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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
Buffalo is very good.
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
Note to players: if the opposition knocks you down, you must have traveled
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
UB misses, UT rebounds but turns it over, Bulls turn it over and then the Rockets give it right back.
At least I think that's what happened. A lot of stuff happened and I've lost interest
Bulls get a 3 and it's 83-65 UB
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
Boyd scores to make it 83-67
UB gets a 3 and it's 86-67
Somebody scored for UT and it's 86-69
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
Foul sends UB to the line
First one no good
Second one good. 87-69 Bulls
UT misses, UB rebounds and they can dribble out the clock
UB wins 87-69
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
Not a good road team.
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
I won't be here for the men's game tonight (at least at the start). Maybe that's a good sign for UT.
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
(01-20-2018 04:05 PM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote: Not a good road team.
Three road games so far in the MAC. All are double digit loses.
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
(01-20-2018 04:01 PM)Dwight Wrote: Buffalo is very good.
They were pretty good last season. I think they’re on a mission this time around.
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
They travel to Toledo in 10 days
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
This is a team with three recurring weaknesses; (1) rebounding, (2) ball security and (3) shooting accuracy. In those games where they can do two of those things well they play well and are difficult to beat. Today they did all three poorly. Defeat was inevitable. But today I was convinced that they are also not as good a defensive team as we have come to expect. They also don't have a shutdown defender. They have been putting Bravo-Harroitt on the high scoring guards. She does OK but these players, like the one today, are still getting big points. B-H often gets in foul trouble as a consequence and I think it probably also affects her offensive production even when she isn't burdened with fouls. Today there were few players who had good games. McIntyre got ~20 points, Rokkanen had 13 points (but several turnovers) and finally Beacham was given significant minutes and she had 8 points. Boyd got her points but was Reid was better and Santucci was brutal, especially in the first half. If this team can't play better on the road they will be stretched to be a 500 team in the MAC. One final observation .. we defeated Buffalo 3 times last year. They graduated their leading scorer and we graduated Monakana and now they are the better team. How is that?
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
(01-20-2018 05:30 PM)temoxley Wrote: This is a team with three recurring weaknesses; (1) rebounding, (2) ball security and (3) shooting accuracy. In those games where they can do two of those things well they play well and are difficult to beat. Today they did all three poorly. Defeat was inevitable. But today I was convinced that they are also not as good a defensive team as we have come to expect. They also don't have a shutdown defender. They have been putting Bravo-Harroitt on the high scoring guards. She does OK but these players, like the one today, are still getting big points. B-H often gets in foul trouble as a consequence and I think it probably also affects her offensive production even when she isn't burdened with fouls. Today there were few players who had good games. McIntyre got ~20 points, Rokkanen had 13 points (but several turnovers) and finally Beacham was given significant minutes and she had 8 points. Boyd got her points but was Reid was better and Santucci was brutal, especially in the first half. If this team can't play better on the road they will be stretched to be a 500 team in the MAC. One final observation .. we defeated Buffalo 3 times last year. They graduated their leading scorer and we graduated Monakana and now they are the better team. How is that?
Dillard had to sit out last year after transferring. She's better than the player they lost.
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temoxley
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
(01-20-2018 06:33 PM)Dwight Wrote: (01-20-2018 05:30 PM)temoxley Wrote: This is a team with three recurring weaknesses; (1) rebounding, (2) ball security and (3) shooting accuracy. In those games where they can do two of those things well they play well and are difficult to beat. Today they did all three poorly. Defeat was inevitable. But today I was convinced that they are also not as good a defensive team as we have come to expect. They also don't have a shutdown defender. They have been putting Bravo-Harroitt on the high scoring guards. She does OK but these players, like the one today, are still getting big points. B-H often gets in foul trouble as a consequence and I think it probably also affects her offensive production even when she isn't burdened with fouls. Today there were few players who had good games. McIntyre got ~20 points, Rokkanen had 13 points (but several turnovers) and finally Beacham was given significant minutes and she had 8 points. Boyd got her points but was Reid was better and Santucci was brutal, especially in the first half. If this team can't play better on the road they will be stretched to be a 500 team in the MAC. One final observation .. we defeated Buffalo 3 times last year. They graduated their leading scorer and we graduated Monakana and now they are the better team. How is that?
Dillard had to sit out last year after transferring. She's better than the player they lost.
Good point. And we don't have anyone other than McIntyre stepping up to replace Monakana's 12 pts/game. Even so the shift from 3-0 to getting routed is pretty dramatic.
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temoxley
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
What is the news on Cunningham?
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Dwight
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RE: WBB: Toledo at Buffalo game thread
(01-20-2018 07:13 PM)temoxley Wrote: What is the news on Cunningham?
She was listed as questionable before the game, but I don't think that means anything. In the past Cullop has listed players as questionable for many weeks. I can't find anything else.
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