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Ball State
Topic Started: Dec 5 2015, 02:04 PM (416 Views)
reduno
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I'm just tuning in...missed the whole first half.......how are we looking (besides the fact that the score looks pretty good)
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Unofan
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We're doing everything well, including free throw shooting, but man, we just don't have many good shooters on this team. Our defense is looking good mostly. We've missed many shots around the goal.
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reduno
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Funny you say that because since I was able to start watching, the second half, that's the TWO THINGS I noted...that the defense looks really damned good at times and IF we only had a few good shooters we could be a decent team.

And I saw that FT shooting was 100% in the first half but realized they only took 4 shots so I wasn't too excited about that....YET :P
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reduno
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The announcers for the ESPN3 broadcast are the best I've heard so far this year. They seem to know the teams well. I usually try to time Jude's calls with the video broadcast but couldn't do it so far today.
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reduno
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In the bonus with 10 mins left in the game.......lets see how this turns out.
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reduno
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If anyone is listening to Jude call the game...he's DEAD ON BALLS about Kevin Hill and his very silly decisions for a sr ball player. DEAD ON.
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reduno
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I can't find too much fault in what I saw. The defensive intensity was there, Ball st is better than Tulane (at least the Tulane I saw) and the big problem seems to be that this team has no offense to speak of. Can't hit layups still and when they do try, it's blocked a lot. They seem to get too far under the basket.

I'd like to see Gill shoot more. Seems Reed is having some shooting woes, likely maybe because teams have figured that's what he does is sit outside and shoot 3's so they're guarding him more.

Finally got the FT shooting about 70%......hope that continues.

Someone please tell Kevin NOT TO PUT THE BALL ON THE COURT!!! Please. The guy is a fumble machine. Once our guys get 2 guys on them inside, they just have brain farts it seems.

Score wise this wasn't a double digit game until it was decided so the score doesn't indicate that it was fairly close thru out. But one thing I'm sure of after watching all but one of our games......offensively this team is about as sad as you can be. :(
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Unofan
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Too many turnovers and missed shots. Good defense for most of the game, but the last 3 minutes killed us. Maybe their depth wore us out. I agree with your accessment of the ESPN3 announcers. They were pretty good.
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Huthut4
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Reduno you need to shut up man. The kid Kevin is and has been playing through injury this whole season and hasn't complained. That's a tough ass kid despite what you say. You don't know shit
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reduno
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Thank you.

Well said........however, I have the right to post my thoughts and opinions as do you. If you don't like it, that's too damned bad.

Have a nice evening.
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Unofan
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When we used to have a coaches committee or even a radio talk show, we could find out these things depending on how open the coach was. I remember that Tim Floyd was very open. A lot of things happen behind the scenes that fans aren't aware of. I guess that we all need to keep that in mind. Everyone who posts here is very passionate about UNO basketball. Sometimes frustration gets the best of us.
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NSPRIVATEER
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"Well said........however, I have the right to post my thoughts and opinions as do you. If you don't like it, that's too damned bad. "

Amen Red! Most of us on this board went to college when we did not find it necessary to cry for "safe zones" on campus to protect us from being offended.
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Unofan,Dec 5 2015
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When we used to have a coaches committee or even a radio talk show, we could find out these things depending on how open the coach was. I remember that Tim Floyd was very open. A lot of things happen behind the scenes that fans aren't aware of. I guess that we all need to keep that in mind. Everyone who posts here is very passionate about UNO basketball. Sometimes frustration gets the best of us.

Yep, we used to have a good time at those meetings. From Tim, Tic, Joey, and Monte. It gave us a chance to hear from the coach about the team, learn about the opponent, hear how the recruiting was going within NCAA limits and create a support group to help with the department.

Sorry that we still don't have such a group.

Joey was upset during his tenure with Tic when he saw something posted on the "Chat room" about one of our injured players. He lambasted the group saying we were giving the opponent an advantage.

When Tim brought Iowa St back he invited many of the members of the Coach's committee back to watch them prepare to play UNO. I don't think it crossed his mind that we would go back and tell Joey.

Monte had a lot of the opposing coaches at guest to talk to our group a day before the game. It was a nice touch and we got to actually know the guy we were going to yell at during the game. Most even commented about that.

Monte was appalled when he discovered no one knew the fight sight. He challenged us to learn it. Sorry to say I am one of the few that can sing it and I feel sorry for Red, his wife, my wife and others when they have to hear me singing it. But sing it I do.

GO PRIVATEERS!!!
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Unofan
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I was always careful not to post information passed on from a coach that was not general knowledge. I think that most posters here do the same.
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reduno
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NSPRIVATEER,Dec 7 2015
09:53 AM
"Well said........however, I have the right to post my thoughts and opinions as do you. If you don't like it, that's too damned bad. "

Amen Red! Most of us on this board went to college when we did not find it necessary to cry for "safe zones" on campus to protect us from being offended.

Thx NS. I'm not, nor was I attempting to aggravate anyone but at the same time, I don't hold back so as to tiptoe around something I see. Some people are too sensitive these days but if it got someone who's never posted here before to join us, then its all good.

Further, I happen to like Kevin but I think he'd be the first person to admit that he shouldn't put the ball on the ground in traffic, something Jude has mentioned several times this year. I did notice he had a nice touch from about 10 feet that he hit a few times. Actually almost better than his point blank shots so I think that's a good thing for him, if he could come out and hit a few of those.

It was more than likely a friend taking up for Kevin and that's fine by me......but I don't worry about whether or not someone liked or didn't like what I said. I'm passed this Facebook LIKE stuff.......:)
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Unofan
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I also was encouraged by Kevin's jump shots which we sorely need from everyone.
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