[winflop]

To paraphrase more than one of my coaches as I was growing up, if you need the refs to decide the outcome you've already lost.

Yeah the officiating was bad, but the reasons we lost were perimeter defense and turnovers. We missed Davis & Wills last night, especially on defense. And also don't forget ASU has two players (Bagley & Christopher) who are projected first-round draft picks. They have a lot of talent and they moved the ball really fast last night.

I question not resting O'Connell (and Taitz) enough in the first half so that they could play the entire second half. It's clear their backups are not yet ready for D1 hoops. Hopefully they will be next season.

Sounds like Williams is not yet back in CA yet so he hasn't even begun his quarantine (10 or 14 days?). So not likely we will see him until President's Day weekend at the earliest. I really wish we had some kind of indication on the extent of Davis' & Wills' injuries. I guess we should assume that since they aren't having surgery and haven't been announced as out for the season that there's at least some chance they come back?

[winflop]

To paraphrase more than one of my coaches as I was growing up, if you need the refs to decide the outcome you've already lost.

Yeah the officiating was bad, but the reasons we lost were perimeter defense and turnovers. We missed Davis & Wills last night, especially on defense. And also don't forget ASU has two players (Bagley & Christopher) who are projected first-round draft picks. They have a lot of talent and they moved the ball really fast last night.

I question not resting O'Connell (and Taitz) enough in the first half so that they could play the entire second half. It's clear their backups are not yet ready for D1 hoops. Hopefully they will be next season.

Sounds like Williams is not yet back in CA yet so he hasn't even begun his quarantine (10 or 14 days?). So not likely we will see him until President's Day weekend at the earliest. I really wish we had some kind of indication on the extent of Davis' & Wills' injuries. I guess we should assume that since they aren't having surgery and haven't been announced as out for the season that there's at least some chance they come back?