Bears at Dawgs Game Thread

Very frustrating. Our at large chances (no matter how slim they were going into the game) are now toast. I still think we have a shot at winning the Pac-12 tourney, as I think UW’s best is better than the other team’s best. Cal is my pick to win the conference, even though I’m not very impressed, especially considering their 2 best players are seniors.

by SankTheTank on Jan 19, 2012 7:33 PM PST reply actions

Why does this team same to lack intensity to begin games

Where is the sense of urgency when they are not already down by 10 points?

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:34 PM PST reply actions

Watching this team is exhausting my enjoyment of watching basketball

I understand they are dealing with some injuries but man, it’s brutal to watch sometimes. Keep trying kids, learn from this year.

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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 19, 2012 7:34 PM PST reply actions

Yes, very frustrating...

They do not play with a sense of urgency needed for Husky Basketball.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions

Decisions...Gant? shooting 0-9! 0-6 from 3!

I was connecting the dots from “Tosh,Downfall”…

by gliderdawg on Jan 19, 2012 7:35 PM PST reply actions

Gant seems to have regressed from last year...

He seems like a great guy though… just not doing that well at basketball.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions

He's completely lost his confidence in his shot.

So has Simmons, and Stewart too. We need to get them going.

by UW11Bowdown on Jan 19, 2012 8:23 PM PST up reply actions

The loss of Suggs is playing a huge role here.

With Suggs playing, Simmons would not be taking so many shots and Stewart would be playing only in blowouts or with a minute left in the first half.

With Scott Suggs, we win this game…

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions

Suggs or CJ, but I can't blame them for the loss, injuries suck.

I appreciate the effort Stewart gives, but he needs to figure out how he can contribute to this team.

by UW11Bowdown on Jan 19, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions

Fair enough... injuries do suck.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions

F R E E T H R O W S...

Now repeat after me….

by gliderdawg on Jan 19, 2012 7:36 PM PST reply actions

How hard is that to understand?

Everyone loves “free” stuff right?

by gliderdawg on Jan 19, 2012 7:38 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

The officials seems to them some Cal Bears tonight

Some tough calls down the stretch + the Romar tech that game them two free points.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

That was a terrible foul called on Gant! Missed the T..

by gliderdawg on Jan 19, 2012 7:46 PM PST reply actions

Romar yelled at the ref who called a moving screen on Aziz after a TO...

and then called another foul on Aziz a minute later for an over the back on an offensive rebound.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions

What will it take for this team to improve by Pac 12 tourney time?

At times on both offense and defense, it seems like these guys have little chemistry or knowledge of each other’s game.

Also, this team seems to lack the ability to play with the intensity needed for Romar style Husky Basketball.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 7:56 PM PST reply actions

I completely disagree that it is an intensity problem and I honestly have no idea where you get that idea.

They need to knock down their open shots. Gant is so much better than 0-9, Simmons missed every jumper he took. Gaddy should be making his easy layins. We misconnected on two Ross oops which would have won the game for us. If even one of those players played up to their abilities tonight then we would have won.

by UW11Bowdown on Jan 19, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions

Yes, they missed open shots... however, even Coach Romar has stated...

that defensive intensity translates directly to better offensive flow and shooting. Listen to last weeks podcast of the Mitch Levy show and Coach Romar states this flat out.

I think being forced to play so much zone early in the game did not help us dictate tempo with our defense either.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions

We got in foul trouble

so Romar had no choice with no bench. Stewart was a liability, so we had to play zone to keep our starters in the game, and zone also takes less energy to play than man-to-man which was an issue as well with guys playing 36+ minutes.

by Skeptical Dawg on Jan 19, 2012 8:50 PM PST up reply actions

Yes, that is why I said "forced." I did not mean forced by what Cal was doing.

Yes, with the thin bench, we are forced to play zone for long periods of time – instead as a change up style defense.

Stewart need to start driving the ball to the basket at the very least.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions

I don't think the defense is as much of a problem as the offense.

The defense was good enough to win, if we made our shots we’re sitting golden right now.

Obviously the D could improve, but I’m blaming the missed shots in this one.

by UW11Bowdown on Jan 19, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions

Coach Romar on early vs late intensity vs Cal

My biggest gripe tonight is that we kind of repeated our mistakes against Washington State. We didn’t come out with the type of fire, and I shouldn’t say fire because I thought we played hard, but not with the type of concentration we needed. It picked up more in the second half but against a team like that it wasn’t good enough to overcome the deficit. Down the stretch I thought our guys fought. We played extremely hard, but we came up on the short end obviously.

by Udubb on Jan 19, 2012 9:25 PM PST up reply actions