Another must win for the Pirates aided by the multiple injuries Butler is facing.
The Pirates cannot spit the bit Sunday and they won't.
SHU 72
Butler 65
The Pirates cannot spit the bit Sunday and they won't.
SHU 72
Butler 65
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Dan - Predicted us to win by more than 1 or 2 on the road. You must be insanely confident....lol. Hope you are right.
Winning on the road is not easy and playing down to your competition happens all the time to many teams even ranked teams. So regardless who is out this is a dangerous game to be playing. They have nothing to lose and we do.
Expect a struggle. Hopeful we prevail in the end 70-69.
Expect a struggle. Hopeful we prevail in the end 70-69.
Butler was spiraling before Bizjack got hurt. They've lost 5 straight. They also lost their really good freshman Stink Robinson who had 14 pts against SHU last month for the season. If Bizjack does not play I think it's the reverse of what happened last month.
Hall 81
Butler 66
Hall 81
Butler 66
Don’t sleep on Bizjack. He’s the best or 2nd best guard in the conference
SHU 77-71. Hopefully Butler won't get 41 free throws. No Bizjack should make it more doable.
He’s a nice offensive piece who can go off at times, but he’s probably the 7th or 8th guy on UCONN.
They zone us a lot. We struggle to score and set up the press. Butler 64-59. I just don’t like this matchup especially how they spaced the floor for Ajayi to get the ball up the court by himself. I think Matta is an incredible coach who just doesn’t have the pieces but enough to beat a team who struggles making a jump shot.
We just played so poorly the first game. It was a sandwich game after the hard-fought UConn game and with St.John's next on the schedule.
Payne had nothing. He had 5 TOs in 14 minutes.
Budd didn't play well and had that bad quad injury in this game. Played only 24 minutes and was less than 100% for much of it. Eventually fouled out. Parker played a lot of PG which limited our offense and he shot 1 for 10. Parker isn't good at running the point in the halfcourt but he is even worse against a zone.
We were stagnant against their Zone and took a lot of bad shots. We had 21 Offensive Rebounds but couldn't convert them to points. They crushed us with ball movement and penetration, drawing fouls at will. They had 28 FT attempts in the 2nd half (33 of 41 total). We lost the Turnover battle 13-8 and Points off TOs 13-4. Was one of our worst performances of the season.
Hopefully we play with focus and energy today. Can't let Bizjack get hot and can't fall for their pump fakes. Can't let them get a huge advantage on FTs again. They are very good at drawing fouls.
Hall 70-67
Payne had nothing. He had 5 TOs in 14 minutes.
Budd didn't play well and had that bad quad injury in this game. Played only 24 minutes and was less than 100% for much of it. Eventually fouled out. Parker played a lot of PG which limited our offense and he shot 1 for 10. Parker isn't good at running the point in the halfcourt but he is even worse against a zone.
We were stagnant against their Zone and took a lot of bad shots. We had 21 Offensive Rebounds but couldn't convert them to points. They crushed us with ball movement and penetration, drawing fouls at will. They had 28 FT attempts in the 2nd half (33 of 41 total). We lost the Turnover battle 13-8 and Points off TOs 13-4. Was one of our worst performances of the season.
Hopefully we play with focus and energy today. Can't let Bizjack get hot and can't fall for their pump fakes. Can't let them get a huge advantage on FTs again. They are very good at drawing fouls.
Hall 70-67
Well, it wasn't as smooth as I thought it would be but we did win by 7.