JohnnyJumpUp Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Tre Weaver NEEDS more shots. Perkins gets his points and will shoot every time, but needs to kick out to open guy when he can. Surprised by the crowd tonight, nice crowd. 11-2 let's go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 larrymania: I think so. Duquesne is not as good as their record and Austin and Steele have added to Carry, Hughes and Weathers. Duquesne has no home gym so we're playing at Robert Morris University. Can't let Duquesne bomb from three point land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelC Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, glazedandconfused said: 11-2 with @ Duq vs UMass vs GW. 3 games we should win before heading into the tough part of our conference schedule. I’ll take this 100 times out of 100 Unfortunately because this is such a poor shooting team almost every conference game will be difficult. Again tonight they missed 40, count 'em 40 shots! Shot 36% from the field and 21% from 3 and that is a recipe for losing 2 or 3 games to teams you have no business losing to. In conference play, you can't count on heroic individual performances to bail you out all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 11-2 no bad losses freshman improving every game I’ll take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_w Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Not there best performance, but still a win. onto conference play. who would of thought 11-2. jimmy bell getting better every game and hargrove starting to come on, Go Bills BIG BILL FAN likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Zink likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, MichaelC said: Unfortunately because this is such a poor shooting team almost every conference game will be difficult. Again tonight they missed 40, count 'em 40 shots! Shot 36% from the field and 21% from 3 and that is a recipe for losing 2 or 3 games to teams you have no business losing to. In conference play, you can't count on heroic individual performances to bail you out all the time. I agree the poor 3 and FT shooting scare me. But we do have 3 guys who have shown they CAN hit them: Weaver, Perkins, and Jacobs. Also we might get Fred back, although that's a big ??? mark. But in tonight's game there were plays where if French and JGood would have looked they would have seen wide open guys on the perimeter. Most teams will plan to jam the inside against us, therefore, I would hope in practice we will work on kick outs. It will only make it easier on French and JGood. Especially if we start hitting the shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazedandconfused Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, MichaelC said: Unfortunately because this is such a poor shooting team almost every conference game will be difficult. Again tonight they missed 40, count 'em 40 shots! Shot 36% from the field and 21% from 3 and that is a recipe for losing 2 or 3 games to teams you have no business losing to. In conference play, you can't count on heroic individual performances to bail you out all the time. We haven’t relied on heroic individual performances to bail us out except for the belmont game. This team is crazy well rounded. Yes shooting is a problem, but every team we see the rest of the way will have an equally big flaw in their game (except dayton). This team will probably lose a couple games it should win, but they will also win a couple games they shouldn’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, moytoy12 said: Good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, MichaelC said: Unfortunately because this is such a poor shooting team almost every conference game will be difficult. Again tonight they missed 40, count 'em 40 shots! Shot 36% from the field and 21% from 3 and that is a recipe for losing 2 or 3 games to teams you have no business losing to. In conference play, you can't count on heroic individual performances to bail you out all the time. Ridiculous assessment -- focus on their weakness and ignore their outlier strengths. How many teams have depth, multiple leaders in rebounding, and a point guard that distributes like this team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, slu72 said: I agree the poor 3 and FT shooting scare me. But we do have 3 guys who have shown they CAN hit them: Weaver, Perkins, and Jacobs. Also we might get Fred back, although that's a big ??? mark. But in tonight's game there were plays where if French and JGood would have looked they would have seen wide open guys on the perimeter. Most teams will plan to jam the inside against us, therefore, I would hope in practice we will work on kick outs. It will only make it easier on French and JGood. Especially if we start hitting the shots. I have more confidence in Hargrove shooting free throws than anybody else on the team right now. Hargrove is shooting 80% from the free throw line on 16 attempts and they all look like they're going in. But since he's not a focal point of our offense, he will rarely be in a position to shoot free throws in crunch time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I thought there were several opportunities to hit TJ near the rim but didn’t. Hopefully the more he plays he will become a bigger part of the offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 54 minutes ago, Taj79 said: Duquesne has no home gym so we're playing at Robert Morris University. I believe this will be the Dukes 1st “home” game of the season at Robert Morris University. I’m not sure how much that will help the Billikens, but it can’t hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelC Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, davidnark said: Ridiculous assessment -- focus on their weakness and ignore their outlier strengths. How many teams have depth, multiple leaders in rebounding, and a point guard that distributes like this team? LOL We'll see, the way the game is played now, poor shooting (especially from 3) is not an outlier, it's an equalizer, it's how inferior teams are able to beat more talented teams. If you think life and death struggles with the likes of Bethune Cookman and High Point due almost entirely to poor shooting is not a major concern, don't know what else to tell you. If you think you can win consistently taking 60 shots and missing 40 of them, well, time will tell. billikenbill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 A win is a win, this was not a clean win but we won the game. Part of the issue was the one referee calling all kinds of fouls on us and breaking up our game. Whichever way it is we are 11-2 as we enter conference play. I am a lot more concerned about Hargrove's injury than about the way the game was played. Apologize for being so short and delayed. We had our grandson with us at the game and he needed to be put to bed. Then my wife lost her cell phone, she may have dropped it at the Chaifetz, we could not find it anywhere. This was not a good thing but stuff happens. Now onto Duquesne, Go Bills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, MichaelC said: time will tell. Douch will bag........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Old guy said: A win is a win, this was not a clean win but we won the game. Part of the issue was the one referee calling all kinds of fouls on us and breaking up our game. Whichever way it is we are 11-2 as we enter conference play. I am a lot more concerned about Hargrove's injury than about the way the game was played. Apologize for being so short and delayed. We had our grandson with us at the game and he needed to be put to bed. Then my wife lost her cell phone, she may have dropped it at the Chaifetz, we could not find it anywhere. This was not a good thing but still stuff happens. Now onto Duquesne, Go Bills! Hargrove experienced cramping in his calf; he did not suffer an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazedandconfused Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 *whispers* this team is winning all its games against inferior teams. let’s not get pre-mad about them possibly dropping some in the future. slufanskip, cgeldmacher and moytoy12 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelC Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said: Douch will bag........ How is that even a remotely valid discussion point? Are we here to discuss hopes like mature adults (even when we disagree) or are we here to sling juvenile insults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Pope for GT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 minute ago, MichaelC said: How is that even a remotely valid discussion point? Are we here to discuss hopes like mature adults (even when we disagree) or are we here to sling juvenile insults? out of reactions for the day you troll........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Not the prettiest game but a win. I’ll take it. This is a game the Bills lose the last couple years. With the depth and leadership of Goodwin and French we don’t lose these games anymore. Thank God Hargrove was only a cramp. Weaver has been shooting great the last two games. He’s stepped up nicely in Jimersons absence. Bell is looking better and better. Finally looking to score on occasions. I wish they would have gotten French the all in the post more. Free throw shooting is getting better. I wasn’t happy with the rebounding tonight. The shooting needs to be better. Bring on the conference schedule!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Very happy to hear Hargrove had a cramp, not an injury. This is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjoelabs Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Is Yuri hurt? Why did he come out around the 10 minute mark and never return? Doghouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 19 minutes ago, MichaelC said: LOL We'll see, the way the game is played now, poor shooting (especially from 3) is not an outlier, it's an equalizer, it's how inferior teams are able to beat more talented teams. If you think life and death struggles with the likes of Bethune Cookman and High Point due almost entirely to poor shooting is not a major concern, don't know what else to tell you. If you think you can win consistently taking 60 shots and missing 40 of them, well, time will tell. Did you pay attention to last seasons team and that team won the A10 tournament not shooting well at all. SLU has shot field goals better this season then last season and has had balanced scoring with the next player up that has a great game. SLU missed a lot of bunnies tonight and that has not been an issue this season but it hurt their field goal percentage. I watched our team in warmups and the team was real giddy and not real focused and I had the feeling there would be problems this game and there was plenty of issues but this is a good team and they put their opponent away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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