re: Mickey and Martin combine for 44 and 23 and continue to get bashed

I didn't read the whole thread and I don't know who is bashing whom…what I do know is that if this team does not commit to being a better defensive team for 40 minutes, then this season will not have a happy ending. Other teams get WAY too many easy baskets close to the goal. A lot of it is due to guards penetrating, some of it is due to our bigs being "out-physicaled". Stretches of bad defense has bitten this team in the arse a couple of times (Texas A&M and Missouri) and has come close to doing so a couple of other times (Vandy, Georgia). I don't see this team having the mindset of "nobody is getting to the rim on us, no matter what"…and it is disturbing. The guys need to take more pride in defending.