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Post by ghostofpbj on Feb 8, 2024 20:54:46 GMT -6
The better coached team won today good night ! Pat, no one gives a sh*t. You took a five-star top 5 national recruit who happened to be your son and you ruined his draft stock and cost him millions. You couldn't coach your way out of a paper bag. I guarantee Coach K wouldn’t have ruined his draft stock…
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 8, 2024 21:07:41 GMT -6
At least Bart gives us a CHANCE to win.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 8, 2024 22:02:38 GMT -6
I just hate to see us throw the game away.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Feb 8, 2024 22:23:10 GMT -6
UWM forces OT with late flurry only to run out of gas and lose again at Youngstown State Todd Rosiak Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A furious comeback falls short in overtime as UW-Milwaukee loses at Youngstown State on Thursday night.
The Beeghly Center remains a house of horrors for the UW-Milwaukee Panthers.
They used a furious comeback over the final 2 minutes 28 seconds to send the game into overtime only to run out of gas over the final 5 minutes and lose for the seventh time in eight trips to Youngstown State, this time by a score of 97-85 on Thursday night.
"In my mind, it's the toughest environment in the league," said coach Bart Lundy. "The crowd is right on top of you. They're loud. It's like an old-school cage match, kind of a throwback gym and throwback crowd where it's no-holds-barred. They say crazy stuff to you.
"And they have five grad transfers."
BJ Freeman scored 24 points to lead four players in double figures for UWM, while Faizon Fields set a Division I school record with his fourth consecutive double-digit rebounding effort.
But the Panthers (12-12, 7-6 Horizon League) fell victim to a huge disparity at the free-throw line, as they went 11 for 15 while the Penguins finished 31 for 39. They also hit just 3 of 11 three-pointers in the second half – simply not good enough when entertaining thoughts of pulling off an upset on the road.
"A lot of free throws," Lundy acknowledged. "Playing zone again, and then on the other end we're trying to attack the basket. So, it's tough, but we've got to keep our composure a little better. We're playing about 80% really good basketball and 20% where we're really shooting ourselves in the foot."
UWM appeared to be on the verge of being run out of the gym when a layup by Freeman with 2:28 left began a furious comeback.
Almost in the blink of an eye a 73-63 deficit had been turned into a 77-77 nailbiter with Freeman scoring nine of the Panthers final 14 points in regulation by repeatedly attacking the basket.
He was fouled on a three-point attempt with 28.1 seconds left and knocked down all his free throws to tie it, then a hustling defensive play by Learic Davis on the other end gave UWM the ball with a chance to win it with 15.4 seconds remaining on the clock.
After a timeout, Freeman eventually ended up with the ball in the corner and heaved up a desperation three at the buzzer that came nowhere close to finding the rim.
"Same play we had been running and had some success with," Lundy said. "We wanted to get him a little closer – 15 feet or so. But he caught it deeper in the corner and I think he felt a little panic to get the shot off."
Overtime was ugly as the Panthers were outscored, 20-8, in the final 5 minutes with Freeman fouling out along the way. They made only 2 of 8 shots while the Penguins went 5 of 9 and hit 10 of 11 free throws to salt it away.
Fields finished with 14 points and 16 rebounds, becoming the first UWM player in the Division I era (since 1991) to log four straight double-digit efforts on the boards.
Randy Doss had six straight double-digit rebounding efforts back in January of 1990, the year before UWM jumped to college basketball's highest level of competition.
"Really, really happy to see him continue to play this way," said Lundy of Fields, who is now averaging 8.1 points and 5.9 rebounds as one of four Panthers players to see the court in all 24 games. "He's settled into who he is, and I think we've got a good player here.
"He's going to continue to help us to win."
The game couldn't have opened more poorly for UWM, which found itself in a 12-0 hole less than 3 minutes in.
But the Panthers regrouped quickly after a timeout and proceeded to run off 17 of the ensuing 19 points to grab a 17-14 lead with 11:37 remaining. Five different players scored in the spurt, which included 10 points in the paint and a Freeman three.
Youngstown State (18-7, 10-4) eventually got to within 30-28 but a quick 8-0 UWM run capped by consecutive three-pointers from Freeman opened the advantage up to double digits and the Panthers headed into intermission with a 43-37 lead.
Four different players hit from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes as UWM hit 7 of 19 threes, shot 47.4% overall and assisted on 10 of 18 baskets while turning the ball over only twice.
The tone changed quickly out of the locker room, however.
The Panthers saw an eight-point lead turn into a tie game with 14:57 remaining after a 9-1 run by the Penguins. Central in the shift in momentum was 7-foot-3 Gabe Dynes, who asserted himself in the paint and either swatted away or altered shot after shot as UWM kept challenging him.
Dynes finished the game with seven blocks, several more alters and seven rebounds in 29 minutes.
"He changed the game completely," Lundy said. "I thought we got really rattled at the rim. And they didn't call any fouls on him. It sure seemed like there was a lot of contact on a couple of blocks. But it really rattled us and that's when we went on the scoreless stretch."
It was 58-all when Freeman was whistled for a technical foul – the second of the game for UWM – and Youngstown State split the free throws then hit a three on the next possession to gather some momentum.
After a Langston Wilson dunk pulled the Panthers to within 67-63 at the 9:24 mark, UWM proceeded to go scoreless for nearly the next 7 minutes as the deficit grew to 73-63.
Now tied with Northern Kentucky for sixth place in the Horizon League standings, the Panthers continue their road trip at Robert Morris on Saturday at 1 p.m.
"Right now for us, they're all important," Lundy said.
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Post by TBone on Feb 9, 2024 0:54:23 GMT -6
We had one technical in the first ten games, and two in the first fifteen.
We've had nine in the last nine games.
EJ has committed five of those nine in the last nine games, and six overall on the season. (what's our record?)
BJ has committed three of those nine.
KP, Markeith and Langston (the ninth of the nine in the last nine games) each have one technical a piece.
I believe Youngstown made three free throws on the technicals, but regardless, we most likely win the game without them. BJ's in particular hurt because it was also his fourth foul, and we went cold for a long stretch while he sat out.
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Feb 9, 2024 6:04:43 GMT -6
We had one technical in the first ten games, and two in the first fifteen. We've had nine in the last nine games. EJ has committed five of those nine in the last nine games, and six overall on the season. (what's our record?) BJ has committed three of those nine. KP, Markeith and Langston (the ninth of the nine in the last nine games) each have one technical a piece. I believe Youngstown made three free throws on the technicals, but regardless, we most likely win the game without them. BJ's in particular hurt because it was also his fourth foul, and we went cold for a long stretch while he sat out. Embarrassing lack of discipline. Fix it coach.
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Post by FTA1982 on Feb 9, 2024 9:42:24 GMT -6
We had one technical in the first ten games, and two in the first fifteen. We've had nine in the last nine games. EJ has committed five of those nine in the last nine games, and six overall on the season. (what's our record?) BJ has committed three of those nine. KP, Markeith and Langston (the ninth of the nine in the last nine games) each have one technical a piece. I believe Youngstown made three free throws on the technicals, but regardless, we most likely win the game without them. BJ's in particular hurt because it was also his fourth foul, and we went cold for a long stretch while he sat out. Embarrassing lack of discipline. Fix it coach. We arent good enough to lack discipline like this. EJ's whining has been an issue all season. The coaching staff needs to do something to fix it.
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Post by Petes on Feb 9, 2024 10:07:16 GMT -6
Pat, no one gives a sh*t. You took a five-star top 5 national recruit who happened to be your son and you ruined his draft stock and cost him millions. You couldn't coach your way out of a paper bag. I guarantee Coach K wouldn’t have ruined his draft stock… No one was saving that bums draft stock… don’t matter if Jesus is coaching when your softer than a tissue and can’t make a jump shot.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Feb 9, 2024 13:00:49 GMT -6
It sounds like Bart Lundy would fit in perfectly on our message board based on his post-game radio comments. tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/The-Roar-p1546263/?topicId=376582656"(We have) some character issues that we've got to overcome. We've got to grow up a little bit. The technicals - the one in the first half just killed our momentum and BJ's in the second half. We've got to get rid of that... We're good enough to win the whole thing, but can we play the right way for 40 minutes? That's a challenge right now... We can't go on the road and continue to get technicals. That's just unsustainable... (Regarding the first half comeback) we played good basketball, we took the lead, but then we got the technical. We've just got to continue to grow up and sadly, it's not basketball that is hurting us right now. We've got to continue to just be a little more mature. The passion we're playing with is great, but can we play within the rules of the game? Within the spirit and character of what we need to do? It's something we've got to clean up. (Regarding Robert Morris coming up on Saturday), it's going to be a tough one. I've got a group right now, who knows where their head space is right now? It's a tough one. But we've got to be resilient. We knew these were going to be tough. This is the toughest part of the schedule. We gave ourselves a chance tonight. Can we be mature enough to come to work tomorrow. Mourn till midnight tonight and then be ready for a really good Robert Morris team that hasn't won as many games as their talent."
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Feb 9, 2024 13:49:55 GMT -6
Insane to lose a game like this cause you gave them two techs worth of freethrows. Hate to say it but might be time to move on from some guys. The margins are too slim to be giving teams free points. Fields been really impressive the last month hopefully he’s back next year. Another low efficiency night for freeman and a totally childish tech that was a backbreaking moment of the game. Our team should talk that much on defense not at the other teams fans.
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Post by davedome on Feb 9, 2024 14:41:42 GMT -6
No offense to any of the players because they're giving their all but I think the priority in the off-season might be an experienced grad transfer, point guard. Someone on the court to be a leader, calm things down, take control, and help stop runs.
As for this year, we have to somehow get that 4th spot.
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Post by pantherfan824 on Feb 9, 2024 15:35:19 GMT -6
We had one technical in the first ten games, and two in the first fifteen. We've had nine in the last nine games. EJ has committed five of those nine in the last nine games, and six overall on the season. (what's our record?) BJ has committed three of those nine. KP, Markeith and Langston (the ninth of the nine in the last nine games) each have one technical a piece. I believe Youngstown made three free throws on the technicals, but regardless, we most likely win the game without them. BJ's in particular hurt because it was also his fourth foul, and we went cold for a long stretch while he sat out. I agree the technicals are an issue but the fact is they’ve got into conference play and you have the same officiating crews who talk to one another and we have the reputation now as a team that talks too much. Freeman and Jamison specifically so the refs are looking for any reason to give them a T. I’ve watched plenty of other Horizon League games and seen players have back and forth with fans and not receive a technical so those two need to understand even though it’s not right that’s just what is going to happen.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Feb 9, 2024 15:57:36 GMT -6
BJ came back to the bench yelling, "What, you can't talk to the crowd now?!" NO YOU CANNOT, BJ!
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 9, 2024 16:04:55 GMT -6
I watched B.J. like a hawk against IUPUI at the K and he was CONSTANTLY chirping at the officials. We simply can't have this anymore. Why is it so hard to understand? Talk to each other & your coaches; not to the officials & opponents.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Feb 9, 2024 17:10:22 GMT -6
Yeah, the IUPUI game may have had referees with particularly thin skin, but the technical problems with BJ and EJ are troubling. The Panthers played fairly well last night and it was an encouraging outing if not for the loss, but those technicals may prove to be the difference between a home quarterfinal game and a game in the first round. We can’t have that.
We also can’t give away technical fouls like that because we have precious little depth now. It’s mostly a 7 man rotation right now. Technical fouls are also personal fouls, and as tired as we looked in OT last night, it could have been even worse if BJ fouled out earlier or any other players fouled out. Until and unless Franklin comes back, we have no depth.
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