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Guys, how did they leave the game? What I mean is, what was their demeanor? Tails up? It is a shame that they lost that last pass in regulation time, after catching up.

Would it be correct to say LSU played above themselves tonight?
 
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Steve19,

The areas where I would say LSU played above their heads were at the FT line (29-31), and the fact that they had four players go over 40 min and didn't appear to run out of gas. They came into the game with all five starters averaging double figures and all of them managed to hit that. We should have closed out the game when we had the ball up 3 with 20 seconds left. A big reason they got into OT was LSU couldn't miss a FT in regulation (15-15).

Since the game went so long, the local broadcast cut away fairly quickly and I didn't see anything after the teams shook hands.

I'm not sure I can remember seeing a team with zero bench points winning, at least not since they put in the shot clock. TD managed to play 47 min against their huge center w/o fouling out.

Box Score
http://www.lsusports.net/assets/docs/mb/05stats/ls13.htm
 
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That's too bad. Sounds like it was a hell of a game though. I'm sure its a tough place to play. Probably will help with the big 10 games to come. Rough loss but I hope the guys had their heads up. Nothing to be ashamed about. :osu:
 
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Thanks so very much Xevious. It's likely they will lose increasingly as the season goes on and they get into that last "tough road game" part of the schedule. My question goes to presence of mind, because I think that will be a really good indication of the team, but more importantly going forward, Coach Matta. This has to be a bit soul-wrenching. Losing after coming back. A day in the humid warmth of the South and then back to the land of ice and snow. Quite a bit of "shake the comfort zone" stuff for a young team living in an OBrien fish bowl.

These kinds of things make you tough or drain you. We'll see how these folks will respond, but I think they will show us some real toughness.
 
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It's too bad OSU didn't win in regulation, they had 2 chances. Stockman got it knocked away once, and Fuss-Cheatham stepped out of bounds on the other. But, OSU did come back from 11 down to tie the thing in the first place, so...

All in all, it was a disappointing loss, to me anyway. And that, friends, is a good thing. Last year, when OSU lost, "disappointed" isn't a word I'd have used.... more like "anticipated." Matta and these players have me excited for OSU hoops again.... Even in the face of the 2OT loss.
 
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