Red - White Game Notes

[MacabreMob]

Man - I missed the girls, how did Boogie's sister (The Jazmanian Devil) look tonight?

Jasmine looked good. She made some outside shots, and was mixing it up inside for some points and rebounds.

Hey - who posted that for me... it wasn't me.

Or are there two of me?

 

[Braves4Life]

Attendance?

Attendance?

2700?! :-o :? :x That is so sorry! I know it's always been that way, but that is pathetic after last year's success! With 5000+ students and a population of 125,000 Peoria should do better!

That's a disgrace! :evil:

 

[mike radigan]

Re: Attendance?

Re: Attendance?

2700?! :-o :? :x That is so sorry! I know it's always been that way, but that is pathetic after last year's success! With 5000+ students and a population of 125,000 Peoria should do better!

That's a disgrace! :evil:

Yes and no. Remember, it is just exhibition and they were competing against the high school football playoffs and the Cardinals winning the World Series! :lol: :lol:

 

[tornado]

Just in case anyone is interested, here are some reports on how the other teams have done in their open scrimmages:

Wichita State scrimmaged in front of over 6,000 fans last Saturday. Their guards did fine, but they were said to have a lack of inside play. Here are numerous observers' comments:
http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=4632

The Shockers did at time have trouble scoring, and the score in the 20 minute scrimmage was 34-24. Returning guard, PJ Couisnard was perhaps the most impressive player.
The scrimmage was apparently overshadowed by the unveiling of their new mascot costume which got more news coverage than the game itself.
http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=61179&SPID=2851&DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=654076



SIU: The Salukis scrimmaged last Saturday night.
The players scrimmaged in 4- four minute periods.
Outside shots were not falling but several players got to the hoop for dunks. Lots of aggressive, hands-on defense, especially by Tyrone Green.
Newcomers were nervous, returnees seemed confident even though shots were not falling.
Chris Cornelius has a bad knee injury and may miss the season.
The 7-1 walk on won't contribute much.
Their 6-11 recruit for 2007, Nick Evans was apparently there and is planning to redshirt.
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?t=8991&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0



Northern Iowa held media day last Wednesday, and supposedly had a closed scrimmage last night. They apparently didn't want to hold any events that would draw fans from their football games.



Missouri State scrimmaged last Saturday. Here are a bunch of eyewitness reports
http://www.aliencommunities.net/letsgobears/forum/index.php?topic=3713.0
http://www.aliencommunities.net/letsgobears/forum/index.php?topic=3698.0

They played 40 minutes and the score was 100-93.
Nobody can say Missouri State is unable to score.
Ahearn can fill it up, you will have to guard him!
By about the third page of the discussion, a few posters begin talking about how weak the defense is at times, and how they will give up a lot of points.

Several of their players have minor injuries, including Ahearn who is practicing on a sprained ankle.



Indiana State didn't have an open scrimmage. They spent Labor Day in Canada doing a preseason tour. They went 2-1 against Canadian teams.



Illinois State had their Hoopfest back on Oct. 15.

From the reports it wasn't really competetive, just players repeatedly lobbing passes for alley-oop slam dunks. very few actually hit shots.
Porter Moser will open Monday's practice to the public.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=uwire-illinoisbasketballkicksoff&prov=uwire&type=lgns
http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102706aac.html
They play their first exhibition on Nov. 1 against Missouri-St. Louis.



Drake had the Blue-White game last Saturday night, Oct. 21.
http://www.drakenation.com/Topic5046-8-1.aspx
http://www.drakebulldogs.org/mensbasketball/newsstory.php?nid=1161558757

By reports, the players looked good and the shots were falling. Klayton Korver was shooting very well from outside, but sat down and didn't play in the 2nd half. He is recovering from knee surgery.
The scrimmage went on for 40 minutes, players got tired, then the game got a bit sloppy with turnovers and weak defense.
Final score 77-63. Al Stewart had six assists, many of the players played nearly all of the 40 minutes.



Creighton plays their first exhibition on Thurs. Nov. 2.
They have plans for an open scrimmage on Monday night, Oct. 30. http://www.gocreighton.com/sports/common/news_releases_detail.asp?articleID=5351



and again, here's the release on the Bradley scrimmage
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=660017

 

[tornado]

Re: Attendance?

Re: Attendance?

2700?! :-o :? :x That is so sorry! I know it's always been that way, but that is pathetic after last year's success! With 5000+ students and a population of 125,000 Peoria should do better!

That's a disgrace! :evil:

B4L, I know at least a dozen people who would have gone, except they were big time Cardinals fans, so I am sure that held the numbers down.

Also, I recall the past few years, and these Red-White scrimmages rarely draw in more than 2,000-2,400.
Given the situation, I am actually sastisfied with the 2,700!

 

[it's boogie time]

Quite a difference from last year. It used to be methodical offense that tried to feed the post. Now it is make a few passes and jack up a shot. There were some good assists by the guys you expect to run the offense.

Lack of size is really going to hurt this team. What happens when Zach Andrews has to sit? Hopefully Sighn can be effective when he comes back.

It's a full court team at both ends. Lots of points are going to be scored.

 

[tornado]

I found a little bit on one other "closed scrimmage" of note.

Instead of holding open exhibition games, schools can have a closed scrimmage against another D-I team. Illinois State is doing one such closed scrimmage later this week against Iowa, but the results are not supposed to be made available.

However, yesterday, Bob Huggins' Kansas State played Marquette in a closed scrimmage.
Just through word of mouth, the results are said to have Kansas State beating Marquette 82-76.
It was said that lots of lineups were interchanged (as you'd expect in a scrimmage.)
Marquette is #17 in the preseason polls, and one poster on the K-State board reported that the leading scorers in the game were:
KState: Lance Harris 15 points
Marquette: Dominic James 21 points

 

[georgethedog]

Not much else to say. I agree with about everything said. Attendance was 2,700, maybe a little less than I expected coming off the Sweet 16, but then my wife reminded me there was a World Series final game being played, and the weather was lousy.

This team does lack size, and that could hurt against a team with some 6'10" or bigger players. We'll have to play a fast tempo to negate other teams' size.

The other thing I would worry, is that we seem to be a mostly perimeter shooting team. When the shots aren't falling, the inside game has to come through.

Overall, I really liked what I saw tonight!

I did not go when I heard they were only going to play 20 minutes.