SCU Men’s Basketball - We Need Some “Tude”

I woke up this morning with a big case of “tude.”

After the Gonzaga humiliation, the level of my “tude” isn’t at its maximum amplitude - but it’s close.  Total servi-tude to the Zags on the road in Spokane.

Got me thinking that at this point in our MBB season this team needs a monster case of tude.  Aptitude, attitude, altitude, and a big dose of fortitude.

Lets start with aptitude.  For whatever reason, it seems our team just isn't getting it.  Players out of position on offense and defense and "blanking" on where they should be.  The translation from practice to the game plan on the court gets lost.  The stat sheets against D1 opponents are not pretty if you dare to peruse.  

Let talk about attitude.  We all can use a reboot here.  As fans, we were feeling upbeat over the magnitude of improvement last season.  Now it's morphed into definite incertitude.  Doubt...

The coaches and players now face a stark season outcome and a real test of character.  Can they answer the call?  I say take the attitude of we've got nothing to lose and just play basketball.  Coaches might look at the stale pieces of our play and maybe take some risk with the "process" by trying some of the talent on our bench.

The altitude piece is evident.  We don't have enough bigs to stop the conga line into the middle.   It's hard to ask your smaller guys to play "big" when your bigs are playing small.  Out rebounded by an average of 10 per game so far in the WCC, our shots our getting rejected by a 3:1 margin.  

The last is fortitude.  Some toughness.  We've been pushed around by better teams like USC and the Zags, but we've also lost five games where we were either in the lead or close in the final minutes.  Teams have imposed their will on us; one game making their last 14 shots and another their last 7 of 8 to finish us off.   

We need all the "tudes" to right the ship over the next 16 games. 

If we can finish at .500 in the WCC, it will show we have a great plentitude of tudes.   It will vanquish the streak of ineptitude and for season ticket holders, fans, and alums, allow us to express some real gratitude!

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