Sounds like freaking out to me:

(11-11-2016 10:10 PM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  Terrible coaching. Up three on that last possession you foul and put them to the line shooting two. Game over.

I feel like Judson is back.

Post: #20RE: NIU vs Indiana St game thread
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

armour248

"This is pathetic"

"What a joke. Maric, Key and Bradley have been great. Our guards are shooting like 40% from the FT line and 20% from the field"

(11-13-2016 07:08 PM)cagy cager Wrote:  Sounds like freaking out to me:

(11-11-2016 10:10 PM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  Terrible coaching. Up three on that last possession you foul and put them to the line shooting two. Game over.

I feel like Judson is back.

Post: #20RE: NIU vs Indiana St game thread
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

armour248

"This is pathetic"

"What a joke. Maric, Key and Bradley have been great. Our guards are shooting like 40% from the FT line and 20% from the field"

Hahaha thank you!

Saying that the way the end of the game went was pathetic and a joke is "freaking out"? Read the rest of thr posts. It was a good win but that doesn't mean you can't be critival of certain elements...like the way the end of the game was handled and our garbage guard play

Monty said in the post game that they didn't practice what to do in the last 5 seconds but he would have told them to foul.

(11-14-2016 01:39 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  Monty said in the post game that they didn't practice what to do in the last 5 seconds but he would have told them to foul.

How is that not discussed and practiced in the weeks leading up to the season starting? Or at the very least in one of the timeouts taken with less than 90 seconds left. I'm surprised he would even admit that. Seems bizarre.

I heard it. I don't think he thought it would come into play with the first game.

(11-14-2016 01:45 PM)armour248 Wrote:  

(11-14-2016 01:39 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  Monty said in the post game that they didn't practice what to do in the last 5 seconds but he would have told them to foul.

How is that not discussed and practiced in the weeks leading up to the season starting? Or at the very least in one of the timeouts taken with less than 90 seconds left. I'm surprised he would even admit that. Seems bizarre.

How can MM or a member of the coaching staff not have this in their practice plan. Every high school coach I know prepares for to be up by 3 with 20 seconds left in the game. It feels like our players have limited court sense in critical game situations. Is this problem caused because of MM and staff lack of game preparation?

We won this game guys! First game of the year there's a lot of room for improvement. Playing and Coaching. #BeatRoosevelt

There are limited practices and so many things to cover. With frosh, and even sophs, the entire offensive package including multiple sets, BLOBS, SLOBS, motion offensive principles and all the defensive emphasis, it is not surprising that the up 3/foul-don't foul plan wasn't laid out prior to the first game....not to mention, they were out of time outs, a reliable player (albeit one who hadn't played in nearly three years) was at the line shooting two.........it is not something you can necessarily do on the fly--what if someone fouls in the act of shooting the three? what if it is an intentional foul--2 shots and the ball.......what do you do regarding box outs on hard rim rattling free throw? It is also tricky to talk about "when Dontel misses BOTH free throws, we will foul".........

and I don't think the guard play was "garbage" It was quite good defensively...limited turnovers fairly well, especially the first half....moved the ball well, got good shots, had no shot clock issues, got the ball inside quite well.........but they shot poorly--that happens and it doesn't make the guards play garbage........

I'm glad they won but I'm not going to pretend the guard play was good because they played decent defensively (even though Scott had 28 points). The guards shot terribly and had a 1.0 turnover/assist ratio which would be around 200th in the nation team wise. I still think the team should be aware enough to foul in that situation too. Maybe I'll become an NIU basketball apologist at some point but I'm going to call it like I see it for now.

Geez people...give them a break..***** about the game and you are already giving the season up...
The talent is there..give them a chance to develop and learn..show up at the games...get people out to the games..
The talent is there!!! More talent than we have had in years

If you dont go to any games than shut up
If you attend games thank you and get others to come

(11-15-2016 07:27 PM)OldTtimeNIU Wrote:  Geez people...give them a break..***** about the game and you are already giving the season up...
The talent is there..give them a chance to develop and learn..show up at the games...get people out to the games..
The talent is there!!! More talent than we have had in years

If you dont go to any games than shut up
If you attend games thank you and get others to come

AMEN

I like how the old timer thinks........enjoy the games and forget about the amateur analysis and griping especially over the stuff fans have no control over.

Sycamores now with 2 OT games to begin the year. This time they upset ball state

(11-16-2016 12:23 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Sycamores now with 2 OT games to begin the year. This time they upset ball state

BIG TIME UPSET! The MAC team lost to a MVC team!

In their first game Ball St beat St.Louis easily at St.Louis in front of 7,000 fans that's pretty impressive. NIU should've beat Indiana St by about 6-7pts had they made a few free-throws at the end. The surprising part was that the game ended up in overtime.

(11-16-2016 10:49 AM)dekalb222 Wrote:  In their first game Ball St beat St.Louis easily at St.Louis in front of 7,000 fans that's pretty impressive. NIU should've beat Indiana St by about 6-7pts had they made a few free-throws at the end. The surprising part was that the game ended up in overtime.

Very true. Good teams finds ways to win and our guys did!