Game 24: @ Loyola-Chicago

[not a drake fan]

Loyola is just a lot better than we are.

If you've only watched Loyola today, and haven't watched them for the last 2 months, then yes this is true.

Flush this one and burn the tapes.

[sivert]

I’ve got a good feeling. Time for shots to fall.

Well, I was right about shots falling!

[unipanther2154]

If you've only watched Loyola today, and haven't watched them for the last 2 months, then yes this is true.

Flush this one and burn the tapes.

Right…….

that’s why they’re an at large team and we have no shot unless we win it all in March. But yeah, we’re definitely better. Sorry for using logic.

[sivert]

Oh my goodness!

[ceaser150]

The difference is they are willing to get in our faces and guard and we want to sag and hope the miss.

[CyCarp]

Loyola is just a lot better than we are. We need to do so much better at recruiting it’s not even funny. We simply don’t have the talent or the bench depth to compete. Phyfe and his issues have been a killer but we’ve just missed on too many recruits.

Comments like this annoy the hell out of me. We might a well not even show up when they come to CF. They're shooting 55% from three, including a guy with 8 all season hitting 3 in the first 5 minutes. They've gotten virtually every roll. No way in **** they're 20 points better than us on a normal day.

[not a drake fan]

Right…….

that’s why they’re an at large team and we have no shot unless we win it all in March. But yeah, we’re definitely better. Sorry for using logic.

I agree with your point that Loyola is better. I've been saying that on this website for weeks.

But to come to a conclusion that they are THIS much better and to say that UNI can't compete, I have to assume that this is the only Loyola have you've watched all year.

If you sort torvik so it includes games since conference play got going on 1/1, Loyola is #71 & UNI is #72. Everything has gone Loyola's way today, but these teams are much more evenly matched and I look forward to the matchup in Cedar Falls.

Tip your cap to Loyola today and forget about this.

[CyCarp]

Right…….

that’s why they’re an at large team and we have no shot unless we win it all in March. But yeah, we’re definitely better. Sorry for using logic.

Logic? We're neck and neck in conference play. Sure, we had an awful non conference, but we had COVID issues and injuries and are clearly not the team we were 2-3 months ago. Using logic isn't just pulling up bracketology and making that your determining factor.

[MVCBeat]

This is our first loss in regulation since 2021, and our first loss that didn’t go down to the final possession since December 5. Loyola is now half a game ahead of us. We are plenty talented. We just brought an average effort and they are literally playing their best game of the year. It happens.

[BCPanther]

There's nothing that isn't still on the table after this. Loyola had to have it and they played their best game of the year.

Nothing lost.

[orangetennis]

The difference is they are willing to get in our faces and guard and we want to sag and hope the miss.

We like to brag that we don't foul much but a big reason for that is that we're not aggressive defensively and give up open shots.

[ceaser150]

We didnt even try to press to get back into it. Pathetic.

[unipanther2154]

Logic? We're neck and neck in conference play. Sure, we had an awful non conference, but we had COVID issues and injuries and are clearly not the team we were 2-3 months ago. Using logic isn't just pulling up bracketology and making that your determining factor.

Calm down big girl. They’re better, no question. Could we beat them, sure. We’ve had a good conference season so far but we’re not that great. We’re a good team that needs things to go right to be able to compete with a team like this. We have absolutely no depth and basically no post player at all. Outside of Bowen what bench player do you feel confident when they shoot? We could absolutely win the tournament but we’re not better with where we are as a team. Phyfe healthy, maybe we are on par but he’s not.

To say Covid this and Covid that has the same logic and does as much good and whining continuously about McDermott. Life isn’t fair and you have to go with the hand you get. Imo if we’re as good as Jake said we still should have won a couple of those games. If our coaches recruit just a single competent post player besides Phyfe then maybe we weather the storm that is his health and we’re closer to on par with these guys.

[BCPanther]

Today didn't make a single existing goal impossible.

They played their best game of the year.

On to Tuesday.

[CyCarp]

Calm down big girl. They’re better, no question. Could we beat them, sure. We’ve had a good conference season so far but we’re not that great. We’re a good team that needs things to go right to be able to compete with a team like this. We have absolutely no depth and basically no post player at all. Outside of Bowen what bench player do you feel confident when they shoot? We could absolutely win the tournament but we’re not better with where we are as a team. Phyfe healthy, maybe we are on par but he’s not.

To say Covid this and Covid that has the same logic and does as much good and whining continuously about McDermott. Life isn’t fair and you have to go with the hand you get. Imo if we’re as good as Jake said we still should have won a couple of those games. If our coaches recruit just a single competent post player besides Phyfe then maybe we weather the storm that is his health and we’re closer to on par with these guys.

"Big girl"? Classy I see. At least I don't turn to name calling when somebody disagrees with me. I never said they're not better than us, but they're not head and shoulders above us like you want to claim. We had a lot of issues at the beginning of the season, and I also believe coaching alone cost us multiple games.