Re: 2017-18 MIAA Thread
I don't know of sickness or anything like that- other than the 86catillac jinx above ;). Defense was good enough. Offense was just really bad. I think this team is slightly below last year's team offensively and defensively. The big difference is I'm not sure this team is as tough mentally. There may be sickness or things like that which I'm not aware of but they did look tired. Many of those point blank misses never got above the rim- hit where rim and backboard meet, barely grazed front of rim, etc. Pitts was dribbling off his leg with little pressure and he had as many shots blocked (against a fairly unathletic team) as he has the rest of the year total. I'm not sure why they would be tired though. They do play only 7 but Mac really balances the minutes. I'm not taking the time to look it up but I looked earlier this week and hoping memory is correct. Pitts averages 36 min/game, next is Ndow at 30 minutes.
It could have been just one of those nights but this is 2 now in the last couple of weeks. I think many believed the Southern loss would be a wakeup call but then we had this loss. The talent is there but I hope they weren't looking past this team, that is the mental toughness aspect I mentioned above.
As for Witthus, I know it was a joke but this article is from a couple weeks ago. I think it says a lot about the Mankato program (or his perspective of it) without saying anything directly. http://www.bearcatsports.com/news/20...px?path=mbball
Originally posted by MrAugustana
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It could have been just one of those nights but this is 2 now in the last couple of weeks. I think many believed the Southern loss would be a wakeup call but then we had this loss. The talent is there but I hope they weren't looking past this team, that is the mental toughness aspect I mentioned above.
As for Witthus, I know it was a joke but this article is from a couple weeks ago. I think it says a lot about the Mankato program (or his perspective of it) without saying anything directly. http://www.bearcatsports.com/news/20...px?path=mbball
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