Minnesota 11/9 7:00 ESPN+

[leo from jersey]

I am still there and I will gladly take this group over the last few groups although I see some hero ball. I will say it again. After the Minnesota basket, 2 bearcats were grinning and talking as they went to line up. I have not seen that is 70 years of watching the Cats. This is an all new team and getting bigs is hard especially on an all new team. I am sure they are working n this for next year,

[bearcatlifer]

Unfortunately in the current climate most of the players probably don't care much about winning or losing...just about their PT and stats.

[London 'Cat]

I did not expect miracles from the team and CJC. But, I did not expect this type of loss either. Just make FTs and the game is over. Shameful performance.

[bearcatjd]

Extremely disappointed. Missed the front end of two 1-1 free throws. Plus the turnovers at the end.
Hopefully we practice & get better!

[leeraymond372@gmail.com]

Not quite the result that everyone expected, huh. Reminded me of one of Wes Miller's teams in the last 5 minutes. What disturbed me from last night is that UC's big men went 0-10 from the 3-point line. Why is Calhoun allowing those guys to miss all of those shots from the 3-point line? On the flip side of that record, the big men went 7-9 from 2-point two range.

You do not have to be a genius to figure out that UC's bigs waste a lot of possessions hanging out at the 3-point line.

[Corporateballa]

I told Terry Nelson that if this team made the tournament, it would be a wildly successful season. If they won one game in the tournament, it would be a home run. It takes time. last year’s team had a lot more talent than this team.

[sedz]

0.93 points per possession. Not great. Under 50% true shooting. Got killed on the glass, 39% to 23%. Couldn't get to the rim, only 16 attempts there with 11 midrange shots. Minnesota had a great defensive gameplan, backing off our poor shooters and clogging the lane. They did not follow Tejada, Lyles, Elamin, Collins, and Iweze on the perimeter. A good scouting report.

Riley was our best player with 6.3 net points, hitting 6 of 9 threes. Mahaffey was second best with a game high 4.7 DBPM. Tejada was third best, getting to the rim 4 times and adding 3 assists. Perryman was the only other player on the positive side with 4 steals.

Lyles was our worst player with negative 4.2 net points, scoreless with 3 fouls and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes. Carson was second worst, scoreless with 2 turnovers in 12 minutes. Collins was next worst, just 3 for 9 from the field. Colvin, Elamin, Iweze, and Allenspach all on the negative side.

I'm not sold on Riley at the point. He's not good when he gets in the lane. Just 2 for 8 inside the arc today with some really sloppy ballhandling. But he was making threes at least.

I think our problem tonight was a lack of size. We can play small on the interior if we make up for it with big guards. We can't be small inside with 40 minutes of Riley and Perryman. I liked our positionless group against Green Bay with Lyles, Mahaffey, Collins, Colvin, and Carson. Those guys can rebound, defend, and score as a group. Lots to work out.