The Wiz Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 General Outlook.... A good win yesterday...dampened by the loss of Parker. But all is not lost...remember we won yesterday with Jimerson scoring no points and a good 4th qtr without Parker...something we haven't be able to do with Parker playing. If we can get 1 or 2 of the missing players back soon(Eze or Mag) that would be a boost. Game Preview....As you can see by the spread....close game...possible OT...I tried to turn up the sensitivity on the computer asking it to go 3 decimal places. It then said Bills by 2/3 of a point and then got huffy with me and printed out the following....Stop being a homer....with only 3 D1 games played and Parker out you should be happy with a tossup....leave it at even. Encouraging sign yesterday was the strong 4th quarter finish. ....Both teams today grade out at B-. As you will see in the report card below VT has one of the top defenses in the country right now. Yesterday's WY team had one of the top offenses ITN ....I mentioned that it was inflated by weak competition and was unsustainable and that the Bills would be the team to slow them down. Same thing with VT except on defense... Inflated numbers built on wins over Plattsburg and Merrimack...Unsustainable defensive numbers which again will have to be brought down by the Bills. This will be our toughest game so far as the Catamounts have some excellent 3P shooters. We win this game if a player(s) step up today and have a strong 4th quarter again. Report Card.... Let's see what things look like.... ...................SLU......................VT........................SLU.............................VT .................................OFF..........................................................DEF............. PPG...............B.........................C.............................C+..................................A+...11th ITN FG%...............B-......................B...............................B+...................................A- 3P%...............A-......................B+............................B+....................................A+...9th ITN FT%...............B-......................C+....................................................................... Reb...............C-.........................C+.............................F....................................B+ OFF Rebs = total rebs...DEF Rebs = opp reb UP...............Off....FG%...FT%.......Def.....3P% Down.........Off......Reb.................Def....FG%.....Reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU TOs/Gm....70th ITN VT 3P%...Bogues...#1 ....Ndayishimiye...56th TO/gm.....21st Injury /Illness report and misc The Bills.... Parker ....Nov 17....Foot...possible broken bone...out indefinitely VT..... Forillo (F)...Nov 6th...knee...out till mid Dec Keys to the game...Stop the 3...play a strong 4th qtr ....have some one step up with a good game WWN2D2W...48/40/75...Hold them to 44%FG...35% 3s...Hold their top 3 scorers to 35 pts...Keep them to 70 pts....Our rebs + stls= Vt rebs...beat them on TOs Bottom line....This game will be won by the team that wants it the most....If the Bills play like yesterday ...we win and turn the Catamount into a kitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Play like we should, and technically we turn the Catamounts into the “Puma concolors” if I have that right from other posts. In any event, all hail the great computer of @The Wiz, onwards to Billiken victory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 1 hour ago, The Wiz said: General Outlook.... A good win yesterday...dampened by the loss of Parker. But all is not lost...remember we won yesterday with Jimerson scoring no points and a good 4th qtr without Parker...something we haven't be able to do with Parker playing. If we can get 1 or 2 of the missing players back soon(Eze or Mag) that would be a boost. Game Preview....As you can see by the spread....close game...possible OT...I tried to turn up the sensitivity on the computer asking it to go 3 decimal places. It then said Bills by 2/3 of a point and then got huffy with me and printed out the following....Stop being a homer....with only 3 D1 games played and Parker out you should be happy with a tossup....leave it at even. Encouraging sign yesterday was the strong 4th quarter finish. ....Both teams today grade out at B-. As you will see in the report card below VT has one of the top defenses in the country right now. Yesterday's WY team had one of the top offenses ITN ....I mentioned that it was inflated by weak competition and was unsustainable and that the Bills would be the team to slow them down. Same thing with VT except on defense... Inflated numbers built on wins over Plattsburg and Merrimack...Unsustainable defensive numbers which again will have to be brought down by the Bills. This will be our toughest game so far as the Catamounts have some excellent 3P shooters. We win this game if a player(s) step up today and have a strong 4th quarter again. Report Card.... Let's see what things look like.... ...................SLU......................VT........................SLU.............................VT .................................OFF..........................................................DEF............. PPG...............B.........................C.............................C+..................................A+...11th ITN FG%...............B-......................B...............................B+...................................A- 3P%...............A-......................B+............................B+....................................A+...9th ITN FT%...............B-......................C+....................................................................... Reb...............C-.........................C+.............................F....................................B+ OFF Rebs = total rebs...DEF Rebs = opp reb UP...............Off....FG%...FT%.......Def.....3P% Down.........Off......Reb.................Def....FG%.....Reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU TOs/Gm....70th ITN VT 3P%...Bogues...#1 ....Ndayishimiye...56th TO/gm.....21st Injury /Illness report and misc The Bills.... Parker ....Nov 17....Foot...possible broken bone...out indefinitely VT..... Forillo (F)...Nov 6th...knee...out till mid Dec Keys to the game...Stop the 3...play a strong 4th qtr ....have some one step up with a good game WWN2D2W...48/40/75...Hold them to 44%FG...35% 3s...Hold their top 3 scorers to 35 pts...Keep them to 70 pts....Our rebs + stls= Vt rebs...beat them on TOs Bottom line....This game will be won by the team that wants it the most....If the Bills play like yesterday ...we win and turn the Catamount into a kitty. We held them to under 70 points in the first half anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 -in hopes of a jinx, good gravy they can make 3's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 I will make this short and sweet and focus on 1 stat...one that doesn't show up on the box score but tells the whole story.... 2P%.... VT...64% SLU....35% 1st half was even worse.....77% VT....24% SLU Had we just shot average from inside the arc(many of the misses were layups and bunnies)....we would have made 6 more shots...and won by 2pts. And that doesn't factor in the fact they shot way above their averages. It was ours to win with just an average game even with their hot hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 47 minutes ago, The Wiz said: I will make this short and sweet and focus on 1 stat...one that doesn't show up on the box score but tells the whole story.... 2P%.... VT...64% SLU....35% 1st half was even worse.....77% VT....24% SLU Had we just shot average from inside the arc(many of the misses were layups and bunnies)....we would have made 6 more shots...and won by 2pts. And that doesn't factor in the fact they shot way above their averages. It was ours to win with just an average game even with their hot hand. Hargrove tries hard. He has his great moments, but he is over his head in the lane. And when the wings come to help it leaves shooters open. At this point put Zing in more and let him develop. He isn't going to outplay hargrove yet, but the 6'3" experience needs to end unless we focus more on all our full court pressure defense and running on offense. We did not defend the lane well today because simply we cannot. And help only exposed the 3. Our best moments were when we played fast to start the second half and some after the last timeout until we just threw in the towel. wgstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Hargrove tries hard. He has his great moments, but he is over his head in the lane. And when the wings come to help it leaves shooters open. At this point put Zing in more and let him develop. He isn't going to outplay hargrove yet, but the 6'3" experience needs to end unless we focus more on all our full court pressure defense and running on offense. We did not defend the lane well today because simply we cannot. And help only exposed the 3. Our best moments were when we played fast to start the second half and some after the last timeout until we just threw in the towel. I agree with a lot of this. If the Georgetown center had been cleared TJ would be playing at the 4 where his defense and shot blocking from the weak side would be a lot better. He just isn't big enough to be a force in the middle. As I was trying to say earlier the multiple defenses we tried is a good thing and I do think Bruce has a chance . billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Hargrove tries hard. He has his great moments, but he is over his head in the lane. And when the wings come to help it leaves shooters open. At this point put Zing in more and let him develop. He isn't going to outplay hargrove yet, but the 6'3" experience needs to end unless we focus more on all our full court pressure defense and running on offense. We did not defend the lane well today because simply we cannot. And help only exposed the 3. Our best moments were when we played fast to start the second half and some after the last timeout until we just threw in the towel. I do think we may be at our best with THJ playing some 4 and back up 5. or at least 50/50 minutes with Bruce. Its just too much(not his fault) for him to expect to do this more than 20 minutes, and even then. Bruce doesnt seem like a good rebounder, so THJ at the 4 still helps with that. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Hargrove tries hard. He has his great moments, but he is over his head in the lane. And when the wings come to help it leaves shooters open. At this point put Zing in more and let him develop. He isn't going to outplay hargrove yet, but the 6'3" experience needs to end unless we focus more on all our full court pressure defense and running on offense. We did not defend the lane well today because simply we cannot. And help only exposed the 3. Our best moments were when we played fast to start the second half and some after the last timeout until we just threw in the towel. That's why we need either Ewe or Mag to clear eligibility waivers . One (or both) would free up Hargrove. In the meantime, let's hope this was a shooting outlier today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Narrator: The Bills and Vermont were NOT even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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