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BU 73 Detroit 65

real fan said:
Obvious to me how much a difference coach Platt has made with our bigs offensively and our defense has been better, Will quit fouling 25ft. away from the basket as we need you in the game, you could ave. 12 to 15 a game if you could get 30 min. instead of 20 or so, Dodie has done a great job running the point, Jake and Jordan are contributing every game now. Walter makes things happen and Andrew just keeps putting up big numbers even though he is a marked man, he took a beating trying to get open tonight and could have shot 10 to 14 free throws had the refs called Detroit for all the grabbing and holding they did to A.W., nice team win and hoping we continue to play with confidence when we travel to Ind.St., Merry Christmas to everyone and hoping for more Braves wins.
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Platt has definitely made our bigs better. I got to the game extra early and he was out there working with the bigs on defensive moves. So I will vouch that he's doing a good job with them.
 
Braves2011 said:
Platt has definitely made our bigs better. I got to the game extra early and he was out there working with the bigs on defensive moves. So I will vouch that he's doing a good job with them.
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I have seen the same thing before the games, he seems to be a good teacher of the game as our players are getting better, if they can continue to improve this team can compete with most of the Valley teams.
Congratulations to the players for working hard to make this happen as it would have been really easy to throw in the towel because of the loss of 2 of our top 3 players, you are starting to look really good as a team.
 
Congrats on the win. DD is as good as it comes when going to the rim and using his left hand.

Only 9 TO's, even on the boards, solid contributions from Thompson and Prosser, Eastman again makes a difference healthy. Holman is a freaking load and I thought we did a nice job on keeping him from establishing position on the block.

DD is not an ideal 1 but man he is a load for most other teams 1's, he isnt real quick but he gets by guys with that left hand.

Good solid win.
 
peoriaspitfire said:
Sort of off-topic, but would it ever be possible for Bradley fans to cheer as loud for the actual team playing instead of for free wings on a half court shot? No disrespect to the shooter. By the way, does anyone know what he won for making that shot?
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Free wings for everyone in attendance I believe.
 
Great overall win with good contribution from Thompson, Prosser, and Eastman. Prosser continues to impress me with how smart he plays down low like when he was very patient after catching the ball deep below the basket and waiting for the prime opportunity to go up with the ball.

Love how Thompson alters shots and gets blocks consistently now. Haven't seen that in a while.

Warren and Dodie are impressive as our senior leaders. I just feel confident with them on the court now. Warren's been scoring a lot, but it hasn't felt like he's been forcing too much where it's a detriment to the team. And Dodie seems to do way more for us as a PG than when he was just a SG.

I'm glad to see Dyricus back. Here's hoping he can get out of his sophomore slump now that he's not having to take primary PG duties. Some of his passes were off last night. We'll probably not do it because we need DSE to continue to develop, but I feel better with Walt Lemon handling the ball than DSE. I even think Eastman's a better passer, though probably not a better ball handler, than DSE.
 
real fan said:
I have seen the same thing before the games, he seems to be a good teacher of the game as our players are getting better, if they can continue to improve this team can compete with most of the Valley teams.
Congratulations to the players for working hard to make this happen as it would have been really easy to throw in the towel because of the loss of 2 of our top 3 players, you are starting to look really good as a team.
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I've also seen Platt really in kids faces during timeouts "effectively making his point." Another positive.
 
I maybe wrong, but did anyone see the dark haired ref, who I believe is "say it ain't so, Bo" Boroski, threaten to kick out that superfan guy in the front row?
 
I saw the ref talking to the fan, but they both appeared to have smiles on their faces. It appeared to be a more friendly conversation. Did you hear him threaten to kick him out?
 
Da Coach said:
I saw the ref talking to the fan, but they both appeared to have smiles on their faces. It appeared to be a more friendly conversation. Did you hear him threaten to kick him out?
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No. I saw the ref give him the thumb sign, and the fan kept saying it wasn't me (reading lips and body language). That guy talks to the refs the whole game so we may be talking about different conversations. No one was smiling in mine. Probably 5 minutes left in the game. Right around the "bench warning" time.
 
I'm hopeful that this team has made the adjustment without SM and TB, and though it appeared close in the waning seconds of the game, they were able to pull it off. A win is a win.

By the way, anybody else as confident as I am in that USC game BU won? They just beat Tenn by one point, although I gotta imagine some of the shine will be rubbed off if Tennessee does not get its act together in the SEC.

Regarding refs, anybody see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDM2eGpf5Hc

Classic, for all the wrong reasons. :roll:
 
Just a real nice, solid game by BU. What stuck out to me was no long droughts offensively or defensively....we played pretty consistent all night on both ends.
JL does a very good job with plays out of the timeouts....
 
Here's hoping that A-Dubb gets his 1st Valley POW this season, as he certainly deserves it, leading our Braves to 2 good wins. The only thing that may stop him is if Kwadzo A. plays well tonight vs. N. Mexico. Weems has also put together a few 20+ games in a row.

I may be one of the biggest Dodie skeptics on this board, but I will hand it to him - tonight, he was probably the difference-maker. Best game I've seen him play! Maybe this is the DD that others have seen since putting on a Braves uni to think highly of him.

2 keys plays by Dodie tonight - 1) put-back jumper with about 7 min. left I think to halt a mini-run by Detroit, 2) His drive and left-handed lay-up with 2+ minutes to put us up by 5. I had confidence we were going to win at that point.

Though Walt missed a few easy buckets when slashing to the hoop, I know he will get better at finishing, as he isn't off by much. I like his tenacity AND ability to either drive & score or drive & dish. I thought he made smart decisions tonight and slowed it down a bit in the 2nd half.

You can definitely see our defensive pressure leading to fast breaks and high % shots.

DSE - Welcome back! I was psyched to see him back on the court. He will be a big plus to this team once he gets over this slump and gets his confidence back.
 
Yah I believe he gets 3 sets of 6 free wings. 1 for the layup, 1 for 3 pointer and 1 for half court. I think he got a louder applause because everyone didn't think he would get it since he airballed his 1st 3 point attempt LOL.

On a side note, the Buffalo Wild Wings free coupons are only for dine in this season and have to be used within 5 days after the game. It was nice when we could use them for takeout but the 1 rare time I get the coupon, I didn't have a chance to go for dine in this week. Could of done carry out though.

Jason



ser_solace said:
Free wings for everyone in attendance I believe.
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jasonpeoria911 said:
On a side note, the Buffalo Wild Wings free coupons are only for dine in this season and have to be used within 5 days after the game. It was nice when we could use them for takeout but the 1 rare time I get the coupon, I didn't have a chance to go for dine in this week. Could of done carry out though.Jason
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The BWW in EP let me do carryout earlier this year, when the student section won wings the first regular season game. Doesn't hurt to ask.
 
BWW will also accept them after 5 days. We will usually take the family prior to a home game and it has never been within 5 days. BWW has never had a problem with it.
 
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