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I agree 100%... I was thinking to myself if we were to win out and win the BTT i would be worried about the Humble pie and desire for improvement. This should make us come out strong, and reEarn our spot as a 1 seed.... perfect time to take a loss (if there was a time)

My major thought last night after accepting defeat, was thankfulness for this year's team and their results on the year.

That game last night, was seemingly groundhog day for our losses last season...we get down 10 early and play even the rest of the way ending in a 10 point loss.

I guess the shitty game against Minnesota wasn't enough.

I know. I really hated the sweep of Wisky, the sweep of Purdue, the (soon to be sweep) win over OSU, the wins over UM and IU as well.

I wasn't mad at all watching that game. They're playing extremely well and are a very talented team. We had an off night on the road in the B10. We will be just fine.

Only thing that worries me is lack of a consistent outside scorer. Appling, Wood, and Thornton (although he has been much more reliable) have the talent and the shooting ability, but they just aren't falling.

I agree with OP though. Loss should wake everyone up a little bit and refocus them. That can get lost during a winning streak. If we were going to lose, I would have picked that game.

Honestly I was thinking the same thing, I really didn't want a long winning streak going into the Tourny. A little reminder of what losing feels like is a good thing, since they will not want to repeat it.

ok Mother Superior. are you going to sing Climb Every Mountain for an encore?

That game should have gotten the players' attention and get them focused heading into the stretch. One game at a time

who didn't get the Sound of Music reference by the poster I quoted and my Sound of Music comeback and downvoted me?

Indiana played just as well if not better than when they played Kentucky. This game was as much about how good IU can be as it was about MSU's weaknesses.

If Oladipo learns how to handle the ball better he will be BTPOY next year.

Appling needs to be able to penetrate and make plays in the half court set...that is really lacking. For a first year PG he is doing fine, but he's not championship caliber yet.

If Wood can't hit shots he shouldn't be playing. We will see over the next week.

"Absolute crap" is stretching it about as much as I'm stretching it by saying "well".

I guess we should agree more like OK. Yeah he got beat a couple times, he also put up 9 and 6 on 3-3 FG and 3-4 FT. Solid offensive production.

My point remains that in all but one game, we've at least had someone playing decent second and/or third fiddles. Some people on here piss and moan just to get things started up and its annoying. We're a pretty balanced team, and we're going to do damage in the Tournament.