Three Takeaways From Miami’s 86-85 Loss To California

[Trinton Breeze]

I’ve cooled off a bit since the final buzzer. Took a walk. Cleared my head. Now let’s actually talk about what mattered.

Three Takeaways

1. Free throws cost Miami the game. Period.

If you read this site, you already know where I’m going. We’ve been screaming about free throws all season. They’re free points. No defense. Just make them.

Around the ten-minute mark, it was obvious this game was turning into a free-throw battle, and that’s the worst possible script when you’re...

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[Fightinibis]

Good article man. I was ****ed too and didn’t mind the punked comment with the line. The game was ours for the taking.

The frustrating part was actually shooting FTs BETTER than the alleged best in the ACC until it mattered the most…also, I didn’t mind the last shot either. SH is young, but I would say 8 times out of 10 he probably makes that…he was great in the first half…second half had some freshman moments, but still a good look.

I really wanted him or Donaldson to go to the rack and have Reneau under for the dump when they predictably go to the shooter…didn’t work out, is what it is…

That said, hard not to hate that we shouldn’t have been in that last second predicament in the first place.

 

[KANE]

I just sat there in front of the TV for about 5 minutes saying to myself…. “How tf did we lose that game?”There wasn’t a point in this game while it was being played that I felt we were going to lose. That was frustrating as **** to watch. We had no gah**** business losing that game at home.