Southern Illinois Preview and Game Thread

[LU Rambler12]

Apparently we just decided to not play defense the last minute and just let them have points.

That was so infuriating! They were just throwing football passes near our basket and there was no one on defense!

[Scream]

They pull the exact same press break back to back. NO excuse for that..

+1

[brot4britu]

OK ! These guys were outplayed and outcoached--first time this year I feel this. Have our guys hit a wall ?? Maybe, We shall see.
We cannot and must not play oxen-ball--This is where we got out-coached. We are a quick tem--We did not show it this night.

Now then Milton is fine assisting BUT I do not believe that is all we want from him--HE MUST SCORE as well.

We must get back to what brought us to the SPOT we were in prior to Drake game.

How come we committed all those weird fouls ? Or were they fouls ??

TURK. MILTON James must score--only James did--Disappointing

[swellafelon]

Did James play at all in the second half?

[Ramblin Ray]

Why wasn't James playing in the 2nd half?Doghouse?He was hot in the 1st half.

[LU Rambler12]

Did James play at all in the second half?

Barely! I think Moser read all the Ramblermania posters complaining about the lack of threes and agreed to take James out in order to focus on outside shooting only. In my defense, I wanted more outside shooting, but I definitely didn't want us to stop trying to make points in the paint altogether.

[LU Rambler12]

Why wasn't James playing in the 2nd half?Doghouse?He was hot in the 1st half.

I think I heard Porter say something along the lines of "good work, young man. Now sit on the bench and watch this game with me."

[lusuperfan]

James has to be hurt. Porter didn't have his best coaching game but even he isn't dumb enough to sit him for the entire second half while we're struggling.

[ahunte1]

I agree about Doyle. If he is not hurt, he needs to score more.

I think you'd have to say that over the past three games, we have played well for one half. 20 good minutes out of 120 isn't going to cut it.

[JCT]

Milton Doyle has started every game but one in the season and a half since he became eligible with Loyola. His previous low in field goal attempts was 4, in three games this season-- Tulane, when he only played 15 minutes with foul trouble; Jackson State, when he was 4-4 from the field in only 8 minutes because it was a rout; and Abilene Christian when he was 2-4 from the field in six minutes because it was another rout.

Today, he had two field goal attempts in 33 minutes. And that was with Jeff White playing a lot of time at the point, ostensibly freeing him up to score. What's going on?