Postgame thread: ODU 66, Bradley 62

[Da Coach]

The game also was well officiated. After talking to dozens of BU fans, though we are all disppointed, I haven't heard a single comment about the officiating.

 

[Dubl R 1]

I thought they missed a few travels, but as far as fouls, they were pretty good. They also were fair to both teams, didn't think either team got the majority of the calls. ODU WON the game fair and square.

 

[egib52]

So you had these same issues before today's game? That's all I'm trying to get at.

Maybe this isn't true for a lot of you, but this season was over for me when the team lost to UNI down in St. Louis. This whole tournament (for me) was just like a summer trip overseas to play in a handful of games. The team gets more practice and games to prepare and get ready to improve for next season.

I agree that JL didn't do his best today. But I think that he has improved in every year that he's been here, so I'm not overly concerned about it. I also think that the team will be better in the front-court in the future, so I'm more confident that the team will have bigger lineups down the road.

I understand the desire for development. However, part of the development of the players has to be developing the killer instinct. As well as the belief that no matter who the opponent we should not lose on our floor. The mentality the season died in St. Louis is a loser's mentality. I don't care if we played the Harlem Globetrotters you should play and coach to win. As for the assertion that we are looking at only this game as having poor coaching, I think we have seen the same issue since he's been here. SS was not contributing anything, and we weren't running offense in the second half. ODU was a good team, but with that game at home we should not be satisfied with 2nd place.

 

[shaunguth]

To-do list.......

• Outscore ODU by at least 5 at the FT line.
• No more than 12 TO's.
• Cause more than 12 TO's, at least 8 being steals.
• Make at least 7 three's.
• Keep the rebounding battle close, staying within 3.

• FT's: 9-ODU, 8-BU
• BU TO's: 11
• ODU TO's: 11, 6 from steals
• BU 3 PTM: 3
• Rebounding margin: -7

We only accomplished one out of the five.

 

[thefish7]

The game also was well officiated. After talking to dozens of BU fans, though we are all disppointed, I haven't heard a single comment about the officiating.

I gave the refs the business last night... But if I'm honest with myself they essentially called the game I'd like to see refs call more often. There was one stretch in the 2nd 10 minutes of the game where about 3 really obvious fouls were ignored by a ref (the guy who got the business)... But I agree. About as well a called game as you'll get.

 

[Braves4Life]

I gave the refs the business last night... But if I'm honest with myself they essentially called the game I'd like to see refs call more often.. ... About as well a called game as you'll get.

The refs called a SPECTACULAR first half last night; you never noticed them.

Second half was not as good but much better than most every game called this year. Kudos to the refs

 

[thefish7]

The refs called a SPECTACULAR first half last night; you never noticed them.

Second half was not as good but much better than most every game called this year. Kudos to the refs

Despite my generally unreasonable and cruel treatment of refs, I have to agree.

 

[BU RICK]

I'm not here to start no trouble. I've read the posts about the coaching last night and I have to agree somewhat but can't lay it all squarely on JL. We need to play bigger next season like ODU and Oakland and others - I would think that's a given. We have 4 guys with good size coming back and 2 guys with good size coming in. I haven't read or heard much about our assistant coaching staff this year, do we really have anyone on the assistant coaching staff that knows how to coach bigs?? Maybe it's time for a change or addition in that department. How to pass the ball into the blocks, how to create driving lanes, footwork, how to block out, how to use your body. Do we have any assistant coaches that can teach that effectively??

 

[pfunk880]

You are right. I have heard that Theron has battled through a couple of significant injuries the last couple weeks. He was hurting, but was not going to sit out these last games of his college career. He is a warrior, and though he didn't have his best offensive game last night, he played great defense against guys who were 3 or more inches taller, and 25 lbs or more heavier than he is.
Theron had 11 points, 9 rebounds to lead BU, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and only 1 turnover. Not a bad line.

Theron finished his career at Bradley as one of the best, if not the best, junior college transfer Bradley has ever had. He played a major part in helping Bradley to back-to-back 21 win seasons, all while playing the power forward spot at 6'5", against much bigger opponents, and holding is own defensively.

Thanks Theron for your dedication and efforts! And good luck in the future.

I appreciate the effort and guts from Theron, but knowing this makes me wonder even more why TB didn't get any minutes in the second half.

The game also was well officiated. After talking to dozens of BU fans, though we are all disppointed, I haven't heard a single comment about the officiating.

I definitely agree with this. The refs let the players play, and that's just how I like it. They didn't feel the need to be part of the show. I'd say the tournament as a whole was very well officiated.

 

[real fan]

The officials did a good job last night as they were consistent, our sweet 16 team had a 7 ft. center that stayed in the paint on defense and kept opposing teams fron getting any layups or easy putbacks, he was also a bigger threat to score , that is the only reason why we were able to have a 6-7 power forward which also gave us a player 2 inches taller then Theron, T was a real warrior these last 2 seasons battling against players that were much bigger them him, he will be greatly missed.

 

[SFP]

The officials did a good job last night as they were consistent, our sweet 16 team had a 7 ft. center that stayed in the paint on defense and kept opposing teams fron getting any layups or easy putbacks, he was also a bigger threat to score , that is the only reason why we were able to have a 6-7 power forward which also gave us a player 2 inches taller then Theron, T was a real warrior these last 2 seasons battling against players that were much bigger them him, he will be greatly missed.

I agree on all accounts!

 

[mrcoachdude]

I thought Theron was hurting.....shame to end his career like that....

Don't mind the 3 guard thing....but we need to have two other guys that are BIG with that three guards....

SM SM
AW CR
TB AW
WE TB
JP WE

 

[ODUsmitty]

Zone Defense to Hinder 3-point %

Zone Defense to Hinder 3-point %

Just a question for you guys about the defenses we employed the majority of the game.

We used to be a predominantly man-to-man defensive team. Midway through the season we started playing zone, lots of zone.

Our opponents shooting percentage has gone way down since that time, and it has not particularly hurt our rebounding.

I don't get it. BU has sharpshooters that should shred zones (as JMU does, as well). At last night's game, I noticed you guys ball-faking a lot vice shooting the outside shots - is that common, or was the defense (or length of our defenders) an issue?

Was there something about the zone that bothered you guys, or was it just an off night? My question is that we have either been very lucky the second half of the year or our use zone is causing issues .

Thanks again for the hospitality last night. You have a terrific atmosphere with great fans.

 

[shaunguth]

Just a question for you guys about the defenses we employed the majority of the game.

We used to be a predominantly man-to-man defensive team. Midway through the season we started playing zone, lots of zone.

Our opponents shooting percentage has gone way down since that time, and it has not particularly hurt our rebounding.

I don't get it. BU has sharpshooters that should shred zones (as JMU does, as well). At last night's game, I noticed you guys ball-faking a lot vice shooting the outside shots - is that common, or was the defense (or length of our defenders) an issue?

Was there something about the zone that bothered you guys, or was it just an off night? My question is that we have either been very lucky the second half of the year or our use zone is causing issues .

Thanks again for the hospitality last night. You have a terrific atmosphere with great fans.

It was definitely not a good shooting night!

3-Point Shots
11-20 vs. Austin Peay

8-15 vs. Oakland

9-23 vs. Pacific

4-22 vs. ODU

 

[bigdaddystuck]

I don't know if I would say we are sharpshooters....but thanks! I think last night your length against our guards really seemed to give us fits. Just seemed that our guys found it very difficult to get off many clean looks.