Awful loss at WKU

Well, we got absolutely humiliated at Western Kentucky last night. Actually, we played very well in the first half and were up by two at the break, but the wheels fell off in the second half. Diddle is a hard place to visit, and they have large and enthusiastic crowds there, so it was no surprise that we lost – we were picked to lose by 10 to 13 points. However, we just absolutely fell apart in the second half. Couldn’t do anything right, and WKU did very little wrong. We did out-rebound them, barely, and shot free throws well; outside of that, it was a LONG night. Oh well, we won’t play that badly most nights, and WKU has made a lot of folks look bad, so it’s not the end of the world. I don’t mind losing to a better team, even losing badly, but I hate to see the team play badly. I listened to the game on the radio, and we had a fill-in announcer (not Ray Tucker, our regular); and at one point he commented that the Trojans just seemed “disinterested” in the game. That won’t get it! If you lose, lose with pride. We’ve got to do better than that!