Been to at least a few hundred games. Was this the very worst? Possibly. Definitely Bottom Ten.
First, to give Central Arkansas a bit of credit, they have a number of guys who can shoot from various places on the court. We do not.
The big debate in our group was which was worse tonight, the offense or the defense. That was a tough one! On offense, not only do we not have any shooters, we also do not have any facilitators. Or anybody who appears to have a high hoops IQ. We did work it inside to Lee and Okoroh on a number of occasions, with occasional success.
So I'd guess I'd have to say the defense was worse. Time and time again we left shooters wide-open and let opposing players just flat-out beat us to the basket. I think we are reminded why many good coaches play mostly man-to-man defense as their default and try and perfect that to start off with.
A little anecdote: Right before taking the floor after halftime, Hamilton (I think) brought all the players together to get them fired up. FWIW, they looked determined, but that's neither here nor there: Sad to say, but the game was already lost.
Do we even have somebody running our athletic department now? Because if we do, they need to pull together an ad hoc brain trust (I'd start with Monty and Braun) and try and figure out if this program, such as it is, can be salvaged.
First, to give Central Arkansas a bit of credit, they have a number of guys who can shoot from various places on the court. We do not.
The big debate in our group was which was worse tonight, the offense or the defense. That was a tough one! On offense, not only do we not have any shooters, we also do not have any facilitators. Or anybody who appears to have a high hoops IQ. We did work it inside to Lee and Okoroh on a number of occasions, with occasional success.
So I'd guess I'd have to say the defense was worse. Time and time again we left shooters wide-open and let opposing players just flat-out beat us to the basket. I think we are reminded why many good coaches play mostly man-to-man defense as their default and try and perfect that to start off with.
A little anecdote: Right before taking the floor after halftime, Hamilton (I think) brought all the players together to get them fired up. FWIW, they looked determined, but that's neither here nor there: Sad to say, but the game was already lost.
Do we even have somebody running our athletic department now? Because if we do, they need to pull together an ad hoc brain trust (I'd start with Monty and Braun) and try and figure out if this program, such as it is, can be salvaged.