There's nothing wrong with this team that cloning Bryson Williams several times can't fix. Williams has had some great games this season, last night was easily his best. He was going around, splitting, and shooting over double teams throughout that second half, making some really difficult shots. An incredible performance.
Our identity this year has been a good defensive team that often struggles on offense. For the first 23 or so minutes last night we flat out sucked in all phases of the game. It was no surprise that we couldn't score, and we still didn't block out on our defensive boards, but the fact that our defense was so atrocious was unexpected. I don't know what happened to flip that switch in the second half, but I hope that it stays flipped.
Most big comebacks these days are made with the winning team hitting a fair number of 3 pointers during their run. Not us. We only made 4-15 three point shots (<27%) in the second half.
I was talking to a UTSA grad this morning at work. He recalled a game last year where the Roadrunners came back from a huge deficit to win. He went to the next game thinking that it was the beginning of something big, only to watch his team lose. I hope that we are instead able to build on this, and it is not just a one off thing.
Our identity this year has been a good defensive team that often struggles on offense. For the first 23 or so minutes last night we flat out sucked in all phases of the game. It was no surprise that we couldn't score, and we still didn't block out on our defensive boards, but the fact that our defense was so atrocious was unexpected. I don't know what happened to flip that switch in the second half, but I hope that it stays flipped.
Most big comebacks these days are made with the winning team hitting a fair number of 3 pointers during their run. Not us. We only made 4-15 three point shots (<27%) in the second half.
I was talking to a UTSA grad this morning at work. He recalled a game last year where the Roadrunners came back from a huge deficit to win. He went to the next game thinking that it was the beginning of something big, only to watch his team lose. I hope that we are instead able to build on this, and it is not just a one off thing.