vs. UTC (Jan. 18th)

[FU Hoopla]

[apaladin]

ESPN gives FU a 72% chance of winning.

it was 72.5% vs woofy

That’s why the shock face.

[apaladin]

Wofford's leading scorer Tripp only played 5 minutes and scored 2 points against UTC. I guess he was injured. Any word on how bad?

Chattanooga hit over 48% of their three point shots against Wofford. They thrive on perimeter shooting more than anyone else in the conference. Eight different players made threes for them. They hit sixteen from long range. Eleven of those makes came from three players - their starting guards Huff and Bonham and forward Bash Wieland. The defensive challenge is obvious. We defended the perimeter very well early in the season. I hope we can get that going again.

UTC is fourth in the league in 3 point attempts. They average 29 attemps per game. FU averages 30. They had 33 attempts against WC but they were down 20 at one point. They shot 13% above their average against WC. They shoot 35.7% from three, FU shoots 34.5%. The two teams are very similar.

[Sad Din]

Wofford's leading scorer Tripp only played 5 minutes and scored 2 points against UTC. I guess he was injured. Any word on how bad?

Chattanooga hit over 48% of their three point shots against Wofford. They thrive on perimeter shooting more than anyone else in the conference. Eight different players made threes for them. They hit sixteen from long range. Eleven of those makes came from three players - their starting guards Huff and Bonham and forward Bash Wieland. The defensive challenge is obvious. We defended the perimeter very well early in the season. I hope we can get that going again.

UTC is fourth in the league in 3 point attempts. They average 29 attemps per game. FU averages 30. They had 33 attempts against WC but they were down 20 at one point. They shot 13% above their average against WC. They shoot 35.7% from three, FU shoots 34.5%. The two teams are very similar.

Its a very different story if looking at conf only stats. UTC is at 46% 3 vs Dins a 29%. If anytthing Dins have a little advantage on the defensive end.

[apaladin]

Good pont, obviously the Paladins shot the 3 much better in 2024 than 2025. Now teams are concentrating on shuttng down/limitng our only 2 shooters. Example: Wednesday night pjay and nick only got off 16 shots between them and only 8 three point attempts, should be twice that.

[FU Hoopla]

[FU Hoopla]

FU hoops this Saturday is trying to go 16-3 for the first time in the Bob Richey ERA................

[apaladin]

FU hoops is averaging 2,840 per home game downtown at Bon Secours Wellness Arena this year:

4,017 vs. Auburn
1,517 vs. Columbia International
2,007 vs. Jacksonville
2,867 vs. Tulane
3,227 vs. Princeton
2,374 vs. SC State
4,367 vs. Wofford
2,347 vs. ETSU

With FU sitting at 15-3 and it being a Saturday tip, plus its a good opponent in UTC and it being a doubleheader with the women's game vs. UNCG we should hopefully pull in a really good crowd tomorrow...........

Not much of a bump from the girls, anyone that attends the girls game more than likely attends the men’s game anyeay. Still hoping for a good crowd.

[apaladin]

Nothing like getting there at the last minute!

[Sad Din]

Nothing like getting there at the last minute!

Remember a home game vs Davy back in the day. Davy had a small crowd and then, just before tip off, what seemed like a couple hundred davy students march in and made a big spectacal. It was one crazy but effective entrance

still remember it like yesterday (pretty good for a person that canat remember yesterday) wait... is that a beatlessong?

[cavedweller2]

Am it a party bus?

[Bootie]

Am it a party bus?

Will there be drama on the bus ride over??

[FurmAlum]

For what its worth, Furman won a lot of very close games in the OOC season, 4 or 5 could have easily been losses. This may have led to the fans, myself included, to think that we were far better than most of the upcoming SoCon opponents. I don't think the coaches or players thought this, just some of the fans. A 15-3 record at this point in the season is still very good and I bet better than most of us would have thought it was going to be prior to the season.

Because many of the SoCon teams had mediocre records, with the exception of Samford, some peeps thought the SoCon was "weak"etc. The reality is the SoCon is tougher than I thought it was and any win is going to be hard fought with no games being gimmes.

Also now teams have sort of figured out how to beat Furman and there you have it. We are in for a tough game almost every game. Coach R discussed this in his ETSU post game presser. He mentioned players coming over to his house late Monday night, individual player meetings on Tuesday, and the thought processes behind the lineup change and rotational changes that happened Wed. night. He talked about what the other teams were doing..ie sagging back in the paint off certain players that they thought were not great offensive threats and/or couldn't shoot and the need to "get another shooter on the court".

The good news is the coaches and players have recognized what other teams are doing to stop our offense and now we are in the process of countering that with some changes to the offense. Coach R also mentioned the need to play with more spirit on defense and guard the ball better. He showed film clips to the team at Tuesday's practice of successful defensive possessions earlier in the year.

I expect a great effort against Chatty tomorrow and hopefully our shots will start falling. Have no illusions this will be a tough game.