I think he is a solid player, but clutch definitely is not his middle name. When the game is on the line i think he should be taken out. He disappears anyways. He scored a total of 0 points in double and triple ot. Other players are better than him at defense. The guards and pondexter can handle the scoring. They have been doing it when it counts anyways

Yeesh, one 3OT loss and we start to throw the kids under the bus, this place is getting like DMan. There were numerous times when the game could have been won, but the TEAM LOST. I echo JBs comment that patience would have helped, a lot of jacked up shots and too deep penetrations amongst the trees by the smurfs. A few mental errors, poor FT shooting etc. It all contributed as a team.

Two days ago I mentioned that Brockman could cost them a win at the end of the game with his freethrows. But that’s too obvious for a “I told you so”. I think you have to play him anyway, he’s the leader. But 2 for 8 FF in a close game is a killer.

As far as patience goes, at the end of regulation it looked like they went into a FB Prevent Defense. They tried to milk the clock, but that doesn’t seem to be their game, even if it makes sense. Maybe they should ignore the clock and play their regular fast paced game.

Once the milk the clock game started, they got tentative, too much one on one. This team plays a great unselfish brand of fast paced BB, but they are not great in half court execution. As soon as they change the tempo, they are unable to get the great shots, the opponent is in much better rebound position so put backs are limited, so it becomes one and done, or one and go to the line which seems to be the same as done. It is painful to watch. I hate stand around basketball. I say, dance with the partner that got you here!

Brockman should not be taken out at the end of the game. He won us the Stanford game with his rebounding. If you watched at the end the guards made some poor decisions and really shot without rebounders in place.

Look, we outplayed and Cal got bailed out by two really bad calls at the end of the game. Give Cal credit, they made the free throws but the foul with 1 second left was not a foul and definitely not a shooting foul. Also, they got a call on a three point attempt with about a minute left that on replay was not touched.

Oh well, but don’t throw our guys or Romar under the bus, they played hard. Every year you will lose a game or two because of some bad calls and this was one of those games.

Not that I want to place blame on the refs, because we (the players) flat out let that game slip away, but I thought Cal was getting away with a lot of physical play when they were in deep foul trouble. Usually when a kid has 4 fouls he has to stay clear of being the aggressor- Cal continued to play physical in all 3 OT periods.

When Thomas was hacked down low, the foul should’ve been intentional. The Cal kid used a round house swipe and clocked Thomas in the forehead. That foul would’ve sent anyone of us to the bench with whiplash! The Cal kid never came remotely close to an attempt at blocking the shot. His intention to me was to not let Thomas get off a shot, therefore an intentional foul was neccessary in that situation. Would it have changed the outcome of the game? Maybe if we convert on the next inbound.

But all this is a mute point if we don’t foul the Cal kid on the put back shot to tie the game. In a situation like that a 2 point bucket doesn’t hurt us, but fouling him and making it 3 point attempt to tie does. Our team is very young and will learn from this game. Remember with time running out and leading by 3 points, a 2 point conversion doesn’t hurt. All we’d had to do was inbound the ball and convert our free throws. Game would’ve been over- the foul on the put back was HUGE.

They are a little better than the Womens team, that was blown out today.