for you non hoops football centric guys the easiest explanation of last night is ...
we are at Tuscaloosa for Bama's SEC opener. We play our asses off in the first half and lead by a FG.
in the second half we play just as hard but Bama is now playing with more urgency and their superior height, size, athleticism over time exerts itself. We lose by 7-10 points.
We can spend endless energy picking at CMY TOs, or Alleyne, or a turnover or bench production or a dozen other things. We were never going to be able to play a perfect game, but we indeed played a tough hard inspired game. We needed a little more help from Duke, and didnt get it.
I am 110 percent fine with last night. We bring it like that for the next 18 games and the results will be there.