JMU came back to defeat Towson. NU and UNCW in OT.

Pretty simple. Knight on the bench in foul trouble equals game over for the Tribe. When he is not in there, it changes everything on “defense”

Looks like if Hofstra beats Charleston tonight, it’s a 4 way tie for first place with Towson 2 games back in 5th ....

Drexel has now beaten Charleston and W&M in the last week or so .....

The tourney is gonna be nuts and no easy games for anyone in any rounds ... all depends on matchups ... personally I hope for either Elon or Delaware in rd 1 just based on matchups ... and yes, i know some don’t want to play Elon, but you gotta play someone ....

When teams start playing tight defense on us, we need to start running constant back cuts. Eventually either someone is going to be open or the defense is going to have to grab

(02-03-2018 06:18 PM)Naptown Tribe Wrote:  Looks like if Hofstra beats Charleston tonight, it’s a 4 way tie for first place with Towson 2 games back in 5th ....

Drexel has now beaten Charleston and W&M in the last week or so .....

The tourney is gonna be nuts and no easy games for anyone in any rounds ... all depends on matchups ... personally I hope for either Elon or Delaware in rd 1 just based on matchups ... and yes, i know some don’t want to play Elon, but you gotta play someone ....

Yeah, those 2 teams are probably the best matchups. Still wouldn't mind NE either, even though they beat the crap out of us earlier in the year. Hofstra isn't a terrible matchup either.

Definitely want to avoid Charleston & Towson. Wouldn't like JMU as a 1st round opponent seeing as how we struggle with pressure defense

(02-03-2018 05:48 PM)Tribester Wrote:  This is why we can’t have nice things. There is a reason we have never been to the dance...and today’s disaster is example 1,000,000. How can we be so good on the road and blow chunks at home. Maybe this is why students don’t come to the games. Ridiculous. When we play Towson on Sunday in Charleston, this game will be why.

This is a ridiculous post. We were the better team tonight, but we missed what felt like 20 layups starting with our first couple of possessions. Everything had to go against us to lose this game, and it did. It would have been nice to play better defense and actually win a game where nothing was falling and the refs were killing us. Don't act like this loss drops us to the bottom of the conference. It's a just an off game.

(02-03-2018 05:56 PM)SoCal Frank Wrote:  From afar, this looks like the Dragons imposed their will on the gutty little Griffins at the end, and punked us at home. Not good.

Nope. We had a bad night. Nothing more, nothing less. We had a layup line going and couldn't hit them.

(02-03-2018 06:19 PM)WMtribe17 Wrote:  When teams start playing tight defense on us, we need to start running constant back cuts. Eventually either someone is going to be open or the defense is going to have to grab

We did that and made the passes but missed the layups. Sometimes there's just a lid on the basket. We've avoided it more this year than other years because there's so many shooters, but tonight only Milon was hitting. Unfortunately, he's still a little hesitant from his recent slump. When the shots weren't falling, we started passing up good shots looking for great shots, and it all fell apart.

Knight only had TWO rebounds and FOUR fouls. That’s all you need to know about today’s game. Very fortunate to have Towson lose...need Hofstra to win tonight

How about Drexel is pretty good? They are definitely better than Elon. Getting Isabel in the lineup was key for them. Just watching this game and the other Tribe games, I'd say they have a chance to be a threat down the stretch for a lot of teams. They will beat some other teams besides us.

(02-03-2018 07:38 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  How about Drexel is pretty good? They are definitely better than Elon. Getting Isabel in the lineup was key for them. Just watching this game and the other Tribe games, I'd say they have a chance to be a threat down the stretch for a lot of teams. They will beat some other teams besides us.

They were good. But we just have to stop allowing teams to hit 60%+ against us.

(02-03-2018 07:51 PM)Got Ribe Wrote:  

(02-03-2018 07:38 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  How about Drexel is pretty good? They are definitely better than Elon. Getting Isabel in the lineup was key for them. Just watching this game and the other Tribe games, I'd say they have a chance to be a threat down the stretch for a lot of teams. They will beat some other teams besides us.

They were good. But we just have to stop allowing teams to hit 60%+ against us.

Counterpoint: We have to continue hitting 50-60% of our shots. We win this game going away if good shots that we missed are makes. At this point hoping we improve on defense is like hoping someone grows 6 inches.

Drexel ended a 14 game CAA road losing streak today.

Drexel's last win on the road in the CAA was at William and Mary toward the end of the 15-16 season. In that game, Drexel snapped an 11 game losing streak overall by beating the Tribe. It was Bruiser Flint's final road game.

It was also Drexel's first road win outside of the city of Philadelphia since 12/21/16.

Despite Drexel being very bad over the last several years and W&M being very good during that stretch, Drexel has a win over William and Mary in each of the past 4 seasons. During the past 4 seasons, Drexel is 21-46 in the CAA with 4 of those 21 wins coming against W&M.

(02-03-2018 05:56 PM)tribelifer Wrote:  Their defense in the second half bothered us. Our defense didn't slow them down at all.

This was the first game I attended this year. What I saw:

1. Their defense consisted in going over the back, pushing, reaching in, and fouling but without the foul being called. It is hard to get any offensive rhythm going when the refs are letting them play like that.

2. As many posters have said, I saw tons of Drexel traveling violations not called.

3. I also saw at least 5 plays where the Drexel player was slipping, sliding, or falling and still threw up a prayer --- and every single one of them went in. Nothing we could do about that except marvel at their good fortune and eventually realize that it wasn't going to be our day.

4. I think Knight was too tentative and looking to pass more than looking to shoot. One play he was within 5 feet of the basket for an easy hook but he opted to pass out to a three-point shooter instead. Drexel anticipated it and stole the pass.

5. Two killer plays I remember were when Drexel drained a three from the corner on an inbounds play and the shooter was completely uncovered until Cohn made a desperate but too late lunge at the shooter, and when Knight stole the ball near midcourt when the game was hanging in the balance and then he immediately threw it over everyone's heads for a costly turnover.

6. One play there was a bad pass to Harrison and the ball crossed midcourt. He started to chase it but then stopped to glare at the passer (!). He then noticed that the ball was still in play and a Drexel player was zooming in on it, so he gave chase again. Very fortunately for the Tribe, Drexel did not score on that possession.

7. Gotta give Drexel credit for making their free throws down the stretch. They shot 10 FTs in the last 0:52 and made 9 of them (they were 12-14 inside the 8:32 mark).

8. I didn't see Lefty Driesell at halftime, as advertised. I think the major ceremony honoring Bill Chambers occurred after the game and the halftime show was just an appetizer.

Despite the fact that I predicted a W in this game, I am not shocked that we lost. Drexel just seems to have our number. I was on hand two years ago when Drexel beat us on Senior Day.

I disagree with some posters who wanted Hofstra to beat Charleston. I think a 4-way tie is dangerous. We have a better chance with CofC ahead of us and Hofstra behind us. Reason being that we still have two games with CofC and thus we control our own destiny with them.

This was a game we should have won. Shaver in post game says we need to play better D. They seemed too quick to match up against with our man to man D which is when they got their big runs against us. Seems we are better playing TEAM defense in some form of zone. Our 3-2 zone had them out of balance in the first half but when we up 39-28 and they did their second time out we went to the 1-3-1 which did not work and then IMO played too much man to man.

The effort was there tonight but hard to win with 11 turnovers (5 by Knight) in the second half. I think Nathan has the potential to the best player since Bill Chambers at W&M but he was scoreless in second half and none factor plus continues his disturbing habit of picking up back to fouls. We win the game if we protect the ball or Knight plays the second half better.

Loss takes our RPI from 79 to 101...........

Disappointing loss to say the least.

Drexel was red hot but we win this game if: (1) we don't commit eleven second half turnovers, and (2) Knight, despite his poorest game of the season, doesn't miss all that time sitting with 4 fouls.

The missed easy layups didn't help nor did some really poor officiating, but those didn't cost the game.

A few positives:
*Milon appears to have recovered his 3-point shot
*Cohn had a very good offensive game...26 pts, 9 assists with just one turnover
*very good crowd and student support again..student sections were filled and crowd of over 3500
loudly supportive

Three of next four on the road all all tough ones-Charleston (this Thursday night), Hofstra, and Northeastern. Will be fortunate to win one of them.

Interesting write-ups by Dave Johnson and David Teel, on last night's game, in this morning's DP.

(02-04-2018 11:54 AM)billymac Wrote:  Interesting write-ups by Dave Johnson and David Teel, on last night's game, in this morning's DP.

Nice to see us get some ink I guess. Wish it could have been a different outcome for them to cover.

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(02-03-2018 06:18 PM)Naptown Tribe Wrote:  Drexel has now beaten Charleston and W&M in the last week or so .....

Actually it was NU and W&M. We beat Charleston way early in the conference season. Drexel is playing better since we finally got healthy and started to get a consistent lineup on the court each game. I would not have predicted a Drexel win here but 4-0 the past 2 weeks has definitely changed the complexion of this season for Drexel. 5-7 1 game back of 5th is a world of different than where they were in last at 1-7, 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this Drexel team is not bad at all and a lot better than the team we played earlier in the year. I don't like losing this game, but it's not some big, bad omen. I don't think this game told us anything about this team we didn't know already. We just need to be seeded as high as possible and hope our guys get hot in Charleston.