USU

[Itsux2beaewe]

hoping for a Pokes upset.

[IowanPoke]

go pokes!

[Itsux2beaewe]

C’mon FS1 get the game up!

[Itsux2beaewe]

Burman ought to be fired for his grand idea for lower section seating. Looks absolutely horrible to have so many vacant seats.

[Itsux2beaewe]

Powell had position. Why do we have to always have the blind refs do our games?

[Itsux2beaewe]

These FS1 announcers are friggin unbearable.

[Itsux2beaewe]

USU is frustrated - could work to our favor.

[LanderPoke]

It is hard to win when we are so utterly and thoroughly outmatched down low. We get the ball down low and get stuffed. We get it inside and just get dominated. No guards or big men have the strength or athleticism to score down low. Tough to win like that

[Itsux2beaewe]

It’s too bad the Pokes couldn’t continue what they had going in the 1st half. Tale of two half’s.

[LawPoke]

We refuse to play a full game of basketball. And defense. We don’t like to play defense. 61% in the second half for USU? C’mon.

[sandiegopoke]

I thought we played well enough to win until the last 4 minutes. Seemed to run out of gas.

[bladerunnr]

It is hard to win when we are so utterly and thoroughly outmatched down low. We get the ball down low and get stuffed. We get it inside and just get dominated. No guards or big men have the strength or athleticism to score down low. Tough to win like that

That's it in a nutshell. They have multiple big men who can score down low and defend. They have good enough outside shooting to make you defend them and then they get it inside. They look like the best team in the conference to me. We just don't have enough firepower and too many guys have to play almost the entire game. At the college level, I've always suspected that outside shooting percentage falls in the second half. Don't know if it's true or not, but it has certainly been true for us.

[LKGates]

See you next year, Pokes...