[81alum]

We won, no one was injured, and that is all to the good.

However, there are many teams we might face in the tournament who can play Colorado style defense and who have far superior offenses.  I am worried that it still was difficult for us to handle the defense.  A 63 point game after we knew exactly what was coming is not a confidence-booster.

However, we showed we can play Colorado-style defense even better than they can.  We had 12 steals to their 9, they had 21 turnovers to our 13.

This is not "pretty" basketball.  A good indicator of pretty basketball is when most shots are assisted.  We had only 10 assists on 25 made baskets.  Colorado was worse.  They had 6 assists on 14 made baskets.  Yes, only 14 baskets in the entire game for them.

One terrible stat for us:  we gave up 17 O-boards to Colorado.  Those and the unequal free throws are what kept the Colorado offense competitive for so long.

At the end of the day, they shot only 25%.  I shudder to think of what will happen if we meet a team that can hold us to 63 but shoots 45% at the other end.

And now we start what may be as great a challenge as the Tennessee--South Carolina trip--the trip to Oregon.  Both those teams have improved markedly and both those teams are much tougher at home.

[81alum]

We won, no one was injured, and that is all to the good.

However, there are many teams we might face in the tournament who can play Colorado style defense and who have far superior offenses.  I am worried that it still was difficult for us to handle the defense.  A 63 point game after we knew exactly what was coming is not a confidence-booster.

However, we showed we can play Colorado-style defense even better than they can.  We had 12 steals to their 9, they had 21 turnovers to our 13.

This is not "pretty" basketball.  A good indicator of pretty basketball is when most shots are assisted.  We had only 10 assists on 25 made baskets.  Colorado was worse.  They had 6 assists on 14 made baskets.  Yes, only 14 baskets in the entire game for them.

One terrible stat for us:  we gave up 17 O-boards to Colorado.  Those and the unequal free throws are what kept the Colorado offense competitive for so long.

At the end of the day, they shot only 25%.  I shudder to think of what will happen if we meet a team that can hold us to 63 but shoots 45% at the other end.

And now we start what may be as great a challenge as the Tennessee--South Carolina trip--the trip to Oregon.  Both those teams have improved markedly and both those teams are much tougher at home.