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Post by Raider4Life on Jan 14, 2011 20:34:04 GMT -5
Valpo has a 7 point lead again. Those missed FTs are starting to hurt.
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Post by Rush the Court on Jan 14, 2011 20:37:16 GMT -5
9 point lead for Valpo. Need a stop.
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Post by Rush the Court on Jan 14, 2011 20:38:15 GMT -5
Shot clock violation. We need a bucket this time down.
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Post by Raider4Life on Jan 14, 2011 20:42:13 GMT -5
We have only scored 13 points this half.
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Post by Jazzfan on Jan 14, 2011 20:43:50 GMT -5
We cannot make a shot this half.
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Post by Rush the Court on Jan 14, 2011 20:45:12 GMT -5
64-53 Valpo. 3 minutes to play.
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Post by Raider4Life on Jan 14, 2011 20:48:41 GMT -5
Tabler should have stayed home tonight.
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Post by Jazzfan on Jan 14, 2011 20:52:26 GMT -5
Well it's up to the coaches and players now. Athletics has done it's part and advertised the heck out of this game so it looks like we should have a big crowd. I'm sure the students will be loud and crazy and I hope all of the walk up fans join in too. This is a big weekend for us. We are going to have many casual fans and recruits in the Nutter Center. If we put on a good show we can increase the size of our fanbase and hopefully make an impression on a few recruits. Let's get it done Raiders! It's a shame we laid an egg in the second half. We blew a great chance to make a big impression on a lot of potential new fans tonight.
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Post by Rush the Court on Jan 14, 2011 20:56:23 GMT -5
Valpo 71 WSU 60 Final
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Post by Raider4Life on Jan 14, 2011 20:58:00 GMT -5
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Post by Raider4Life on Jan 14, 2011 20:59:17 GMT -5
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Post by getrowdy44 on Jan 14, 2011 21:04:34 GMT -5
That was arguably the worst half of basketball that I have ever seen WSU play at the Nut. I have been to or watched almost every home game for the past 5 years and this was just awful.
Give Valpo credit, they played a heck of a game and made the right adjustments at half time. We didn't play D, rebound, run offense or do anything that resembled good basketball. Maybe we used all of our offensive power in the 1st half? Not to rag on our players, but Johann just looks lost out there. He is no threat on offense and his defense is such a liability.
I am usually optimistic but after watching that beating I am not looking forward to Sunday. Hopefully we can learn a lot from tonight!
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Post by getrowdy44 on Jan 14, 2011 21:18:06 GMT -5
These good HL opponents are going to make us look silly if we have to constantly rely on the 3 ball. And when you have absolutely zero post game to free up your guards on the outside you are in real trouble.
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Post by BasketBallJones on Jan 14, 2011 21:18:44 GMT -5
I've been attending games at the Nutter Center now for 15+ years. This may be one of the most disappointing losses I've seen at home. We had a huge crowd, first place in the HL on the line, and we laid a giant egg in the second half. Dissappointing is a complete understatment.
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Post by Sixth Man on Jan 14, 2011 21:25:42 GMT -5
We were outcoached. We let Valpo set the pace of the game. We are a defensive team that needs to control the tempo of the game to limit possessions. We were on fire in the first half and Coach let them get into a shootout with Valpo rather than play Raider basketball. The problem with that is we don't have the depth to get into a shootout with anyone. The next big problem is that Donlon did not use our bench and Homer Drew used his. Valpo outhustled us in the second half because their players had fresher legs. They only had 2 players play more than 30 minutes and the were 31 and 33 minutes apiece. We played Land 34 minutes, Tabler 35 minutes, Duggins 37 minutes and Evans 38 minutes.
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