Furman @ Citadel (Feb. 15th 7pm)
Why do some of you guys only show up when we lose?
Last edited by FU Hoopla on Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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It was 8 games not 9 but point taken. Just afraid this demoralizing loss will carry over like last year. It will be up to the coaching staff to have them ready and realize this loss doesn’t end the quest for a regular season title. The next 3 games will determine that. Unusual results are more common in basketball than any other sport. Top 10 Virginia won by 3 at 3-23 Louisville tonight. Congrats to the Citadel but I would rather be in our shoes than theirs. They have zero chance of winning the tournament, FU has at least a chance.
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apaladin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:57 pmIt was 8 games not 9 but point taken. Just afraid this demoralizing loss will carry over like last year. It will be up to the coaching staff to have them ready and realize this loss doesn’t end the quest for a regular season title. The next 3 games will determine that. Unusual results are more common in basketball than any other sport. Top 10 Virginia won by 3 at 3-23 Louisville tonight. Congrats to the Citadel but I would rather be in our shoes than theirs. They have zero chance of winning the tournament, FU has at least a chance.
3 wins to a regular season title........
Then 3 more wins to a tourney title...............
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Agree AP, basketball is an unpredictable game. Like everyone else I thought we would win this game by 20-25 points. But Citadel showed me something tonight. If they play like this, they will win more than 1 game in the SoCon tournament. They only lost to Sammy at Sammy by 6.
We got off to a good start on offense but the D in the first half was terrible. They drove down inside every play and got right to the rim and just layed it in over and over. That's nothing but lack of effort and no help on D on our part. I thought after about 6 minutes of that BR should have called a TO and chewed some ass big time, including the stars.
Maybe even bench a few players to set the tone.
The D was better in the second half, we started getting some stops. But then our execution on O went bad. Players started trying to do it all by themselves instead of trusting teammates.
When you drive into the lane and get stopped and there's three guys on you, guess what, the other two are open. Find them damn it. Shots not falling on the road is nothing new. Good teams win anyway.
I know you can't play great every game but gosh it pisses me off to lose to the second worse team in the league.
Opponents have figured out the way to beat Furman is to sag on D with lot's of help especially on Slaw and Both, and make us shoot 3's. When we're hitting they get blown out, when we're not they have a chance. That's what VMI tried to do unsuccessfully and a couple other team's too.
Time to regroup. We can still win our last 3 games and we can still win the SoCon Tourney.
We got off to a good start on offense but the D in the first half was terrible. They drove down inside every play and got right to the rim and just layed it in over and over. That's nothing but lack of effort and no help on D on our part. I thought after about 6 minutes of that BR should have called a TO and chewed some ass big time, including the stars.
Maybe even bench a few players to set the tone.
The D was better in the second half, we started getting some stops. But then our execution on O went bad. Players started trying to do it all by themselves instead of trusting teammates.
When you drive into the lane and get stopped and there's three guys on you, guess what, the other two are open. Find them damn it. Shots not falling on the road is nothing new. Good teams win anyway.
I know you can't play great every game but gosh it pisses me off to lose to the second worse team in the league.
Opponents have figured out the way to beat Furman is to sag on D with lot's of help especially on Slaw and Both, and make us shoot 3's. When we're hitting they get blown out, when we're not they have a chance. That's what VMI tried to do unsuccessfully and a couple other team's too.
Time to regroup. We can still win our last 3 games and we can still win the SoCon Tourney.
Last edited by FurmAlum on Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It was a team loss for sure. Too many missed open shots, too many turnovers, too much dribbling, too many missed free throws, etc.
We likewise gave Citadel too many easy shots around the basket, and did not play good defense.
Despite all of that, we probably win the game if not for the, IMO , the bad charging call against Bothwell.
IMO, we need to feel the pain, learn from it, and move forward. We still control our own destiny.
GO DINS
We likewise gave Citadel too many easy shots around the basket, and did not play good defense.
Despite all of that, we probably win the game if not for the, IMO , the bad charging call against Bothwell.
IMO, we need to feel the pain, learn from it, and move forward. We still control our own destiny.
GO DINS
Speaking of Bothwell, I wonder if he was sick or something. Only took 5 shots the whole game(2-5, 6 points). Very unusual. Prolly not going to win many with MB and MF scoring 6 each,
Then at least 1 more after that………………..FU Hoopla wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:09 pmapaladin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:57 pmIt was 8 games not 9 but point taken. Just afraid this demoralizing loss will carry over like last year. It will be up to the coaching staff to have them ready and realize this loss doesn’t end the quest for a regular season title. The next 3 games will determine that. Unusual results are more common in basketball than any other sport. Top 10 Virginia won by 3 at 3-23 Louisville tonight. Congrats to the Citadel but I would rather be in our shoes than theirs. They have zero chance of winning the tournament, FU has at least a chance.
3 wins to a regular season title........
Then 3 more wins to a tourney title...............
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As I said, we can also still win at least 1 more AFTER we win the SoCon Tournament.FurmAlum wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:32 pmAgree AP, basketball is an unpredictable game. Like everyone else I thought we would win this game by 20-25 points. But Citadel showed me something tonight. If they play like this, they will win more than 1 game in the SoCon tournament. They only lost to Sammy at Sammy by 6.
We got off to a good start on offense but the D in the first half was terrible. They drove down inside every play and got right to the rim and just layed it in over and over. That's nothing but lack of effort and no help on D on our part. I thought after about 6 minutes of that BR should have called a TO and chewed some ass big time, including the stars.
Maybe even bench a few players to set the tone.
The D was better in the second half, we started getting some stops. But then our execution on O went bad. Players started trying to do it all by themselves instead of trusting teammates.
When you drive into the lane and get stopped and there's three guys on you, guess what, the other two are open. Find them damn it. Shots not falling on the road is nothing new. Good teams win anyway.
I know you can't play great every game but gosh it pisses me off to lose to the second worse team in the league.
Opponents have figured out the way to beat Furman is to sag on D with lot's of help especially on Slaw and Both, and make us shoot 3's. When we're hitting they get blown out, when we're not they have a chance. That's what VMI tried to do unsuccessfully and a couple other team's too.
Time to regroup. We can still win our last 3 games and we can still win the SoCon Tourney.
We can lose 1, 2, or all 3 of our last 3 regular season games and STILL win the SoCon Tournament and STILL win 1 (or >1) game(s) in the NCAA Tournament. Some time along the way after March 6 we could begin getting labelled “a Cinderella” - not yet though. We are going to win on March 6.
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If we had to lose 1 game it is much better to lose to a team w a poor conference record to preserve tie breaks. Regular season champs and #1 seed both attainable.
If we win 1 game in the NCAA tourney why not 2? If 13 beats 4 they face 6 or 11. If 14 beats 3 they play 5 or 12.
If we win 1 game in the NCAA tourney why not 2? If 13 beats 4 they face 6 or 11. If 14 beats 3 they play 5 or 12.
thanks to sammy beating uncg wr still have a shot at reg season championship and 1 seed.perhaps the loss will be a wakeup call and not a blueprint for other teams to beat us.the one seed is critical for the tourny assuming 1.2 and 3 all make the semis.there are 3 really good teams in the conference.to win the tourny a 2 or 3 seed needs to beat both the other two to win it ,whereas the one seed only has to beat one of the other 2.
let's regroup and work to reach our regular season and ncaa goals.
let's regroup and work to reach our regular season and ncaa goals.
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saltyshaker wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:59 amperhaps the loss will be a wakeup call and not a blueprint for other teams to beat us.
CBR & Asst's have gotta expect every FU opponent will now scrutinize film from last night. So we reverse engineer the Bulldog game-plan along the lines from FurmAlum, above:
Need a faster adjustment when we get lulled into playing in a coma.
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Most point to the defense but Citadel only scored 65 points. If you play the Citadel and hold them to 65 you should win every time. The offense is what cost us this game by scoring 20+ points below the average. Don’t be surprised if WC wins by double digits today in Charleston.