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Day I toured LU I sat behind Sister Jean at mass. She turned around to talk to my parents and I about how great LU would be for me. Then she said to go to the opener that night bc the team was going to be extra special. This was Fall 17. Great person and all-time ball knower. RIP

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@ptrckcreighton After seeing last year’s team absolutely not care, it was nice to see them actually putting effort in until the end

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Honest opinion is that Loyola not completely imploding and actually putting up a fight to close the last 10 minutes out is a huge positive compared to last year

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If the game ended when it was a 30 pt game a few mins into the second half, I’d have a VERY negative takeaway from this game. But I’m mostly left feeling like a handful of bad mistakes and AF uncharacteristically draining 3s was all that cost them. Defense HAS to be better though

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One of the few positives from today is Donald Hand. That’s the shooting weapon we’ve been looking for

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Every time we get close, there is a missed front end of a 1 and 1, a lapse in defense, an errant pass off the press, etc. They just gotta be able to avoid these mistakes

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Came out of the half even worse and with even more ridiculous mistakes. Some serious issues showing from this game

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Even if AF was shooting more normal numbers from 3, they’d still be losing this game

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This is really bad

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Air Force from 3 vs their other 2 D1 opponents so far: 23.5%

Today: 73.3%

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Very disappointing performance today. Undisciplined fouls, poor shot selection and a waning level of confidence as the game runs on.

They’re going to need to seriously recalibrate at half. And AF is going to have to stop shooting out of their minds

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Someone on the team, either coaches or players, need to step in and realize that they need to stop shooting 3s. There is a clear advantage for Loyola. Come on

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Air Force is having the shooting day of their lives right now. On the bright side, they’ll have to keep that up to win. We are dominating in the paint on both ends

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That said, Loyola is getting all of the style points. Offense runs way more fluidly, just struggling to knock down some shots here and there

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Some extremely sloppy turnovers in the early minutes of this one.

Air Force is also burying 3s

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Some extremely sloppy turnovers in the early minutes of this one.

Air Force is also burying 3s

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A lot of good from a lot of players. Tonight showed off how deep into the bench this team could go if needed. After the start to last season, this 2-0 start with two 20+ wins feels pretty great

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Some crazy West Georgia 3s, a taunting technical, and some ill-advised Loyola shots are keeping West Georgia in this. This should not be a single digit game

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So Diallo looks legit

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Loyola had full advantage when the offense was focused on inside work. WHY did the offensive scheme suddenly shift to shooting only 3s?

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Loyola looks so good. I’m about to fully buy in. Especially considering what this West Georgia team did to DePaul

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They’re making it look too easy to score. Have not seen that in a long while 🐺