Yea you will lose games. But this thing called the NET exist and it matters. And losing by 20 is never good. No matter what you're playing. Especially in the non conference. From a perception standpoint, also not good to lose by 20. Sure you can learn things and get better but that doesn't turn it into a great loss or even a good loss. It's still a bad loss to learn from. If your team has a mindset of "losing by 20 is a great loss" then that team is lost. I don't think Painter was in the locker room saying "great loss guys. We're gonna learn a lot from this."
There were times I would have went with Cox, but understand the strength, size and D for Giccari and why Matt played him so much more than Cox. I think Cox would have hit open shots
What a fun game. Lucky, but a roller coaster of highs and lows. Escaped with a W today, but it could have gone the other way.
Colvin gets the MVP and packed the highlight reel with a few of those plays. That last bucket was pure luck though, right place right time. I'll take it.
There were times I would have went with Cox, but understand the strength, size and D for Giccari and why Matt played him so much more than Cox. I think Cox would have hit open shots
Mississippi took 13 more shots than Purdue (61/48) despite Purdue finishing +6 on rebounds+turnovers forced (Purdue: 37 rebounds, 7 forced turnovers; Ole Miss: 26 rebounds, 12 forced turnovers). And, Ole Miss committed 8 more fouls (20/12).
There were times I would have went with Cox, but understand the strength, size and D for Giccari and why Matt played him so much more than Cox. I think Cox would have hit open shots
Mississippi took 13 more shots than Purdue (61/48) despite Purdue finishing +6 on rebounds+turnovers forced (Purdue: 37 rebounds, 7 forced turnovers; Ole Miss: 26 rebounds, 12 forced turnovers). And, Ole Miss committed 8 more fouls (20/12).
Got fouled a lot especially TKR who missed a front end. We probably got to the charity stripe 7 more times than them. Also had 5 more turnovers. And a couple more blocks that I think both went out of bounds.
