With this 1 loss, we blew any chance of an NCAA at-large bid. Only 1 more Top 50 opponent left on our schedule. Gotta win at least 2 of them, and we only scheduled 2. Zero margin for error with this schedule.
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With this 1 loss, we blew any chance of an NCAA at-large bid. Only 1 more Top 50 opponent left on our schedule. Gotta win at least 2 of them, and we only scheduled 2. Zero margin for error with this schedule.
A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
Louisiana Tech was unafraid of its first true road test of the season at No. 24-ranked Alabama.
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Personally I think it will have more to do with how Bama, MTSU, and WKU finishes. Plus how we do at Texas. And of course he we finish. Even though CUSA sucks, if we beat the Sagrin polls we may have a chance with this easy schedule.Originally Posted by Dawg06
Of course a lot of the season is left to be played, but as of today, we only scheduled 2 Top 100 OOC games (#31 Alabama and #28 Texas). And we only have 2 Top 100 C-USA opponents (#86 MTSU and #75 ODU). We will probably have to go at least 28-3 just to get an NIT at-large bid. That's what happens when you schedule 26 "meaningless" games vs. #100+ teams. "Meaningless" as in they do nothing to boost your postseason resume if you win. Nine (9!) of our 13 C-USA opponents are really really bad, as in #200+!
Last edited by Dawg06; 11-29-2017 at 11:33 PM.
Yup. Had a chance and said "no thank you, we're fine at the bottom."
Interesting.
I didn't know why I kept losing audio when I listen on my phone. Anything they/I can do to prevent the crashing?
Jean stepped into the lane and got a blocking foul. I don’t remember a single charge called. Hard to defend the lane if the refs won’t call charges.Wimp Sanderson had some damn good insight though. Did you listen to him?
I loved his comment about our "Matador" defense when we kept letting Sexton drive the lane unchallenged.I mean, we had guys literally getting out of Sexton's way....so true.
That's why we lost the game, right there. Our matador defense gave up the paint.
Alabama realized this and used it to their advantage.
And that redneck hick commentator was the worst. If that’s the best the SEC has.::
As well as Tech was shooting FTs, I was afraid at the time those consecutive misses would end up being costly and they were.
That was a very disappointing game! We just gave it to them after leading the entire game. We had flashes of a really good team, and then we were sloppy to hand it back to them.
We competed
Not at the end we didn't. We looked like we just waited for them to take it back. Since THEY didn't do it, we helped them.
I had the same problem with red peach. Any time I would get a text or notification it would crash and I would have to get out and back in. Tune in radio has worked much better.
Been driving me nuts! I thought is was a setting in my phone I had set wrong.
Showing my ignorance, but is Tune In Radio an alternative to I Heart or can you actually "tune in" to any station?
The difference to me was the sequence at the end of the 1st Half. We go in for a layup, Bama blocks the shot and we foul at the other end. Instead of being 40-35 at the half, it's 38-37.
There were too many missed FTs at critical moments. 4 out 23 3-pointers is not going to cut it either.
TECH
8ASSISTS BAMA
102 BLOCKS 6 65 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 54 24 FIELD GOALS MADE 24 29 FOULS PERSONAL 21 30 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 37 22 FREE THROWS MADE 27 74 POINTS 77 38 POINTS HALF 1 37 36 POINTS HALF 2 40 74 POINTS HIGHEST 77 21 REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE 33 8 REBOUNDS OFFENSIVE 9 7 REBOUNDS TEAM 1 8 STEALS 8 23 THREE POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 9 4 THREE POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 2
I told my dad, “We have got to learn to close out an opponent!”
He said, “Skip can teach the b-ball team about that.”
Usually not a cynical guy, but he is soured a little after this season.
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