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Post Game Talk BU beats Wooster- 81-71

LOL!!! That description is funny tornado. :) I like this team too and can't wait to see how we step up against a higher level of competition.
 
Small flashes of good, large swaths of meh, some pieces of crappy.

I thought both teams on the floor looked like it was very early in the season.

I didn't see much of anything from NW tonight. It was like 5 on 4 when he was in the game.

I think a message is being sent to Hodges. Not sure what the message is.

I didn't even notice Milos wasn't there until i came home and read it on this board.

Sitting here listening to Snell and Geno on the postgame laud all over our team tonight. I gotta tell ya, I didn't see what they did. Sorry. Plenty of room for improvement.
 
Bradley 81 Wooster 71 - the second 10 point win in a row, but this game felt like Bradley had things in control most of the game.

As with the Parkside game, there were stretches where this team looked very good, and stretches where we play down to the level of the competetion. TB, DSE, and WL had great games. AT looked good in stretches, and Donivine Stewart played a lot of minutes in the second half, and it was no coincidence that Bradley's best stretch came with DS running the point in the secoind half when we stretches a couple point lead into a 15 point lead with 6 minutes left in the game.
Shayok did not get into the flow this game, and Jamel Crawford seemed a little out of sync, but that will happen with freshmen.

If anyone is thinking about buying tickets to see this team, it's worth it. They are very enjoyable to watch, and they'll continue to improve.
I have heard there are plenty of good tickets left for the UMKC game, and for the SEMO game at the Renaissance Coliseum.
 
I think its going to be very flustrating watching this team grow. I think we have more talent then I thought we had but ladies and gentlemen we have alot of work to do. The good news is we have the pieces but its going to take some time. We are going to be fun to watch on the offensive end and sometimes clueless on the defensive end. Need to work on help defense,rebounding and free throw shooting. Nice to see WL make a few 3 point jumpers. Now we need to get JE to make a few and gain some confidence. A couple of my good friends missed this game as they were out of town and the country. They are both very defensive minded and will not enjoy this as much as I do.When this team comes together and understands what Geno wants we are going to be fun to watch. Get your tickets now.
 
Buesch N Chips said:
Small flashes of good, large swaths of meh, some pieces of crappy.

I thought both teams on the floor looked like it was very early in the season.

I didn't see much of anything from NW tonight. It was like 5 on 4 when he was in the game.

I think a message is being sent to Hodges. Not sure what the message is.

I didn't even notice Milos wasn't there until i came home and read it on this board.

Sitting here listening to Snell and Geno on the postgame laud all over our team tonight. I gotta tell ya, I didn't see what they did. Sorry. Plenty of room for improvement.
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No offense but maybe they seen things you didn't because they know BB better then you do. I will admit I have no idea who are and maybe you have you just as much coaching experience at the college level as they do.
Now am I saying they are going to wind the conf? Not at all but they will be fun to watch and and to say this team wasn't very good that they played tonight look at Wooster's record and where they finished last year in DIII. They have the highest winning % of any team in the country during the 2000's.
I see lots of potential in a lot of players but maybe I look for the positives in the game and don't look for the bad but then that is just myself.
Will agree on one point and that is "plenty of room for improvement" but then GF would tell you that also. In fact that would go for any team playing BB unless you had no TO and never missed a shot-no team has ever done that yet.
 
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I like the turnover differential- Bradley forced 20 turnovers, and were credited with 12 steals. I don't like the rebounding differential- Wooster won that 39-33, but with Jordan out, that's a little more acceptable. We still gave up too many easy inside buckets, but I am sure they'll work on that. Donivine Stewart again leads the team in assists in a lot fewer minutes than the other guards.

Attendance- 6797
 
wily coyote said:
I think its going to be very flustrating watching this team grow. I think we have more talent then I thought we had but ladies and gentlemen we have alot of work to do. The good news is we have the pieces but its going to take some time. We are going to be fun to watch on the offensive end and sometimes clueless on the defensive end. Need to work on help defense,rebounding and free throw shooting. Nice to see WL make a few 3 point jumpers. Now we need to get JE to make a few and gain some confidence. A couple of my good friends missed this game as they were out of town and the country. They are both very defensive minded and will not enjoy this as much as I do.When this team comes together and understands what Geno wants we are going to be fun to watch. Get your tickets now.
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ALOT!

Watching this team so far is better than the last two years. It is easy to be patient when the team has potential and is improving.
 
basketball nut said:
No offense but maybe they seen things you didn't because they know BB better then you do. I will admit I have no idea who are and maybe you have you just as much coaching experience at the college level as they do.
Now am I saying they are going to wind the conf? Not at all but they will be fun to watch and and to say this team wasn't very good that they played tonight look at Wooster's record and where they finished last year in DIII. They have the highest winning % of any team in the country during the 2000's.
I see lots of potential in a lot of players but maybe I look for the positives in the game and don't look for the bad but then that is just myself.
Will agree on one point and that is "plenty of room for improvement" but then GF would tell you that also. In fact that would go for any team playing BB unless you had no TO and never missed a shot-no team has ever done that yet.
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Just giving his opinion. Didn't see where he said Wooster wasn't very good.
 
basketball nut said:
No offense but maybe they seen things you didn't because they know BB better then you do.
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I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that Bradley University pays them. There's really no need to say something like that. Most people who know basketball would have talked about how ugly both of our games were.


The team had it's high points, but it definitely wasn't a fundamentally sound team. With JP out it's very hard to get a feel for the team and it's rotation, but I though AT looked far better than I've ever seen him, thought Wooster's big men were atrocious. DS came down to earth tonight and I agree with Coach Fords plan to start WL over of him. DS has a bright future ahead of him, but I don't see him getting starter's minutes this year, maybe 15-20. He has great vision but he's two steps slow on D and can't create his own shot.

Shayok has looked like what I want him to be this year which could lead to quite a bit of PT for JE. Good things seem to happen when JE is in the game. Kind of the 'you make your own luck' situation.

TB is a Stud. IMO he is already a better player than Andrew was last year. He will be the best player on the court in all but 3 games IMO (Wisconsin, and 2 against CU). That alone could count for something.

I feel more comfortable with WL and DSE running the point after this game, particularly this type of offense we're going to run (or lack thereof?). They both are very good at forcing the bull up the court to make things happen on the break, and that dunk by DSE is the best one I've seen since ZA was here... Just dominant.

All in all, I still think 7th place is where I've got us pegged until I see more consistent D and a little bit more put together offense, particularly against a better team. I'm looking to the Wofford game as an good game to judge our team by in the early season.
 
It's another win...congrats to Geno and the Boys.

Wooster provided a unique challenge. Good shooters. Used to winning. Good offense. Well coached. Bradley's superior athleticism clearly showed.

I do think Nate Wells will and should redshirt. The inside game will be extremely iffy but that is to be expected. BU just needs 10 serviceable minutes from Sticks.

Taylor has looked really good. DSE did his thing. I really like Walt Lemon. Yes, he can be out of control and has his flaws--but he is so athletic and can be a disruptive defender.

Another solid showing for Donivine. Good for him. Hopefully he can give a good 12-15 minutes a game at the backup guard spot. That would be nice. I would like to see more out of Shayok in game situations but you can tell the ability is there.

Still a long ways to go. There will be some really tough nights on the schedule. The defense is questionable at best. But as long as the group plays hard and gives great effort then that is all anyone can ask for at this stage.

Looking forward to the season starting for real.
 
Buesch N Chips said:
Small flashes of good, large swaths of meh, some pieces of crappy.

I thought both teams on the floor looked like it was very early in the season.

I didn't see much of anything from NW tonight. It was like 5 on 4 when he was in the game.

I think a message is being sent to Hodges. Not sure what the message is.

I didn't even notice Milos wasn't there until i came home and read it on this board.

Sitting here listening to Snell and Geno on the postgame laud all over our team tonight. I gotta tell ya, I didn't see what they did. Sorry. Plenty of room for improvement.
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Hey wait a minute... I am supposed to be the Negative Nellie around here!:lol:

I agree with you on some things, but I thought that we played a lot better tonight against a much better team than Wisconsin Parkside. I am not saying that Wooster is a bunch of world beaters. I thought Wells played better tonight, but nothing has changed my mind about Nate redshirting. As DC pointed out, we made our run with DS on the floor and I feel comfortable with DS in an active guard rotation. At times it is very exciting to see the talent that Shayok has, but there are parts of his game that are very raw, which IMO will limit his minutes to the first half for the foreseeable future.

A couple of things that I am curious about...

For those of you who wanted us to get rid of our post players setting screens at the top of the key.. Well..... It is still happening...:mrgreen: Something that I noticed was that NW, AT, and one other person set what looked to be a bit of a screen with a very quick roll toward the basket. At first, I thought that this may have been some pre-season mistakes, but this happened so many times with different players that I wonder if the staff is teaching our players to do this. If the quick screens are part of the instruction from the staff, I will be very curious as to how the MVC officials will react to this when they see our games.:-o

The other thing I am curious about is that IMO, we did not have some good possessions toward the end of the game around the four minute mark. I think we had a 12 point lead during this time, and took what IMO were rushed shots without taking some time off the clock. I will be curious if this changes in future games.

All in all, a much better performance than last week and I will give the staff credit for this. We have a long way to go though and I still need to be convinced about some things......
 
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Re: Quality of BU Preseason wins? Just keep winning baby!

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Quantity (of basketball wins) has a certain quality of its own!



So far, so good. GF is 2-0 with BU. :D
 
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