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49 BU --66 Wyoming post-game

Big Mike

Big Mike

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Well it was a long night for the Braves....one decent half will not get you very many W's!
First game with out a made 3 since Feb 16 2000!
 
Coach Geno said that NorthEastern plays a lot of ZONE.....lets hope we can correct some shooting woes @ home! The best way to get a team out of a Zone is to shot them out of it!
 
I believe that it isn't very fair to comment about a lot of this game as I listened to the WMBD broadcast. It sounds as if we faced a lot of zone in the second half. No surprise there.. I would zone us until we make outside shots! But, my one complaint that I have is that we bring in a new coach who is supposed to be experienced, and he devises an offensive scheme that provides us with three freakin assists for an entire game! Three assists... really.... smh I can accept that this is a rebuilding season and that this will be a tough year, but the staff had time to prepare for this game!

One assists against Wisconsin in a half and now three assists against Wyoming for an entire game. Inexcusable!
 
Beninator said:
...But, my one complaint that I have is that we bring in a new coach who is supposed to be experienced, and he devises an offensive scheme that provides us with three freakin assists for an entire game! Three assists... really.... smh I can accept that this is a rebuilding season and that this will be a tough year, but the staff had time to prepare for this game!

One assists against Wisconsin in a half and now three assists against Wyoming for an entire game. Inexcusable!
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Funny thing about assists... it takes one guy to pass the ball, and another guy to put it in the bucket. When nobody's shooting well, it's very difficult to rack them up. Hardly consider this the coach's fault, unless he recruited all the guys who can't shoot. Especially when a team goes zone to deny easy assists inside.
 
Beninator said:
I believe that it isn't very fair to comment about a lot of this game as I listened to the WMBD broadcast. It sounds as if we faced a lot of zone in the second half. No surprise there.. I would zone us until we make outside shots! But, my one complaint that I have is that we bring in a new coach who is supposed to be experienced, and he devises an offensive scheme that provides us with three freakin assists for an entire game! Three assists... really.... smh I can accept that this is a rebuilding season and that this will be a tough year, but the staff had time to prepare for this game!

One assists against Wisconsin in a half and now three assists against Wyoming for an entire game. Inexcusable!
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I agree. I can accept losing games, but not with this type of shooting. I thought our players could shoot in high school. Now they all of the sudden forgot how to do this in college, even adjusting for tougher competition? I don't get it. Plus I would rather lose games 66-60 than 65-49 any day! The more competitive we stay, at least we win some close games even if we lose some heartbreakers along the way. That would at least show people we are closer to turning the corner.
 
BuAlum03 said:
Funny thing about assists... it takes one guy to pass the ball, and another guy to put it in the bucket. When nobody's shooting well, it's very difficult to rack them up. Hardly consider this the coach's fault, unless he recruited all the guys who can't shoot. Especially when a team goes zone to deny easy assists inside.
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Agreed.....until we somehow start shooting the ball better and figure out how to play against zones.....I'm not too concerned with the assist total.

The turnover total is another story!!!
 
And MK and DS still keep riding the bench. As if we are going some where this season and can't risk playing them....put them in a see if we can make a three! We aren't that stellar on defense anyway...why not try to make a shot? Good to see JP have a pretty good game.
 
BuAlum03 said:
Funny thing about assists... it takes one guy to pass the ball, and another guy to put it in the bucket. When nobody's shooting well, it's very difficult to rack them up. Hardly consider this the coach's fault, unless he recruited all the guys who can't shoot. Especially when a team goes zone to deny easy assists inside.
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Just relying on what I have seen in person or on television from five of our first seven games, but what tonight's assist stat tells me is that we are still relying on our one-on-one offensive schemes and not using more of a team concept by passing the ball around. I would be curious if someone who saw the game tonight saw something different than what I have commented.
 
BUfan14 said:
And MK and DS still keep riding the bench. As if we are going some where this season and can't risk playing them....put them in a see if we can make a three! We aren't that stellar on defense anyway...why not try to make a shot? Good to see JP have a pretty good game.
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MK wasn't even at the game, so I think I'll give GF a pass on that one! ;-)
 
I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised with the way this team has played this year, we are basically a four man team, with none of the newcomers stepping in right away. (Not blaming anyone, it is hard for a freshman to contribute a lot his first year). This is a rebuilding year. The reason Les is gone is that he recruited a roster of mostly athletes, not shooters (With the exception of Dyricus and TB). Athletes are great but if they can't put the ball in the basket consistently the team is not going to win many games. It is going to be a long season but I think we will see improvement next year and the year after.
 
Beninator said:
Just relying on what I have seen in person or on television from five of our first seven games, but what tonight's assist stat tells me is that we are still relying on our one-on-one offensive schemes and not using more of a team concept by passing the ball around. I would be curious if someone who saw the game tonight saw something different than what I have commented.
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I saw much better passing at the Limestone/Pekin game tonight than I've seen from the Braves all season.
 
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