Seriously, this one actually is a must-win

Alright, assheads. As you may or may not know, tonight we've got DePaul in Chicago. This is one of two road games left for WVU, and an absolute must-win if we want a chance in hell at getting into the tournament. So here's my list of things we neeeeeed to do to grab a key road win.

1. Shoot the J...Shoot itttttttt.
We've got to step up and start making 3's (Alex Ruoff, this means you). At Villanova, we shot 10% from beyond the arc...And we all know how that turned out. Seriously. 10%. If we had just made four more three-pointers - putting us at still under 33% - we could have had 12 more points and possibly a shot at a W. What's that you say? We lost by over 20? Well, that brings us to...

2. For the love of god...make some free throws.
We've gotten better at this, but not by much. The team average is a pretty weak 67%, which in this league isn't going to pay the bills. We made 12 out of 20 free throws at Villanova...if we had just made three more to put us at 75%, that would have put us that much closer to a noish road victory.

3. Put the ball through the hoop.
Like, forserious. For some reason we just can't find the bucket on the road...At Villanova, Joe Alexander made five field goals. DeShaun Butler made three. Darris Nichols went 2-8. These are our three premier players...if they're only scoring 10 or 11 points a game, we're boned. We've got to shoot better than 35% from the field if we expect to walk out of there with a victory. If Alexander, Butler, Nichols, and Ruoff had just scored another basket each - and we make three-pointers and foul shots - we would have friggin' won and we could coast into DePaul. HOWEVAHHH, we didn't. And now we have to go in there and try not to shit the bed.


So that's it. If we just play fundamentally solid bball (I think our last coach stressed fundamentals, if I remember correctly) we just might win a game on the road. And sweet merciful crap, if it comes down to the other team's last possession, please please please get a hand in the face of their best three-point shooter. The last thing we need is another Ronald Ramon moment to take the wind out of our sails. If only Steve Buckhantz had called that Pitt game...