Game #13 U California Riverside Here we come! Dec 20 9:00 PM CST

[govalpogo]

seriously camera man...and seriously Valpo...come on!

[crusadermoe]

Down 20-5.   Yep, that's flat.  Worse yet, they've riled up the crowd.

[vu72]

Some how I am watching a game of UC Riverside versus a pickup team from the Valpo Y. WTHeck...

[VULB#62]

Even if Burton is not on the floor, where is the TEAM? Run, shoot miss.  Run, shoot, Miss.  Repeat.  No cohesion.  No attack.  Not even enough time to get the bigs in a position to rebound our many missed shots.   

We have no point guard to direct the O.  Hate to say this, but Lexus would have slowed us down, got us into a rhythm and then executed.

[crusadermoe]

Yikes the drive right over Linssen is a new low.

[NativeCheesehead]

This is, so far, the worst half of basketball by a Valpo team in many, many years. At some point Lottich needs to actually install an offense.

[govalpogo]

I appreciate that Markus is frustrated, but he needs to calm it down.  I like his intensity but it feels like playing with fire. 

Strange to watch with no sound, Todd is too far ahead and I can't listen to the other.  Based on the fan reactions, there might be more Valpo fans there than UCR fans. 

Dig Deep Ma Boys.

[oklahomamick]

It's clear that this is lottich first year as head coach.  Peters coached the team last year

[govalpogo]

Seriously, I might have a better shot at chucking one in from here in NJ.

[NativeCheesehead]

In all honesty, does our offense run a single screen?

[VU2014]

This ******* embarrassing. HAVE SOME PRIDE 

[govalpogo]

Good Night.  I'm not staying up for this. 

I love Valpo Basketball, but I seriously may need to take a break. 

[crusadermoe]

Fright night.     Who is #32? 

[valpotx]

This team is f'ing pathetic.  I am sorry, but this is the most embarrassing half of basketball I have ever seen in 18 years of watching Valpo basketball.  Everyone looks clueless right now.  This would be the most embarrassing loss I have witnessed.  Chicago State at least had Deji Akindele when we lost to them.

[vu72]

This could make the Northwestern game look close.  Obviously the team's spirit is totally missing.  Is it the Burton factor or something more?  Clearly a BIG challenge for our young coach.

[mj]

Wait, we're 1 of 16 from 3 in the first half?? Wow.

[swiftmutiny]

This is eerily reminiscent of our performance against Milwaukee in the HL Tourney last season. It's going to be a hell of a long trip home if they don't turn a complete 180 in the second half.

[govalpogo]

Yeah, I can't sleep knowing how poorly the team is doing.  I'll be here for the duration of the torture. 

[vu72]

So let's see:  Valpo 1 for 16 from the 3.  6 of 10 from the line. 9 turnovers and 2 assists.  Other than these minor facts we are kicking their asses!!

[VUGrad1314]

The rest of the MVC will be laughing at us if we don't turn this around quickly. We are  13 games in and our issues aren't getting any better. I honestly thought Lottich was better than this but I can't help but feel the seeds of doubt beginning to creep in. I really hope this is all just growing pains and Valpo will be great in 2019 and 2020 but instead of coming together the team appears to be coming apart at the seams and some of the prize recruits from this class look like duds. I'm willing to give them time but their performance since they got a little taste of regional\national hype has been disheartening. I can honestly say I've never seen anything like this.

[vu84v2]

Watching Wofford - UNC. Much more interesting.

[VU2014]

I can't find words to explain how I'm feeling about that 1st half right now. 

An accurate depiction of Valpo in that first half...

[valpotx]

No clue why we tried the 1-3-1 again.  It worked exactly 0 times against previous opponents, and in the 1 try today, they get a wide open 3.  Quit trying that defense!

[jsher3141]

This is eerily reminiscent of our performance against Milwaukee in the HL Tourney last season. It's going to be a hell of a long trip home if they don't turn a complete 180 in the second half.

That's exactly what I was thinking.  Except at least that game was close...

[VUGrad1314]

This is eerily reminiscent of our performance against Milwaukee in the HL Tourney last season. It's going to be a hell of a long trip home if they don't turn a complete 180 in the second half.

That's exactly what I was thinking.  Except at least that game was close...

Only because that Milwaukee team was WORSE than this Riverside team if you can believe that. Oh and that Valpo team was better than this outfit.