BASKETBALL Diamond Head Classic Game 2 (ESPN2): USC, 3:30PM, Saturday, December 23, 2017

[SpaceRaider]

USC
Series: Tied 0-0
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Founded: 1880 Enrollment: 44,000
Colors: Cardinal & Gold Nickname: Trojans Conference: Pac-12
Facility: Galen Center (10,258)
Head Coach: Andy Enfield Johns Hopkins, 1991 USC Record: 70-64 (4 seasons) Overall Record: 111-92 (6 seasons)
2016-17 Record: 26-10, 10-8 (T-5th Pac-12) 2017 Postseason: NCAA Second Round
Starters R/L: 5/0 Lettermen R/L: 11/2 Newcomers: 4

 

[SpaceRaider]

a little premature with this thread, but USC is up on Akron 66-46 with 7:18 left

 

[SpaceRaider]

a little premature with this thread, but USC is up on Akron 66-46 with 7:18 left

84-53 USC runs away with the win.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Hopefully we will play better than we did against Princeton.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Hopefully we will play better than we did against Princeton.

going to have to if Raiders are to have a chance

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

sickness sweeping the team...

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

what? Stomach virus or something?

sickness sweeping the team...

 

[SpaceRaider]

what? Stomach virus or something?

yep, Ed Simpson, Karl, and Brandon. Walters threw up in team meeting

 

[SpaceRaider]

BTW, Auburn final, 89, uconn 64

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

MT 43
USC 42

Halftime

 

[subkyle]

Great game so far! Seems like a coin flip on who wins.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Amazed at how they just will not call fouls on USC. They have shot 20 FT to our 5.

We are up 4

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

We have gone cold. 0 for our last 9. Down 2. King at the line.

I think if we can shoot 50% we can win.

Tied at 55

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

We ar down 2 with 4 mins left. Walters fouls out the third straight game.

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

The diff was the FT differential and we needed a good game from Walters.

Been nice to win but not a bad loss. Need to win 3rd place.

 

[SpaceRaider]

ICYMI

http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3226664


wgns:

http://www.wgnsradio.com/-podcast-mbb-mtsu-vs-usc-cms-43203

 

[altshauf]

Lopsided game with the officiating. A neutral crew sees us win that game. You don’t shoot that many more free throws and neglect the calls like you did considering how Johnson and Simmons were driving the ball. If they didn’t protect boatright then he scores 8-10 points. We are a better team. The thing we did wrong was staying in the zone because our bigs couldn’t defend the low cross screen. The reason they couldn’t is because the officials were protecting their bigs.
Nick King and Antwain Johnson did miss several defensive assignments. Our offense was fine. We just weren’t going to be allowed attendance at the free throw line. That was the USC party we weren’t invited to.

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Lopsided game with the officiating. A neutral crew sees us win that game. You don’t shoot that many more free throws and neglect the calls like you did considering how Johnson and Simmons were driving the ball. If they didn’t protect boatright then he scores 8-10 points. We are a better team. The thing we did wrong was staying in the zone because our bigs couldn’t defend the low cross screen. The reason they couldn’t is because the officials were protecting their bigs.
Nick King and Antwain Johnson did miss several defensive assignments. Our offense was fine. We just weren’t going to be allowed attendance at the free throw line. That was the USC party we weren’t invited to.

Fair analysis, however many of the fouls on us were just stupid. With the game tight we foul on a 3 point shot, Walters made a few silly fouls. We for the most part made it easy on them.

I think it was amazing that we were even in the game with 15 less made FTs and the fact that USC shot 52% from the 3 point land and 57% overall.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Walters fifth foul should've never been call, the usc player traveled - no call.

Giddy got run over late should've been a charge - no call

idiotic technical on Giddy - that should've never been called.

The championship game is meant for the P5 programs in that tourney. It's christmas time and Middle Tennessee is supposed to be at the kids table along with the ***-majors...

 

[MTLynn]

idiotic technical on Giddy - that should've never been called

The warning earlier in the game on Gamble was idiotic as well. When King hit the shot, Gamble was under the basket as the ball fell through the net into his hands. The ref gave him a warning!!! STUPID!!!