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Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian (L 47-70) - ETSUfan1 - 11-20-2020 09:40 PM
Date: November 25th, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Opponent: Abilene Christian (0-0, 0-0 Southland)
Place: Hertz Arena (no fans)
Television: none
Webcast: FloHoops (Subscription)
Radio online: 640WXSM.com
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RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - ETSUtough - 11-20-2020 10:51 PM
Go Bucs!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - bucfan81 - 11-20-2020 11:09 PM
(11-20-2020 10:51 PM)ETSUtough Wrote: Go Bucs!
I will second that!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - Stateman - 11-21-2020 05:06 PM
Indiana State has withdrawn from this event. Will they have to change the format, if a replacement is not found?
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - swvabucsfan - 11-21-2020 09:19 PM
Blue Ribbon picks Abilene Christian to finish 2nd in the Southland Conference, behind Stephen F. Austin in first. They finished 3rd in the Southland last year (20-11 and 15-5). This is Abiliene’s 3rd year in D1. They won 27 games and 20 games in their 1st 2 years. KenPom rates them #156 (#185 in offense and #139 in defense) to ETSU’s #167 (#197 in offense and # 154 in defense). They are a 1 point favorite in KP – FWIW, since in this first game of the season KenPom doesn’t yet have the statistical basis which makes their rankings so useful.
They lose their top scorer in 6-2 guard Payten Ricks (14.3 ppg). But they return their next 7 best after him. So a huge edge in experience to Abilene.
Their strength is in the front court which Blue Ribbon rates 1st in conference. 6-8 220 Jr. Forward Joe Pleasant (11.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg) is picked for all conference. Their center is 7-0 240 Sr. Kolton Kohl (9.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg). 6-6 220 Jr. F Clay Gayman averages 9.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg. 6-5 265 So. F Airion Simmons has 5.4 ppg and 4.1 rpg. It’s a strong, experienced front court.
Guards are led by 6-0 Sr Coryon Mason (8.8 ppg with 1.2 steals). Point was split between 5-7 Jr. Damien Daniels (5.2 ppg, 3.1 apg and 1.1 steals) and 6-0 Sr. Reggie Miller (3.0, 2.1 apg, 1.0 steals). 6-3 Sr. Makhi Morris adds 3.8 ppg, but missed the last half of the season to injury. 6-5 Jr Tobias Cameron was a bit player (1.0 ppg). Help may come from 6-4 Rs-So Immanuel Allen (12.2 ppg in JUCO 2018-19) – he is said to have been their best defender and best athlete in practice.
They only shot.309 from 3 last year with 6.7 makes per game. But their defense held opponents to an even worse .298 with 5.0 makes. They held opponents to 65.3 ppg. Their scoring seems to come from in close, where they were .532 from 2, 52nd in D1.
They grab 9.5 steals, 6th in D1. Rebounding was even (-0.2 margin). Turnover margin was an excellent +5.8, second in D1 to UNCG's 6.4.
Their strength has been defense from the big front court. Quick 6-5 Ledarrius might be an interesting matchup for them! But that big, experienced front court will certainly be a challenge for the Bucs.
These guys made the NCAA’s 2 years ago and came close last year. They expect to contend again. But KP only has them a 1 point favorite.
This is step one in a long journey. Anybody watching the NCAA struggle with football games knows that there will be a lot of ups and downs. Clemson vs Florida St was postponed at the last minute. Some teams (Wisconsin) have missed half their games. We'll have to be in it for the long haul, with the patience and toughness to work through the rough spots. A team doesn't get built overnight.
I can't wait to see some real basketball. Go Bucs!!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - swvabucsfan - 11-21-2020 10:09 PM
(11-20-2020 09:40 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote: Date: November 25th, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM
Opponent: Abilene Christian (0-0, 0-0 Southland)
Place: Hertz Arena (no fans)
Television: none
Webcast: FloHoops (Subscription)
Radio online: 640WXSM.com
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Any way to get a video without having to subscribe to something?????????
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - etsuBucsFan1988 - 11-22-2020 10:00 AM
It's $30 for the monthly subscription, so basically $10 a game. I'll gladly pay that just to finally be able to watch some Buc hoops. They have a Roku app so can watch on the big screen. Hopefully there are no streaming problems and is a decent broadcast, which can be iffy with these type of things. I will be canceling right after ETSU's third game though.
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - swvabucsfan - 11-22-2020 10:18 AM
(11-22-2020 10:00 AM)etsuBucsFan1988 Wrote: It's $30 for the monthly subscription, so basically $10 a game. I'll gladly pay that just to finally be able to watch some Buc hoops. They have a Roku app so can watch on the big screen. Hopefully there are no streaming problems and is a decent broadcast, which can be iffy with these type of things. I will be canceling right after ETSU's third game though.
Fair point. Having spent the better part of an hour poring over a few minutes of scrimmage, I'll probably do the same for the first glimpse of the new Bucs. And be glad to have it!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - BucDoctor - 11-22-2020 11:21 AM
(11-22-2020 10:00 AM)etsuBucsFan1988 Wrote: It's $30 for the monthly subscription, so basically $10 a game. I'll gladly pay that just to finally be able to watch some Buc hoops. They have a Roku app so can watch on the big screen. Hopefully there are no streaming problems and is a decent broadcast, which can be iffy with these type of things. I will be canceling right after ETSU's third game though.
Is this not on ESPN3?
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - Stateman - 11-22-2020 02:39 PM
Indiana State, East Carolina and maybe one other have now withdrawn from this event. I would wait before I joined that pay service.
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - Buc'ed_Up - 11-22-2020 02:57 PM
(11-22-2020 02:39 PM)Stateman Wrote: Indiana State, East Carolina and maybe one other have now withdrawn from this event. I would wait before I joined that pay service.
This is going to be sooo frustrating this year
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - bucfan81 - 11-22-2020 05:30 PM
Are these games going to be payed in a bubble type of environment?
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - etsuBucsFan1988 - 11-22-2020 05:49 PM
(11-22-2020 02:39 PM)Stateman Wrote: Indiana State, East Carolina and maybe one other have now withdrawn from this event. I would wait before I joined that pay service.
yeah looks like Akron is out. Need one other to cancel to make it an even 4!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - PirateJP - 11-22-2020 05:58 PM
Indiana State had two or three players test positive, East Carolina had one test positive, and I believe Akron had one or two test positive as well. It sucks, I was really looking forward to the season given what we had coming back.
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - etsubuc - 11-22-2020 08:05 PM
Basketball is the only sport that I've been worried about how the season would successfully be completed. Unlike football, it's not like we can just take the players who test positive out of the game and proceed as normal. By the time we get to the NCAA tournament, win/loss records as well as the total number of games played by each team will make the selection process nearly impossible.
If we get this game played, I think it will be a very good early test. Remember how long it took the team to come together in Forbes' first year, I expect the same type of thing this year. But we can't get better if we don't get to play games like this.
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - bucfan81 - 11-22-2020 09:21 PM
The Coach's radio show Monday will be interesting to say the least. We should an up to the minute update on how things are looking. Go Bucs!
RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - Bucster - 11-22-2020 09:22 PM
(11-22-2020 05:58 PM)PirateJP Wrote: Indiana State had two or three players test positive, East Carolina had one test positive, and I believe Akron had one or two test positive as well. It sucks, I was really looking forward to the season given what we had coming back.
I hate ECU and others had to pull out of this tournament. I was actually hoping to see an ETSU vs ECU matchup. I don't think we've played each other since the late 90's.
Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - etsuBucsFan1988 - 11-22-2020 09:34 PM
(11-22-2020 09:21 PM)bucfan81 Wrote: The Coach's radio show Monday will be interesting to say the least. We should an up to the minute update on how things are looking. Go Bucs!
What time and station?
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RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - bucfan81 - 11-22-2020 10:15 PM
(11-22-2020 09:34 PM)etsuBucsFan1988 Wrote:640 AM the Sports Monster at 6:00. Live from Wild Wing Cafe.(11-22-2020 09:21 PM)bucfan81 Wrote: The Coach's radio show Monday will be interesting to say the least. We should an up to the minute update on how things are looking. Go Bucs!
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RE: Official Game Thread: Abilene Christian - BigIslandBuc - 11-23-2020 08:44 AM
(11-22-2020 08:05 PM)etsubuc Wrote: Basketball is the only sport that I've been worried about how the season would successfully be completed. Unlike football, it's not like we can just take the players who test positive out of the game and proceed as normal. By the time we get to the NCAA tournament, win/loss records as well as the total number of games played by each team will make the selection process nearly impossible.
If we get this game played, I think it will be a very good early test. Remember how long it took the team to come together in Forbes' first year, I expect the same type of thing this year. But we can't get better if we don't get to play games like this.
As you say, basketball is not football. Playing multiple games in a week, if one or two teams test positive at any time it will throw the entire conference schedule into chaos, especially as the season has been compacted into such a small window. I can't see how rescheduling games could work as has been tried in football. The conference "champion" may well be a team that can play more games than everyone else.