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MBB: USF vs. WSU

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Close game. Cougs score the first 11 points. SF then storms back and takes an 8 point lead. Cougs come back. Half time 49-48 USF
 
I gotta say, the refs are making some interesting calls. You would never know they were supposed to be neutral. They seem to favor the longer membered team over the new team.
 
Warning called on L Watts for delay of game on an out-of-bounds, but the USF player hit him in the face with the ball and nothing? The Don's are very physical and pick up a lot of fouls. We get a lot of touch calls. Announcers even questioned the contact on one on Erikstrup's fouls given how physical this game has been.
 
Yeah, just crazy weird calls and non-calls. Riley, rightfully so, has not been happy with the refs. So many times the Cougars have been hit driving to the basket with no call and SF getting soft calls when they drive. SF seems to be a team that will foul on every possession knowing the refs won't call them all
 
By the way, looking at the boxscore and seeing the Cougars have more foul shots is misleading. The Cougars should have a dozen more,
 
Another horrendous call against the Cougs waiving off a three when it was the other player who had the initial foul
 
This has become an emotional game for the Cougars, as they know they are playing 8 against 5.
 
Calmese was dribbling down court and the USF player shoved him in the back with no call.
 
The Cougs earned this game. I love this team. They beat a very good team without two starters and two other contributors. Simply a great job by this program.
 
If Malik Thomas would not have had an out of body experience in the first half, this would have been an easy game. He was just unreal before the break.
 
Need to stop taking that last shot like Erikstrap did at the end. Could have just run out the clock. USF coach was hot.
 
Need to stop taking that last shot like Erikstrap did at the end. Could have just run out the clock. USF coach was hot.
If that is it, then the USF coach is an even bigger idiot than he looks. There were 34 seconds left when we inbounded the ball.
 
+1 but think that's what he decided to be all bent about in the handshake line.

Have to think we aren't any WCC programs favorite being an outsider and GU joining the new Pac.
That was it. In the press conference, Coach Riley confirmed it. He said the last two games we were wrong, but this time he was not worried about it because of the shot clock differential. As I wrote above, there were 34 seconds left when we got the ball. Their coach just didn't like getting their butts kicked.

I agree, they all want to beat us bad. We get the other team's best shot, just like we did in football.
 
That was it. In the press conference, Coach Riley confirmed it. He said the last two games we were wrong, but this time he was not worried about it because of the shot clock differential. As I wrote above, there were 34 seconds left when we got the ball. Their coach just didn't like getting their butts kicked.

I agree, they all want to beat us bad. We get the other team's best shot, just like we did in football.
Yeah, we couldn't run out the clock but maybe didn't need to take a 3? I think it was also the last 2 times we have done "earning" the rep.

Really good win we needed.
 
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Coaches get way too wound up over stuff like that. But I doubt any of us or Coach Riley loses any sleep over this. Last place Pacific is up next and then next Saturday is the big one against Gonzaga.
 
There chump coach was mad that he gave us the game with his stupid technical. I don't like not running the clock, but with 34 seconds we had to make a play and a 3 was a good idea. They certainly tried after that to score a 3.

Entire game switched after that chump coachs T.
 
Yeah, we couldn't run out the clock but maybe didn't need to take a 3? I think it was also the last 2 times we have done "earning" the rep.

Really good win we needed.

Apparently WSU does need to pad the score up because of the STUPID NET RANKINGS SYSTEM in order to be ranked in top 65, and make it to the NCAA Tournament, as 5 Quad 1 wins(Bradly, BSU, Nevada, Northern Colorado, USF), and 1,2 Quad 2 wins, and 13-3 record, 3-0 conference record is not enough, as not even Gonzaga has done all that and is 9-4, but yet WSU is ranked 67th in NET ranking.

Major League BS, SNUBBING.

Time to pad up the score last second to make a point, because padding up scores helps NET ranking be higher.
 
So you take the shot clock violation and they run out the other 4 seconds. Not that big of a deal either way.
Two things. I like Riley’s IDGAF attitude along with this team when it comes to the end of the game. You dint like it, stop it!

Also what’s with these coaches getting pissy about losing by 15 vs losing by 10. Unless you have money on the game who gives a shit. It makes them look douchey, and honestly it’s insulting to their own players. If we were up by 40 that would be one thing, this was a one point game at half. Such a silly thing to get bent out of shape about.
 
This game was competitive well into the second half and then things went bad for USF. I would imagine the USF coach was frustrated by that and reacted.
 
Two things. I like Riley’s IDGAF attitude along with this team when it comes to the end of the game. You dint like it, stop it!

Also what’s with these coaches getting pissy about losing by 15 vs losing by 10. Unless you have money on the game who gives a shit. It makes them look douchey, and honestly it’s insulting to their own players. If we were up by 40 that would be one thing, this was a one point game at half. Such a silly thing to get bent out of shape about.
It's kind of like how Mike Leach was. He was pushing his team to score to the very end of games. He didn't care what the score was.
 
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