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Post by ohiopirate on Feb 9, 2011 8:46:02 GMT -5
"WHITEOUT" coming Feb. 19, are you ready?
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Post by ohiopirate on Feb 8, 2011 9:11:50 GMT -5
Random thoughts from last night:
I really enjoy watching Kegan Clark play defense. I found myself watching him on D a few occasions instead of following the ball. His game is really coming together nicely – I’d just like to see him be more aggressive offensively. He slashes into the lane nicely sometimes but almost always kicks it out for a potential 3 in the corner. He gets after it on D though and had some nice passes.
Does anyone else almost expect Pacher to make it every time he shoots a 3? That’s nice as a fan to have that much confidence in a freshman already – he seems like he rarely misses a wide open 3.
Kudos to Coach Donlon for continuing to change up the defense between various zones and a man to man – unfortunately none of it was working and YSU just couldn’t miss.
I get nervous every time a team goes into a zone against our offense.
I’m really going to miss watching Vaughn Duggins play basketball after this season. In fact, I’d rather not think about it.
I feel like tonight was the first night that we REALLY missed Troy/Cooper. We could have used one more shooter on the floor to match how well YSU was filling it up from deep. Last night just felt like a game that Troy would have been able to drop 20.
Brought my mom to her first game this season – thought she was going to be bad luck and be banned from future games. I’m sure she’s glad the Raiders pulled it out LOL
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Post by ohiopirate on Feb 7, 2011 13:16:55 GMT -5
I just realized after tonight's game, 3 of our final 5 regular season games will be shown live on ESPNU. Nice exposure for the program - another good reason to finish the season strong!
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Post by ohiopirate on Feb 6, 2011 17:53:03 GMT -5
General reaction to our black Jordan unis from casual fans and on twitter are overwhelmingly positive. Not many mid-major program have Jordan brand uniforms. Can only help with recruiting IMO. I think those jerseys and adding the player names to the jerseys were a smart move to help sell our program as silly as it might sound to some of us.
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Post by ohiopirate on Feb 2, 2011 23:00:28 GMT -5
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 23:06:33 GMT -5
Also, I don't know how much of a cross-over attendance we have but UD host a game at the Arena at noon the same day as our 11:00 am tip.
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 22:55:16 GMT -5
Even Cleveland State ended up with a 1:00 pm Sunday game. Better than 11:00 am Saturday I suppose but I don't know that our attendance would have been that much improved even in that time slot.
Athletics has done a good job promoting our games so far this season - hopefully they'll have something for this one as well. Free hot dogs for the students this Thursday being the most recent example.
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 20:34:26 GMT -5
It's really hard to believe this is the first time in his career that Vaughn has won Player of the Week honors. I never would have guessed that.
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 12:55:45 GMT -5
I don't know if you watched the game Keith but there were some truly horrendous calls made. The last charge on Evans was just ridiculous - there wasn't anyone standing still, let alone being set and N'gai didn't drop his shoulder into them or anything. It was just laughable.
In principle I agree with your thoughts but it was bad yesterday.
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 12:51:26 GMT -5
I found in interesting that Coach Donlon mentioned in his pre-game chat with Chris Collins before the Milwaukee game that he had UWM #4 in his preseason poll. He mentioned Butler, Cleveland State and Valpo in some order as his top 3. So obviously Coach D wasn't sold on Detroit entering this season either.
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 31, 2011 12:47:36 GMT -5
they are trying to take geography into the equation now as well as RPI so Hofstra certainly would seem the most likely
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 29, 2011 12:09:01 GMT -5
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 28, 2011 22:16:28 GMT -5
Billy Donlon is one hell of a basketball coach and our team is ALL heart! Love these guys!
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 28, 2011 21:26:58 GMT -5
Im not getting anything on channel surfing.net, is anyone else? just a black screen for me Nothing. Keep the updates coming as you can those of you with ESPN3
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Post by ohiopirate on Jan 28, 2011 8:41:42 GMT -5
Well that stinks. Definitely have to feel for Troy and Coop. I have no idea what the recovery period for a broken finger is - hopefully Troy can get back on the court this season and not miss too much time.
We do have some shooters on this team though that can help fill it up in Troy's absence. Hopefully Darling is healed up and ready to play some minutes - I really like his game when he's out there and healthy.
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