to look at the rest of the season is to treat this team as the underdog in every game they play and just try to enjoy it as much as you can.
I'm not saying I won't get frustrated - after watching over a dozen missed simple shots at the rim, missed crucial free throws, Dwayne getting visions of Reggie Miller in crunch time, Seagears blowing breakaways, Cornish with a donut from the floor on mostly easy shots, Ike acting like a bull in a china shop or trying the beat the shot clock from 25 feet out with 20 seconds on the shot clock... Yeah, very, very frustrating and mind numbing.
But this team went from the biggest team in conference and the deepest team in conference to the smallest and shallowest team in conference. It's not like UNLV caught a bad break. It's been nothing but bad luck (admittedly, some of it self created) - so much so that it took this team from one extreme to the other.
I mean, seriously... What is reasonable to expect at this point given the current nature of the team???
Some people saw "quit" in this team in the first half. I didn't. I saw frustration mounting by the second until it consumed them (yeah, I'll agree, that's being mentally fragile). Everyone tried to do too much - everyone on the court was guilty. They obviously responded nicely and frantically. Some good adjustments - drive the ball, don't settle for jumpers, hit the glass. But even those adjustments could have backfired. They just didn't backfire tonight.
Until they lose thier last game, it's not over, unless it becomes visibly apparent that they cashed in on the season.
I'm not saying I won't get frustrated - after watching over a dozen missed simple shots at the rim, missed crucial free throws, Dwayne getting visions of Reggie Miller in crunch time, Seagears blowing breakaways, Cornish with a donut from the floor on mostly easy shots, Ike acting like a bull in a china shop or trying the beat the shot clock from 25 feet out with 20 seconds on the shot clock... Yeah, very, very frustrating and mind numbing.
But this team went from the biggest team in conference and the deepest team in conference to the smallest and shallowest team in conference. It's not like UNLV caught a bad break. It's been nothing but bad luck (admittedly, some of it self created) - so much so that it took this team from one extreme to the other.
I mean, seriously... What is reasonable to expect at this point given the current nature of the team???
Some people saw "quit" in this team in the first half. I didn't. I saw frustration mounting by the second until it consumed them (yeah, I'll agree, that's being mentally fragile). Everyone tried to do too much - everyone on the court was guilty. They obviously responded nicely and frantically. Some good adjustments - drive the ball, don't settle for jumpers, hit the glass. But even those adjustments could have backfired. They just didn't backfire tonight.
Until they lose thier last game, it's not over, unless it becomes visibly apparent that they cashed in on the season.
