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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: November 17, 2017, 8:11 pm
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Another blown opportunity. Persons killed us; our interior
defense was extremely poor. Our FT shooting was extremely poor
when we lost the lead-I think Saintel missed 5 in a row at one
point, Sturdivant missed 2 in a row, and Yeboah hit only 1 of 3
after getting fouled behind the arc. And lastly, we committed
way too many fouls in both halves. Growing pains, but definitely
a blown opportunity.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: November 17, 2017, 8:17 pm
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Turnovers, free throws missed just poor second half shooting .
Choked again . This team has no energy they just want to chuck
a 3
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: November 17, 2017, 8:21 pm
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Very disappointing loss. Tyrell 9 points from 3 of 4 from
downtown. Which is nice. But not much contribution in the paint.
If our main big guy has poor game offensively and defensively in
the paint, those 3 pointers not going to mask the poor game. We
have slashers and guards but really missing interior game to
compliment guard play.
Both UConn and this game we had lead but couldn't hold on to it.
Lack of concentration, silly turnovers, settling for poor jump
shots, FT shooting, poor passing too many things to work on by
the time conference schedule starts.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: laxnation
Date: November 17, 2017, 8:37 pm
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It's amazing how much Woodhouse meant to this team last season.
This season, the team is a joke unless some of the new players
set up.
It's early, but McKenzie does not belong at this level - he is
more a D2 or D3 player. Sturdivant is an absolute head case and
coach needs to instill some reality about his limits.
Over the last 8 years, this team easily has the lowest bb IQ.
Hopefully, some of the newbies step up.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 17, 2017, 10:12 pm
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you guys all sound like me now. threes all the time. and never
can shoot over 40%. what has it got us in the past? a win at
washington? third place in the AE tourney? a CBI invitation???
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: November 17, 2017, 10:32 pm
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I thought we'd enter the Brown game at 0-4, but to have two
games slip out of our hands like they have, it's disappointing.
Either would have been a real nice road win.
Just 10 minutes from McKenzie. I think it's a one-off, but
Almonacy played well in an extended role. Still within striking
distance late and with Almonacy having four fouls, Boals opted
to bring in Olaniyi rather than Mac, leaving Iroegbu at the
point. I don't think it's a situation where Almonacy challenges
for 30 minutes a game at the 1, but I wonder if we can expect
Cornish to vie for the starting job in Mac's place. I still have
liked what I've seen from him; just a lot of foul trouble for
him and he had no chance marking Persons.
Another case where the best player on the floor by a wide margin
played for the other team. Persons did what he wanted to and was
real polished. His experience showed against Olaniyi, and BSU
could give him the ball and cut him loose. We just don't have
that guy.
Jake's showed a nice little jump hook in the early going.
I'm ultimately OK with the threes – maybe a few too many but
we're going to have to count on them. They've fueled some of our
runs but also killed us in a few instances.
18 turnovers.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: steveoh
Date: November 18, 2017, 12:54 am
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Here's what I've seen from what I've watched so far:
1. With a freshman point guard, we've been at the wrong end of a
mismatch at that position - and that's not McKenzie's fault!
He's just a frosh, and we've played Maryland, UConn and Ball
State. But right now, it's throwing everything off, especially
at the end of games. This'll work itself out with McKenzie's
improvement and experience (and maybe Cornish's return), plus
the fact that we don't have many players the caliber or Cowan,
Adams and Persons to deal with during the rest of the season.
I'm not worried about it.
2. I am worried about Sturvidant's shot selection. It's not just
the threes. He's hitting them well enough, so keep shooting. My
problem is that it's only threes. We need him down low. He's
not asserting himself, and we all know he can.
3. Boals is still figuring out the rotations. He'll get there.
When is Garcia coming back?
But here's the long view: We have a young team at the America
East level, and we just hung tough with Maryland for a half,
UConn for 37 minutes and Ball State (with a great player in
Persons) for 35 minutes. Yes, it would have been great to have
pulled one of these games out, but honestly, we should be 0-3
right now, with 0-4 looming. The results are disappointing. The
process, however, is uplifting and optimistic.
Keep at it, team. Great job, Coach.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: November 18, 2017, 2:20 am
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I have no problem starting 0-3, 0-4, or 0-whatever. We have
literally nothing to lose with these games. If we win them, they
build the case for a potential at-large bid to the tournament
and/or higher seed if it ever came to that. If we lose them,
then we just have to win the auto-bid to the tourney like we
would have anyway. Only this time we'll have been battle-tested
and prepared for the AE because we played against teams in the
non-conference stronger than anyone we'll face in the AE (even
Vermont).
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: November 18, 2017, 7:26 am
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--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
>
> you guys all sound like me now. threes all the time. and
never can shoot over 40%. what has it got us in the past? a
win at washington? third place in the AE tourney? a CBI
invitation???
>
--- End Quote ---
One thing we all have to remember: Shooting 33% from 3-land is
equivalent in points to shooting 50% from 2, given the same # of
shots. We're shooting 35.7% from 3, through our first 3 games,
so we're OK in that department. I personally question some of
the 3-point attempts; namely, Sturdivant in the first 2 games,
despite his 3-3 last night. Our free throws killed us last
night. Our inability to contain Persons killed us last night.
Our committing of fouls killed us last night. Our inability to
finish killed us last night. All a work in progress, but losing
games where your are winning most of the game, creates
self-doubt which can only hurt this team moving forward.
Tomorrow will be a beat down any way you slice it, but the ship
needs to be righted in these areas moving forward. Rough OOC
schedule, no doubt, but IMO we should be 2-1 right now.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: November 18, 2017, 10:47 am
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I agree at 2-1 in this early part of the season. We don't
have a solid go to guy at this point to carry the team for
several minutes. All the way back to Tommy Brenton and Brian
Dougher then Warney and last year Woodhouse these guys could
score and defend the basket . The turnovers , fouls and just
lack of real energy killed us. Michigan St will destroy us
early then let us catch up to make it respectable that's Izzo .
We still lose by 20 .
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