gobillsgo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I’m so proud of every player and coach on this team. It’s unbelievable how much everything has been stacked against them from the start. They just go out and ball. billsbillsbills7 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, gobillsgo said: I’m so proud of every player and coach on this team. It’s unbelievable how much everything has been stacked against them from the start. They just go out and ball. They sure went out and balled and your right about all of the coaches Ford's staff has been excellent and some may move on to be good head coaches one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Was out all day yesterday and just caught the game off the DVR. That was the best managed game I seen the Bills play in a long time. Talk about playing to our strengths and to Richmond weaknesses. Being able to adapt to a very short bench and no Goodwin. Everyone I thought played well and kept to game plan, including Hines. I give a big congrats to TF for game preparation. BTW: Bess better be A10 Player of the Week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 -quotes from the Richmond paper....about HF..“It definitely started with him. He’s like a beast down low,” UR’s De’Monte Buckingham said. “He plays with great toughness and he’s that type of person that just wants the ball and just wants to score any time he wants.” -- “We tried a number of different things,” UR coach Chris Mooney said. “French is a difficult guy to keep the ball away from.” -- nice when the other team says such things about you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Had the grandkids so watched it on delayed DVR. Great game all around. As tarheel said, playing to our strengths and taking advantage of some Richmond weaknesses. I thought our overall maturity coupled with French's brute force strength down low knocked Richmond for a loop. Golden and Gilyard are freshmen. Sherrod and Buckingham are sophomores. So the future there is bbright but if that is as strong as Richmond can get down low, they will always underachieve. They had no answer for Foreman, let along French. When they went with five guards at the end to extend the game, I still thought we had them. Even when the "hac-a-shaq" played some dividends. But c'mon, the two fouls Golden had on Foreman were as intentional as it gets. Still .... The disputed goaltending call debate with the announcers was funny. Ball was laid up off the glass, once it hits that, it's do not touch. And Buckingham did that. I thought we also dominated and showed control because we forced them out of that match up zone they play to straight man-to-man and they had no one for our two bigs. Golden may get freshman of the year given Goodwin is gone but he's no post player. He is more in tune with a Peyton Aldridge type than a Hashan French type. And French was fantastic. Nice to see him and Foreman handling the ball for guard relief. We have four games left and, on paper, we match up well across the board despite the short bench. Dayton only goes five deep. Duquesne is fading (Mike Lewis 0-for-11 last night and Eric Williams went 6-for-21). That's the road. At home, a short squad from GeeDubya and then the two-man team from Bonaventure. But eachgame will be a battle and require similar efforts like last night. Everybody did well last night. JJ contributed. Hines in a reserved dosage was decent (despite two horrible giveaways). Ford pulled all the right moves and there was no foul trouble because you don't foul jump shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkelsey55 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I just hope that when the team looks at the film they will see why they need to practice free throws!!! HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, drkelsey55 said: I just hope that when the team looks at the film they will see why they need to practice free throws!!! I’m sure they don’t need film to understand that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Only four Bills took free throws. Bess was off and French was French. Davell and DJ combined for 75%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcbill Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 No one has mentioned that French and company but mostly French was disciplined enough to avoid foul trouble. Not only key to the victory but an indication of maturity notably absent from earlier in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Very proud of last night’s Billiken effort. Every time Richmond made a run, we answered. Every time it looked like the Spiders were looking to compress our lead in the last few minutes, we denied them and continued to play with tenacity. Great win. Keep rollin’, Bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 11 hours ago, Cowboy said: -I had an event tonight, too, left it early as I had set the dvr and watched the game, wow, great win, for those saying COY for TFord, AMEN, great point by the announcers saying this was not the style of play TFord wanted to play but as he lost players he adjusted how we play, well done, HF must like playing the Spiders and with his passing and Gordon's passing (which might be his best asset) and DJF, our interior next season could be very, very nice -- just a very nice win for the team, I hope they celebrate responsibly and kick the crap out of SVU I agree about the passing of the bigs. HF has made some beautiful passes to Foreman the last few games. Even more than the anticipated passing of the 4/5s next year is the potential for an unreal rebounding team. HF/DJF/CAG/JG/JB and Fred T should dominate the boards in every game next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, bauman said: I agree about the passing of the bigs. HF has made some beautiful passes to Foreman the last few games. Even more than the anticipated passing of the 4/5s next year is the potential for an unreal rebounding team. HF/DJF/CAG/JG/JB and Fred T should dominate the boards in every game next year. Today we are tied with Kentucky for 43rd in Rebound Margin, at 5.1. North Carolina leads the nation at 11.7 followed by Wichita State at 10.7. We lead the A10 by a wide margin over Duquesne, coming in at 2.3. All of these stats are full year. Rebound margin is of course grabbing more boards than your opponent. This season our bigs are doing a very good job of blocking out their man, allowing a smaller teammate to scoot in for the board. Anthony and Foreman have been very good at this. Watch how they work as a team particularly on FT rebounds. They drive their man out, allowing Goodwin or whichever guard is in the third spot on the lane, to come in and grab the board. That's pretty good unselfish teamwork if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 hours ago, bauman said: I agree about the passing of the bigs. HF has made some beautiful passes to Foreman the last few games. Even more than the anticipated passing of the 4/5s next year is the potential for an unreal rebounding team. HF/DJF/CAG/JG/JB and Fred T should dominate the boards in every game next year. yep. This team would flourish in the pre 3 point era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, almaman said: yep. This team would flourish in the pre 3 point era ....as it will next year. Bess, Thatch, Pearson and one or two un-named Spring signees will provide ample 3-pt shooting with the strong frontline we will have. Add in our top rebounder, assist and steal man from this season and get your Dance tickets for next year! almaman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 34 minutes ago, bauman said: ....as it will next year. Bess, Thatch, Pearson and one or two un-named Spring signees will provide ample 3-pt shooting with the strong frontline we will have. Add in our top rebounder, assist and steal man from this season and get your Dance tickets for next year! Not so fast, we have the same administration returning. Bobby Metzinger and RiseOfTheBillikens like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, Franchise_08 said: Not so fast, we have the same administration returning. good point, as far as we know, pesty, krafty our BOT and most importantly, stormy will still be on our roster next year. who knows how they will perform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_w Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I think pearson will be the absolute steal of the class. I see him at the top of that one three one zone and hitting deep threes. buy your dance tickets now HenryB, Zink and drkelsey55 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Franchise_08 said: Not so fast, we have the same administration returning. This might quietly be the best, but most unfortunate post in Bills.com history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Lax Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 5 hours ago, billiken_roy said: good point, as far as we know, pesty, krafty our BOT and most importantly, stormy will still be on our roster next year. who knows how they will perform. Unfortunately S3 cannot be too far away with that crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 S3 does not have to involve basketball players or cheerleaders. It could be couple or group of people from anywhere in SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 20 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Today we are tied with Kentucky for 43rd in Rebound Margin, at 5.1. North Carolina leads the nation at 11.7 followed by Wichita State at 10.7. We lead the A10 by a wide margin over Duquesne, coming in at 2.3. All of these stats are full year. Rebound margin is of course grabbing more boards than your opponent. This season our bigs are doing a very good job of blocking out their man, allowing a smaller teammate to scoot in for the board. Anthony and Foreman have been very good at this. Watch how they work as a team particularly on FT rebounds. They drive their man out, allowing Goodwin or whichever guard is in the third spot on the lane, to come in and grab the board. That's pretty good unselfish teamwork if you ask me. Here is an amazing stat, SLU is second in the nation in free throw attempts per offensive plays. Now, if we can only start making more....... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/free-throw-rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, BIG BILL FAN said: Here is an amazing stat, SLU is second in the nation in free throw attempts per offensive plays. Now, if we can only start making more....... https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/free-throw-rate That's pretty neat. Yeah, you would think that they are/should be practicing FT at every break in practice. French is just not going to get there this year. It will be a summer project to get his stroke to where he is above 50%. Foreman seems to have turned the corner, but Bess had a hiccup last game. Team is shooting 66% for the year, which isn't all that great. Johnson needs to be on the floor during all of these 'hack a shaq' time frames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: That's pretty neat. Yeah, you would think that they are/should be practicing FT at every break in practice. French is just not going to get there this year. It will be a summer project to get his stroke to where he is above 50%. Foreman seems to have turned the corner, but Bess had a hiccup last game. Team is shooting 66% for the year, which isn't all that great. Johnson needs to be on the floor during all of these 'hack a shaq' time frames. I think as @3star_recruit said (you still out there??) SLU isn't a good shooting team, so they aren't going to be a good free throw shooting team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 18 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said: I think as @3star_recruit said (you still out there??) SLU isn't a good shooting team, so they aren't going to be a good free throw shooting team. that's obvious, but don't forget, we are frequently getting our opponents in foul trouble by our aggressively attacking the basket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 8:08 AM, tarheelbilliken said: Was out all day yesterday and just caught the game off the DVR. That was the best managed game I seen the Bills play in a long time. Talk about playing to our strengths and to Richmond weaknesses. Being able to adapt to a very short bench and no Goodwin. Everyone I thought played well and kept to game plan, including Hines. I give a big congrats to TF for game preparation. BTW: Bess better be A10 Player of the Week. Last year, prepared Ford to play games like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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