Thursday, March 13, 2008

Déjà Vu

Men's basketball
Mike Connors

It appears that for the second consecutive season UMass will be participating in the NIT rather than the NCAA Tournament.


After Charlotte made a rapid second half comeback to assume a 50-47 lead with just over ten minutes remaining, the Minutemen went on a 15-3 run to take control of the game, 63-52.

However, UMass scored just three points in the final 4:54 of the game. Chris Lowe was sent to the free throw line with 48 seconds remaining and his team trailing by one (66-65), but he missed the front end of a one-and-one and Leemire Goldwire made his third three-pointer in the final 3:20 of the game to preserve the Charlotte win, 69-65.

The Minutemen finished the game 7-of-17 from the free throw line and this was a glaring weakness throughout the season. Had the Minutemen been more successful at the line, they may have been looking at an NCAA at-large bid rather than the likely NIT Tournament game they'll be hosting.

1 comment:

Derrick Perkins said...

ouch...


I feel worse for kingsies and eli than I do the players right now though.