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BU vs. UMES game thread

I'm just getting back from the game. The reason that UMES started catching up is because we were playing all the reserves for a huge portion of the game. Andrew Warren had a big game. He had two 4-point plays, and he shot 5 free-throws on one play with a foul on the 3 and a technical. Matt Salley looked somewhat lost again tonight, and David Collins is still pretty timid. It was nice to see Austin get a couple minutes and he had a really nice post-up in the second half. The flagrant foul on Will Egolf was nasty, and I'm glad they ejected Popovic or whoever that was. Overall UMES was a terrible team and I hope Florida Gulf Coast can put up a little bit more of a battle.
 
We did turn the ball over a lot today. 24 total including 13 from Collins (7) Salley (4) Austin (2). That is to many.

Crouch was 3-9 from 3 today, from those at the game anything anyone might be noticing about his shot? Was he short, being defended but his shooting from 3 has been a bit slow to start the season.

And BTW they made up exactly 2 points from halftime to the final score.
 
tornado said:
Bradley played nearly the whole 2nd half with Collins, Egolf, Maniscalco, Lavin, Phillips, Cole-Scott, and Rashad Austin.
But UMES had 3 starters in there right to the end.
But there was never any doubt so don't let the score bother you.
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Yeah I figured Les would put them in to get them some experience and a feel for what they need to work on in a live game. Will help our depth :)
 
houstontxbrave said:
We did turn the ball over a lot today. 24 total including 13 from Collins (7) Salley (4) Austin (2). That is to many.

Crouch was 3-9 from 3 today, from those at the game anything anyone might be noticing about his shot? Was he short, being defended but his shooting from 3 has been a bit slow to start the season.

And BTW they made up exactly 2 points from halftime to the final score.
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JC looks fine with his shot, it will come. He did have his left wrist taped though, and I saw him hold it once or twice. It could be a very small tweak or something from the Iowa State game. He will be fine.
 
Several random thoughts from the game.

I've got to agree with Da Coach. I thought they were a very poorly coached team. There was a total of (3) technical fouls- one on thier coach and two on thier players, which one of them lead to an ejection.

Thier uniforms were really quite entertaining. The shorts they wore completely covered thier knees and looked like a pair of goulocks. Also thier warmup shirts had "hoodies" which some of thier players had on thier head during the warm ups.

They practiced free throws during the warmup and were terrible from the line today. I have not seen the stats but would think thier percentage was under 40%. Even the free throws that went in were not clean shots.

Rashid Austin looked great for the time he was in the game. He only played about 5 min. but made great cuts and has good hands for the two layups that he made. I looked at him several times on the bench after he was in the game and you could tell he was spent. He will contribute from what I saw today, but he appears to have a long way to go in terms of conditioning.
 
Interesting Statistic.
Free Throws
Bradley had 29 attempts, made 24 of them. 83%

UMES had 39 attempts, made 19 of them. 49%

I can't remember seeing a team average under 50% free throw shooting, especially having almost 40 attempts!
 
bugregshu said:
Interesting Statistic.
Free Throws
Bradley had 29 attempts, made 24 of them. 83%

UMES had 39 attempts, made 19 of them. 49%

I can't remember seeing a team average under 50% free throw shooting, especially having almost 40 attempts!
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They shot free throws worse than if Shaq, Wilt Chamberlain, and Ben Wallace were their shooting coaches. The few that actually hit the rim looked awful.
 
Attendance was 9117 today, but the crowd, especially the fans were GREAT, and very loud!
not a bad crowd for a Sunday game!

One recruit was at the game....he was on the floor with the team during the warmups in the locker room with the team after the warmups and when they dressed and before the game,
and he came out onto the floor with the team when they came out for the introductions, and then he went to his seat just up behind the BU bench, where he stayed the rest of the game watching....
It was Jordan Prosser, and he seemed to be having a good time!!
 
Guinness said:
Wow they really caught up in the second half.
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UMES did have 3 starters in down the stretch. Then with the game completely out of hand, their coach called a timeout with 1:08 to go. I thought he would put his bench guys in, but NO! He puts back a 4th starter! The only reason he didn't have all 5 starters was because the big goon Popovich had been ejected! Bizarre! They cut the lead down, and many of BU's turnovers came with their starters against Bradley's walkons!

Again I have to say, that was the absolutely worst coached team I have ever seen in Division I or anywhere. Their offense consisted of 5 guys running around a while, then one of them goes 1-on-1 and pops a shot.
Their defense consisted of grabbing, holding and hacking. They had some athletes, but they weren't very good basketball players.

And it was hilarious when one of their guys made a 3-pointer late while 30 points behind, and he taunts Tyrone Cole-Scott. The refs missed that one, but a minute later, after a layup, they were called for a technical foul for taunting. And later after a breakaway dunk, another Hawk made the "bird in flight" hand gesture as he walked back down the court. Those guys were ridiculous! And their coach encouraged it.
I hate to say it, but that coach and those players make Chicago State look like John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins by comparison!
 
I took my granddaughter to the game so I??™m a little late getting home. As a result of being late I thought I would post before reading what others have stated while I can still remember my thoughts. Yeah, I know??¦

The game was over early and got sloppy as a result. Nonetheless, we have to clean up turnovers. In general, and David Collins in particular, we have to not turnover the outlet pass. I don??™t want to pick on DC as I thought he really looked good although his 4th foul was silly. It was good to see him throw one down. And his free throws are almost automatic which is unheard of for a post player.

The two big pluses for me were Andrew Warren and Sam Maniscalco. BU needs Drew to step up and he showed he can. Sam looked much more comfortable today. Also, Rashad Austin looked good in his limited minutes. Not much else to say about the rest of the team as things went as expected.

I do have one question about the ejection. Can an ejected player remain on the bench? I always thought they could not, but this was not the case in this game. Did the refs just miss the fact that the player was on the bench?

Anyway, in total it looks to me as if the team is making game by game progress, and I guess that is all one can ask. Go Braves!
 
Mike Radigan said:
Can an ejected player remain on the bench? I always thought they could not, but this was not the case in this game. Did the refs just miss the fact that the player was on the bench?
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We asked some of the BU officials and they said because he wasn't dressed it out was OK? But I was of the same line of thought as you MR. Though he was a good sport about it and even told his teammate who threw up the two-handed bird to the student section after a dunk that was really dumb.

I agree with T, that was a VERY poorly coached team. Almost NBA-esque with out the caliber of players...
 
Yeah, two more things. As many pointed out Maryland's free throws were terrible. One even shot an air ball. AN AIRBALL FREE THROW. And when their one player was taunting many yelled out SCOREBOARD.
 
amckillip said:
We asked some of the BU officials and they said because he wasn't dressed it out was OK? But I was of the same line of thought as you MR. Though he was a good sport about it and even told his teammate who threw up the two-handed bird to the student section after a dunk that was really dumb.
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He was tossed in the first half and remained dressed and on the bench. He didn't change until halftime.
 
I just checked the NCAA rule book, which is in pdf format, so I can't copy it here, but it says in essence...

If a player commits a flagrant foul he is ejected but does not have to leave the bench area.
However, he cannot re-enter the game. He is eligible for the following game.
(this is the same as if he had gotten two technical fouls and is ejected/disqualified, he does not need to leave the bench area.)

However, if the player is ejected for "fighting", a determination made by the referee, and even broadened to include any bench personnel who leave the bench area to participate in a fight anywhere on the court, then the ejection also requires suspension from the player's (or coach's) subsequent game, so that he cannot play the next game...although he can be on the bench.

These rules differ slightly from IHSA, as in high school ball, any disqualification for getting two technicals
does result in a game suspension, ineligibility for the following game.
 
tornado said:
I just checked the NCAA rule book, which is in pdf format, so I can't copy it here, but it says in essence...

If a player commits a flagrant foul he is ejected but does not have to leave the bench area.
However, he cannot re-enter the game. He is eligible for the following game.

However, if the player is ejected for "fighting", a determination made by the referee, and even broadened to include any bench personnel who leave the bench area to participate in a fight anywhere on the court, then the ejection also requires suspension from the player's (or coach's) subsequent game, so that he cannot play the next game...although he can be on the bench.
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Thanks, T.
 
Any thoughts on why they called a timeout with a minute left and down by almost 30? The only idea that came to mind was to give the fans a reason to leave early, which in turn would show the Bradley players the fans wern't supporting them. Any thoughts?
 
I love the line-up when it is Ruffin, Crouch, Warren, Salley,and Collins.

If Collins can make good passes after he gets the rebound, that would be great. Our guards do a good job of getting him the ball, once he gets his hands ready, he can be really dangerous.

Will Egolf looks like the type of player that is going to be great as an upperclassman

Anyone have the box score for the game?
 
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