Shaka choked at the end

[79Warrior]

This should be simple: don't feed the troll.

Exactly.

[BM1090]

Shaka had his 5 starters on the floor on the end.  They know their concepts and themes cold.   The first team all American point guard had the ball in his hands on one possession.   He missed.   The offensive savant had the ball in his hands the other time.   He missed.   Alas.
   

This is one of the biggest reasons I'm so bullish on this group, and there's lots of reasons. But mostly it's because all of them know exactly who they are and what they are trying to do on both sides of the ball. Reminds me of Nova's best teams.

When watching other teams, if you take away their first or second action they can get kind of lost for the rest of the possession. MU (and Purdue for the most part) seamlessly transition into their third, fourth and fifth actions. It's impressive.

[Newsdreams]

This should be simple: don't feed the troll.

There is a troll?

[Tyler COLEk]

I know NLW draws plenty of ire on the Scoop, but I ask posters to cut him some slack this Thanksgiving.

Some of us here know that he's had a very difficult time with his family life in recent years. We are praying for them. I hope the kids came around and you were all able to break bread at Thanksgiving this year. It's never too late to improve as a father, and I know NLW has been working hard in that regard. Happy Thanksgiving.

[MuMark]

I have no problem with the way it played out.......but Kolek did say in retrospect he wished he had taken it to the rim. The no timeout strategy makes getting to the rim much easier then taking it out of bounds. If they call timeout they would have likely ended up with a more difficult 3 than the one they got.

"The first shot, for myself, I'd like to get to the basket," Kolek said. "There's enough time, maybe 15 seconds left, you can get a layup on that.

Then go down and play. They missed free throws. They missed both of them... so you go down and hit a layup, those free throws are hard to make. There's a lot of pressure on them. It's not the same as with 18 minutes left on the game clock.

"So get in the paint, then it's a one-point game. They miss a free throw. Two threes ... maybe those looks we wanted. So kind of getting my team organized at the end of the game ......

[NickelDimer]

I know NLW draws plenty of ire on the Scoop, but I ask posters to cut him some slack this Thanksgiving.

Some of us here know that he's had a very difficult time with his family life in recent years. We are praying for them. I hope the kids came around and you were all able to break bread at Thanksgiving this year. It's never too late to improve as a father, and I know NLW has been working hard in that regard. Happy Thanksgiving.

Smart kids imo. Must get that from their mom.

[mileskishnish72]

But then again, how smart can she be?

[Johnny B]

So having family problems leads to a grown man wondering onto a college sports forum where he trashes the team and coaches with 25 plus spam posts every time we lose?

[NickelDimer]

So having family problems leads to a grown man wondering onto a college sports forum where he trashes the team and coaches with 25 plus spam posts every time we lose?

I'd say it's the other way around

[jesmu84]

I know NLW draws plenty of ire on the Scoop, but I ask posters to cut him some slack this Thanksgiving.

Some of us here know that he's had a very difficult time with his family life in recent years. We are praying for them. I hope the kids came around and you were all able to break bread at Thanksgiving this year. It's never too late to improve as a father, and I know NLW has been working hard in that regard. Happy Thanksgiving.

What's the backstory here?