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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 6, 2024 14:27:07 GMT -5
Tse being on the floor when we are down seven and need to score points is very strange.
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Post by sader1998 on Jan 6, 2024 14:29:05 GMT -5
Down 9 at the under 8 timeout. Slipping away.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 6, 2024 14:33:49 GMT -5
We do a very poor job at defending pick and rolls and pocket passes.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2024 14:42:02 GMT -5
Army offensive boards really hurting us
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Post by classof83 on Jan 6, 2024 15:02:17 GMT -5
What has happened to this program? - so discouraging
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 6, 2024 15:05:17 GMT -5
Had a thought when there was about a minute left and down nine or ten points HC was well guarded by Army and took a long time to shoot. Perhaps a well guarded shot made instantly at the beginning of a possession in that situation is better statistically than a better shot opportunity 13 or 14 seconds later. The instant shot at least puts the ball in play. I noticed that HC instantly fouled Army when they got the ball which was efficient.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 6, 2024 15:14:27 GMT -5
Army offensive boards really hurting us Was about to post this, as well. I think there were two occasions where if we got a stop, we’d be in a position to cut the game to one possession around the four and five minute mark. Seemed like Army got multiple second chances and converted both times. Very frustrating.
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Post by cmo on Jan 6, 2024 15:23:26 GMT -5
Is anyone seeing improvement?
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 6, 2024 15:47:03 GMT -5
What has happened to this program? - so discouraging When you are on your third coach in six seasons...it is tough to get a culture going
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Post by cfrivals on Jan 6, 2024 15:59:11 GMT -5
Willard was 10-18 in 1st season with James Stowers as only sr, next year won 22 games with a lot of Fresh and Sophs.
Doubt that will happen again, but 99-00’ was a dreadful season also.
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Post by tj on Jan 6, 2024 16:22:15 GMT -5
Willard was 10-18 in 1st season with James Stowers as only sr, next year won 22 games with a lot of Fresh and Sophs. Doubt that will happen again, but 99-00’ was a dreadful season also. Just so hard to watch. I feel bad for both the players and coaches. How did Batch lose his shooting ability? He hit quite a few 3s last season. Will all the players be healthy soon? I’ve lose track of who is out
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2024 16:26:14 GMT -5
What has happened to DeAndre Williams? Is he playing hurt?
In his first six games he shot 10 for 16 on twos and 5 for 13 on threes. Since then he is 1 for 13 on twos and 5 for 21 on threes....
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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 16:42:41 GMT -5
Willard was 10-18 in 1st season with James Stowers as only sr, next year won 22 games with a lot of Fresh and Sophs. Doubt that will happen again, but 99-00’ was a dreadful season also. Willard's first team was truly decimated by injuries.
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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 16:44:27 GMT -5
What has happened to this program? - so discouraging Based on the last 4+ years, we have become one of the worst teams at least when it comes to wins and losses, in D1 basketball. Truly hard to fathom.
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Post by cfrivals on Jan 6, 2024 17:42:52 GMT -5
Someone earlier asked if the Raynor years were worse, I say no. Even with no scholarships, he recruited some good players (Pegues, Curry, Walter Brown). Yes, HC has had a dreadful 15+ year decline, but so has the PL. I would take a team with Kevin Bettancourt, Charles Lee with Pegues and Curry and they would be on top of this league. People use the argument of how this league is academic and athletically sound, are you for real! FB and BB are the only two sports that count, they are awful!
Football will test that again this year, but you saw the disrespect on a national stage to the weakness of the PL. I hope CDP can bring the BB team back to a top 150 program, but with 80% of the league under 280, the time to look elsewhere is real and here!
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Post by Tom on Jan 6, 2024 18:01:03 GMT -5
I have been bemoaning the inconsistency of freshmen all season long.
Every one of the freshmen have had double digit games. Nugent had a solid game. Strictly speaking about scoring. every other freshman was shut out for the first 38 minutes, Other than Nugent, the entire freshmen class was pretty quiet today. They will have their ups and downs. When most of them are really down, that will be a loss. I really hope the kids grow up soon on
With Wills dressed today, I was surprised to see Tse get what I assumed would be a healthy Wills' minutes
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 6, 2024 18:06:09 GMT -5
Being dressed and being healthy are, at times, two different things.
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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 18:19:43 GMT -5
Things could be worse. Detroit-Mercy is 0-17.
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Post by bikeman on Jan 6, 2024 18:19:55 GMT -5
2024. I don’t think HC will EVER have a great b-ball team again. Don’t say”how did Colgate do it?” They just appear good because the PL sucks so bad. This coach may be able to get us back to .500 league wise. That’s it. So discouraging.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 6, 2024 18:24:06 GMT -5
2024. I don’t think HC will EVER have a great b-ball team again. Don’t say”how did Colgate do it?” They just appear good because the PL sucks so bad. This coach may be able to get us back to .500 league wise. That’s it. So discouraging. More discouraging is the complete lack of faith you seem to display. If you label a winning record impossible (as in it will not "EVER" happen) are you actually an HC fan? I hope your doubts are momentary.
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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 18:35:20 GMT -5
29-92 vs D1 over the last 4+ years will bring people down. It hasn’t easy being an HC hoop fan for a while now at least when it comes to those pesky wins and losses.
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Post by revj on Jan 6, 2024 18:36:08 GMT -5
Hope makes itself not ashamed. To everything there is a season and as difficult as "dark" seasons are, they ultimately turn to "bright" days.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2024 18:44:41 GMT -5
We’ve just come off a few years with a hopeless coach in BN. It will take DP more than this season to get us back on track but I’m confident he will do so.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 6, 2024 18:46:41 GMT -5
There is a pervasive culture of losing across our athletic program (with two exceptions) - there must be a serious proactive response for which ADKH is responsible to strategize - time is running out and I wish I was more hopeful we can turn the ship around
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 6, 2024 19:59:21 GMT -5
2024. I don’t think HC will EVER have a great b-ball team again. Don’t say”how did Colgate do it?” They just appear good because the PL sucks so bad. This coach may be able to get us back to .500 league wise. That’s it. So discouraging. Wrong on Colgate. Maybe they're down a bit this year versus the couple of seasons prior, but they were a very good mid-major team during their recent run.
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