Game 23: GMU (15-7 / 4-5) vs Loyola Chicago (15-7 / 7-2) on Wednesday, February 7, at 7:00 PM.

[JimP]

Unbelievable...game after game with some big deficiency that leads to a close loss.

Offensive rebounding one day, TO's the next...

What'll it be Saturday?

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

Where the eff was the defense in the second half? We're becoming that team that finds a way to lose games now....All that said, the call on Kelly with 30 seconds left does not get called at home if you're Richmond, vcu, Dayton or any other team in this league. Big guy with a fadeaway gets a bail out call.

 

[tblack33]

Feels like the season is unraveling. Aimed at staying out of the pillow fight which is incredibly frustrating given the talent level for this team.

 

[NewPatriot]

3 games in a row lost on absolute stupidy!!! Ponderous. Whyyyy!!!!???

 

[EXpatriot13]

Blew a 12 point first half lead at home. We continue to find ways to lose games that are winnable.

This time? 17 turnovers leading to 19 points for Loyola.

 

[KAOriginal]

Embrace the unraveling as the "Mason Way."

Makes life easier.

 

[JimP]

Everything seemed a struggle for Mason in the 2nd half. Loyola made it look easy against the GMU D.

 

[GMUgemini]

Blew a 12 point first half lead at home. We continue to find ways to lose games that are winnable.

This time? 17 turnovers leading to 19 points for Loyola.

Second half defense was absolutely trash. The TOs were bad but giving up easy basket after easy basket after easy basket is a recipe for disaster.

Not sure why Billups kept being stuck on Alston because he got absolutely bullied by him.

Couldn’t defend a pick and roll to save our lives.

 

[JimP]

Second half defense was absolutely trash. The TOs were bad but giving up easy basket after easy basket after easy basket is a recipe for disaster.

Not sure why Billups kept being stuck on Alston because he got absolutely bullied by him.

Couldn’t defend a pick and roll to save our lives.

Crushed by 14 in the 2nd half...

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

17 turnovers to Loyola’s 6. I’ll pose a question: How many turnovers must a starting player make before He loses his starting spot in the rotation?

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

Of course, this is Mason...We've done twice!!!.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755416077708722459

View: https://twitter.com/D1scourse/status/1755416077708722459

 

[mkaufman1]

Second half defense was absolutely trash. The TOs were bad but giving up easy basket after easy basket after easy basket is a recipe for disaster.

Not sure why Billups kept being stuck on Alston because he got absolutely bullied by him.

Couldn’t defend a pick and roll to save our lives.

How many times did their big oaf guy go at Kelly with ease and either we didn’t help or he just spun away from a week double?

 

[JimP]

Of course, this is Mason...We've done twice!!!.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755416077708722459

View: https://twitter.com/D1scourse/status/1755416077708722459

Embarassing...especially the D

 

[Walter]

Of course, this is Mason...We've done twice!!!.....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755416077708722459

View: https://twitter.com/D1scourse/status/1755416077708722459

Sure seemed like we missed a lot of free throws

 

[The Great PATSby]

How many times did their big oaf guy go at Kelly with ease and either we didn’t help or he just spun away from a week double?

I was saying the exact same thing! They were playing some weak a** zone all game.

 

[GMU79]

Sigh

 

[JimP]

Embrace the unraveling as the "Mason Way."

Makes life easier.

Larranaga curse...

 

[Junkees9]

Another mediocre year from another mediocre team. That track keeps playing over and over for GMU and its fans.

 

[GSII]

How many times did their big oaf guy go at Kelly with ease and either we didn’t help or he just spun away from a week double?

Kelly with no defense down low cost us big.

 

[gmutom]

…which is incredibly frustrating given the talent level for this team.

It’s worth asking if we are as talented as we think we are. I see three great players in Hall, Maddox and Kelly and a rising star in Okojie, but we are average at best after that.

We played 8 guys tonight, and one was Ball who only played a few minutes in the first half. Two of the 7 players who saw significant minutes combined for 5 points.

Tony runs his starters into the ground like Paulsen used to do, and we seem to run out of steam. I’m not blaming Tony for this loss — that’s on our players for the turnovers and piss-poor defense — but we’ve obviously hit a wall in three straight games.