['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

He came in after Bates drew his 4th foul and we were making a run. When he did, the offense bogged down. We managed to get to the line a couple times still but the offense was clearly not as crisp. Then he fired up a miss and shortly thereafter came back out.

I don't think they made a single FG during that period after they'd finally started with solid ball movement to get the game back within reach in the 5 minutes or so before that.

He wasn't THE problem -- I mean Robinson and Mitchell absolutely pooping on their shoes were most responsible for that. Grill was shortly behind those 2 but at least managed to protect the ball. Then Bates missing a couple bunnies when he got back in the game fully and finally killed it.

But I felt like the momentum swung back towards Drake when Bates came off the floor. It just seemed ot me like you had to ride it out with him at that point of the game. He's an experienced player - Gates should've trusted him to play smart and stay in the game rather than sit him down and interrupt the gameflow for both the offense writ large and for him specifically.

Bates left with 6:10 left and Mizzou down four. When he was off the floor, they cut it to one before Drake scored two straight buckets after Mitchell broke the FT steak.

I agree that he shouldn't have been taken out. I also don't understand why Perkins was pulled from the game with 13 minutes left, never to return. It's like Gates put the entire onus of the deficit on him, which I don't get given that he scored 7 points in 14 minutes. That is Jordan level output compared to what the leaders of the team provided.