Our posts, it appeared to me, never learned how to create some separation to get an open shot. They had one move that worked when they got to their spot but didn’t get to their spot and got a good pass consistently. They didn’t have a second move when their first move was stopped. They consistently lost the ball when they tried to dribble to their spot. The posts from ndsu and sdsu seemed more fluid and had good length and were able to adapt better to the defense.
Just my humble opinions.
I should add that I think our posts had the potential to be better - just never learned the footwork and I do think this could be taught and learned.