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02-18-18 12:19 AM - Post#248429    
    In response to palestra38

Talk about a meltdown. The only good thing to say is that there was no giving up after the disastrous start. But that's a bit like lauding the courage of the American army in the Philippines after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field, and the fall of Manila. Sure, some of this was mental and physical fatigue after yesterday's triple-OT loss, but geez.

I hate making so many soft players look like they're good. It's even more frustrating when lousy rebounding leads to countless opposing baskets as the shot-clock expires.

There are some X-and-O things that could be considered, but this was fundamentally about opening up the gates on defense early and not being able to hit any shots, even good ones, then forcing bad shots into the teeth of the defense. (There were what looked like a number of missed fouls against Columbia on Princeton drives, but when you play that out of rhythm I think it's actually forgivable for the refs to have trouble spotting those.) Columbia having a white-hot outside shooting night just compounded the misery.

The team probably needs to just forget the standings, etc., and concentrate on fundamentals and having fun by playing good, hard basketball. They are still very talented and capable of making life miserable for any Ivy opponent, and there is an outside chance of making the conference folly. So let's hear the "squiiick" sound of the Magic Slate sheet being lifted up and all that was written on it being erased.
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