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  Dan on February 14 at 7:15 p.m.

  Ouch, that one hurt bad, real bad. What is up with the Cougs in the 2nd half this year? 10 out of their 12 losses the Cougs have been either up or close at halftime and seem to melt away in the 2nd half.
  
  Pitt down 3 lose by 14
  Zags down 3 lose by 22
  LSU down 2 lose by 10
  UW down 2 lose by 20
  Cal down 2 lose by 7
  USC up 1 lose by 2
  AZ up 5 lose by 10
  Stan down 1 lose by 11
  Cal up 3 lose by 8
  OSU up 12 lose by 2

  I know CTB can’t make baskets for the Cougs or play defense, but the blame can’t all be on the players can it? The scapegoat for these losses seem to be a “lack of mental toughness”, but is that all? Don’t get me wrong I love CTB and wouldn’t trade him for the world but other coaches seem to make the right adjustments during half-time and we respond like a deer caught in the headlights. I think CTB and staff put together a great gameplan to start the game but have been out-coached when other teams make adjustments. Why not put Casto (6-8) with long arms guarding Rickey Claitt (6-2) inbounding the ball at the end of the game?

  Who knows, perhaps we are just missing the one player who can penetrate to the basket (Hopson) instead of always settling for outside shots. Anyhow, I will stop my ranting and continue to support the Cougs through thick and thin. Close disappointments under Bennett are far better than blowout losses from Graham. Here’s looking forward to 2010-2011 Coug basketball.

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  bson25 on February 14 at 7:50 p.m.

  No team is going to be good when they only have three legit scoring threats.

  The problem is that there is zero depth on this team.

  The only thing we can do is continue to support our Cougs. Next year is going to be even rougher.

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  Dan on February 14 at 8:16 p.m.

  Bson25- I guess I would have to disagree with you that “no team is good when they only have three legit scoring threats”. I’m sure there will be a handfull of teams that make the tourney with only three legit threats. Arizona seems to be doing decent, and I only consider three legit threats on their team. I think it has to do more with the type of scoring threats. The cougs are really lacking a guard who can create consistently with dribble penetration. I think if one of our threats had this skill, we would be in a much different situation.

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  garlandcoug on February 14 at 8:17 p.m.

  OUCH! Looked like the Cougs had it in the bag at the half, but than lost their focus. Nik got beat time after time on back cuts, Aaron could not hit a bunny to save his life, and Taylor could not hit anything period. It is an up and down year, and your right next year will be worse

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