Valpo @ SIU 1/7/2020 7pm CST on ESPN 3

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 07:57:45 PM

I have a feeling there will be a cold stretch for SIU. It's whether we match it this half is the key.

That Domask is going to get cold.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:04:23 PM

Krikke please or have Mileek guard Domask and foul him hard. Really hard! Ok, maybe not.

I'm beginning to believe in the Mileek fouling Domask senario now. Ok, ok. Not.

oklahomamick · January 07, 2020, 08:07:20 PM

Yep, Booby C. style.

NativeCheesehead · January 07, 2020, 08:09:43 PM

Welp. Time to start drinking.

nkvu · January 07, 2020, 08:12:02 PM

We don't even start to play until we're down 15 or so.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:16:01 PM

Free throws are free, why do we waste them?

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:17:09 PM

Quote from: nkvu on January 07, 2020, 08:12:02 PM
We don't even start to play until we're down 15 or so.

So do we stop when we get back to 7 down or does SIU start hitting threes again?

NativeCheesehead · January 07, 2020, 08:23:26 PM

Body language in the huddles is horrible. We look lost.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:34:55 PM

I remember the exit sign for Nashville, Illinois, off I-64 had to have the "IL" for Illinois because too many travelers were thinking when they got off the interstate they were in Music City. So someone built a music venue in Nashville, IL and it did really well because people were still getting off the interstate about 250 miles too early.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:37:13 PM

Free throws are free, why do we waste them?

Wash, rinse, repeat.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:43:31 PM

Quote from: bbtds on January 07, 2020, 08:37:13 PM
Free throws are free, why do we waste them?

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Repeat

NativeCheesehead · January 07, 2020, 08:46:14 PM

If we were a NFL team, this is the game to fire your offensive coordinator.

VUSWIM08-12 · January 07, 2020, 08:49:09 PM

Folks this what we're gonna get until Lottich steps down or gets fired. Got the calls IMO but cant win the game or come even close. Wow that was bad. I think we have talented players(and also boneheaded ones, mileek why foul a 3 point shooter, cardinal sin boy). Lottich just has problems putting them in the right places and calling good plays IMO.

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:50:00 PM

Quote from: NativeCheesehead on January 07, 2020, 08:46:14 PM
If we were a NFL team, this is the game to fire your offensive coordinator.

So StlVUfan can't sit behind the bench anymore?

valpotx · January 07, 2020, 08:51:29 PM

The team needs to work on shots within 8 feet of the basket. My lord, how can you miss some of those shots?

bbtds · January 07, 2020, 08:53:25 PM

M · January 07, 2020, 08:54:12 PM

When star shoots 6-21 (1-9 from three) that ain't going to cut it most nights.

nkvu · January 07, 2020, 08:55:03 PM

Don't guard the shooter in the first half, don't knock down shots or free throws in the second, you are not gonna win many that way. To cap it off, we give a home run on the in bounds. Sad.

valpotx · January 07, 2020, 08:57:44 PM

I can't think of the last time I saw Valpo hit by a successful HR ball. Many have tried, but none have succeeded in at least 10 years.

govalpogo · January 07, 2020, 09:00:02 PM

At some point, the players just have to execute. SIU D is good, but the guys made unbelievably few of their make able shots, FTs, lay ups, etc. Terrible performance. Burn the tape. Get back to who you are.

mj · January 07, 2020, 09:03:19 PM

one step forward, two steps back for this team.

valpo64 · January 07, 2020, 09:05:16 PM

Gracious! When you shoot like that what do you expect? And Lottich never took a shot! Definitely need inside scoring. Lock Zion in the gym by himself for an hour a day to shoot only free throws. Now let's forget this one and win on Saturday.

justducky · January 07, 2020, 09:09:35 PM

What was up with Nick?

We have very little inside game. We have no point guard scoring. Even with Fazekas only minor portions of those problems will disappear. Is it back to the drawing board

wh · January 07, 2020, 09:10:44 PM

Quote from: govalpogo on January 07, 2020, 09:00:02 PM
At some point, the players just have to execute. SIU D is good, but the guys made unbelievably few of their make able shots, FTs, lay ups, etc. Terrible performance. Burn the tape. Get back to who you are.

Agreed. Nearly everyone playing their worst game on the same night - the perfect storm. Not the end of the world. The sun will come up tomorrow, and we'll get back on track Saturday.

VUGrad1314 · January 07, 2020, 09:15:22 PM

Quote from: valpo64 on January 07, 2020, 09:05:16 PM
Gracious! When you shoot like that what do you expect? And Lottich never took a shot! Definitely need inside scoring. Lock Zion in the gym by himself for an hour a day to shoot only free throws. Now let's forget this one and win on Saturday.

He never took a shot but he recruited the people that did so... So inconsistent.... Come on Matt. It's on you to get this team ready to play every day. We should NOT be getting blown out by double digits by THIS SIU team. This is embarrassing. This is the kind of game that locks us into Thursday for another year. And we'll get the same babbling BS about youth and not making shots and just needing to play harder and better we get after every loss. Where's the plan to actually GET THEM THERE coach? We don't see consistent improvement game to game EVER.