UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

[rabbit_boy]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

I dont know what to think. If we cant beat these guys at home?!?

[filbert]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Good: Frost Arena looks pretty darn good on TV.

Bad: Jacks simply don't know how to finish a game. UMKC picked up their defensive intensity in the second half and the Jacks offense just completely fell apart.

[Grizzled_Jack]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Only Summit home team that lost.

[Just in the crowd]

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That was hard to watch, when are we going to get it done?

[RowdyRabbit]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Well..Palarca struggles again, badly missing a couple shots, and coughing up the ball as the clock wound down (I guess it was already to late). Clint hit a key 3 to keep us in it, but struggled again (he'll come around and look out when he does).

What really irks me is how we cannot, to save our lives, get the ball inside. Every time we drive, the route is cut off. Every time we lob it down low, it gets tipped either out of bounds or to the opposition. Every time we try to bounce pass it in the middle our guy bobbles it or the opposition takes it. It seems like Big Ben sometimes rushes the baseline shot...granted most of the time they "swish", but when they don't they really seem rushed.

The one other thing that irked me this game was the huge OOOOHH from the student section when UMKC dunked it....what the crap was that? Oh and of course everyone leaving and not clapping during the school song at the end.

*Sigh*

Can't wait for the saturday double header.

Go Jacks!

[RowdyRabbit]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Moss victimizes the UMKC defense for a wide-open layup. 8-2 Jacks so far.

I'm surprised Moss didn't dunk it on this play. I think he was completely shocked that UMKC totally bit on the screen thing and left nothing but open court to the hoop.

After the huge OOOHHHHH by the students when UMKC dunked it, I'm starting to think hardly any of the students care for Jackrabbit athletics and just want to see dunks, regardless who's they are.

Very annoyed I was.

[JackJD]

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Just returned from the game. Hard to watch last couple of minutes -- we had some chances.

[On the way home, listened to the MN Gophers hosting Indiana. Final two minutes sounded a lot like the SDSU and UMKC game: one point difference, and the Gophers just couldn't get it done. Final Indiana 65, MN 60 in that one -- don't want to get off topic but just pointing out similar ending, based on the radio play-by-play.]

I'll be back to Frost Saturday.

[Jack4Life]

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Just home from Btown to Yankton...to pissed off to even think about posting anything intellectual. Need to sleep on it to see if I can come up with something positive. Maybe just wasted a tank of gas.

[thebluehatman]

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On the plus side, there was life in the student crowd tonight.
On the negative side, they found another away to lose the late down the stretch.
Kai needed to step up tonight and couldn't. GC and AC played good games tonight unfortunately we still lost. I hate to think this way but maybe we hit our peak too early this year. This funk we're in has to change and go away. 10 to 19 UMKC had the edge in made free throws. We gotta be more agressive getting the ball to the darn hoop. Frustrating effort by the team tonight.

[collegewatcher]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

At least there were only 2100 witnesses.

[propar80]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Was there a fire in Frost with about 15 seconds left that I couldn't smell?? Because the greyhairs where filing out of Frost faster than a Jackrabbit on a date. I was worried one might break a hip.
For God sake, please at least stick around for the school song...please! I know the "traffic" in Brookings is the worst in America(sarcasim), but you will get home before the 10 o'clock KeloLand news, I promise.

Anyways...First game for me since the Idaho game. Brought a client with me, can't say he was too impressed with SD D-1 basketball, the other game he attended was the women's UNI game. But he did think they would be much better next year, considering how young they are.

I told him the problem with that for Jackrabbit fans it this...once the season is over we all secretly wait for the hammer to drop and find out from Terry V. how many of these "young players" will leave the program. Not saying it's going to happen this year...but that is what I and a lot of Jackrabbit fans fear more than anything with our men's team.
I just hope our guys realize that they have lost 9 games by single digits and have won 1 of those. Reason=Youth. I would hope with everyone returning, there would be AT LEAST 5 more wins there next year in these same situations.

Very frustrating to lose to a UMKC team at home that we should've put away in the first 10 minutes. We have the talent, just not the experience.

Goal for our guys in my mind...10-11 wins on the season, one or two conference wins on the road, and NOT finishing last in the Summit.

Good turnout by the way last night, especially from the students, but "amped" we were definitely not.

Hope to see even more Saturday night!

Go Jacks!!

[Jacks#1Fan]

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Well, I suppose this will be seen as "rah rah", and maybe I've used "progress" enough...but can't help point out that UMKC had three juniors and two seniors on the floor at game's end, while the Jacks were down to all freshmen and sophomores. Maybe it is my "rose" colored glasses, but I know that when the chips are down in a close game at the end, juniors and seniors generally win out in those situations -- given any sort of balance between the two teams.

Garrett missed a short easy floater that would have changed the way the last seconds were played, but can't fault him. He looked tired at one point and tugged on his jersey at the bench, but he's needed so much he didn't get any rest. Ben is really struggling with the stress fracture, and a fairly -- hate to use the word stupid, but -- second foul by Kai in the first half put him on the bench for the rest of the half and he never seemed to get with the flow after that.

So I'll go back to my mantra of progress...and say we were never in games like this last year. We will get our first juniors on this team next year and have only one senior in Casey, joined by a medical redshirt freshman and two other recruits. In the meantime, I'll just keep hoping this year's team can pull off some wins...not merely be in the hunt at game's end to help out in their confidence, which is certainly depressed at the moment.

[SUPERBUNNY]

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Was there a fire in Frost with about 15 seconds left that I couldn't smell?? Because the greyhairs where filing out of Frost faster than a Jackrabbit on a date. I was worried one might break a hip.
For God sake, please at least stick around for the school song...please! I know the "traffic" in Brookings is the worst in America(sarcasim), but you will get home before the 10 o'clock KeloLand news, I promise.

Anyways...First game for me since the Idaho game. Brought a client with me, can't say he was too impressed with SD D-1 basketball, the other game he attended was the women's UNI game. But he did think they would be much better next year, considering how young they are.

I told him the problem with that for Jackrabbit fans it this...once the season is over we all secretly wait for the hammer to drop and find out from Terry V. how many of these "young players" will leave the program. Not saying it's going to happen this year...but that is what I and a lot of Jackrabbit fans fear more than anything with our men's team.
I just hope our guys realize that they have lost 9 games by single digits and have won 1 of those. Reason=Youth. I would hope with everyone returning, there would be AT LEAST 5 more wins there next year in these same situations.

Very frustrating to lose to a UMKC team at home that we should've put away in the first 10 minutes. We have the talent, just not the experience.

Goal for our guys in my mind...10-11 wins on the season, one or two conference wins on the road, and NOT finishing last in the Summit.

Good turnout by the way last night, especially from the students, but "amped" we were definitely not.

Hope to see even more Saturday night!

Go Jacks!!

Agree 100%!

Plus, in a tied up game with 3 minutes to go there hardly a soul in the blue seats on their feet cheering! Maybe progress though, I didn't get told to sit down!

Everyone standing and cheering when they come out of a timeout at the end of a game might do a lot to help these kids finish a game. Is that too much to ask?

Maybe things go better Saturday!

SUPERBUNNY

[jackmd]

Re: UMKC in Frost, 1/17/07

Well, I suppose this will be seen as "rah rah", and maybe I've used "progress" enough...but can't help point out that UMKC had three juniors and two seniors on the floor at game's end, while the Jacks were down to all freshmen and sophomores. Maybe it is my "rose" colored glasses, but I know that when the chips are down in a close game at the end, juniors and seniors generally win out in those situations -- given any sort of balance between the two teams.

Garrett missed a short easy floater that would have changed the way the last seconds were played, but can't fault him. He looked tired at one point and tugged on his jersey at the bench, but he's needed so much he didn't get any rest. Ben is really struggling with the stress fracture, and a fairly -- hate to use the word stupid, but -- second foul by Kai in the first half put him on the bench for the rest of the half and he never seemed to get with the flow after that.

So I'll go back to my mantra of progress...and say we were never in games like this last year. We will get our first juniors on this team next year and have only one senior in Casey, joined by a medical redshirt freshman and two other recruits. In the meantime, I'll just keep hoping this year's team can pull off some wins...not merely be in the hunt at game's end to help out in their confidence, which is certainly depressed at the moment.

Agree with propar and #1. I avoided posting anything last night. My frustration expressed on this forum doesn't really benefit anyone. Tough loss, competed well, just don't have the experience to close things out or put teams away. With time that will come. Wish I could have been there. Baptism in Des Moines this weekend so I can't make it tomorrow either. I'll be watching online. Go Jacks.

[BlueseatJack]

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Wow Propar80! I cant believe you trashed the gray hairs in the blue seats!!! I noticed the blue seats have the same people in them game after game! I know I've been to every game since your last one Nov 28-mens and womens. Student attendance lately has not been good and was surely not fired up last night! Last nights loss was certainly not the blueseats fault.
There are many reasons for last nights loss and,in my mind, inexperience is not one of them. We have very good players and I am certainly not considering blaming them. It is getting very difficult to watch the substitutions, anger and generally
unorganized bench. The post game interviews are painful to listen to when a coach
says over and over how he cant get the players to do something! It is obvious to me that the players are confused about their roles on the floor and what is good play or not.
Last nights game was the most frustrating game I have been to at Frost in the last 10 years!!! I have been disappointed many times by a loss, but this was a team that we should have beaten by 15 points! My frustration comes from the obvious lack of connect that the players have at thiis point with our coach, who I have always defended up until the last few weeks! I think the last few years have taken their toll on him. I am so frustrated with his "I cant get thru to them or I cant do it for them" comments that maybe it is time to find someone who can get thru to them! As a self-employed boss I can only take that so long with my employees!
This program is surely on the right track and it may be time for someone else to just jumpstart it to get us over the hump!