Good game, guys! Didn't see it, so I can't really comment. Heard one KSU player in particular was being destroyed on D?

A little arrogant, are we Coach Preston?
“It was not what East Tennessee State did, it’s that we could not accomplish what we set out to accomplish,” Preston said.
http://www.ksuowls.com/news/2013/1/19/MB...ath=mbball

http://www.ksuowls.com/news/2013/1/19/MB...ath=mbball

Wilson went 7 for 9 from the field and made all three of his 3-pointers. He was coming off a three-point, 1-for-7 effort in a loss to Mercer.
“I’m gonna have bad games, but last game, that was unacceptable to hit only one because a lot of them were open,” Wilson said. “Coach told me to get at least 10 shots today but he wants them efficient.”

Wilson went 7 for 9 from the field and made all three of his 3-pointers. He was coming off a three-point, 1-for-7 effort in a loss to Mercer.
“I’m gonna have bad games, but last game, that was unacceptable to hit only one because a lot of them were open,” Wilson said. “Coach told me to get at least 10 shots today but he wants them efficient.”

As Lester goes, the Bucs go!!

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Sports/a...?id=104303

Is this a bad sign? From twitter.

Quote:yunio barrueta ‏@Yunio_Barrueta

Finally in Johnson city! Well I ain't to happy to be here lol

(01-19-2013 06:54 PM)Bucfaithful Wrote:  A little arrogant, are we Coach Preston?
“It was not what East Tennessee State did, it’s that we could not accomplish what we set out to accomplish,” Preston said.
http://www.ksuowls.com/news/2013/1/19/MB...ath=mbball

At least he can brag on being tall....perhaps the tallest in all of college basketball? He had to be at least 6'8".

Counter-intuitive statistic of the day:

In conference play, ETSU is currently leading the ASun in 3 point percentage, shooting .417.
Rashawn's got .533, Lester .438, Mario .416, and Jarvis .367

ETSU is 3rd in 3 point defense, allowing .331.
http://www.atlanticsun.org/media/2012-13...nfonly.htm

The Bucs are next to last in rebounding margin (-3.2). Only NKU, who lost their best rebounder Billups, is worse.

When we lost Dubose and Cooley, I would have bet good money that these stats would be reversed - with the Bucs one of the better rebounding teams in the ASun, and one of the worst 3 point shooting and defending teams.

The rebounding margin may be the most disappointing stat of the year. This Bucs team is not tall, but they have the ability to rebound better, and early on were doing exactly that.

(01-18-2013 05:02 PM)Mister Jennings Wrote:  

(01-18-2013 03:31 PM)Goldfinger Wrote:  Rock Bottom has been hit. Win or lose. The only real question now is what to do with Bartow? Keep him until you ascend from the Asun? Or drop him after this season?

I predict he finishes out his contract.

Goldfinger...it's no longer necessary to be a negative Nelly. Your negativity about ETSU athletics depresses me...especially since it's no longer true. Please stop it and say a few good words from time to time.

How is Gold negative?

When would you say ETSU has hit rock bottom? When they are winless, fail to score a single point in a game, and the defense allows 100 in every contest?

Brian Noland thought ETSU had hit rock bottom. Otherwise, David Mullins would not have been reassigned.

(01-18-2013 07:16 PM)Bucfaithful Wrote:  KSU struggles to score, defend, and pass the ball--just like us. They are led by the immensely talented Markeith Cumming, who is averaging a league-leading 18 ppg. Cummings can shoot, take it off the bounce, and post up; he'll be a tough matchup. Aaron Anderson, a 6'7" forward, also leads KSU with his junk-yard dog style of play. Anderson has a nose for the ball and is just a smart player. The Bucs should be also concerned with sophomore guard Delbert Love. Love had monster games against Mercer (32 pts.) and Jacksonville (25 pts.). The versatile Love averages 12.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 3.2 apg.

No one for the Bucs played well for the Bucs against Mercer. Given our scoring struggles, if one guy is off, we're in trouble. Lester has been a constant for us this season, but was only 1-7 from the field against Mercer. Mercer did an effective job denying him the ball and contesting his shots. KSU will do the same. Wide open looks for Lester are a thing of the past. So, he'll need to find other ways to score and we'll need to find other ways to feed him the ball. Besides Lester, our guards must attack the basket. Jarvis has been splendid defensively, but needs to be smarter on offense. I also feel that Mario should get the starting nod for his effort, especially his work on the glass. Lastly, I'd like to see Walton more aggressive on offense.

To conclude with the obvious, we need to hit our FT's. The team who gets to the line the most and converts the most, will win this game.

If Cumming was "immensely talented," don't you think he would be averaging at least 20 points a game in a conference such as the A-Sun?

Please don't apply for a job as a copy editor.

There, Mister! See, I'm negative! I said something snarky!

Doesn't matter that it's true. Or that if ETSU wants to advance up the ladder and become more of a "major" and less of a "mid," perhaps the mindset of 18 ppg scorers on 2-15 A-Sun teams (or whatever KSU's record is) should not be described as "immensely talented."

The NBA ain't in the guy's future.

Then again, in a community so focused on big schools drubbing the likes of Sullivan Central and David Crockett by 50 points and the Arby's Classic, maybe Cumming does look "immensely talented" to some.

(01-18-2013 09:18 PM)Mister Jennings Wrote:  you can even get college credit for going skiing at Beech Mountain. Only at ETSU!

You just gave Skull and Bones fodder to make fun of ETSU for the rest of time.

(01-19-2013 02:50 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 02:50 PM)Bucfaithful Wrote:  This commentary is priceless. My connection is fine.

These guys haven't got a clue

Is that any different than the "pie-in-the-sky" types who have come on here over the years?

Or the media around here who will force high school basketball down our throats at the expense of coverage to minor league baseball and ETSU?

Or, dare I say it, is it any different than the immortal Chuck Jones?

What say you, "football fans?"

(01-19-2013 03:56 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  Our rebounding is laughable.

Oh, Fan1, you're so negative!!!!!!

Actually, I don't believe you are being negative. Just telling it like it is.

So welcome to the club. I pray you don't have to take the shots I have for doing the same thing.

(01-19-2013 04:23 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Well we have not reached rock bottom yet, we beat a bad KSU.. yippee?

You really think players selling drugs and 4-13 or whatever the record is in the A-Sun, and losing to everyone out of conference by 20 points, isn't rock bottom?

(01-20-2013 09:49 AM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  The Bucs are next to last in rebounding margin (-3.2). Only NKU, who lost their best rebounder Billups, is worse.

When we lost Dubose and Cooley, I would have bet good money that these stats would be reversed - with the Bucs one of the better rebounding teams in the ASun, and one of the worst 3 point shooting and defending teams.

The rebounding margin may be the most disappointing stat of the year. This Bucs team is not tall, but they have the ability to rebound better, and early on were doing exactly that.

This is a very legitimate criticism of the Bucs and something that I think may show some coaching shortcomings of Bartow.

One of his mentors, Bobby Knight, once had Army leading the country in rebounding when military academy requirements forced him to limit himself to players 6-6 or shorter.

Think about that for a sec.

I realize that players at military academies 40 years ago have got to be more coachable to the lessons of boxing out and such than today's A-Sun athlete.

But still, with that background, how can a Murry Bartow team be next-to-last in the conference in rebounding?

I wouldn't discount ETSU's ability to shoot from outside, however.

(01-18-2013 09:18 PM)Mister Jennings Wrote:  you can even get college credit for going skiing at Beech Mountain. Only at ETSU!

Lol Mister, you can get college credit for sking at alot more schools then just ETSU, it is just a PE class.

(01-20-2013 11:40 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 04:23 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Well we have not reached rock bottom yet, we beat a bad KSU.. yippee?

You really think players selling drugs and 4-13 or whatever the record is in the A-Sun, and losing to everyone out of conference by 20 points, isn't rock bottom?

Marky must have had a bad night in the cab he has come on and made a snarky comment on just about every post in this thread.

Sometimes I worry about Mister.

Here's a guy who was supposedly a radio broadcaster; spewing forth his wisdom to all of east Tennessee.

And you get things like this that, well, just aren't true.

(01-20-2013 11:48 AM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  

(01-20-2013 11:40 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote:  

(01-19-2013 04:23 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Well we have not reached rock bottom yet, we beat a bad KSU.. yippee?

You really think players selling drugs and 4-13 or whatever the record is in the A-Sun, and losing to everyone out of conference by 20 points, isn't rock bottom?

Marky must have had a bad night in the cab he has come on and made a snarky comment on just about every post in this thread.

Not so at all.

Only you would make excuses for honesty.

(01-19-2013 04:23 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Well we have not reached rock bottom yet, we beat a bad KSU.. yippee?

This comment, of course, isn't snarky.

Guess the fact you'll never be Jim Rockford has really set in, ay RodSpin?