Date: February 20th, 2018

Time: 7:00 PM

Opponent: The Citadel (9-18, 4-11 SoCon)

Place: Freedom Hall

Television: none

Webcast: ESPN 3

Radio online: 640WXSM.com

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No reason this shouldnt be a sellout.

(02-19-2018 08:12 AM)brock20 Wrote:  No reason this shouldnt be a sellout.

Agreed. Citadel has put together a team with talent that can beat you if you're not ready to play. They play uptempo, fun to watch basketball

They should ALL sell out this week. Last chance to see home games from a Bucs team that we will remember for a long time. We need to send them into the tournament with the memory of great fan support behind them.

Coach Forbes on the radio this morning :

-When asked about the regular season championship and and the SOCON tournament, Coach labeled that talk "rat poison" (partly in jest). Citadel is the next game, he said, and then we'll see after that what happens.

-Speaking of Citadel he said that the team needed to be ready for the junk defenses that they threw at them the last time and be ready for the dribble drive penetration that Citadel used so effectively the last time. He also said that ETSU's poor shooting at that game was just an off night sort of thing.

-Spoke briefly about WCU game, saying that other than the way too many turnovers, ETSU played fairly well.

-When asked about Payne coming off the bench, he said that he couldn't remember a player that he had coached who took care of business on and off the court more thoroughly than him. As an example he said that he has never had an academic meeting in regards to Devontavius.

-Coach noted that 7 of the normal rotation of 10 players that they used played last year. Of course, that probably would have changed if Rodriguez had not been injured. Which makes me think once again that fans may be in for something special next year as Forbes never seems to miss an opportunity to express regret that Rodriguez couldn't play this year.

-McCloud is still on antibiotics, but seems to be feeling better. Coach hopes that by this weekend or, at least, by the tournament he may be back at full strength.

-When asked about changes in what the team needs to do coming into this home stretch, Coach said they just need to play better. He and his staff aren't adjusting the offense or defense, they just want the team to execute better what they have already been doing.

-I believe Coach said that Peter will walk out on the court on senior day. His phone was a little bit buzzy, so I'm not absolutely sure of that. He said that the season had worn down Peter.

(02-19-2018 10:07 AM)BigIslandBuc Wrote:  Coach Forbes on the radio this morning :

. . . He said that the season had worn down Peter.

Early in the WCU game, Peter had a contusion on his forehead, a pretty nice one — what we always called a "pump knot." He was keeping ice on it on the bench.

I can see how a season-long dose of banging and bumping can wear you down.

Looking forward to cheering for Peter and the rest at these last few home games.

any news on desonta's ankle?

Y’all might want to check out Mike Young’s shot at the Bucs. It’s in Mark Weidmer’s Feb 18 column about Lamont Paris in Chatt Times Free Press.

In a 4 game streak the Citadel got the attention of the SoCon: by beating Mercer, Furman and Wofford and doing everything possible to avoid making it 4 in a row by somehow dropping one to the Bucs.

Since that streak, the newly attentive SoCon opposition has won 4 straight over the Citadel: Chattanooga, Samford, UNCG and VMI have all beaten them.

Hopefully the Bucs will add themselves to the list of "woke" teams.

Citadel has been playing a short (in both senses of the word) roster recently with 5 guys averaging about 30 minutes or more.

Key players are 6-7 205 Zane Najdawi (20.0 ppg on .474 from 3; 6.0 rebounds); 6-1 150 Matt Frierson (16.1 ppg on .356 from 3; 3.1 rebounds); 5-5 150 Frankie Johnson (5.7 ppg, 3.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.9 steals) who average over 30 minutes per game in recent games. 6-4 225 Kaelon Harris (10.0 points on .292 from 3, and 6.1 rebounds); 6-6 190 Leandro Allende (4.3 points on .409 from 3, 3.1 rebounds) and 5-11 170 Quayson Williams (6.8 ppg on .382 from 3 and 2.3 rebounds) average over 20 minutes.

Frankie Johnson, muscular and low to the ground like Muggsy Bogues, controls the ball all day on the dribble but can’t shoot (FG% of .333, .270 from 3). 6-7 205 Zane Najdawi is a solid all around player and scorer but as their ‘biggest’ regular player doesn’t have the muscle or length to control the middle. 6-4 225 Kaelon Harris gives them muscle going to the basket and 6-1 150 Matt Frierson is the designated perimeter shooter averaging 4.2 makes per game in conference on .356 from 3. They gave us trouble with penetration and a variety of gimmick defenses last time, which Forbes assures us he has been working on.

It’s worth learning how to play these guys because we stand a very good chance of facing them again next week in the first round of the SoCon tournament.

(02-19-2018 10:07 AM)BigIslandBuc Wrote:  Coach Forbes on the radio this morning :

-I believe Coach said that Peter will walk out on the court on senior day. His phone was a little bit buzzy, so I'm not absolutely sure of that. He said that the season had worn down Peter.

That actually sounds ominous - like his season is over. Surely that's not what he meant to infer?

(02-20-2018 01:09 PM)PreacherPurl Wrote:  Y’all might want to check out Mike Young’s shot at the Bucs. It’s in Mark Weidmer’s Feb 18 column about Lamont Paris in Chatt Times Free Press.

Yet that's not what most impresses the Wofford coach. Said Young, who has reached the NCAA tournament from a one-bid league four times since 2010: "Lamont could have come in here and found four graduate transfers and three junior college transfers and probably had a lot better record. But he chose to rebuild his program with nice kids who represent the university with class. He's doing it the right way, and they're going to be good again really soon."

Eh, I've seen worse.

You either have a coach/program the other schools like and talk well about or you have a coach/program that is good. I'll take good.

(02-20-2018 12:51 PM)brock20 Wrote:  any news on desonta's ankle?

Saw a media report that said it was a game time decision.

I'd almost rather him rest it. He didn't practice yesterday

Desonta is dressed but is not warming up.

Obi-Rapu now so cold he's afraid to shoot it. They're *wanting* him to.

Fugly

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(02-20-2018 07:49 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote:  Obi-Rapu now so cold he's afraid to shoot it. They're *wanting* him to.

Ice cold. Already missed two wide open shots this half.

(02-20-2018 07:49 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote:  Obi-Rapu now so cold he's afraid to shoot it. They're *wanting* him to.

My goodness. Feel bad for the guy.
The lack of an offensive playmaker with Bradford on the bench is startling. Would’ve hoped Payne would be that guy but he has been silent.

I hope Bradford will be available Friday. We need him out there now.

(02-20-2018 08:12 PM)BartowZone Wrote:  

(02-20-2018 07:49 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote:  Obi-Rapu now so cold he's afraid to shoot it. They're *wanting* him to.

My goodness. Feel bad for the guy.
The lack of an offensive playmaker with Bradford on the bench is startling. Would’ve hoped Payne would be that guy but he has been silent.

I know. Williams taking up *some* slack - but Bradford's absence is hurting quite a large amount, shall we kindly say. They've figured out who can hurt them, and who can't.

I don’t understand why we have quit feeding the post.