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RE: Game Day: Ohio
(02-01-2023 05:56 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  I do share everyone’s recognition (and relief) that EMU has played well the last three games. But I am nervous this may not last. My reasoning:

Toledo game-> Emoni Bates played the unbelievable game of his career
Miami game-> Noah Farrakhan had very dominant play
Ohio game-> Tyson Acuff played the unbelievable game of his career

These performances may have carried the team, translating into more energy and aggressive defense. I wonder if this all goes away if there isn’t someone carrying the team for the game.

Otherwise, I do agree with everyone that the 3-guard with Emoni in the Frontcourt lineup has been a beneficial change up. And note that a couple frontcourt players in Billingsley and Jihad have been steadily improving all year even before this shift started- so may have had an effect.

Rice has had a few solid games, and some not so solid. He had a great game against Ohio. I am not yet sold he will consistently have solid games.

The interior defense has been better the last three games, but in the last two games opponents shooting is over 50 percent on two's which is too high. But EMU's achilles heal is opponents shooting exceedingly well on three's, and although Ohio didn't such was not due to EMU's defense.

I agree that we don't want to see more than one of EMU's three top scorers have a bad shooting night. I would like to see Rice added to the mix if he continues to shoot well. His main attribute is that he rarely commits turnovers or fouls. He's EMU's only player who doesn't. That's made a huge difference in EMU's last two victories as EMU did not excessively foul and by a good margin made more foul shots than it's opponents did. That rarely happened in prior games.

Rice helps the team to find a rhythm by committing few turnovers and fouls. His drawing less attention allows him to often be left alone to shoot open three's. In conference play, he's been bY far EMU's highest-rated offensive player. If he continues to shoot well, EMU will have a good chance to continue to win games.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
(02-01-2023 10:02 PM)Miggy Wrote:  
(02-01-2023 05:56 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  I do share everyone’s recognition (and relief) that EMU has played well the last three games. But I am nervous this may not last. My reasoning:

Toledo game-> Emoni Bates played the unbelievable game of his career
Miami game-> Noah Farrakhan had very dominant play
Ohio game-> Tyson Acuff played the unbelievable game of his career

These performances may have carried the team, translating into more energy and aggressive defense. I wonder if this all goes away if there isn’t someone carrying the team for the game.

Otherwise, I do agree with everyone that the 3-guard with Emoni in the Frontcourt lineup has been a beneficial change up. And note that a couple frontcourt players in Billingsley and Jihad have been steadily improving all year even before this shift started- so may have had an effect.

Rice has had a few solid games, and some not so solid. He had a great game against Ohio. I am not yet sold he will consistently have solid games.

The interior defense has been better the last three games, but in the last two games opponents shooting is over 50 percent on two's which is too high. But EMU's achilles heal is opponents shooting exceedingly well on three's, and although Ohio didn't such was not due to EMU's defense.

I agree that we don't want to see more than one of EMU's three top scorers have a bad shooting night. I would like to see Rice added to that mix if he continues to shoot well. His main attribute that he rarely commits turnovers or fouls. He's EMU's only player who doesn't That's made a huge difference in EMU's last two victories as EMU did not excessively foul and made more foul shots by a good margin than opponents did. That rarely happens.

Because Rice is such a good shooter and makes few mistakes, he allows other players to find a rhythm. Couldn't be better situation for him to be in as he draws less attention and is often left alone for open three's. He's not flashy, but if he consistently shoots well EMU will have a good chance to continue to win games.

Warning sign to me is that we maybe had one assist in the second half against Ohio U. If we play selfish we will likely lose games we could win. Yes bad habits are hard to break but breaking them leads to winning. Teams like to double team Emoni which means there is always a person open. We have Kent St and Akron on the schedule as well as two with Ball State.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
EMU has started to turn it's conference play around by winning it's last two games and playing well against Toledo. If EMU can win two out of it's next three games it will have a good chance to make the MAC tournament.

EMU next plays on the road Ball State and Buffalo before returning home to face Toledo. EMU has been hot offensively. They need to keep that up while improving their play on the defensive end. . Playing an extended half-court pressure defense is necessary to achieving that goal.

A sweep would be a cherry on the cake and would show that EMU men's bb is back!
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
(02-02-2023 03:28 AM)emu79 Wrote:  
(02-01-2023 10:02 PM)Miggy Wrote:  
(02-01-2023 05:56 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  I do share everyone’s recognition (and relief) that EMU has played well the last three games. But I am nervous this may not last. My reasoning:

Toledo game-> Emoni Bates played the unbelievable game of his career
Miami game-> Noah Farrakhan had very dominant play
Ohio game-> Tyson Acuff played the unbelievable game of his career

These performances may have carried the team, translating into more energy and aggressive defense. I wonder if this all goes away if there isn’t someone carrying the team for the game.

Otherwise, I do agree with everyone that the 3-guard with Emoni in the Frontcourt lineup has been a beneficial change up. And note that a couple frontcourt players in Billingsley and Jihad have been steadily improving all year even before this shift started- so may have had an effect.

Rice has had a few solid games, and some not so solid. He had a great game against Ohio. I am not yet sold he will consistently have solid games.

The interior defense has been better the last three games, but in the last two games opponents shooting is over 50 percent on two's which is too high. But EMU's achilles heal is opponents shooting exceedingly well on three's, and although Ohio didn't such was not due to EMU's defense.

I agree that we don't want to see more than one of EMU's three top scorers have a bad shooting night. I would like to see Rice added to that mix if he continues to shoot well. His main attribute that he rarely commits turnovers or fouls. He's EMU's only player who doesn't That's made a huge difference in EMU's last two victories as EMU did not excessively foul and made more foul shots by a good margin than opponents did. That rarely happens.

Because Rice is such a good shooter and makes few mistakes, he allows other players to find a rhythm. Couldn't be better situation for him to be in as he draws less attention and is often left alone for open three's. He's not flashy, but if he consistently shoots well EMU will have a good chance to continue to win games.

Warning sign to me is that we maybe had one assist in the second half against Ohio U. If we play selfish we will likely lose games we could win. Yes bad habits are hard to break but breaking them leads to winning. Teams like to double team Emoni which means there is always a person open. We have Kent St and Akron on the schedule as well as two with Ball State.

79, there were 12 assists in the first half, 4 in the second in the Ohio game. Your point is definitely still taken that there was a drop off- but not quite that bad.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
(02-02-2023 07:20 AM)RamyEMU Wrote:  
(02-02-2023 03:28 AM)emu79 Wrote:  
(02-01-2023 10:02 PM)Miggy Wrote:  
(02-01-2023 05:56 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  I do share everyone’s recognition (and relief) that EMU has played well the last three games. But I am nervous this may not last. My reasoning:

Toledo game-> Emoni Bates played the unbelievable game of his career
Miami game-> Noah Farrakhan had very dominant play
Ohio game-> Tyson Acuff played the unbelievable game of his career

These performances may have carried the team, translating into more energy and aggressive defense. I wonder if this all goes away if there isn’t someone carrying the team for the game.

Otherwise, I do agree with everyone that the 3-guard with Emoni in the Frontcourt lineup has been a beneficial change up. And note that a couple frontcourt players in Billingsley and Jihad have been steadily improving all year even before this shift started- so may have had an effect.

Rice has had a few solid games, and some not so solid. He had a great game against Ohio. I am not yet sold he will consistently have solid games.

The interior defense has been better the last three games, but in the last two games opponents shooting is over 50 percent on two's which is too high. But EMU's achilles heal is opponents shooting exceedingly well on three's, and although Ohio didn't such was not due to EMU's defense.

I agree that we don't want to see more than one of EMU's three top scorers have a bad shooting night. I would like to see Rice added to that mix if he continues to shoot well. His main attribute that he rarely commits turnovers or fouls. He's EMU's only player who doesn't That's made a huge difference in EMU's last two victories as EMU did not excessively foul and made more foul shots by a good margin than opponents did. That rarely happens.

Because Rice is such a good shooter and makes few mistakes, he allows other players to find a rhythm. Couldn't be better situation for him to be in as he draws less attention and is often left alone for open three's. He's not flashy, but if he consistently shoots well EMU will have a good chance to continue to win games.

Warning sign to me is that we maybe had one assist in the second half against Ohio U. If we play selfish we will likely lose games we could win. Yes bad habits are hard to break but breaking them leads to winning. Teams like to double team Emoni which means there is always a person open. We have Kent St and Akron on the schedule as well as two with Ball State.

79, there were 12 assists in the first half, 4 in the second in the Ohio game. Your point is definitely still taken that there was a drop off- but not quite that bad.
Thanks Ramy.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
EMU shot the lights out in both halves of the Ohio game on 2's and 3's alike. EMU's disparity by making far more assists in the first half was virtually a non-factor in EMU's scoring.

EMU did score 47-points in the first-half when they made far more assists, but EMU still managed to score 43-points in the second-half as they slowed the pace down a tad after establishing a big lead and EMU took fewer fga's that resulted in far fewer assists. That's only 4 points decline which indicates that assists had virtually no bearing on EMU's scoring.

Another reason for EMU taking fewer fga's in the second-half is because EMU built-ip a good lead which resulted in Ohio fouling EMU players more and sending EMU players to the foul line twice as much than they did in the first half.

I'm more concerned about EMU making fewer turnovers than number of assists. That's why I like an early offense and fewer passes.

But we still need to keep an eye on EMU's assists in a game to see if they do factor into both scoring and the outcome of a game.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
In the Ohio game. in crunch time down the stretch, Emoni off his dribble with a man in his face stroked the ball exceeding well.

However, there's areas in his game he needs to vastly improve upon.

On drives to the hoop he needs to get his upper torso down so his dribble is lower, doesn't expose the ball and have it stolen or deflected away. It will take sometime for his body to adjust as it's not natural.

But equally if not more important, Emoni needs to develop better judgment as to when to the drive to hoop, or pull-up for a jumper, or pass the ball. Before moving toward the hoop be needs to glimpse inside to access where the bigs are inside. Presently, he doesn't do that. He just goes and then tries to adjust and that results in opponent stealing or deflecting the ball away, or either crashing into opponent for a charge or taking an off-balanced shot. His turnover rate needs to be no more than once every 17 minutes, not the present once every 12.6 minutes rate in conference play.

He needs to show the pro scouts that he has good judgment, has good handles, and that he can create space when he shoots and avoid contested shots. He's a high-volume shooter that should be shooting far better than the 46.8 percent he's shooting on two's and 31.3 percent on three's in conference play.

There's reason for hope. As Emoni in his last three games playing at PF, along with Acuff, Noah, Rice, and Billingsley, has seen his shooting sky-rocket. His two-point shooting in those gameshas risen to 56 percent on two's, and 43 percent on three's. We want to see that continue.
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RE: Game Day: Ohio
Watching the end of the game. The students turned out in the south end. I assume many were also in the north end.

BTW, I listened to the OHIO audio feed Tuesday. I feel for Ryan. Justin was completely over-running the production. Ryan had no chance to call PxP. I was all 'analysis.'
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(02-02-2023 01:26 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Watching the end of the game. The students turned out in the south end. I assume many were also in the north end.

BTW, I listened to the OHIO audio feed Tuesday. I feel for Ryan. Justin was completely over-running the production. Ryan had no chance to call PxP. I was all 'analysis.'

The students are very much encouraged to sit the students section. So most if not all student athletes sit there. during men's games the general admission tickets is assigned seating. 07-coffee3 women's games are general seating with reserved being assigned seats.
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(02-02-2023 02:45 PM)emussuperfan Wrote:  
(02-02-2023 01:26 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Watching the end of the game. The students turned out in the south end. I assume many were also in the north end.

BTW, I listened to the OHIO audio feed Tuesday. I feel for Ryan. Justin was completely over-running the production. Ryan had no chance to call PxP. I was all 'analysis.'

The students are very much encouraged to sit the students section. So most if not all student athletes sit there. during men's games the general admission tickets is assigned seating. 07-coffee3 women's games are general seating with reserved being assigned seats.

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