Mid Major Battle

[mumuskie87]

Saint Mary's is leading UDump by 13 at the half in Dayton on Fox Sports Ohio.
SM is fun to watch...nice ball movement and they can really stroke the 3 ball.

[MOSQUETERO]

SM almost went full Georgetown at the end. They had a comfortable double digit lead and almost coughed it up. 61-57 for the Gaels.

[bleedXblue]

In another mid major battle URI beat UC 76-71

[mumuskie87]

In another mid major battle URI beat UC 76-71

Love it.
I haven't seen little Mick's post-game comments but I'm willing to bet there was mention on not being "tough" enough.

[walter12]

yep. direct quote from gobearcats.com

It was that lack of physical toughness that UC coach Mick Cronin pointed to as the reason for the loss.

"They were the tougher team," Cronin said. "They wanted this game more. Pat Riley said a long time ago that in a hard-fought battle what happens when the ball is on the floor or in the air decides victory and that's what happened today.

"It's early. We had breakdowns. Nobody plays a perfect game. They didn't play perfect and we didn't play perfect. But when the ball was on the floor and in the air Rhode Island wanted the ball more than our team and that's what happened. They taught us a lot about ourselves and our physical deficiencies with physical and mental toughness."

[Shadow]

At 5'7" Mick should know about "physical deficiencies" when he has to literally look up to every player on his roster.