why shoot the 3 at the end?

[Augie85]

Why on the last possession did they jack up a three when only down by one and an inside shot would win it or draw a foul?
Made no sense at all. then the shit call when they replayed and reversed the ball tipped out by Cincinnati on Methias. lousy officiating and lousy play

 

[Casey and his Brother]

Because Tony Jones missed a layup 25 years ago, so you have to try something different.

 

[mathboy]

Out of time


Vince shot because that was all the time we had. The red light went off while his ball was in the air. He had no time to get closer.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Re: Out of time


Yeah, I suppose you could second-guess that to death.....but it was a decent look. Would have liked a TO left maybe.

 

[PBoiler84]

And, actually the ball was off Mathias, not Cincy. Can't blame refs for this meltdown.

 

[Casey and his Brother]

Re: Out of time

Tyus Edney disagrees, but hey, Purdue doesn't play for championships, just what ifs.

 

[CRBoiler]

Yeh, you can what if it to no end. What if they had put in Scott who hadn't played all game and told him to blaze down the court and get a layup. What if we had PJ get on AJ's shoulders to go for a monster dunk. What if we had our players all sing and skip down the court to confuse the opposing team and then gave the ball to Beshears to attempt the game winner....

It sucks to lose, especially the way we did. But that's what happened. I've been proud of the team this year. This was just one game - a game we lost. I'm sure they feel worse than we do after this loss. Especially every guy who missed a free throw.

 

[banshee90]

Re: Out of time

They jogged the ball after it was rebounded. Look at that half speed motion you know you want to go balls to the wall and score 2 pts, but our players slacked off.

 

[BBG]

Quite simply if we hit some of those free throws we win as well. Like was said, you can "what if" this thing to the ground and it's not any one thing IMO .. there are several things that factored in to the loss and with the team being so young you have to believe that it will be a catalyst this off season for the team to work hard and get even better.