Game 26: #12 ranked St. Louis, Feb 19th, 7 PM, NBCSN

[Bricker]

These turn into wins next year...

where were you last year? same story... New Mexico is the prime example.

 

[Irish44j]

These turn into wins next year...

when Sherrod leaves and the offense is left in the hands of......

 

[mason2k1]

I got blue balls.

 

[PoorManProfit]

Bummer. Really thought going in that G Mas would win. Another example, unfortunately, of a bad team finding a way to lose.

 

[rockster]

quick quiz - who sucks more Copes, J. Williams, or Marco Polo?
Answer - its a trick question , they all suck!!!!

gee I miss the stellar play of K. Edwards, A. Okojokie, and V. Gray.

prediction for next year 0 - 30,. but a few games will be close.

 

[gmujim92]

where were you last year?

He's a vcu fan. He has ample reason to look on the bright side.

 

[patriot2000]

Used to feel slightly positive after games like this. Now it's just like... stl did what winners do and Jorge Masón did what loserd do. Nothing else to be said on the matter

 

[sigmanorm]

I have typed a bunch of things and the deleted them. I am going to just go with LOSING SUCKS!

 

[gmujim92]

At the end of regulation, we simply had to do whatever was necessary to stop Jett from getting to the basket.

With Evans on the bench, everyone knew their plan was to get Jett the ball on the run and send him right to the rim -- and still, we parted the Red Sea and just let him do it.

You shouldn't need a timeout at that point to know the right thing to do. A well-coached, well-prepared team just knows that somebody other than Jett has to be the one to beat you.

 

[JimP]

These losses are like getting rejected by women - not that I have experienced much of that. The losses don't even hurt any more. I'm over them in about 5 minutes. I was pissed off for at least the next day at the beginning of the year. Not so much now. Hewitt's made me stoic - almost apathetic.

 

[sigmanorm]

Anyone else at the game notice that there were a lot more police officers than normal?

 

[gmujim92]

These losses are like getting rejected by women - not that I have experienced much of that. The losses don't even hurt any more. I'm over them in about 5 minutes. I was pissed off for at least the next day at the beginning of the year. Not so much now. Hewitt's made me stoic - almost apathetic.

Me too. After a while, I guess you just learn to protect yourself. I'm really just too bummed-out to be pissed.

 

[JimP]

At the end of regulation, we simply had to do whatever was necessary to stop Jett from getting to the basket.

With Evans on the bench, everyone knew their plan was to get Jett the ball on the run and send him right to the rim -- and still, we parted the Red Sea and just let him do it.

You shouldn't need a timeout at that point to know the right thing to do. A well-coached, well-prepared team just knows that somebody other than Jett has to be the one to beat you.

Seriously man - just stop Jett in that situation. If you don't, you know he'll get within 2 feet of the basket - which of course he did. It was just like the UMass game at Fairfax when Williams was allowed to race up the court with no resistance. This team simply doesn't learn from experience under Hewitt. It's the same thing over and over again. Props to JJ for making the FT's, but I knew there was too much time on the clock for Mason not to blow it.

 

[Petey Buckets]

Who knew TOC was on the boards?...No they don't. Because teams with bad coaches find ways to lose. Besides we won't have Allen and Wright to keep us in these games. We'll have less close ones next year. These 2 and 3 point losses will be 9 and 10 point losses next year.

LOL. All these close losses turn into wins when our two best players are gone and Copes and his uncle are still with the team. Not buying it.

 

[Scythe]

Anyone else at the game notice that there were a lot more police officers than normal?

They're there to protect us from ourselves...I think

 

[EXpatriot13]

The quote from Hewitt on GoMason about how "what happened in the last game won't carry over to the next" bull*** is just that, bull****. Everyone in their right mind new Rob Loe was going to shoot that ball at the top of the key from 3 yet we continued to leave him wide open. He single handedly beat us in St. Louis yet Hewitt is incompetent enough to let the exact same thing happen again in OT. I credit the players, especially Sherrod, for keeping this game close throughout, but come on, how the hell do you lose to the same team in the exact same fashion twice in just a few weeks time.

Hewitt and Co. have to go. It's literally that simple. Utter incompetence.

 

[Flexxar]

Anyone else at the game notice that there were a lot more police officers than normal?

They tend to stand out when there aren't many fans at the game.

 

[Cool Disco Dan]

These losses are like getting rejected by women

I don't know - I think it's more like getting selected by Bubba day after day while up at Rikers Island.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Good for St. Louis...why not try the exact same thing as last game in OT? We didn't stop Rob Loe from taking wide open three's last time, why would we stop him this time around? It doesn't take a basketball genius to remind his team of what happened last time around, and of who they should pay attention to in crucial situations. End of regulation: Jett drives 3/4 of the floor right to the hoop. OT: Rob Loe drains wide open threes.

 

[GMURaider]

I'm depressed but why is everyone worried about 14-15 given the solid play of Moore and Jenkins? I think we'll make a postseason tourney next year!