That insane level of ball movement and connectivity we’ve had disappeared the last two games. I do think part of the way we looked the last two games is guys having been pretty fucking sick and all that goes along with it. The other part is MSU came in wanting a rock fight and pretty much got one.
And Maryland is just not a good matchup for us, ever. There’s talent and length on that team. I feel like every year they have a whole roster of interchangeable dudes that all look about the same size and are athletic but not particularly skilled. And I only know the names of like 2 of them. Every other team in B1G I can at least name most of their contributors by this point in the season.
Anyways fuck Maryland because that changed the trajectory of the whole season and the perception of this team sans Shannon.
Win this game like we should have and we are still looking like contenders in the league and even have a little bit of margin for error.
But lose it and we kind of slip back into a group of teams chasing (or leading, for now) Purdue and lost any margin for error. Plus we changed a game like Purdue in Champaign to basically a must win versus a house money game in order to have a shot at a top 3-4 seed. And that’s only IF we win out at home and win half our away games. That’s how big this loss was imo.
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