GDT: NIT Round 1 vs Mississippi State

[mrjoelabs]

Just been a crappy day all around...the tourney with near miss upsets and than this crap

[billikenbill]

That was less than scintillating.

[BillsBeliever!!!]

The fact that we’re only down 7 is crazy. Feels like a 15 point deficit 

[Bay Area Billiken]

Horrible Half. We’re lucky to only be down by 7.

My goodness, what happened to this team?

[juniorbill76]

Turrible

[MattyMo213]

Gotta see some Perkins buckets and Jgood rebounds and we’ll be good

[Lando Griffin]

2 minutes ago, A10Ref said:

I’m excited for Okoro next year. Need a bigger body. 

Is he the Oregon transfer?

[Soderball]

Terrible. Not much to see here.

[A10Ref]

Couldn’t have shot worse.... I feel unrealistically confident for the second half. 

[Major Majerus]

Down 7 after that half?  We got this

[slufan13]

I think we got a rough and maybe unfair draw with Mississippi St but we look like the team that lost to La Salle

[NYBilliken]

Bad turnover by Collins - a fitting end to the half. Lucky to not be behind by 20. Need to come back for second half with a new plan.

[A10Ref]

Just now, Lando Griffin said:

Is he the Oregon transfer?

Yesssir

[Soderball]

Just now, slufan13 said:

I think we got a rough and maybe unfair draw with Mississippi St but we look like the team that lost to La Salle

When you play like this, you'll lose to fordham.

[Taj79]

Okoro might be nice but our collective basketball skills start and end with Perkins. He needs some decent, consistent help.

[CBFan]

Not a pretty half what happened to this team?

 

[A10Ref]

1 minute ago, Taj79 said:

Okoro might be nice but our collective basketball skills start and end with Perkins. He needs some decent, consistent help.

Okoro will be a game changer. Just trust me on this one. From watching some videos he can run, pass, and is capable outside of 1 foot. Plus he’s much bigger and has gigantic arms. I think Markhi and TJ have major growth to next season, too. 

[Dr Bird]

See if Ford can make some halftime adjustments.    Going forward, no one's minutes should be assumed for next year except Perkins.  I hope to see better ball movement next year.

[mrjoelabs]

1 minute ago, Dr Bird said:

See if Ford can make some halftime adjustments.    Going forward, no one's minutes should be assumed for next year except Perkins.  I hope to see better ball movement next year.

Has ford made adjustments all season...or ever for that matter?

[HoosierPal]

9 minutes ago, slufan13 said:

I think we got a rough and maybe unfair draw with Mississippi St but we look like the team that lost to La Salle

What is unfair about the draw? They are one game over .500. 

[Dr Bird]

1 minute ago, mrjoelabs said:

Has ford made adjustments all season...or ever for that matter?

wishful thinking on my part

[Bay Area Billiken]

This team was so good before being grounded by Covid. It has been a very different team since, very inconsistent.

I think the shooting woes have the team panicking on offense, dribbling into crowds. Put Jimerson in the game, pass him the ball, and let him shoot.

This is basketball. You can’t win if you can’t score. It’s that simple.

[NYBilliken]

8 minutes ago, CBFan said:

Not a pretty half what happened to this team?

 

Covid happened is the obvious answer. But more than physical effects, which other teams had to recover from, and some recovered better - but it also disrupted how all of Ford's previous Billikens teams have slowly improved throughout a season, with lots of game time to build together as a team. This team seems out of sync more often than not. Hopefully in second half they will find what they have had a few times since the covid break - as in home game vs. St. Bonaventure.

[basebill123]

Sometimes seems our team tries to get too fancy or quick and in doing so forget how to dribble 

[TheA_Bomb]

Did we get 1 transition bucket the whole half?

 

I mean we're due a couple plus gotta shoot a lil better. 

 

Need 5 more rebounds for JG too