Date: February 27th, 2021

Time: 4:00 PM

Opponent: UNC-Greensboro (17-8, 12-5 SoCon)

Place: Freedom Hall (limited fans)

Television: none

Webcast: ESPN+

Radio online: 640WXSM.com

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(02-26-2021 04:41 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  Date: February 27th, 2021

Time: 4:00 PM

Opponent: UNC-Greensboro (17-8, 12-5 SoCon)

Place: Freedom Hall (limited fans)

Television: none

Webcast: ESPN+

Radio online: 640WXSM.com

UNCG 2020-2021 Schedule

UNCG 2020-2021 Roster

UNCG Message Board (inactive)

This is a critical game for us to see if Coach Shay can get the players to play together. We all know we have the players especially since the SoCon is not that great this year. I will be there hoping the Bucs unleash not only tomorrow but also next weekend. What a way to end this season. Go Bucs!!

This game means nothing in the tournament seedings. Win or lose, we will start off playing at 2:30 pm Saturday in Asheville against a very tough Chattanooga team that matches up well against us. Transfers 6-7 225 K.C. Hankton from St. Louis and 6-6 215 Darius Banks from JMU were made eligible late by the "blanket exception". They are long, athletic and match up well defensively against our best scorers. With those guys adjusted to the team they've got talent to play with anyone in the SoCon... and to beat us twice, but by last second good fortune both times.

But as 81 says this game is very important for getting the Bucs together and in the best possible shape for a Tournament run. The SoCon is very winnable for a team that comes in fired up. And very much able to knock you out in the first round that you don't bring your "A" game.

For UNCG, this game could mean the difference between a #1 seed and a #3, depending on who wins the Wofford/Furman game, which is another tossup game. Whether that really means anything to a Spartan team that has dropped games to #7 VMI and to #9 Western Carolina, but can beat any of the top teams in the conference is open to question.

UNCG is what they have been all year: Isaiah Miller's team. They reflect Isaiah's skills and personality: the #1 ranked defensive team in the SoCon by KenPom, and a middle of the road offensive team (#167 of 357 D1 teams), as Isaiah is the #1 defender in the league, but shoots .179 from 3 in conference. The Spartans are .309 as a team from 3, last in the SoCon, with A.J. McGinnis, Angelo Allegri and Keyshawn Langley averaging from 1.4 to 1.9 makes per game. They are athletic and physical and will scratch and claw for 40 minutes

They are an excellent road team, going 7-2 away from home in the SoCon. That's mostly against lower ranked teams, with the best road wins being over Wofford and Chattanooga.

UNCG may have been looking ahead to the Bucs when they dropped their last game to Western Carolina, 81-80, as Mason Faulkner returned after a 4 game absence for "personal issues" and looked fired up and rejuvenated, like his old self, dominating the ball, controlling the pace and scoring 28. As both poster and I have noted, Mason had not been playing like his old self earlier in the year, for whatever reason. He appears to be back now.

Kenpom has the Bucs by 1, 65-64. They'll have to fight for it. Go Bucs.

(02-27-2021 01:19 PM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  This game means nothing in the tournament seedings. Win or lose, we will start off playing at 2:30 pm Saturday in Asheville against a very tough Chattanooga team that matches up well against us. Transfers 6-7 225 K.C. Hankton from St. Louis and 6-6 215 Darius Banks from JMU were made eligible late by the "blanket exception". They are long, athletic and match up well defensively against our best scorers. With those guys adjusted to the team they've got talent to play with anyone in the SoCon... and to beat us twice, but by last second good fortune both times.

But as 81 says this game is very important for getting the Bucs together and in the best possible shape for a Tournament run. The SoCon is very winnable for a team that comes in fired up. And very much able to knock you out in the first round that you don't bring your "A" game.

For UNCG, this game could mean the difference between a #1 seed and a #3, depending on who wins the Wofford/Furman game, which is another tossup game. Whether that really means anything to a team that has dropped games to #7 VMI and to #9 Western Carolina, but can beat any of the top teams in the conference is open to question.

UNCG is what they have been all year: Isaiah Miller's team. They reflect Isaiah's skills and personality: the #1 ranked defensive team in the SoCon by KenPom, and a middle of the road offensive team (#167 of 357 D1 teams), as Isaiah is the #1 defender in the league, but shoots .179 from 3 in conference. The Spartans are .309 as a team from 3, last in the SoCon, with A.J. McGinnis, Angelo Allegri and Keyshawn Langley averaging from 1.4 to 1.9 makes per game. They are athletic and physical and will scratch and claw for 40 minutes

They are an excellent road team, going 7-2 away from home in the SoCon. That's mostly against lower ranked teams, with the best wins being over Wofford and Chattanooga.

UNCG may have been looking ahead to the Bucs when they dropped their last game to Western Carolina, 81-80, as Mason Faulkner returned after a 4 game absence for "personal issues" and looked fired up and rejuvenated, like his old self, dominating the ball, controlling the pace and scoring 28. As both poster and I have noted, Mason had not been playing like his old self earlier in the year, for whatever reason. He appears to be back now.

Kenpom has the Bucs by 1, 65-64. They'll have to fight for it. Go Bucs.

Very good write up. The fact that Bucs are favored by Kenpom and even with the odds tells us volumes. This tells us they know Bucs have talent to beat anyone in the SoCon as we all know. Get fired up and start playing today and the tournament can be won. Bucs got to get into gear today. Let's do this!

(02-27-2021 01:19 PM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  This game means nothing in the tournament seedings. Win or lose, we will start off playing at 2:30 pm Saturday in Asheville........

I thought the tournament was being played in Cherokee?

The arena is Harrah's Cherokee center

BTW, Western Carolina leads Mercer 45-30 at the half as Mason Faulkner leads the team in assists (6), rebounds (4) and steals (2), and is second in points (7 on 3-3 from the field). When he's on, he's one of the top 2 or 3 players in the SoCon, and the Cats can beat anyone in the conference.

As this game turns into a blow out, it really hurts Mercer, dropping them to a #7 seed below VMI, which moves up to #6. So they get a "play in" game, meaning that they would have to win 4 games in 4 days to take the SoCon. Which doesn't look likely in any case.

Final WCU wins 85-61.

The collapse is complete.

Team looked horrible today. Uncg not good either but we made them look good. A first round loss next week. No improvement

Go woke, get broke

(02-27-2021 06:33 PM)bucfan81 Wrote:  Team looked horrible today. Uncg not good either but we made them look good. A first round loss next week. No improvement

Yep, sad this program fell so far so quick. They’ll have a whole new team of transfers next year to continue the fall.

(02-27-2021 06:45 PM)ThreedomHall Wrote:  Go woke, get broke

Spot on!

(02-27-2021 06:32 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  The collapse is complete.

I hate contemporary politics and politicians — and don’t tell me all this political crap hasn’t been a major distraction and contributor to this collapse.

(02-27-2021 06:59 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 06:32 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  The collapse is complete.

I hate contemporary politics and politicians — and don’t tell me all this political crap hasn’t been a major distraction and contributor to this collapse.

We were playing poorly before this debacle, but absolutely, massive distraction. Will be interested to see how many of the same players we have on the roster next season. Hope to see a good effort next weekend, but would be surprised if we aren't one and done. All momentum from the last several seasons....gone.

Question: Did anyone think ETSU was going to win when they got to overtime? After watching them fall time after time in the last minutes of recent games, I turned away from the game and focused on my work when overtime began.

Question 2: I'm not anti-coach...at all. I'm just wondering: Was it just me, or did the UNCG coach seem way more into the game than our coach?

(02-27-2021 06:59 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 06:32 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  The collapse is complete.

I hate contemporary politics and politicians — and don’t tell me all this political crap hasn’t been a major distraction and contributor to this collapse.

I am sure the players are ahocked at the backwards and hateful region we are in. Players similarly protest all over the country with minimal hate. But again Bucs have been playing horribly for over a month now. No excuse for that much talent to play that badly. Once the scout was out on us we were toast. That is on the coaches.

(02-27-2021 07:04 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 06:59 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  

(02-27-2021 06:32 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  The collapse is complete.

I hate contemporary politics and politicians — and don’t tell me all this political crap hasn’t been a major distraction and contributor to this collapse.

We were playing poorly before this debacle, but absolutely, massive distraction. Will be interested to see how many of the same players we have on the roster next season. Hope to see a good effort next weekend, but would be surprised if we aren't one and done. All momentum from the last several seasons....gone.

I honestly don't see any worse play in this game than the games weeks ago. This team just lacks the will to win. They had so much promise early in the season. It seems like the other teams figured them out ... but still, we just seem to give away games at the end.

I do believe it is just a lack of desire. UNCG is slumping but we looked worse. 50/50 balls were got by them not us. That could easily have won the game but we had no fire.

Like everyone else I have no confidence this team will win another game this year. Prove me wrong Bucs.

Its been a weird season for multiple reasons. Hopefully the coaches work hard in the off-season to fix things. As far as the tournament goes I hope anyone but UTC or Wofford wins.

Obviously first year coaches get a pass. Next year we must see improvement. We cannot let the problem fester.