Game Thread: Northwestern vs. USC

[SouthportCat]

What is going on with the lineup?

Don MacLean is brutal. The worst analyst on BTN.

Hard disagree. He spent most of the two hours praising Martinelli lavishly. I was enjoying the rare pro-NU bias.

 

[SouthportCat]

Worst and most unprepared color guy (and it isn’t close) is Steve Smith.

 

[GatoBorracho]

CC has found his lineup -- dig it, fellas. Jake is the real deal, and Tre is coming on. We still need more size and rebounding, but let's get another on Saturday.

 

[SouthportCat]

Nice to finish one. Couple things stood out on playing time:

- I was pro Clayton early on this season, but I don’t get it now. We have had several games now with a 4-8 point lead halfway through the second half and the opponent just begging to let us go on a 12-0 run… and the only guy left unguarded, over and over, hasn’t made a shot since November. We throw up a few bricks and the “8 about to be 14” point lead is suddenly two points and we clench our buttholes. This team has a bunch of guys who can score, why can’t five of them play at once?

- They had nobody, NOBODY, that could guard Page. Kropp looked awesome tonight but I don’t understand Page riding pine at all. Why not West-Reid/Green-Mart-Page-Kropp? We have literally seen every other possible permutation not involving Gus Hurlburt.

-Neither Gelo nor Mullins is given any opportunity to get into the game flow. Any mistake and they are instantly yanked. Page is almost at this point as well. Why these three seem to be singled out is unclear to me.