Like how Boals pulled Roderick after he took his time on a lay-up and got blocked. Can't be that lackadaisical.
Well, he might as well have benched BVP. Couldn't catch a cold. Never showed up.
First time I have seen the Cats in person. I'll call them the Stick People Team. I have never seen more undernourished athletes in my life. Other than McDay not a single Bobcat looks like he could put on shoulder pads but look at Kent and they had a bunch of muscular guys on the floor and bench.
I thought the Bobcats tried hard on defense and the way Kent shot, they'd have beaten most MAC teams today unless the other team was hotter. Some nice steals and blocking out. Got a kick watching Springs in warm ups. Only saw him miss once. Springs must be deficient in that press the Bobcats were using because I can not see why when you are 20 points down and several of the starters hadn't scored in like forever that a coach wouldn't go to someone who may pull a tall defender away from the hoop if he knocked down a couple of threes and allow for penetration and trips to the line by others. Nice to score when the clock is stopped when you are trailing.
Didn't like the very poor turnovers--momentum killers. Several alley oops that could have connected if the ball handlers would have been paying attention to their teammates beating the defender along the baseline. Not enough isolation when Preston was guarded down low--he can dominate many of his defenders. Too many times the bigs started putting moves on to the basket and then when cut off, quit and most times turned it over. When you are 6'7" or taller and LeBron is NOT guarding you and you are 12 or less feet from the basket, turn around and shoot the thing. In Woodrow Hayes language: When a big man shoots from close, 5 things can happen and 3 of them are good. You make it, you get fouled, or a teammate gets a stick back/re-set(Block or rebound=bad). A missed shot is much better than a steal and fast break going the other way.
Return game in Athens will be different, Kent won't be as hot and OHIO will not turn it over like today.