brianstl Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 It was our best rebounding game of the year. We played outstanding team defense. We really did a good job of protecting the ball tonight despite a couple of plays that stood out badly. Milik had another Milik game highlighted by his clean up at the rim. This game actually felt like we were moving in the right direction. It wasn't that VCU played poorly or that we had a great shooting night. We played well and this was the type of performance that can be repeated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Can we give McBroom some credit? Dude was nails tonight +10000000 Also, the atmosphere was fantastic. Student section was phenomenal tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 It was our best rebounding game of the year. We played outstanding team defense. We really did a good job of protecting the ball tonight despite a couple of plays that stood out badly. Milik had another Milik game highlighted by his clean up at the rim. This game actually felt like we were moving in the right direction. It wasn't that VCU played poorly or that we had a great shooting night. We played well and this was the type of performance that can be repeated. Agree. Different from GW where we kept it close by hitting a ton of 3s. We looked pretty good tonight. We'll have another clunker or 2 this season but we're trending up and showing potential for sure. Just want to get one big win this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Bartley has a strange calmness.more zen than JC Drew California chill. he seems unflappable. Everyone but Mike had good game IMO. overall quite encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Great Game tonight. VCU won but they could very easily have lost as well. We played well the whole game and stayed on with them. Yes we lost but by a miniscule amount. I think our kids gained a lot of experience tonight and we will see the results of this later on. Reggie was very good, McBroom, Bartley, Yacobou, Yarborough, Gillman all played very well tonight. Very enjoyable experience, the place was packed and the enthusiasm of the crowd was infective and wonderful to hear. Go Bills! If we keep on playing like this we may make post season play despite our weak start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Malik was originally on Burgess but played way off him. Manning was on Alie-Cox on the opposite side of the court. Manning got caught in the switch, Alie-Cox went to the basket and Malik went to him. Great recognition of Weber to find the open man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Malik was originally on Burgess but played way off him. Manning was on Alie-Cox on the opposite side of the court. Manning got caught in the switch, Alie-Cox went to the basket and Malik went to him. Great recognition of Weber to find the open man. Thanks for posting this. Gives a little perspective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I just looked at the box score and saw that Reggie was only credited with 3 rebounds. Thought it was a lot more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010andBeyond Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Can we give McBroom some credit? Dude was nails tonight For sure, he wasn't phased by the havoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 +10000000 Also, the atmosphere was fantastic. Student section was phenomenal tonight. For reference as a single person you can only physically +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Great game! Thoroughly enjoyed watching it We were 3-13 from 3 and they shot 75% from the line, which was almost 15% above their season average. And we were still up 2 with 30 seconds left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong, but all our 3s were in the first half. Did we even attempt a 3 with under 7 minutes to play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 If we can play with the intensity we had last night, we can do reasonably well playing the lower level conference teams. We have a bunch coming up with Mason, UMASS, St Joe's & Fordham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 We played with great poise. This could be the turning point we've been waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very encouraging last night. Here's hoping this game serves as a confidence booster, as well as a, " aha, we're finally getting the hang of this game." One negative, I think AY sometimes tries to make something out of nothing drives to the hoop. I counted at least 4 times last night where he should have been looking for better options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yes. And it was also manning who left Graham with a wide open path to the net... I can't remember who left his man wide open on the perimeter It looked to me that Manning had helped toward the top of the key, MY rotated over to cover his man leaving Burgess open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 -was there an edict by the A10 or the NCAA to the refs about controlling other coaches standing on the bench? I would be in favor of this action if it was consistent, but like much of officiating it is not consistent, or was it something other than assistant coaches standing that those guys (or one in particular) had a problem with? -I would like to see a foul call distribution among the 3 refs last night -i didn't know there was a warning for a player being over the end line when the ball was being inbounded, i guess the player has to make contact with the ball or opposing player for a technical to be called -we did not lose because of the refs -according to the game play by play with 6 seconds left we had 3 timeouts left, VCU takes their last one after the first ft miss, Ash makes the ft to tie the game to bail out JC on this point of only having one player on the lane to rebound or more likely in this case if the ft is missed to foul -we have obvious confusion as we leave the huddle as JC is trying to position the other three players as Ash is shooting the ft with MY on the lane and we let them in bound the ball past the 3 pt line and allow a player to get to the goal -what was coached in that huddle with 6 seconds left? -perhaps a bit unfair as we had a chance to be in a game i was hoping to keep under an 18 point defeat but the end of the game is magnified -we did a lot of very good things -the key for me is what happens next, this game is behind us, do we make progress and play better than we have been, win a couple or a few games we didn't expect to win before last night or stagnate? i sure hope to see the improvement side -i hope the guy wearing the SLU #35 jersey last night keeps playing for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 -I would like to see a foul call distribution among the 3 refs last night Me too. The one guy was totally out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 It looked to me that Manning had helped toward the top of the key, MY rotated over to cover his man leaving Burgess open. I thought Ash got picked off, do JM hedged high which caused the rotating that left Burgess open. I was on the opposite side of the court , but it appeared Ash nearly went to the ground. Just a good, patient play by VCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Malik was originally on Burgess but played way off him. Manning was on Alie-Cox on the opposite side of the court. Manning got caught in the switch, Alie-Cox went to the basket and Malik went to him. Great recognition of Weber to find the open man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for posting this. Gives a little perspective indeed but man too much credit to Weber, Stevie Wonder could of found the open man. When it was happening I thought maybe we wanted that guy to shoot he was so open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong, but all our 3s were in the first half. Did we even attempt a 3 with under 7 minutes to play? McBroom missed a couple open looks in that stretch, I think. Those really hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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