An objective (as it gets) outlook at the game

[Snyder21]

1) Prohm could have done more. I like Prohm as our HC and support him, but c'mon man. Show us some emotion, some urgency. How do we expect the players to act poised when our HC is lost? He's a great recruiter and I think he can still be a great HC here, but overall was disappointed with his demeanor tonight.

2) Why not give Talley a chance? Babb played 40mins and did he really earn all of those minutes? Did he play bad? No. But neither has Talley in the mins he has played this year.

3) I do respect Prohm sitting THT for most of the second half/ Just wasn't his night.

4) Gonna miss Shayock. Dude played a great game and wouldn't have had a chance if he wasn't on the floor.

5) Impressed with how Lard and Wigginton played. Gave us energy and made some big plays down the stretch.

6) The future is still bright. I like our recruits coming in next year. Obviously gonna have to wait and see what kind of attrition we experience but Prohm can recruit and we are going to have some big time B12 players return next year

 

[kingcy]

Coach didn't draw up 15 empty positions in a row. If you make 6 points of those you win.

 

[tyler24]

1) Prohm could have done more. I like Prohm as our HC and support him, but c'mon man. Show us some emotion, some urgency. How do we expect the players to act poised when our HC is lost? He's a great recruiter and I think he can still be a great HC here, but overall was disappointed with his demeanor tonight.

2) Why not give Talley a chance? Babb played 40mins and did he really earn all of those minutes? Did he play bad? No. But neither has Talley in the mins he has played this year.

3) I do respect Prohm sitting THT for most of the second half/ Just wasn't his night.

4) Gonna miss Shayock. Dude played a great game and wouldn't have had a chance if he wasn't on the floor.

5) Impressed with how Lard and Wigginton played. Gave us energy and made some big plays down the stretch.

6) The future is still bright. I like our recruits coming in next year. Obviously gonna have to wait and see what kind of attrition we experience but Prohm can recruit and we are going to have some big time B12 players return next year

Prohm has a lot of growing up to do as a head coach, I hope he starts liking some posts on Twitter about defense and not the regular pick and roll stuff.

 

[mdk2isu]

Prohm has a lot of growing up to do as a head coach, I hope he starts liking some posts on Twitter about defense and not the regular pick and roll stuff.

Defense wasn’t the issue tonight.

 

[FerShizzle]

Coach didn't draw up 15 empty positions in a row. If you make 6 points of those you win.

That spanned across at least 2 timeouts, so...

 

[tyler24]

Defense wasn’t the issue tonight.

Not saying it was, but defense wins championships. We all know this. You emphasize stops, not made basketballs. 2 extra stops/rebounds and we win this game.

 

[FinalFourCy]

1) Prohm could have done more. I like Prohm as our HC and support him, but c'mon man. Show us some emotion, some urgency. How do we expect the players to act poised when our HC is lost? He's a great recruiter and I think he can still be a great HC here, but overall was disappointed with his demeanor tonight.

2) Why not give Talley a chance? Babb played 40mins and did he really earn all of those minutes? Did he play bad? No. But neither has Talley in the mins he has played this year.

3) I do respect Prohm sitting THT for most of the second half/ Just wasn't his night.

4) Gonna miss Shayock. Dude played a great game and wouldn't have had a chance if he wasn't on the floor.

5) Impressed with how Lard and Wigginton played. Gave us energy and made some big plays down the stretch.

6) The future is still bright. I like our recruits coming in next year. Obviously gonna have to wait and see what kind of attrition we experience but Prohm can recruit and we are going to have some big time B12 players return next year

The refs didn’t help. Anticipation whistles in between missed calls

 

[mdk2isu]

Not saying it was, but defense wins championships. We all know this. You emphasize stops, not made basketballs. 2 extra stops/rebounds and we win this game.

We played good enough defense to win tonight. Only having 3 guys show up on the offensive end is why the season is done.

 

[quasistellar]

i feel bad for shayock and Babb. Babb definitely got fouled on that last three and literally any other time during that game it would have been called. Sucks to go out like that with such a talented team.

Was some great play by Lard on D and on some good put backs a few times there. Wigs was having a pretty good night as well with good drives drawing contact, and he had one really great kick out dish early on. THT I have no idea whatsoever what he was doing and I will say that Prohm should get a little credit for recognizing he was out of control and sitting him.

Pretty typical game for this season, sadly. Our offense is just so terribly predictable so if we have a cold shooting night this happens. Didn’t help that Wesson got a free pass to literally bulldoze our guys.

there were some really sloppy plays by our guys. Combine that with unbelievably bad reffing and and an off shooting night and this is what you get.

 

[FinalFourCy]

Coach didn't draw up 15 empty positions in a row. If you make 6 points of those you win.

Game long execution issues are often reflective of coaching.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Coach didn't draw up 15 empty positions in a row. If you make 6 points of those you win.

Look, I actively hated the reffing during those 15 empty possessions, but during those 15 possessions we kept doing what wasn't working, and when questioned about it at halftime his reply was basically "we gotta keep doing what we're doing, but better". It was a failure of an evening on all levels.

 

[marothisu]

Too bad they couldn't get Wesson into foul trouble. OSU is pretty bad without him in the game.

 

[FerShizzle]

Look, I actively hated the reffing during those 15 empty possessions, but during those 15 possessions we kept doing what wasn't working, and when questioned about it at halftime his reply was basically "we gotta keep doing what we're doing, but better". It was a failure of an evening on all levels.

THIS. X1000

 

[madguy30]

Too bad they couldn't get Wesson into foul trouble. OSU is pretty bad without him in the game.

ISU did next to nothing when he wasn't in.

OSU just out executed. When they needed a bucket, they operated in a way that at least got a look.

When ISU needed one they dribbled around and tried to play NBA jam. A basic pass for a layup is the same amount of points as a lob or backwards pass of which neither is there.

 

[mdk2isu]

Too bad they couldn't get Wesson into foul trouble. OSU is pretty bad without him in the game.

It’s hard to get someone in foul trouble when that person can get away with moving screens and bullying people out of his way all night without having a foul called on him.

 

[Althetuna]

I watched Shayok run around a screen. His defender shoved him with two hands to keep him from running a tight curl around the screener.

It was a blatant foul but the officials didn't see it.

 

[FinalFourCy]

I watched Shayok run around a screen. His defender shoved him with two hands to keep him from running a tight curl around the screener.

It was a blatant foul but the officials didn't see it.

That happened a lot, meanwhile Babb gets whistled for an anticipation call hitting the ball in Fat Wesson’s hands.

But college refs always give a team that constantly fouls a break. We need to play that way.

 

[tyler24]

That happened a lot, meanwhile Babb gets whistled for an anticipation call hitting the ball in Fat Wesson’s hands.

But college refs always give a team that constantly fouls a break. We need to play that way.

I believe the politically correct term is morbidly obese.

 

[Althetuna]

That happened a lot, meanwhile Babb gets whistled for an anticipation call hitting the ball in Fat Wesson’s hands.

But college refs always give a team that constantly fouls a break. We need to play that way.

The other blatant foul I remember is when Weiler-Babb drove the lane and got shoved. Flew right a foot. Crazy no call.

 

[atlantacyclone]

The refs need to be fired... they must have earned enough from bribes...