UNI: Epic fail
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Personally an 11 seed losing a game to a 3 seed in the way they did is a big deal, but not the biggest.
Iowa (3) losing to (14)NW state in 2006 was also a collapse. Wasn't Iowa up 15 w/4min to go? I mean it happens in basketball, but to blame the coach is just idiotic. They were out of Time-outs, they had their senior leader on the bench w/a knee injury. Nothing they could do, the refs were allowing the other team to get physical and they didn't rise up. It was a team effort and they lost it just like Iowa did at ISU this past year.
No one is comparing him to Phil Jackson. Bens a good coach who has taken a small program and put it on the big stage. Nothing wrong with that.
Fair points. If that uni collapse happened to Iowa I could only imagine the way Iowa would get roasted. Kxno, kcci, etc. with uni, they get praised when they do well but when a huge collapse happens they never get criticized. Jacobson is never criticized by the media.
He is getting roasted by the local media up in the Cedar Valley. I think majority of the people saw that his "Captain" went down with an injury and it sucked. All fans regardless would be upset and question the coaching and strategy.
I just personally can't put it on one person. There were several things that happened in that stretch. The injury to Bohannon was the difference though, he was their trigger guy and they weren't prepared with another person. Its tough way to lose.
Im sorry it brought the pain of the ISU game and the NW state game. I just wanted them to win, I hate the (SEC) with a passion. Tough break. Goes to show weather you get beat by 34 or by 4 in double OT, losing sucks!
Their trigger man was down, they had the ball in the hands of a Sophomore. Bohannon tried coming back in and the coach kept him out until it was too late. They went right where they were not supposed to. But Also when they caught the ball, they all curled up. You have to catch and try and break it by dribbling through. I doubt the refs would of called a foul, but at least you turn it over instead of throwing it right to them.
I bet Wes is killing himself he should of just jumped up and threw it downcourt. It would of been out of bounds at the other end correct? They still would of had 4-5 seconds left, but would of had to get off a shot in that time frame. Overall tough break, but they got lucky in the first round and the second round their luck ran out.
I bet Wes is killing himself he should of just jumped up and threw it downcourt. It would of been out of bounds at the other end correct? They still would of had 4-5 seconds left, but would of had to get off a shot in that time frame. Overall tough break, but they got lucky in the first round and the second round their luck ran out.
About the time UNI appeared to have it wrapped up the color guy compared UNI to Gonzaga. Something like "They are starting to become like Gonzaga ... actually they ARE like Gonzaga now."
And with that it was like UNI flew too close to the sun and plummeted into the sea. A sea of despair.
Next time, UNI, have your Greek tragedy during rush week or something. Please, I'm agonizing for you right now.
And with that it was like UNI flew too close to the sun and plummeted into the sea. A sea of despair.
Next time, UNI, have your Greek tragedy during rush week or something. Please, I'm agonizing for you right now.
That's exactly right, I was praying they would toss it long any of the times so they had to either chase it down or go out of bounds deep. Wes could've tossed high in the air and bought time down court, but both times that failed they tried to throw it off someone and they backed off and missed them. My toughest play was the three point play when Jesperson was back peddling giving the lay up and got called for the foul in that stretch
Why wouldn't they? They're down 12 with 45 seconds left. They're on their way out of the tournament. Why wouldn't they do everything short of clawing out someone's eye to try to get the basketball?
Even holding ground there and possessing the ball to the 10 count would have pulled a few more seconds off the clock and resulted in A&M having to run an inbounds set, rather than just scoop the ball up to the hoop. I'm sure the UNI players are punishing themselves with the "what-ifs" today. It was an absolutely stunning thing to watch.
I will say (and I think this goes to coaching) that I was VERY impressed with how UNI didn't just collapse on themselves in OT. It would have been very easy for them to just fall into a hole completely and get blown out in the first OT.
I actually don't think this is possible without one of the players deliberately throwing the game. Several times the pass went directly to A&M and it wasn't even close. I would want to look into this if I were UNI athletic director. I really don't see how Jacobson keeps his job after a performance like that. Worst coaching I have ever seen. He even could have had his player call timeout and it would have only cost them a free throw, on the techinical but they would have been given the timeout, but I guess he didn't know that or didn't care.
Not sure if serious.............
One game defines a coach. Well then there are a lot of coaches who would be canned for their in game coaching issues.
At some point, the players gotta play. They were out of timeouts, just use your head and slow down. I can't give Jacobsen any more blame than the players.
Turns out this was the biggest one minute collapse in NCAA history
Turns out this was the biggest one minute collapse in NCAA history
For real? Are we really bringing point shaving into this? And Jacobsen has a contract for life there if he wants it.
