'm not sure when or why Cal decided it's cool to end the first half by giving up big runs. But it isn't cool and they should stop.
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Perhaps opponents are scouting which of their players can attack which of ours. I'm not seeing a lot of help or double teams so they can find a weakness and exploit it over and over.OaktownBear said:I was going to say this is 3 games in a row and that is becoming a trend we need to respond to. I don't know if it is random chance (very possible maybe even probable) or if there is something we are doing line up wise or if it is the better team sucking it up or ? Hope the coaches take a look at the issue and see if we need to change something up.NathanAllen said:
I'm not sure when or why Cal decided it's cool to end the first half by giving up big runs. But it isn't cool and they should stop.
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Three in a row is trending less towards random chance and more towards a pattern. My only thought is that it could be mental. I don't know. But I don't like it. 16 minutes of solid play just to have it blown up in four minutes.OaktownBear said:I was going to say this is 3 games in a row and that is becoming a trend we need to respond to. I don't know if it is random chance (very possible maybe even probable) or if there is something we are doing line up wise or if it is the better team sucking it up or ? Hope the coaches take a look at the issue and see if we need to change something up.NathanAllen said:
I'm not sure when or why Cal decided it's cool to end the first half by giving up big runs. But it isn't cool and they should stop.
On a more positive note (grasping), that looked quite a bit like the first half in SLC. Utah shooting better from three than their average and not turning it over much. Maybe Cal will pour it on them like in the second half in SLC.
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The Utes are just 4-9 in Berkeley.
May the power of statistics rule supreme today! I have sent instructions to my cutout to BE ROWDY!
What with us being Cal, maybe some genius could invent advanced cutouts that have lips that move when they yell "Tu-na! Tu-na!" Also the ability to eject heated pennies onto the court.
Mine would chuck an octopus.
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7-0 starts are good. And cool.
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Ugh. I personally hate it when refs change the way in which they officiate a game at halftime.
I'm pretty sure the thing with Fox's hair is that he pulls it out, watching us try to defend. Or maybe I should say "not try".
Thiemann had strung together a few decent games, but lately he's reverted back to his former self. Hands like Roberto Duran.
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Thiemann had strung together a few decent games, but lately he's reverted back to his former self. Hands like Roberto Duran.
No mas?
FYI (for those who don't live that near Berkeley), it is POURING rain here right now. I knew you'd want to know.
For the love of Oski PLEASE stop forcing passes in to Lars
In fairness to Bradley, if he focuses on making everyone around him better, Cal loses.
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Cal gets its first lead in quite a while with a Bradley and-1.
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Thiemann had strung together a few decent games, but lately he's reverted back to his former self. Hands like Roberto Duran.
No mas?
Hands of stone. (better for boxing than for hoops, needless to say)
Meanwhile, almost incredibly, Cal has TAKEN THE LEAD!!!
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Timmy Allen's first points of the second half don't come until 8:34 to play. That's been huge for Cal in getting back into this game.
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Under-8 media timeout and we've got ourselves a game! Cal and Utah knotted at 57.
Seems like we have to work for our shots, but Utah just takes theirs, gift wrapped.
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I wouldn't say that's isolated to Utah.Big C said:
Seems like we have to work for our shots, but Utah just takes them, gift wrapped.
Kelly! Oh man can he make 2? I thought Matt was going to win it on that 3. Shucks!
Wow. This got interesting.
Cal covers! Two in a row!
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Craziest ending to a game I've seen in a while. Just. Wow.
FTs bite us in the ass again. Our best chance was Matt making that 3.NathanAllen said:
Craziest ending to a game I've seen in a while. Just. Wow.
Matt 20, Grant 18, Andre 17. That will keep us in games if we have that distribution.
Holy S***, what if Bradley's last shot had gone in?!?
NO WAY, those last few minutes, did I see us coming back to win, yet we came within a half inch (Bradley's shot was that close). Oh man, that would've been quite a pick-me-up for all of us...
Welp.
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Yep. That's the support Bradley has been needing.KoreAmBear said:FTs bite us in the ass again. Our best chance was Matt making that 3.NathanAllen said:
Craziest ending to a game I've seen in a while. Just. Wow.
Matt 20, Grant 18, Andre 17. That will keep us in games if we have that distribution.
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Also, that's true, but that opportunity doesn't even happen if Timmy Allen doesn't go 1-for-4 from the line in the last 30 seconds. That was a meltdown.KoreAmBear said:FTs bite us in the ass again. Our best chance was Matt making that 3.NathanAllen said:
Craziest ending to a game I've seen in a while. Just. Wow.
Matt 20, Grant 18, Andre 17. That will keep us in games if we have that distribution.
I would love to to see the stat on the Bears' win/loss record when 4 players score in double figures.
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bummer!
My overwhelming takeaway (besides "What? We almost won?!?"):
1a. We don't defend with zeal and...
1b. Individually, we have one guy who's an above average defender (Brown). The rest of the roster ranges from average (Bradley, sort of Kelly) to below average (everybody else).
That was a really exciting ending. Bradley's 3 was three quarters of the way down and then it came out. It seems that Monty jinxed Kelly when he said that he was going to make both free throws. Hopefully Celestine will continue to start. He played good defense on Allen for the most part when he was on him. Too bad KK, Hyder and Lars don't give us much when they are in there. If we had gotten a little from any of the three, we might have won this game. Not really looking forward to being thrashed by Colorado again this weekend.
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This season only?bearister said:
I would love to to see the stat on the Bears' win/loss record when 4 players score in double figures.
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Wins: Northwest, @Utah
Losses: @Stanford, Utah
The good news is it's now happened two games in a row.
And if he focuses on scoring himself, Cal loses. One guy I'd like to see focus on making everyone around him better is the point guard, Joel Brown. I am really getting tired of seeing him trapped in the paint with nowhere to go and getting his shot stuffed in his face. I know he is only a sophomore, but please................bearister said:
In fairness to Bradley, if he focuses on making everyone around him better, Cal loses.
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i watched it on replay as I had to work, but wow, what an ending. if matt's shot goes down, it would have brought down the Haas!
it was a good shot (in and out). A little more arc and he would have won it at the buzzer.
kelly probably feels bad, but he had a great game. Not sure why we didn't keep getting him the ball, and if doubled he is pretty good at kicking it out
today the problem wasn't offense
the problem was defense (reoccurring theme, and no one can blame Betley since he only played 4 minutes)
it was a good shot (in and out). A little more arc and he would have won it at the buzzer.
kelly probably feels bad, but he had a great game. Not sure why we didn't keep getting him the ball, and if doubled he is pretty good at kicking it out
today the problem wasn't offense
the problem was defense (reoccurring theme, and no one can blame Betley since he only played 4 minutes)
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