WVSPORTS.COM Examining the West Virginia basketball assistant's contracts
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Tony asked Huggins during pregame how they planned to handle Taz being out of the lineup. Huggins said that he didn't know. Some will say that's coachspeak. I'm taking him at his word.
Apparently the plan was to play with no effort on defense and like a deer in headlights on offense.
We lost by 15 points. Here's the stats:
42.3% (Texas 42.4%)
50% 3 point (Texas (37.5%)
9-11 FT
Rebounds 33 (Texas 33)
The ONLY difference was we had 20 Turnovers, most in that 5 minute stretch in the 1st half (I think 18-2 Texas run).
So, explain to me again how we stunk it up out there today? Please.
That's right, but it wasn't because we stunk it up on shooting, or defense, or rebounding. We stunk it up by turning it over. Considering who we were missing, I felt like other than a 5 minute spurt in the 1st half that we played relatively well.
Yep. That was bad. But the stats say we didn't play all that bad (other than the turnovers).
If you put one foot in a fire and your other foot in a bucket of ice, the stats say you should be perfectly comfortable.
Stats don't tell everything, like just how poor we were today.
Stats don't tell everything, like just how poor we were today.
WVU had 6 points in the last 10 minutes of the first half. Taz being out has nothing do with it. WVU has been plagued with consistent, multi-minute scoring droughts for the last half dozen years. Offensive efficiency is as absent on the hardwood as it is the gridiron. Watching WVU with the ball is like watching a high school team with one exceptional player. All the others stand around watching, waiting for him to create his shot or piggybacking on him collapsing the defense that creates an opening for a hapless teammate.
I don't remember a WV team that consistently moved to the ball around quickly and found open shots. UT managed that a lot today.
I don't remember a WV team that consistently moved to the ball around quickly and found open shots. UT managed that a lot today.