Disaster? Really? You have to think of how good we are, compared to certain other years.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:53 pmRafferty is a damn good player
If we don't get some other guys besides him to step up their game this SoCon slate will continue to be a disaster
(12-9) Samford @ (16-4) Furman Jan. 26th
There’s a curse?DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:34 pmLooks like the old Furman Bball curse is slowly creeping its way into this season, 5-4 in SoCon stinks
Total choke job. There are one or two guys that are getting minutes that I can't understand. How do you have two back court violations in the last few minutes? Flagrant fouls? stepping on the end line? This team is showing a scary tendency to collapse at the end of the game. Not good.
I still think we have a really good team. Think we will slot into at least 4th place in league and should win a lot of games this year. Just tough to lose at home when holding a 10-point lead late. And tough knowing 20-plus wins and 4th in SoCon without a tourney title means team isn’t playing past early March.
What happened tonight doesn't happen to good teams
Just got home. Still stunned. That was an ugly last 3 minutes.
Game summary:
Pretty poor first half including 3 for 11 3’s. Won’t beat many So Conf teams shooting like that.
Great first 15 minutes of second half. We got the good lead when we hit 4 3’s in a row. Energetic crowd with great atmosphere.
Last 5 minutes-total meltdown like the 4th quarter against ETSU in football. Nothing went right.
Other thoughts:
Lyons had the ball go off his foot (he has dribbled off his foot several times this year), missed the front end of the one-and-one late (in and out-which would have put us up by 4 or 5) and stepped out of bounds on the last pass-in.
We had two ill-adviced corner 3’s late.
No defense after Lyon’s missed FT with under 20 seconds when we let guy drive for lay-up to cut lead to 1.
Wofford really does know how to win late and has several players who can hit the big “money” shot late. Furman, not so much.
Rafferty is a pleasure to watch. He deserved to win today. He amazes me.
Need to win home games!!!
Our first “bad” loss and possibly a critical one as far as tourney seeding.
Samford will be a tough “out” in the tournament for anybody. Furman will be also.
It is going to come down to tournament time anyway! Got to get mentally tougher and learn from this loss.
Pretty poor first half including 3 for 11 3’s. Won’t beat many So Conf teams shooting like that.
Great first 15 minutes of second half. We got the good lead when we hit 4 3’s in a row. Energetic crowd with great atmosphere.
Last 5 minutes-total meltdown like the 4th quarter against ETSU in football. Nothing went right.
Other thoughts:
Lyons had the ball go off his foot (he has dribbled off his foot several times this year), missed the front end of the one-and-one late (in and out-which would have put us up by 4 or 5) and stepped out of bounds on the last pass-in.
We had two ill-adviced corner 3’s late.
No defense after Lyon’s missed FT with under 20 seconds when we let guy drive for lay-up to cut lead to 1.
Wofford really does know how to win late and has several players who can hit the big “money” shot late. Furman, not so much.
Rafferty is a pleasure to watch. He deserved to win today. He amazes me.
Need to win home games!!!
Our first “bad” loss and possibly a critical one as far as tourney seeding.
Samford will be a tough “out” in the tournament for anybody. Furman will be also.
It is going to come down to tournament time anyway! Got to get mentally tougher and learn from this loss.
Really? You must not watch much basketball.
Up until tonites meltdown we won the games we were supposed to win, and lost the games we were supposed to lose. Except Villanova and Loyola. First game we lost we were supposed to win.
In a 30 game season even the best teams stub their toe and get upset, and yes, sometimes the wheels fall off.
This is a test, a wake up call . First loss that really stings. The other 4 losses were to very good teams on the road. This was at home to a 2-6 team. They say you learn more when you lose than when you win. Bob has a challenge to take the lessons from tonites game and apply them to make this team better down the stretch.
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This is a pretty good basketball team that had a great run early in the season and is now facing some adversity. Don’t quite get all the doom and gloom. There 4 or 5 teams fully capable of winning the tournament and Furman is one of them.This was a tough loss but I like our coaching staff and believe that they will get them back on track.
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Unless it’s a fast break, Rafferty should touch the ball every possession. Period.
Drowning my sorrows at Waffle House. Alone. My wife made me drop her off at home. I’m not very good company anyway.
Let’s hope the Tre Clark as back up point guard experiment is back on the shelf.
Can you believe we get 3 more years to watch Noah Gurley? Wow. Clay had a quiet but good night.
Hurt by foul trouble with Hunter and Clark. Not sure what to say about the last 4 minutes. Ouch. But I know this: it doesn’t mean we are not a good team. And doesn’t mean we can’t still have a very good finish. A real challenge though. We finish first half of SoCon at 5-4. We need to win 6 of 9 in this next round, to finish 11-7.
I love Furman basketball. The last 5 years we have gone from expecting to lose to expecting to win. That is huge. Hoping we can take that next step up.
Finally, someone said one or two are getting minutes when they shouldn’t. How would you change the line up? What players ought to be playing more and who plays less? Just curious.
Now leave me alone while I finish my hash browns.
Let’s hope the Tre Clark as back up point guard experiment is back on the shelf.
Can you believe we get 3 more years to watch Noah Gurley? Wow. Clay had a quiet but good night.
Hurt by foul trouble with Hunter and Clark. Not sure what to say about the last 4 minutes. Ouch. But I know this: it doesn’t mean we are not a good team. And doesn’t mean we can’t still have a very good finish. A real challenge though. We finish first half of SoCon at 5-4. We need to win 6 of 9 in this next round, to finish 11-7.
I love Furman basketball. The last 5 years we have gone from expecting to lose to expecting to win. That is huge. Hoping we can take that next step up.
Finally, someone said one or two are getting minutes when they shouldn’t. How would you change the line up? What players ought to be playing more and who plays less? Just curious.
Now leave me alone while I finish my hash browns.
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We got comfortable with our 10 point lead and were careless and did not think. Outscored 14-2 at end. Against Wofford 7-0 at end.
We had Mounce and Rafferty step up late at Loyola Chicago and Villanova. But last year at Tenn and against Wofford this year and tonight nobody stepped up at end.
With the strong first 15 minutes of the second half we had outscored them by 17 in the second half. If we ever put a whole game together we can beat anyone in the Southern Conference.
We had Mounce and Rafferty step up late at Loyola Chicago and Villanova. But last year at Tenn and against Wofford this year and tonight nobody stepped up at end.
With the strong first 15 minutes of the second half we had outscored them by 17 in the second half. If we ever put a whole game together we can beat anyone in the Southern Conference.
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Tre Clark is in for defense. Shot has improved but still needs to keep working on shooting including free throws. When he dribbles, including going to the basket, he seems like he is an accident waiting to happen. Hopefully he will improve. Gurley and Lyons are also at times sloppy with the ball-their dribbling.CharlieFU wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:51 pmDrowning my sorrows at Waffle House. Alone. My wife made me drop her off at home. I’m not very good company anyway.
Let’s hope the Tre Clark as back up point guard experiment is back on the shelf.
Can you believe we get 3 more years to watch Noah Gurley? Wow. Clay had a quiet but good night.
Hurt by foul trouble with Hunter and Clark. Not sure what to say about the last 4 minutes. Ouch. But I know this: it doesn’t mean we are not a good team. And doesn’t mean we can’t still have a very good finish. A real challenge though. We finish first half of SoCon at 5-4. We need to win 6 of 9 in this next round, to finish 11-7.
I love Furman basketball. The last 5 years we have gone from expecting to lose to expecting to win. That is huge. Hoping we can take that next step up.
Finally, someone said one or two are getting minutes when they shouldn’t. How would you change the line up? What players ought to be playing more and who plays less? Just curious.
Now leave me alone while I finish my hash browns.
Gurley (3 for 10), Hunter (1 for 6) and Lyons (2 for 7) on three’s.
Not sure you will win many games with that. Should Gurley be shooting 10 3’s?
I still think we need more pure shooters.
Not sure you will win many games with that. Should Gurley be shooting 10 3’s?
I still think we need more pure shooters.