[TheFarm07]

I agree that early losses can be a heat learning tool but this one was just such a stinker, and at home yet.  If this were a road loss, it would be bad, at home it is horrifically bad.  Just cannot defend home court like that, no matter the reasons.  I was optimistic about the season after the GW game, now, I just don't know what to think.  Wasn't just the loss, it was how bad it was from so many players.  We should do better against zones than chuck up threes and hope for the best or try to drive or pass into traffic.  Everything was a beat late.  When we did get their zone out of shape we did not pass it quickly enough to take advantage.  With the blue uniforms it felt like the twilight zone.  Who stole our team?  I don't get why we struggle with zones almost every year.  This loss is a stinker that will be a weight on the team all year as far as RPI and all that.  And if I have to sit there and watch us do similar stuff against the zones that will surely come our way after teams see this, I don't know that I can take it.

Agreed on this point as well.  No matter how you cut it, this is a very embarrassing loss and a major setback to progress this season.  It's early and Santa Clara might become a nice surprise, but judging from their earlier lopsided losses to US.C and UW, then our caliber of play was seriously lacking.  It's one thing to lose to a Top-25 team, but Santa Clara will probably end up a below .500 team, just like Arizona was last year.

Even the top teams, like UConn lose unexpectedly at times, but I think you would have to go back years, to find them losing to a team that finished well below .500.

[TheFarm07]

I agree that early losses can be a heat learning tool but this one was just such a stinker, and at home yet.  If this were a road loss, it would be bad, at home it is horrifically bad.  Just cannot defend home court like that, no matter the reasons.  I was optimistic about the season after the GW game, now, I just don't know what to think.  Wasn't just the loss, it was how bad it was from so many players.  We should do better against zones than chuck up threes and hope for the best or try to drive or pass into traffic.  Everything was a beat late.  When we did get their zone out of shape we did not pass it quickly enough to take advantage.  With the blue uniforms it felt like the twilight zone.  Who stole our team?  I don't get why we struggle with zones almost every year.  This loss is a stinker that will be a weight on the team all year as far as RPI and all that.  And if I have to sit there and watch us do similar stuff against the zones that will surely come our way after teams see this, I don't know that I can take it.

Agreed on this point as well.  No matter how you cut it, this is a very embarrassing loss and a major setback to progress this season.  It's early and Santa Clara might become a nice surprise, but judging from their earlier lopsided losses to US.C and UW, then our caliber of play was seriously lacking.  It's one thing to lose to a Top-25 team, but Santa Clara will probably end up a below .500 team, just like Arizona was last year.

Even the top teams, like UConn lose unexpectedly at times, but I think you would have to go back years, to find them losing to a team that finished well below .500.