Game 4- at Purdue - Sunday Nov. 16th @ 7:30 pm (FOX Sports)

[Let'sGoZips94]

Big Stank is impressive. 

[Reslife4Life]

Just about what Vegas expected, not bad. Plenty to build upon through the whole year

[UAZipster0305]

We got homered and still put up 79 on the road at the #1 team in the country. Wow!

Edited 3 hours ago by UAZipster0305

[LZIp]

10 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

Halligan in, very intrigued on what his role will be during conference play 

I don’t see it being much.

[roopride]

Kind of felt we weren’t as disciplined starting the second half.  

[Let'sGoZips94]

Covered the spread.

 

Only scored 1 less pt than Bama did vs Purdue.

 

All this despite an obvious officiating scandal. 

 

Go Zips!

[tboned]

i can't stand to watch these biased refs. It's a bunch of crap.  Call the damn game straight up. I turned this crap off!

[Reslife4Life]

1 minute ago, LZIp said:

I don’t see it being much.

I just find it weird he comes off the bench before brisco and before Stankovic in the second half

[Let'sGoZips94]

3 minutes ago, LZIp said:

I don’t see it being much.

 

He just had solid end of game minutes vs the #2 team in the country and played with poise. Legitimate chance they're viewing him as a potential scholarship guy next year. 

[72 Roo]

Lots to be excited about this team. This game was an impossible task, but the team played tough. We can't do much about height, but we can reduce the turnovers and shoot better at the foul line. We will be good this year and super at tournament time. Groce has a plan and its is playing out.

[csims0917]

WE COVERED 

[1981 grad]

I thought we could have boxed out a little better against their height.  Need to put a butt in their gut to keep them off the boards.  However, I still thought we played great and if we play this well against other teams we should be very good this year. 

[UAZipster0305]

2 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:

I thought we could have boxed out a little better against their height.  Need to put a butt in their gut to keep them off the boards.  However, I still thought we played great and if we play this well against other teams we should be very good this year. 

We got called for a foul when boxing out at least once...seriously, that's not an exaggeration.

[ZipsFan31]

This team has a chance to be really good. I love the brother’s size and athleticism. Played the game as good as I think we realistically could. Win the paradise jam next week and I think at large is still in play. 

[1981 grad]

Just now, UAZipster0305 said:

We got called for a foul when boxing out at least once...seriously, that's not an exaggeration.

I agree, that was a terrible call but one of many.

[csims0917]

Groce is going off on the post game

[clarkwgriswold]

They lost by 18 to the team many consider to be the best in the country.  I won't lose a second of sleep over this one.

[csims0917]

Just now, csims0917 said:

Groce is going off on the post game

Mainly about the mistakes. Said he thinks we could’ve scored 90

[Let'sGoZips94]

42 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Mainly about the mistakes. Said he thinks we could’ve scored 90

 

We scored 79 with a not-so-great second half. 90 was absolutely in play. Heck, if the officiating is just slightly less egregious, 90 would've been in play. 

 

Lots to learn from this game, but I love where the ceiling appears to be for this team. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94

[kreed5120]

27 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

Lots to be excited about this team. This game was an impossible task, but the team played tough. We can't do much about height, but we can reduce the turnovers and shoot better at the foul line. We will be good this year and super at tournament time. Groce has a plan and its is playing out.

 

I thought we protected the ball fairly well. We only had 10 turnovers, which was 2 fewer than Purdue in what was a very fast paced game.

 

Being outrebounded 45-26 was the real issue. They had a lot of easy 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chance points. I get we weren't going to win the rebounding battle, but Lyles only having 1 board just can't happen. Let's say he had 7 instead. That would have meant Purdue would have won the rebounding battle 39-32, which would still be a healthy margin, but not so large that you couldn't make up for it elsewhere.

[Zippy87]

22 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

I thought we protected the ball fairly well. We only had 10 turnovers, which was 2 fewer than Purdue in what was a very fast paced game.

 

Being outrebounded 45-26 was the real issue. They had a lot of easy 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chance points. I get we weren't going to win the rebounding battle, but Lyles only having 1 board just can't happen. Let's say he had 7 instead. That would have meant Purdue would have won the rebounding battle 39-32, which would still be a healthy margin, but not so large that you couldn't make up for it elsewhere.

 

Lyles has struggled to rebound against talented teams with size. In 59 total game minutes against Purdue, Arizona, and St. Marys (both last season, of course), he has 6 total rebounds. This is part of why I wish they would've given Barre a look earlier tonight. He didn't record a rebound in his limited time, but I at least saw some physicality from him in the paint. 

 

Overall, I'm happy. They didn't get embarrassed and I don't think we will see another team that good this season unless we reach the Sweet 16.