Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:02 PM
This is my least favorite Maryland team that I can remember watching. There have been worse teams, obviously, but none that were quite this obnoxious and inexplicable to watch. Hopefully with some more experience this group can stop playing so stupidly. Absolutely devastating and completely inexcusable loss tonight. Was a 1-point game with 4:30 or so to go, then Maryland tries to make a one-on-one play five straight times down the court and didn't even get off a single remotely decent look at the basket and then they're down 7 with 2:30 to go. The complete lack of understanding of this team is astonishing. Had I not seen it live, I never would have believed they just played a nearly perfect offensive game (when they actually got into an offensive set) against Duke.
If Len has even an average night, then MD is up 6-8 at the point in time they started pressing and playing one-on-one, particularly Wells, and maybe they avoid that and get the win.
The team is definitely far less than the sum of it's parts. I wonder how differently that would be if they had an actual PG.
Aronhalt tonight though, jesus. Amazing performance. At least one guy had a good night.