(12-05-2018 10:09 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Very impressed with Jason Wade. He's going to be special. He's one of the best players we've had in a long, long while who can drive to the basket and finish strong.

(12-05-2018 11:13 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

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(12-05-2018 09:19 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

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(12-05-2018 08:07 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  You guys play really good free throw defense.

Wish I could say the same for y'all. But you don't do really anything well.

Damn dude, the man has a family

I believe a poet once said "don't start no ****, it won't be no ****."

A fat, stinky poet.

(12-06-2018 08:14 AM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 08:37 PM)Brackintology Wrote:  I don’t get the Ted Alexander hate. Sure he sounds like a game show host or a late night talk show announcer at times, but I’ll take him and his dress bagging antics over most of the other school radio announcers I hear. But again, that’s me.

That makes at least two of us. I got nothing against Ted at all, and he is a great supporter of ODU athletics.

(12-06-2018 08:40 AM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  Here's a couple of thoughts for you round ball guys to chew on for me.

1. Our two seven footers are strong and athletic, but I would just as soon see them stick to dunks when it comes to offense. Their shooting otherwise is just not accurate enough.

2. This is the most offensive talent I have seen the Monarchs put on the floor at one time in a long, long time. We have shooters!

3. Stith, Caver, Green, Godwin, Wade -- does anyone in C-USA have a better fivesome?

4. I think this is rapidly becoming a really good team with potential for significant post season play.

(12-06-2018 08:40 AM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  Here's a couple of thoughts for you round ball guys to chew on for me.

1. Our two seven footers are strong and athletic, but I would just as soon see them stick to dunks when it comes to offense. Their shooting otherwise is just not accurate enough.

2. This is the most offensive talent I have seen the Monarchs put on the floor at one time in a long, long time. We have shooters!

3. Stith, Caver, Green, Godwin, Wade -- does anyone in C-USA have a better fivesome?

4. I think this is rapidly becoming a really good team with potential for significant post season play.

(12-06-2018 08:54 AM)757ODU Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 08:40 AM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  Here's a couple of thoughts for you round ball guys to chew on for me.

1. Our two seven footers are strong and athletic, but I would just as soon see them stick to dunks when it comes to offense. Their shooting otherwise is just not accurate enough.

2. This is the most offensive talent I have seen the Monarchs put on the floor at one time in a long, long time. We have shooters!

3. Stith, Caver, Green, Godwin, Wade -- does anyone in C-USA have a better fivesome?

4. I think this is rapidly becoming a really good team with potential for significant post season play.

1. Dickens actually has a pretty good shot.

2. If Godwin and Green hit shots, this will be the best offensive team we have seen in a while.

3. WKU is probably more talented with Bearden, Hollingsworth, Murray, Bassey, Anderson.

4. This is a team that can get better every game and make a run through the conference tournament. Kenpom says that this is the second best defensive team ODU has had in 18 years (2010 being the only year that was better at #10). Kenpom has this year's team rated has the #21 defensive team in the country.

(12-06-2018 09:18 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  I thought the postgame show last night was one of the most informative I've heard in a while. Dave noted that at practice the other day -- after Godwin went 1 for 8 against JMU -- Godwin had the ball 28 feet from the basket. Jones stopped practice right there, told Godwin "You've got to be ready to shoot. You can shoot it from there. Be ready." 28 feet, not a distance a lot of coaches would give a kid a green light from. Godwin said moments like that are an obvious boost to his confidence, and Jones said there were 3 or 4 shots last night when MG was ready to shoot, no hesitation, and it paid off.

DT also asked Jones how he became such a stickler for defense. The answer was that he wasn't against offense but "I just like to win, and I think you can control the possibility of that better on defense."

We've got a lot of potential with this crew, especially if we can find a 3rd scorer per game, whether it's Green, Godwin or Wade. And I don't know what Kithcart's injury is, but I can't wait to see him inserted on the floor as well.

(12-05-2018 11:54 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  I am now officially an old dude around here. That sucks . But to hold wins over jmu, vcu, and wm is special, regardless of the season. Complete the Quinela with a win over the Ticks, and the am pretty happy. Cavet and Stith look good, and Godwin and Wade are developing. I am optimistic for the season.

(12-06-2018 09:30 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 09:18 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  I thought the postgame show last night was one of the most informative I've heard in a while. Dave noted that at practice the other day -- after Godwin went 1 for 8 against JMU -- Godwin had the ball 28 feet from the basket. Jones stopped practice right there, told Godwin "You've got to be ready to shoot. You can shoot it from there. Be ready." 28 feet, not a distance a lot of coaches would give a kid a green light from. Godwin said moments like that are an obvious boost to his confidence, and Jones said there were 3 or 4 shots last night when MG was ready to shoot, no hesitation, and it paid off.

DT also asked Jones how he became such a stickler for defense. The answer was that he wasn't against offense but "I just like to win, and I think you can control the possibility of that better on defense."

We've got a lot of potential with this crew, especially if we can find a 3rd scorer per game, whether it's Green, Godwin or Wade. And I don't know what Kithcart's injury is, but I can't wait to see him inserted on the floor as well.

I live only a mile away, but I am old and drive the games. If I time my exit right, the coach's interview is starting just as I pull out of the parking garage and is complete just as I arrive home.

I actually heard two separate answers from JJ in response to DT's line of questions. His first attempt at an answer sounded more to me like an outright denial that he is a defense-first coach - - and that it was just the rosters of the teams that he's had that have given that impression.

DT either didn't hear that answer or wasn't buying it, because he then asked what in JJ's background caused him to be so singularly focused on defense (assuming an answer to the first question that JJ had not given). Instead of sticking to his prior response, JJ then went into a fairly meaningless (I thought) discussion of defense giving you more control over winning games.

Not that it much matters, but I thought that JJ's initial answer was the more honest one: that he doesn't view himself as a defense-first coach. He is just working with the ingredients that he has.

(12-06-2018 08:30 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 11:13 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

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(12-05-2018 09:19 PM)odu09 Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 08:37 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Wish I could say the same for y'all. But you don't do really anything well.

Damn dude, the man has a family

I believe a poet once said "don't start no ****, it won't be no ****."

A fat, stinky poet.

I can't speak for his hygiene but Lil John isn't fat.

(12-05-2018 09:48 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(12-05-2018 09:41 PM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Beating Feces U, blowing out JMU and W&M. I don’t know what that means for the rest of the season, but it does feel like, after 7 years, things are getting back to normal in the basketball universe.

Watch your mouth, lest ODU loses to UTSA and everything falls apart again.

(12-07-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Interesting;

(12-07-2018 03:08 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

(12-07-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Interesting;

Dont let this distract you from the fact that Adrian Peterson was the only running back in NFL history score a 90 yard TD on a single play, and NOT reach 100 yards for the entire game.

(12-07-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Interesting;

(12-07-2018 03:14 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(12-07-2018 03:08 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

(12-07-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Interesting;

Dont let this distract you from the fact that Adrian Peterson was the only running back in NFL history score a 90 yard TD on a single play, and NOT reach 100 yards for the entire game.

Dammit, you distracted me from the fact that Golden State blew a 3-1 lead against Cleveland in the NBA Finals. Now I may never remember it.

Also in fairness, it was a lot harder to go undefeated against those three from 1996 to 2012, since ODU had to play them a combined six times in the regular season, plus potentially again in the CAA tournament. Like the season the Monarchs won the CAA and beat Notre Dame in the NCAAs — they went 7-1 against the trio, a perfect record spoiled by a loss at VCU.

(12-07-2018 04:56 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(12-07-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Interesting;

It’s also the only time in that entire time period we’ve played them only once each and ALL at home.

But don’t let me distract you! Lol