Cats vs Grambling

[technoCat]

8-15 from the line...
13-30 from the arc...
8 points off 11 turnovers vs 23 off 12...
Not gonna lie, this hurts bad. Who knows if we will ever make it back in my lifetime and we've squandered probably our best chance to ever get a win in the dance.... it'd be one thing to just get beat but to have a 14 point lead and just fall apart. Feel so bad for Ford. Did everything that he could possibly do and no one could step up for him...

[tetoncat]

8-15 from the line...
13-30 from the arc...
8 points off 11 turnovers vs 23 off 12...
Not gonna lie, this hurts bad. Who knows if we will ever make it back in my lifetime and we've squandered probably our best chance to ever get a win in the dance.... it'd be one thing to just get beat but to have a 14 point lead and just fall apart. Feel so bad for Ford. Did everything that he could possibly do and no one could step up for him...

He should have had last shot in regulation

[Helcat72]

Good start but golly the ball gets stuck when it goes to walker. 12-9 first time out

Yeah really hurting his team right now.

We need a few more people to hurt them with 10 pts and 2 rebounds on 5-6 shooting

Yep, finished with 4 more, he is a decent player but needs more than the spin move, needs to kick out when they double or triple.
Games we consistently went into him I still say offense was more stagnant. Not a great defender or rebounder. Would have liked to see he and Olmstead at same time.
Was surprised last play didn't go thru Ford.

I thought Walker should have passed it back to Goracke for a 3 instead of driving inside. He hadn't had any luck driving inside since the first half.

[chainbreaker]

Grambling made some big plays/shots. They deserved to win the game.
Bobcats fought hard, great effort. Missed some shots, and those turnovers really hurt, not even getting a shot up on too many possessions in 2nd half.

Quite proud of THIS Bobcat team led by Ford, Logie, Olmsted, and crew. Great efforts by Turner, Walker, Goracke, Patterson, Lecholat. Just didn't end up like we all had hoped it would.

Thank you to the Bobcat seniors Robert Ford III and John Olmsted. Great effort through the season and down the stretch. Thanks for playing for the Bobcats! You made us proud!
All in all it is still a great day to be a Bobcat!

[aucat]

It will be interesting to see how Grambling does against Purdue. I think it will be similar to how we would have done. But the fact is, the Bobcats made it to the NCAAS for the third straight year and we will have another banner to hang. Not many other institutions can say that they have hung three straight NCAA banners!

[SCVBobcat]

Cats just playing way too tight down the stretch. Nobody but Ford wants the ball.

This. I've seen this from so many Big Sky champs through the years when they get to the big tourney. Several Griz games come to mind. Seems like a coach in the big tourney needs to be as good at psychology as X's and O's. But I want to thank this Bobcat team for the great March run that was so much fun to watch. Robert Ford III will forever be one of my favorite Bobcats.

[Camo_Cat]

8-15 from the line...
13-30 from the arc...
8 points off 11 turnovers vs 23 off 12...
Not gonna lie, this hurts bad. Who knows if we will ever make it back in my lifetime and we've squandered probably our best chance to ever get a win in the dance.... it'd be one thing to just get beat but to have a 14 point lead and just fall apart. Feel so bad for Ford. Did everything that he could possibly do and no one could step up for him...

He should have had last shot in regulation

My guess is that's not how they drew it up. Walker probably thought he had an easy drive to basket, but Grambling did a good job of collapsing. That shot should have been Ford's or Goracke's

[MSU01]

It will be interesting to see how Grambling does against Purdue. I think it will be similar to how we would have done. But the fact is, the Bobcats made it to the NCAAS for the third straight year and we will have another banner to hang. Not many other institutions can say that they have hung three straight NCAA banners!

First Big Sky team to go to the NCAA Tournament three years in a row in over 40 years. Tonight is disappointing but the journey the team went on to get here when nobody but themselves thought they could do it far outweighs this one result. The team should be immensely proud of what it accomplished this year, I know I'm proud of them.

[MSU01]

8-15 from the line...
13-30 from the arc...
8 points off 11 turnovers vs 23 off 12...
Not gonna lie, this hurts bad. Who knows if we will ever make it back in my lifetime and we've squandered probably our best chance to ever get a win in the dance.... it'd be one thing to just get beat but to have a 14 point lead and just fall apart. Feel so bad for Ford. Did everything that he could possibly do and no one could step up for him...

He should have had last shot in regulation

My guess is that's not how they drew it up. Walker probably thought he had an easy drive to basket, but Grambling did a good job of collapsing. That shot should have been Ford's or Goracke's

Looked to me like Walker tried to kick it out to Patterson but the defender got in the way, then Walker had to go to the hoop. Decent look, just didn't fall. Credit MSU for defending the ensuing play well to force OT.

[catatac]

Grambling is the better team imo! Hope they play well against Purdue!
Fun that the Cats made it!!

Grambling did what they had to do and yes they were the better team tonight. The way the cats played the last few games however, including 2\3 of the game tonight, I think the Cats are probably a better team. In other words I think the Cats beat them 7 times out of 10. Just my humble opinion of course. One other factor working against them was Turner being sick... and it showed. No excuses though, and great way to overcome early season issues and come together.

[Common Cat]

Cofer was the player that carried the momentum for them. 19 points off the bench. Timely shot after shot.

[catatac]

Cofer was the player that carried the momentum for them. 19 points off the bench. Timely shot after shot.

Ya, never good for the opposing team when a sleeper player like that explodes and gets their career high.

[Common Cat]

Cofer was the player that carried the momentum for them. 19 points off the bench. Timely shot after shot.

Ya, never good for the opposing team when a sleeper player like that explodes and gets their career high.

Tip of the cap to him. He made some unreal shots. Went 7-9. Ended our season. But there is more. We went tight. We needed Patterson not to go 1-8. Guys passing on open looks, and a rash of turnovers. Terrible way to end it.

[Bocephus]

This game felt so much like the football game against NDSU. Cats were in control for 75% of the game, went to OT and lost. Sometimes that’s just the way sports goes.

[CatBlitz]

We have got to learn to play with a lead. When you're up by double digits, part of me shouldn't assume we're going to blow it.
We saw this too many times this year.

That being said, Logie coached this team through the rafters this year. He was a fantastic hire and I think he's proven he pretty much knows what he's doing. Clean up some situational basketball and tweak a few things and I think we're in for a good ride with him.
Looking forward to seeing him bring in his guys and maintain the status of this program. He was put in an impossible situation and this was a monumental outcome.

[Colter_Nuanez]

[msu_agfan]

We came so close ! Watching other games today and I'm like, we could hang with those guys.. Ask that question 5 or 10 years ago and what would the answer have been? Go Cats!!

[WalkOn79]

8-15 from the line...
13-30 from the arc...
8 points off 11 turnovers vs 23 off 12...
Not gonna lie, this hurts bad. Who knows if we will ever make it back in my lifetime and we've squandered probably our best chance to ever get a win in the dance.... it'd be one thing to just get beat but to have a 14 point lead and just fall apart. Feel so bad for Ford. Did everything that he could possibly do and no one could step up for him...

I was hoping not to see the February Cats again this year. Dangit! Rob, you were outstanding! too bad you had foul trouble and couldn't guard down the stretch like you wanted to.

[WalkOn79]

We lost the exact same way we've been winning in March. Ironic.

[tetoncat]

We lost the exact same way we've been winning in March. Ironic.

From a comeback standpoint yes, but a lot of what happened was Ford getting third foul and sitting and we committed turnovers (he had a couple when back in but damage was done), then getting 4th and Grambling attacked him time after time. It wasn't that Grambling started drawing a bunch of shots. First half we went up 9 back to tied back to up 11. So second half similar. Smaller run they came back we just didn't respond as well. Still had last shot to win.