Redbirds @ Loyola-Chicago 12/27 3:00 PM FSMW/NBCSCH

[Bird Friend]

5 turnovers, 2 made shots in first 6 minutes.

 

[Bird Friend]

Down 13-7 at under 12. 6 TOs, 5 fouls, 4 rebounds, 3 FGs . . . we're backward.

 

[Adunk33]

Anyone else notice that Sissoko got called for a block on Krutwig before any contact was made and before the shot went up? Crazy stuff, man.

Ugly start. Could and probably shot be a lot worse. Defense has been surprisingly decent.

 

[jwa123]

As if things were not already bad enough I see Pollard is doing this game

 

[WoodlandWarrior]

I’m following the Ball Drop Bash AAU tournament in Bettendorf Iowa.

 

[Bird Friend]

Down 24-11 at under 8. 8 TOs, 5 fouls, 5 made shots, 5 boards . . . given up 7 offensive boards. Mentally not there . . . at all.

 

[ISU86]

As if things were not already bad enough I see Pollard is doing this game

about to mention the same thing, and we get this crew both games ... Pollard on court generally does not mean good things for the 'birds

 

[jwa123]

about to mention the same thing, and we get this crew both games ... Pollard on court generally does not mean good things for the 'birds

At least he can’t throw a spectator out this game .

 

[Adunk33]

As if things were not already bad enough I see Pollard is doing this game

In a world where you play back to back games, Pollard is definitely one Muller didn’t want to see

about to mention the same thing, and we get this crew both games ... Pollard on court generally does not mean good things for the 'birds

Muller was talking to him after the last timeout. Presumably about how Krutwig uses his body to play defense. Pollard is certainly not the reason these games will go poorly, but it definitely doesn’t help.

Watch ISUs next possession on o and Loyola’s. Loyola doesn’t stop moving. Birds stand around and make it really easy for the Blers to play defense.

 

[Bird Friend]

At least he can’t throw a spectator out this game .

He tossed a cardboard cutout before the game even started.

Down 30-17 at under 4. Honestly, I don't think Loyola has played well, at all. We've just been awful.

 

[Bird Friend]

Okay, so Benson can be good sometimes:

 

[ISU86]

In a world where you play back to back games, Pollard is definitely one Muller didn’t want to see


Muller was talking to him after the last timeout. Presumably about how Krutwig uses his body to play defense. Pollard is certainly not the reason these games will go poorly, but it definitely doesn’t help.

Watch ISUs next possession on o and Loyola’s. Loyola doesn’t stop moving. Birds stand around and make it really easy for the Blers to play defense.

first possession of the game Krutwig almost bodied Mahorcic off the court ~ no call

 

[Bird Friend]

So NBCsports-Chicago just switched to the Bears postgame show??

 

[Bird Friend]

We have 10 TOs and 8 fouls. We have 9 FGs and 10 boards. It's 13-1 on points off TOs. 22-6 on points in the paint. 6-2 on made free throws.

 

[Metamoron]

I know we play poor defense, but if we could score a little on offense we wouldn’t be hanging our heads quite so bad. The problem with our last several years has been a horrific offense. No screens away from ball. No passes to inside. No back cut. Ball screen and jack- ball screen and jack, ball screen and jack.

But the worst part is gonna be, on the second game of a back to back our opponents will adapt and change and we will continue to do the same thing. It will not surprise me if we are 0-9 on second games. Hope I am wrong.

 

[stats]

Playing back to back days, we might see subs getting in sooner than normal.

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

 

[Metamoron]

So is Muller paying them not to show the score?

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

This is bad.

 

[Metamoron]

But at least we get to do it again tomorrow!!!