brfrad

Well done Kyle! Bases loaded 0 outs and 0 runs score. 4 - 2 good guys going to the 9th.

The last piece of the puzzle this year is find some bullpen arms.

You claim the batter made an attempt to get out of the way on that pitch?

More loud outs in the 8th. Stone flies out to deep center. Carey tattoos one right to the 2nd basemen. Find a way to finish this off and the fortunes should turn for the bats.

Finally found a few holes. Lead 4 - 2 at 7th inning stretch time.

Overbeek just misses a grand slam and then goes down looking. Waste a bases loaded 1 out situation. Tied at 2 going to the bottom of the 6th.

Northwestern has played very well defensively, and we have some loud outs. I feel it's only a matter of time.

College is such a small sample size. Unless there is a senior who has 500 + PA, there is no need to get cute. I feel we just shift because there is a certain hitter up.

Why does this coaching staff shift so much? Just cost us a run as we had a tailor made DP ball go right where the 2b should have been.

I am shocked there is no Kelly Pfifer or D J Carstans. They must have prior obligations.

I was spending some time thinking what type of player we would get if everyone were to come back I thought of 5 type of players for the one spot: Glynn Watson type PG Erick Strickland type lock down defender able to slash to the basket Eric Piatkowski sharp shooter Isaiah Roby type stretch 4 Derick Chandler rim protector My choice would be Strickland. Really couldn't go wrong in your choice. Now, it appears we have 2 spots. My 2nd choice would be rim protector.

They are 1 - 6 from 3. The only way they are in this game is 22 FTA.

All I can say is Go Ducks! We don't need the Jay's going to the Elite 8 or worse yet, the Final 4.

I said in the game thread that the team quit. That wasn't the case. The effort was there. I think we had a game plan to start to let them chuck up 3's. Once they started hitting. We had no answer. If we got up on them, they would drive by us. If we backed off them, they would nail 30 footers. We needed the Texas A&M team who lost to Vandy. And, the Nebraska team who beat Purdue. Instead we got the Texas A&M team who beat Iowa State. And, the Nebraska team who lost to Creighton.

I am very defeated. 7 1/2 months will roll on. I will be back next year just as optimistic. Right now, I see another let down.

I was going to say the same thing. I feel Walker would have just been a Mast replacement without the shooting ability.

Our non con schedule was so much tougher that year. We played a 3 seed, a 5 seed, and a 6 seed all away from home. We also got hot this year down the stretch. If not for our 7 - 2 record down the stretch this year we are very much on the outside looking in. I'm just frustrated at how this season ended. I don't want to wait another 10 years to try again.

I think we needed a Bandomeal, Walker, and Greisel type.

One team looked like they returned 6 players from an NCAA tournament team that got beat by a Big 10 team. The other team looked like they had 1 player with little tournament experience. If we can make it again, I like our chances next year. Especially, if we get Brice, Mast, CJ, Sam, Gary, and Lawrence back.

This feels much like our last trip. I'm worried it turns out the same way.

Them making their 1st 5 3's really hurt. We started to get out a little more, and they were able to get to the lane. They shoot like they did all year, and we have a good shot at this.

It feels like we are never going to do it. I thought this was the game.

We have now QUIT!

No effort. We just watched a ball hit the floor 10 times, and 0 people go try to grab it.

If anything, we are letting them get to the basket too easy. Them hitting 3's are something not expected.