In Reply to: there is a posted by barrya on January 04, 2026 at 06:54:27
was concerned. While watching the game, first half in particular, both my wife and I agreed that the Bruin players looked especially "tight" and were rushing pretty much everything. The team just looked a bit out of sync. Those types of things are are what rust looks like. Rust isn't always physical though as much of it is mental causing hesitation in decisions and poor decisions that result in turnovers. Confidence can be affected too as things go South.
But adjusting the offensive strategy (more Dent and pick and roll out front) and snapping out of it in the second half should help the Bruins going forward if they can carry that type of effort over into the Wisconsin game. Without Clark though, it will be much tougher when losing the defensive presence and the great three point shooting he brings to the court. If his problem is a serious hamstring problem (Cronin mentioned potential hamstring strain), that will take some time to heal.