Hayes said the Spartans have won the four-team tournament three years in a row, and they should have won this year as well, but instead SJSU struggled to beat Stanford and then lost to Palmer in an overtime shootout. We let them have it. A lack of drive and desire on our part. We let them take this game from us. Hayes said while the team has a lot of skilled players, it lacks chemistry, and that is one thing he hopes will be addressed during the postseason.
Nobody knows why.
We knew we were better than this, but couldn't perform to our expectations. The game stopped being fun. It sucked, and it was a hard wound to close. We got into a rut, guys started screaming at each other, and all the little things fell apart, which led to the big things breaking down. Even if one guy on this team stepped up, it wouldn't have been enough to get past this cloud of confusion surrounding our team.