Westender wrote:

Missing free throws at critical points in games is a killer. And to close out my 2cents on the game,the ball in Brandon Wade's hands scares the hell out of me.

Guard play outside of Carry is below the line. TDM comes through sometimes, but the rest.....  Maceo will start from day one if he's what we think he is.
 

Ironduke81 wrote:

Great a lot of action on This game against our mighty Dukes. Perfect....The mob never loses. Referees compromised can you say Good Fellows Henry Hill. I still remember the Penn State game never saw a coach get double technicals. Guess who covered. Referee hugs PSU players post game. Unfortunately legal gambling compromises players & referees. Don’t think the NCAA is aware of this issue. Dukes in a good spot tonight.

 
Imagine that Dukes cover should have won flat out mob wins again. That’s why you should not bet my friends. Remember most referees are degenerates. You don’t believe side action with a referees friend at he local casino.

Guard play outside of Carry was absolutely brutal. Have to question why is a guy who has made 9 of his last 43 shots (Frank Hughes) taking the shot when you're up one with 42 seconds left. Feed the ball to Williams, Weathers, or Hughes. They were the guys who kept you in the game in the first place. Waste of a solid night by the frontcourt.

Last edited by Rayrich (2/13/2019 9:26 pm)

Rayrich wrote:

Guard play outside of Carry was absolutely brutal. Have to question why is a guy who has made 9 of his last 43 shots (Frank Hughes) taking the shot when you're up one with 42 seconds left. Feed the ball to Williams, Weathers, or Hughes. They were the guys who kept you in the game in the first place. Waste of a solid night by the frontcourt.

100% on this.

A couple of earlier fast break opportunities also ended up as turnovers 

 

Apologies for coming back, but who didn't know that Pookie was going to take the ball to the rim on their last shot?

rosceaux wrote:

Also, I think we are 0 for infinity wearing the black and gold, It also screws up the fight song.

 
The uniforms do suck. Steeler Nation really. Keep your identity. In fact go back to the powder blue / red Nelson twins era. Awesome avoid yinzer nation black/gold.

Painful,  stuck in at best mediocrity.Have to win these ones.

Love Mike Hughes but the 2 missed foul shots were killer

Michael Hughes just can not be on the court in the last minute of a close game. A coaching blunder.

1111 Vickroy wrote:

Love Mike Hughes but the 2 missed foul shots were killer

Mike played a good game, a little unfair to put that on him.  You recall Carry missed a FT right before that which was the difference.  Bottom line, in my opinion, except for Carry our guards and bench did not play well last night. In a combined 39 minutes of play our bench of 5 players gave us a combined 2 rebounds, 5 points and 5 personal fouls.  Still we had our chance at the end.  Tuff loss. 

1111 Vickroy wrote:

Not putting the loss on him just stating the obvious. He did play a great game. Im a big fan of his play and intensity.

I know.  To me the stat of the game was LaSalle's bench outscored our bench 28-5.  That is really weak play.  
 

Eric Williams needs to play harder. Many times during the 1st half of the game he looked like he didnt want to be there. 

And not to mention currentstudent.. he is our best rebounder at 6’6 small forward so yes I can see why he is frustrated during games when there’s no team basketball being played. He makes great plays and passes for others too so why is he sitting in corner like a skeleton half the time.. COACHING..