Nevada @ Loyola - Tuesday

[Phantom]

Loyola played extremely hard and made it fairly interesting down the stretch but the damage was done big and done early on them. Nevada answered every LU run with an even bigger run of their own. Krutwig and Custer were ice cold most of the game too. LU's effort was there but Nevada just out-gunned them all game.

As for their crowd, they probably did sell it out but then had some no-shows come game time for whatever reason.

I also found it interesting how they mentioned students were lined up at the arena at 2pm for a 7:30pm game. This has happened twice now this season. Amazing what a deep tourney run will do for fan interest

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

Also - I noticed Nevada worked to keep Krutwig out of the paint. He looked like a fish out of water out there. Is that what it takes?

I kind of noticed this too. From what I saw, they were fronting him more than keeping him completely out. He got close to the basket and missed six shots he made nine times out of ten.

I realize Loyola was playing one of the best teams in the country, but they looked very beatable. Townes is the one that kept them a float last night, while Custer had a bad shooting night. Kaifes needs to realize if he wants to be well precieved in the MVC, he needs to cut his hair. There is a pretty negative connotation with a hair do like that.

This was my first time watching Loyola start to finish this year, but their fans have really praised the transfer from New Mexico, Uguak but I didn't really see anything from him. He only played 11 minutes had two points, fouls, turnovers, and rebounds.

The other notable thing is that despite virtually being out of the game from the tipoff, Loyola didn't play that way. They played hard, and competed for 40 full minutes. I believe they cut it to 12 a few times and then missed shots to make it a single digit game. Had you not looked at the scoreboard, given Loyola's complete game effort, you might think they were only down five or even winning. That is the mindset of a successful team, despite the loss.

Our team competes for what? Maybe 25-30 minutes per game? When the Loyola match-up comes, I could see us taking a 10 point lead (after a slow start) and then playing our typical relaxed stuff, and losing by 15.

Lastly, I'm bummed of the camera angles and of the Loyola fan base as a whole. The camera angle should have been on the other side of the court so you could see what was reported to be a packed student section. Instead, you saw several empty seats and a bunch of fans not participating in the free shirt giveaway. I know there is nothing to be done about the cameras but how wasn't this game a sell out? Say what you will about our attendance, but if we had the No. 5 team in the country here, we would have at least 8000 and the lower bowl wouldn't have an empty seat. They reported a sell out (4,963), but no way. There were at least a 100 empty seats on camera.

Ranked opponent attendance at Redbird (since 2010-11 season)
Wed, Dec 1, 2010- No.23 UNLV - 6,485
Fri, Jan 13, 2012- No. 13 Creighton - 8,771
Wed, Feb 22, 2012- No. 19 Wichita State - 4,573
Wed, Jan 2, 2013 - No. 16 Creighton - 8,813
Sat, Dec 7, 2013 - No. 25 Dayton - 6,697
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 - No. 4 Wichita State - 9,510
Sun, Jan 25, 2015 - No. 19 Northern Iowa - 6,118
Sat, Feb 14, 2015 - No. 13 Wichita State - 9,345
Sat, Feb 6, 2016 - No. 21 Wichita State - 8,284 (9 P.M. START)

We've done pretty okay when ranked opponents come into Redbird. Not good enough, but all but one was over the reported Loyola sell out that wasn't. Also, really depressing we lost most of these games.

Game was sold out. Students were basically one entire side including corners Will try to load video or camera shot I was surprised by how large the student turnout was relative to the entire crowd

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

Other interesting fact was how much starters played for Nevada and they only played 7 players. The starters played all but 23 minutes yet Nevada seemed to play hard...their starters averaged over 35 minutes a player

 

[Jsnhbe1Birds]

I could see Nevada as a final four team. Theyre absolutely loaded. All their star players decided against the draft and they added a good grad transfer and some good freshman. Duke, Gonzaga, and Nevada seem like final 4 locks. But, we all know what happens in March!!!

 

[ThisIsTheLineup]

I could see Nevada as a final four team. Theyre absolutely loaded. All their star players decided against the draft and they added a good grad transfer and some good freshman. Duke, Gonzaga, and Nevada seem like final 4 locks. But, we all know what happens in March!!!

I 100% agree with you. Their talent from top to bottom rivals Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas etc.
Methinks Musselman will not be there too much longer.

 

[Baltimore Bird]

I agree. Nevada looked really good. IMPRESSIVE. Porter's boys played really hard for 40 minutes. They will be really tough for anyone in the MVC to handle. I just don't see ISU playing with that intensity. I am hoping it starts tonight.

 

[Chi-bird]

Nevada looked like a great team. Those Martin twins are damn good....but it doesn't end there. I think they'll roll on their way to a MWC Championship and should be a high seed.

 

[Adunk33]

Kaifes needs to realize if he wants to be well precieved in the MVC, he needs to cut his hair. There is a pretty negative connotation with a hair do like that.

He cut his hair. Game changer.