Bruce Weber looked like a basketball coach who knew his team’s NCAA Tournament hopes, and possibly his job, might be on the line Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Weber displayed much more passion than usual while he paced the sideline, yelling at players to exert maximum energy and coming so far onto the court at times he earned a warning from officials to stay in his coaching box.
At one point, he shouted the following message to his team: "Want to make the tournament? You have to play your (butts) off.”
The extra energy and emotion didn’t have the desired effect.