(03-02-2019 03:23 PM)olddawg Wrote:  66-42 Elon w/ 9:23 left. Hello JMU invitational. The legacy continues...

FIFY

It looks like this game is irrelevant for tournament seeding. Hopefully Rowe let’s Phillips play the whole game on Senior Day until he fouls out. He can defend Knight in the post better than anyone else on the team.

Also, let Mosley chuck 20 3’s if he wants to. JMU will need a 3pt barrage to have any chance next week of winning 4 tourney games.

Where is Banks?

JMU basketball is pathetic enough already but they've already shown they can't win without Banks or if he's in foul trouble. This is headed toward blowout.

Curt Dudley and Nikki Newman are trying to put lipstick on a pig with the Madizone broadcast. This team is almost impossible to watch. Knight with The Tribe's first 10 points. JMU hasn't scored but 9 points in 1st 10 minutes.

Please Lou Rowe resign.....

Nikki Newman should be Asst. Ad. She is good.

I bought a 50" tv today and madizone has not frozen once.

I have had 3 vodka tonics.

Life is good

Dukes down only 3 at half in what has been bad offense for both teams. 29-26
Banks is out with what looks like wrapped wrist Audige is out with a sprained ankle so both both teams are down a starting wing player and having to go one player deeper into their bench.

I've missed Urbach's earlier minutes in previous games so I focused on him. On the defensive end and he seems to be one of our best on as far as positioning / awareness / hustle. Saw an opportunity to trap in the corner and forced a turnover while keeping good positioning on his guy in the man-to-man. I don't think he was beat once and was quick to help when needed.

Cringed when I saw Lewis dribbling away the clock at the end of the half. It's one thing when you are forced to take a desperation shot. For the life of me I don't know why we settle for "take the ball and create on your own with 9 seconds left" philosophy. But we shot below 30% or so in our normal offense so I guess it didn't truly matter.

Jacobs did a nice job defending Knight when he was in for a few minutes in the first half.

Rowe's defense needs a catchy nickname like Dunked-on Defense. I've never seen a team give up so many uncontested dunks game in and game out.

How many times is Greg Jones going to set an illegal screen. It's unreal. Now he turns over the ball.

Jones has an incredibly low basketball IQ. He's still making bad passes and not getting set on screens and picking up unnecessary fouls.

I nominate Nikki Newman as mbb coach and athletic director at the same time. Whatever she has as spare time.

What a crap call. Jacobs had ball on that block

Oh well...I will side with Bourne on this one and just be happy we even have a basketball program...good position for certain. It is all good in the shen valley.

(03-02-2019 04:57 PM)Halz87 Wrote:  I've missed Urbach's earlier minutes in previous games so I focused on him. On the defensive end and he seems to be one of our best on as far as positioning / awareness / hustle. Saw an opportunity to trap in the corner and forced a turnover while keeping good positioning on his guy in the man-to-man. I don't think he was beat once and was quick to help when needed.

Cringed when I saw Lewis dribbling away the clock at the end of the half. It's one thing when you are forced to take a desperation shot. For the life of me I don't know why we settle for "take the ball and create on your own with 9 seconds left" philosophy. But we shot below 30% or so in our normal offense so I guess it didn't truly matter.

Lewis shot 6-20 and Mosley 5-18 on their home court. Those stats are all you need to know. When your volume shooters consistently shoot below 50% from the floor, you have the makings of a bad win loss record. These two are supposed to be our best players. I keep reading that Lou has talent but I don’t see good players with good stats on the floor.

Urbach goes 3-4 from behind the 3 point line and only gets four shots. Why?

The regular season is done. 13-18 is the record. The good news is we can’t end the season with 20 loses this year.

11-18. Let’s not count the DIII wins.

(03-02-2019 04:57 PM)Halz87 Wrote:  I've missed Urbach's earlier minutes in previous games so I focused on him. On the defensive end and he seems to be one of our best on as far as positioning / awareness / hustle. Saw an opportunity to trap in the corner and forced a turnover while keeping good positioning on his guy in the man-to-man. I don't think he was beat once and was quick to help when needed.

Cringed when I saw Lewis dribbling away the clock at the end of the half. It's one thing when you are forced to take a desperation shot. For the life of me I don't know why we settle for "take the ball and create on your own with 9 seconds left" philosophy. But we shot below 30% or so in our normal offense so I guess it didn't truly matter.

When Urbach gets to play, I also focus on him. He's actually one of the few guys who seems to understand the fundamentals. His catch-and-shoot is excellent, especially when the passes land where they are supposed to, (not down around the ankles or way over the head), allowing that nice shooting rhythm. I can't figure out why he didn't get more and more minutes as the season went on.

Our defensive "concept" appears to willingly allow the other team to get that jump-out switch mismatch where our big guy, Wilson, trades places with our littlest guy, Parker, allowing their big man to score 29 points and dominate the game. (There is so much more that could be said about our defense, but why bother.)

Another play that really got me yesterday, it actually happened more than once, was after a W&M player shot the ball, we allowed him to advance to the rim, unobstructed to pick up the rebound and dunk the ball. WTF! This is Fundamentals 101, box out the shooter!

For me it used to be that the other "lesser" sports at JMU were a way to fill the time while waiting for the "big" sports seasons. Boy, that has changed as I can't wait to get me some SOFTBALL! Actually softball means more now than ever, thank goodness.

(03-03-2019 08:45 AM)JMU Wrote:  11-18. Let’s not count the DIII wins.

Amen, especially when EMU and Bridgewater were at the bottom of the ODAC.

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