As I watched dunk after dunk in the closing minutes, I realized the sad reality....
I don't think our effort was poor. I thought the Miners fought and the spirit was good. I wish our bench would get involved/excited like other schools do, but we always just sit there. Maybe Floyd doesn't allow it.
But the sad reality was that they had better players who were more athletic and had more skilled. We cannot beat this team with our current players.
They had a college basketball offense. They worked us over and over. We run.....what ever we run. Despite size advantages we cannot score in the paint and settle for clear outs, pick and rolls, and contested jumpers. Their tallest player is 6'8. They have only 3 seniors. The 30 second shot clock definitely hurt us more then them because we seemingly don't run any type of half court offense.
They were sound on defense. We looked lost on many occasions on defense.
This was not about a flat team, an uninspired team, a team that doesn't care. This was about a Murray State team who was more athletic and better coached. Our current roster is not good enough to compete in C-USA or OVC. And I don't see anyone coming in that could make us as good as Murray State.
I don't think our effort was poor. I thought the Miners fought and the spirit was good. I wish our bench would get involved/excited like other schools do, but we always just sit there. Maybe Floyd doesn't allow it.
But the sad reality was that they had better players who were more athletic and had more skilled. We cannot beat this team with our current players.
They had a college basketball offense. They worked us over and over. We run.....what ever we run. Despite size advantages we cannot score in the paint and settle for clear outs, pick and rolls, and contested jumpers. Their tallest player is 6'8. They have only 3 seniors. The 30 second shot clock definitely hurt us more then them because we seemingly don't run any type of half court offense.
They were sound on defense. We looked lost on many occasions on defense.
This was not about a flat team, an uninspired team, a team that doesn't care. This was about a Murray State team who was more athletic and better coached. Our current roster is not good enough to compete in C-USA or OVC. And I don't see anyone coming in that could make us as good as Murray State.
