FU @ Auburn - Dec. 5
I was expecting Beeker to play a little with all the inside foul trouble
We missed 4 or 5 point blank shots in the last 3 minutes too. Just so many missed opportunities. Unforced turnovers, can't get the ball inbounds, but stiil had a great opportunity to win. We really had a chance to blow the game open in the second half but kept shooting ourselves in the foot. Great effort and I hate it for the team and coaches. Could have been our Villanova win for the year. I do feel much better tonight than I did after Monday's game. Need to win the next 3.purplehorse wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:37 pmProud of the team. Most everybody contributed. Should help us down the road. I will take it as a moral victory.
Slawson 0-0 shooting and 1 rebound. I would start Bothwell. Slawson for whatever reason is underperforming right now.
May be the worst call I have ever seen. Why have replay if you are not going to get an OBVIOUS call correct.
Two missed late FT in regulation by two good FT shooters (Mounce and Gurley). Otherwise we win.
Foul trouble of course hurt. Mounce has got to be smarter on his 4th foul.
Great effort by Furman. Proud of the Dins.
Just returned from the game. Loud crowd and enjoyable game. My thoughts:
1. Furman played their butts off.
2. We made the calculated decision to try and attack Auburn's big #50. Both of our bigs (Gurley and Mounce) gave up a lot of size to him, but they were both much faster than he was. They could get shots off, but he was just sucking up every rebound.
3. Jordan Lyons was blanketed by Auburn's best player all night. They were going to force someone other than him to beat them.
4. I don't know how long it was, but I feel like Mounce played 20 minutes with four fouls. You could tell he was gassed and kept battling out there.
5. The foul issues and lack of another big man was the primary problem. Auburn started to get on a run because they knew Gurley and Mounce had to play reserved with 4 fouls.
6. I am almost positive I saw that ball deflect off an Auburn player from 50 yards away. I was sitting right behind the pass. The flight of the ball changed.
7. Couldn't be prouder of the team. They played short handed against a really good team in a tough venue and gave them everything they could stand. I thought we had it there for a minute.
1. Furman played their butts off.
2. We made the calculated decision to try and attack Auburn's big #50. Both of our bigs (Gurley and Mounce) gave up a lot of size to him, but they were both much faster than he was. They could get shots off, but he was just sucking up every rebound.
3. Jordan Lyons was blanketed by Auburn's best player all night. They were going to force someone other than him to beat them.
4. I don't know how long it was, but I feel like Mounce played 20 minutes with four fouls. You could tell he was gassed and kept battling out there.
5. The foul issues and lack of another big man was the primary problem. Auburn started to get on a run because they knew Gurley and Mounce had to play reserved with 4 fouls.
6. I am almost positive I saw that ball deflect off an Auburn player from 50 yards away. I was sitting right behind the pass. The flight of the ball changed.
7. Couldn't be prouder of the team. They played short handed against a really good team in a tough venue and gave them everything they could stand. I thought we had it there for a minute.
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SVP VERY complimentary of the Paladins' effort on SportsCenter: "Furman went down to The Plains and played GREAT against Auburn, tonight ...". Regarding the tip: "That's a tough, tough call against Furman (sidekick "Stanford" Steve Coughlin muttering 'uh mmm, mmm'); again, played very, very well. Could've gotten the victory."
Good press, great effort, my heart still aches for the guys.
Good press, great effort, my heart still aches for the guys.
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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl's postgame briefing:
@ 0:24 - "I got out-coached tonight."
@4:35 - "Look, it took a couple of guys playing really well to win that game, now. Look, that team did beat Villanova, last year. They did lose by five at Tennessee ... and nobody wants to play 'em. I'm just telling' ya."
@ 0:24 - "I got out-coached tonight."
@4:35 - "Look, it took a couple of guys playing really well to win that game, now. Look, that team did beat Villanova, last year. They did lose by five at Tennessee ... and nobody wants to play 'em. I'm just telling' ya."
Tweet from Brooks Childress (Auburn's Dan Scott):
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Funny reading the Auburn board. They think the refs were against them. https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/1 ... /#comments
The Auburn fans were giving that ref crew the business all evening. At times, the booing was louder than the cheering.gman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:45 amFunny reading the Auburn board. They think the refs were against them. https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/1 ... /#comments
I think both sides where dissatisfied with the refereeing last night. As I told the Auburn fans around me, there was zero chance that that an SEC crew, reffing an SEC team, on an SEC court was somehow in the bag for Furman.
Pugh doesn't need more inspiration. What he needs is more playing time. He is the best pure shooter we have.tya1 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:42 pmProud of the effort tonight. A few tough calls went against us but that wasn't the deciding factor. We just didn't make the one or two plays on offense that we needed to make.
We need to play a little smarter on defense. We picked up a few unnecessary fouls by reaching that just weren't smart.
I hope this is a game that inspires Pugh. If he can play like this on a regular basis that would be huge for the season. We really need some scoring punch off the bench.
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Agree we need another (a) big body in the rotation. Don't know why Pugh was on the bench after his successful 1st Half. Refs were pathetic. Auburn over the top/on our backs all night. Lyons was absent on offense and his man blew by him defensively several times. When the shot's not going, gotta find other ways to contribute. GREAT effort in a next to impossible environment. Go Dins.
I don't think Lyons was absent. He was blanketed by Samir Doughty all afternoon.furmandad wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:11 amAgree we need another (a) big body in the rotation. Don't know why Pugh was on the bench after his successful 1st Half. Refs were pathetic. Auburn over the top/on our backs all night. Lyons was absent on offense and his man blew by him defensively several times. When the shot's not going, gotta find other ways to contribute. GREAT effort in a next to impossible environment. Go Dins.
It was clear that Auburn was not going to let Lyons get looks at the basket.
We definitely missed Beeker. I think we ended the game with 5 guards on the floor.
They are clueless, fouls were one-sided the entire nightgman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:45 amFunny reading the Auburn board. They think the refs were against them. https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/1 ... /#comments
They should come up to play us in the Well next year, we will get a big crowd and blow them the heck out
It's an absolute shame we couldn't finish that one off. The P5 team going 4-25 from 3 is a great recipe for an upset. Bothwell is incredibly clutch. That's multiple games this year that I can remember where he has no problem taking over down the stretch. I know we need scorers off the bench, but we need to get him in the starting lineup. Slawson had 5 fouls in 8 minutes, which is stunning. I think that's the switch I would make and go with a 3 G, 2 F starting lineup for now. Pugh obviously deserves a ton more minutes. I feel much better about our season goals if we even have an 8-man rotation and not 7. Lyons is still way off from 3, but I was pleased to see him drive more and pass up 3's I think he would have taken last year or even earlier this year. Gurley is a beast. Mounce with a Rafferty-like performance (14p, 6r, 1a, 1b, 4s). When's the last time we had 3 players foul out in a game? The reffing was a joke, the last one on Gurley was outrageous. This one will sting for a while. Really hoping we can win the next 5 and enter a monster game at home against ETSU Jan. 4 at 12-3.
