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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: February 21, 2019, 9:31 pm
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better look out for Maine they are hungry right now for a win.
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Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 21, 2019, 9:46 pm
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The performance at the line was abysmal as we all know. I feel
like it was in Garcia’s head after a few misses.
Still, we shot it so poorly from deep. In this day and age, it’s
tough to win making just five threes. Even though they’ve been
better, I cringe every time Cornish and Olaniyi put it up. I
just don’t see them as pure shooters. Akwasi was 3 for 5, the
rest of the team was 2 for 17 and one of those was Mac!
Meanwhile, it was Healy first and then Rizzuto. They can both
really shoot it ... and they’re both freshmen BTW #gulp
We shot it better than Vermont did though! Hope they go 4 for 24
against us.
As I said in a previous post, this just felt like a game where
we had to ride Akwasi. He clearly had the hot hand, and pretty
much did what he wanted to. There were so many times where he
was trailing on the break and Campbell knew to pick him up just
past the arc. Still we had scramble situations and breaks where
he spotted up and didn’t get the ball, sharing his frustration
with a teammate afterward.
We won the turnover battle but it felt like all 11 of our
turnovers were just total gut punches. McKenzie on the break,
fires a bullet to a streaking Moor (I think) and he can’t catch
it, offensive rebound by Yeboah and his pass goes through the
legs of Latimer, Christie on the block and he turns it over,
Otchere gets the offensive board under the hoop and has it
slapped out of his hands. Turnovers are going to happen but they
just felt like these horribly squandered opportunities.
Meanwhile, I thought we came with the halfcourt 1-2-2 press too
late.
In addition to the turnovers in close, I wonder what our
shooting percentage was on second chance opportunities in the
paint. I feel like we forced a lot of shots in there rather than
resetting, and they just didn’t go down.
While we have a quick turnaround, Maine’s been off for a week.
Gotta rally.
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 21, 2019, 9:59 pm
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Although we have slipped to 3rd in the conference, and it will
be difficult to finish 2nd, here’s an interesting scenario: if
we run the table from here (4-0) we get the #1 seed, by virtue
of a tie-breaker with UVM on head-to-Head record vs UMBC. If UVM
had won tonight, we’d lose all tie-breakers with uvm.
Anyone believe in miracles?
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 21, 2019, 10:13 pm
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March is coming up. Maddening things happen in March! I
believe!!
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 22, 2019, 7:31 am
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--- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
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>
> Still, we shot it so poorly from deep. In this day and age,
it’s tough to win making just five threes. Even though they’ve
been better, I cringe every time Cornish and Olaniyi put it up.
I just don’t see them as pure shooters. Akwasi was 3 for 5, the
rest of the team was 2 for 17 and one of those was Mac!
Meanwhile, it was Healy first and then Rizzuto. They can both
really shoot it ... and they’re both freshmen BTW #gulp
>
>
>
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different year; same story.
though i will admit early in this year when we were on a streak-
we kept threes to a minimum. under 25 a game and hit about 1/3.
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 22, 2019, 8:19 am
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I'm with you guys; I cringe on some of the 3's taken out of
rhythm, and by the "wrong" shooters. And it bothers me quite a
bit, BUT.............
Here's the mathematics of it:
- 33.3% from beyond the arc, is equivalent in points to hitting
50% from 2-point field goal range. Rick Pitino used to preach
this all the time;
- To date, our overall FG % is 41.9% (correct me if I'm wrong,
but I believe this # is inclusive of 3's);
- To date, our overall 3-point FG % is 32.4%, which is
equivalent point-wise to hitting 48.6% from 2 point FG range,
which I think any of us
would take in a heartbeat;
So, given that argument, are we wrong to complain about this
barrage of 3's taken????????????????
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 22, 2019, 8:24 am
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what game have we won- that has any actual value- by taking
threes?
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 22, 2019, 9:09 am
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--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
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> what game have we won- that has any actual value- by taking
threes?
>
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That's a tough one - we've had a few games this year where we've
shot the ball from 3 well, but definitely more the exception
than the rule. I'm with you, but just trying to provide the
counter-argument, since the college game has been moving more
and more to the 3 ball.
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 22, 2019, 9:12 am
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it has. back to the basket and sky/baby hooks are no longer.
kids want to make highlight reels, get rich quick on 3s. some
even take what is a long NBA three.
it wasnt so much an issue when warney grabbed the boards and
provided a second chance 5x per game.
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Re: Game 27: vs. Albany 2/21 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 22, 2019, 9:27 am
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--- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
>
> it has. back to the basket and sky/baby hooks are no longer.
kids want to make highlight reels, get rich quick on 3s. some
even take what is a long NBA three.
>
> it wasnt so much an issue when warney grabbed the boards and
provided a second chance 5x per game.
>
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What I find strange is how the numbers for our three best
shooters have fallen off a cliff since we started conference
play.
Non-conference
Latimer: 32 for 74 (.432)
Garcia: 17 for 42 (.405)
Yeboah: 30 for 85 (.353)
Conference
Latimer: 20 for 63 (.317)
Garcia: 4 for 27 (.148)
Yeboah: 20 for 82 (.247)
As a team, we shot 36 percent from three in OOC games, and are a
conference-worst 28 percent since.
You still need to space the floor and knock down these shots,
but this downward trend is discouraging. It's a miracle we're
9-3.
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