Loyola head coach G.G. Smith could often be seen with hands on hips and a quizzical look on his face. Smith grew bewildered watching the Greyhounds have to take hurried shots from long range after repeatedly allowing the shot clock to run all the way down.
Navy head coach Ed DeChellis was routinely spotted with head buried in hands or angrily gesturing toward one of his players while asking "what are you doing?" DeChellis was equally frustrated by his team's inability to execute on the offensive end.
An optimist would call it a defensive struggle. A realist would acknowledge it was just sloppy, ineffective offensive basketball.