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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #45 on: January 26, 2019, 08:58:24 pm »
otch fouls out with 5:00 left.

this is the third time (20 games) i've seen big jeff line up for a foul shot after he fouled out.  which tells me he really doesnt know how many fouls he has. 
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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2019, 09:13:26 pm »
cats eat dogs.  terrible perimeter shooting tonight. 

they worked us tonight- on the road, without their best player. 

nice game vermont.   
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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #47 on: January 26, 2019, 09:26:27 pm »
I am absolutely furious.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #48 on: January 26, 2019, 09:29:26 pm »
I am absolutely furious.

I still don't know what the hell happened out there tonight.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #49 on: January 26, 2019, 09:40:21 pm »
I've long said that this team needed a wake-up call. I guess going down 18 against Maine didn't do it. I guess barely squeaking by winless Albany didn't do it. A loss would be the absolutely worst way to do it, but if nothing comes from this, I genuinely have a lot to question about this team.
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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #50 on: January 26, 2019, 10:15:00 pm »
I expected this tonight.  We were struggling with the bottom of the conference  so meeting a class team like Vermont  just leveled  us.  Now UMBC and Hartford on the horizon . We could lose both of those very easily. 

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #51 on: January 26, 2019, 10:24:35 pm »
Just got home; haven't read everyone's comments yet.

We got totally outplayed by a well-coached team.  Their athletes aren't nearly as athletic as us, but their ability to run offensive sets, move the ball around, set picks and screens, and shoot, are just much better than we are able to.  Ernie Duncan is a really good ball player, and seeing him live makes you appreciate all he can do - not only shoot, but he is strong, passes well, and has great court vision.  Their defense did shut us down, but again, as in the past 4-5 games, we failed to move the ball around, set enough screens, drive to the hoop, and get decent shots.  We forced so much again.

Cornish clearly had the worst game of his career.  He took a giant step backwards today, as he looked like the Cornish of last year.  And kudos to Coach Becker; he gave Cornish the 3-ball all night, and Cornish fell for it, hook line and sinker.  Also, just totally out of control all night.  I legitimately knew 2 minutes into the game that his body language was horrible, and he was going to have one of those games. Elijah had a very poor game as well.

Not because we lost, but I think I have NEVER not enjoyed a basketball game as much as tonight.  The incessant foul calling on both sides was just horrendous, and the refs were out of control with their calls.  This wasn't a basketball game in my eyes, it was a foul shooting contest.  2 minutes in when the refs spent 5 minutes debating whether Vermont was to get a new shot clock or not, told the whole story with the refs.  Just too bad that early foul trouble for our key guys dictated the rest of the game.

Maybe this game is a wake-up call, as we gave home court advantage right back to them.  Despite winning 7-in-a-row, we haven't been playing the best basketball, and fighting from behind tonight, finally caught up to us.

Need to detox after this game, and pick it up again next week.
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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #52 on: January 26, 2019, 10:29:02 pm »
I've long said that this team needed a wake-up call. I guess going down 18 against Maine didn't do it. I guess barely squeaking by winless Albany didn't do it. A loss would be the absolutely worst way to do it, but if nothing comes from this, I genuinely have a lot to question about this team.

Green, I hope there are more students who are absolutely furious. Because it looked and sounded to me like the students were absolutely indifferent to the result of this game. When/where I went to school, the students were the backbone to a homecourt advantage. That is not the case at the Fed, or at least it wasn’t tonight. We filled the seats but as somebody said, it was like a morgue. We miss that football player who used to go bananas during every media timeout.

But it would obviously be silly to blame the fans for this one. Vermont flatout took it to us - a very impressive dismantling in our place without their leader. How about a 22-4 run before halftime, you go into the second hoping to make a charge, and UVM effortlessly tacks on seven more in the first minutes after intermission.

Nothing came easy for us - contested twos, contested (and forced) threes, very few second chances. Latimer looked like he might go for 25 early but then went quiet. Yeboah never got out of the gate. But what’s most telling to me are the shots from Cornish - seven shots, all threes. Robin Duncan sagged way off Cornish and McKenzie, and was more than willing to give them the perimeter look. Why wouldn’t they? As a result, Cornish got nothing going to the rim, and the few transition opportunities seemed to turn into the ball being poked away. Just a frustrating night offensively. We can outwork the low-end teams in conference but Vermont’s too well coached for that.

On the defensive end, how many times did we see the Duncans back our guys down? Robin did it every time he had the ball. He’d draw the double team and dish the open man - it didn’t always go in (UVM didn’t even shoot that well) but the looks were good. I thought that UVM was much more physical, chased down the loose balls, and got higher quality shots than us all night.

The fouls were killer and made for a miserable night as a fan. Both teams were in the bonus with 13 minutes left in the game.

D’Angelo Russell in the house though. It was pretty neat seeing the Cotton Eyed Joe kids mob him after their dance ended.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #53 on: January 26, 2019, 10:34:32 pm »
I'd like to see Garcia starting and getting over 25 minutes a game. He's shooting close to 50% and gets to the line. (Maybe flip-flop his minutes with Olaniyi, who would be the first person off the bench?)

Also, I think I saw Latimer bringing up the ball a few times at the end. I wonder if we will see him at the point anytime this year.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #54 on: January 27, 2019, 01:25:06 am »
I'd like to see Garcia starting and getting over 25 minutes a game. He's shooting close to 50% and gets to the line. (Maybe flip-flop his minutes with Olaniyi, who would be the first person off the bench?)

Also, I think I saw Latimer bringing up the ball a few times at the end. I wonder if we will see him at the point anytime this year.

I like getting Garcia more minutes. Olaniyi has been struggling as of late. Additionally, I think we should utilize our small lineup more often too. We seemed to do fairly well with it. Especially if Big Jeff is going to continue to get into foul trouble and Ochefu still appears to have vanished off the face of the earth.

Myles at PG would be something to play around with for next year. Though I honestly think we should really work the transfer market for that.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #55 on: January 27, 2019, 07:28:55 am »
Score outcome aside, the number of fouls being called in the college game in general and last night in particular removes the entertainment value of the games. I watched parts of it streamed but it was like watching paint dry. I can’t imagine spending money or taking time out to attend a foul shooting contest. The NCAA has to fix what it broke.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #56 on: January 27, 2019, 08:00:15 am »
Score outcome aside, the number of fouls being called in the college game in general and last night in particular removes the entertainment value of the games. I watched parts of it streamed but it was like watching paint dry. I can’t imagine spending money or taking time out to attend a foul shooting contest. The NCAA has to fix what it broke.

The worst officiating team in all my years watching this team. people were leaving the game 10 minutes into the 2nd half because of all the bad fouls being called by the refs.

With that being said. Any game plan this team had in place all went out the window and it became a free for all. SB looked totally lost on the court. But, you would have to be Ray Charles not to see this coming. I feel as if SB peaked way too soon and we are now going to lose going into the 2nd half of conference play..

UMBC game could be another dud.
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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #57 on: January 27, 2019, 10:32:50 am »
I’m just going to leave this right here.

In 6 America East games this season, McKenzie has a total of 8 points and 7 assists.

Since being praised by many on this Board after the Binghamton game, Christie has a total of 0 points and 0 rebounds in 4 games.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #58 on: January 27, 2019, 12:33:09 pm »
Ugly game to watch. The team had no flow- Vermont has much better team chemistry- they moved the ball extremely well and we were just chucking up horrible 3s for the most part. It's hard for us to win when Cornish is that bad. I hate badmouthing our players but there is a massive drop off from Cornish to McKenzie. I don't know why Ochefu isn't getting more minutes when Otchere is in foul trouble.

The biggest thing that concerns me is Olaniyi's dropoff this year. Some of it is related to Latimer taking an immediately big role but Elijah has not been as good as he was last year. Hopefully he turns it around soon. This team is super young and I knew there would be growing pains but we need to use February to round into form.

Good crowd though- still have a chance to get home court if we take care of business the rest of the way. In my opinion, finishing in the top 2 would be fine.

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Re: Game 21: vs. Vermont 1/26 7pm
« Reply #59 on: January 27, 2019, 01:45:33 pm »
The school seems to be pimping the fact that D’Angelo Russell was at the game, I don’t blame them. Hoping DLo can do some promotion