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I would love to see video also

I was at the auburn game, and the team has improved so much since then. It's crazy.

(01-15-2016 01:36 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I would love to see video also

I found a recording

http://www.collegesportslive.com/?media=513615

Congrats on the win in Norfolk this evening.

ODU (Baycote) likely would have grabbed the last rebound that led to your winning shot had #4 Caver not gotten a hand on it and knocked it down (into your guy's hands). Baycote was just inches from having it fall right into his hands before our guy knocked it away. Had he grabbed it he no doubt gets an immediate foul with 3-4 seconds left and he is the team's best foul shooter.

That's just part of the game though and the way the ball bounces sometimes. Good luck to UAB the rest of the season, or at least till we meet again. You guys have a really good team.

(01-15-2016 02:17 AM)whisperdeer3 Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 01:36 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I would love to see video also

I found a recording

http://www.collegesportslive.com/?media=513615

Thanks! I listened to the end of the game. Wow!

(01-15-2016 03:25 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  Congrats on the win in Norfolk this evening.

ODU (Baycote) likely would have grabbed the last rebound that led to your winning shot had #4 Caver not gotten a hand on it and knocked it down (into your guy's hands). Baycote was just inches from having it fall right into his hands before our guy knocked it away. Had he grabbed it he no doubt gets an immediate foul with 3-4 seconds left and he is the team's best foul shooter.

That's just part of the game though and the way the ball bounces sometimes. Good luck to UAB the rest of the season, or at least till we meet again. You guys have a really good team.

You guys also got about 5 offensive rebounds on air balls/partial blocks that led to easy layups. In a game like this you can point to about forty things that could change the game. Norton was right place right time, no doubt. It was a great game, and I hope to see many more between the two teams in the future.

(01-15-2016 09:32 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 03:25 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  Congrats on the win in Norfolk this evening.

ODU (Baycote) likely would have grabbed the last rebound that led to your winning shot had #4 Caver not gotten a hand on it and knocked it down (into your guy's hands). Baycote was just inches from having it fall right into his hands before our guy knocked it away. Had he grabbed it he no doubt gets an immediate foul with 3-4 seconds left and he is the team's best foul shooter.

That's just part of the game though and the way the ball bounces sometimes. Good luck to UAB the rest of the season, or at least till we meet again. You guys have a really good team.

You guys also got about 5 offensive rebounds on air balls/partial blocks that led to easy layups. In a game like this you can point to about forty things that could change the game. Norton was right place right time, no doubt. It was a great game, and I hope to see many more between the two teams in the future.

Right. Receding-hairline dude got a crucial, and easy, basket on a rebound that bounced right off Mehinti's hands and into his.

Sign of a hard-fought game when those things matter.

13-23 free throws was HORRIBLE! They started out 0-5. Sheesh!

(01-14-2016 10:42 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  Pomeroy has William Lee as the game MVP. Lee had an offensive rating of 160 (don't ask me to explain). Freeman came in with an offensive rating of 117. Remember he was 11-29 from the field. Norton had a 130.

I will say this about Freeman, he had 4 steals and 0 turnovers.

In case someone is curious, the offensive rating is the estimated points produced per 100 possessions. In this game, Lee averaged 1.6 points per offensive possession. A possession is typically considered as a shot, free throw, rebound, turnover, or assist—basically whenever a player does something with the ball.

Lee was definitely the game MVP last night. His point total was more than double his number of shot attempts. That is amazing efficiency. Add in 7 rebounds and four blocks, and you have your clear MVP in my mind.

Freeman is very talented, but he's a Kobe, Carmelo, or Iverson type of player. A ball stopper, a low percentage/high volume shooter (his shooting percentage was pretty bad last night), and someone who doesn't improve his teammates on offense. Lee really has a good all around game. Lost in all his other stats is that he gets 2-3 assists per game regularly.

(01-15-2016 01:45 PM)jthrashr Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 10:42 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  Pomeroy has William Lee as the game MVP. Lee had an offensive rating of 160 (don't ask me to explain). Freeman came in with an offensive rating of 117. Remember he was 11-29 from the field. Norton had a 130.

I will say this about Freeman, he had 4 steals and 0 turnovers.

In case someone is curious, the offensive rating is the estimated points produced per 100 possessions. In this game, Lee averaged 1.6 points per offensive possession. A possession is typically considered as a shot, free throw, rebound, turnover, or assist—basically whenever a player does something with the ball.

The calculation for an individual's offensive rating is not trivial.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ratings.html