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Post by possum on Nov 21, 2018 10:16:36 GMT -5
Yes Carmody said he told them to foul under 8 seconds and if someone penetrated let them go to hoop unimpeded, when Albany player penetrated inside three point line Carmody says everyone collapsed and left three point shooters alone, not the way he instructed or wanted the play to be defensed.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Nov 21, 2018 10:19:20 GMT -5
Bigger question is why we didn't foul Albany with a 3-point lead and under 10 seconds. Most coaches (including Carmody, based on his past behavior in this situation) know that this is the percentage play. I wonder if players simply whiffed here, or whether there was another reason Carmody spoke of that on radio interview - said he told them to foul and they did not execute. Love Benzan (and certainly want him on the court at the end of the game), but that's on him. He is the de facto leader, a veteran, and game-smart - should have communicated better. Lesson learned, I guess.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 21, 2018 12:04:15 GMT -5
Carmody spoke of that on radio interview - said he told them to foul and they did not execute. Love Benzan (and certainly want him on the court at the end of the game), but that's on him. He is the de facto leader, a veteran, and game-smart - should have communicated better. Lesson learned, I guess. Yeah, very lucky. Similar to Milan Brown's final game where Green fouled the guy up 3 shooting a 2. Certainly Coach Brown didn't want the kid to do that. And it ended up that had he didn't maybe he wouldn't have blown his knee out.
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Post by purple71 on Nov 21, 2018 12:05:32 GMT -5
From the Albany paper, a slightly different perspective: www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-makes-dramatic-comeback-but-loses-in-13410725.phpHaving been there I perhaps saw 3 games: the first was pretty much a clinic on how to run an offense, the second was a lesson in two things: it ain’t over till it’s over and a coaching adjustment can turn a game around. The final game, the OT featured an entirely different HC offense than started the game. In the first half, Albany got hosed by the refs, particularly on the offensive end with questionable, if not obviously wrong calls for pushing off and illegal picks. Albany simply had no effective offensive scheme while the Cross initially scored pretty much at will. Brown, who is an excellent coach called a timeout just as the game was turning into a blowout and righted the ship. This was pretty much a repeat of the Siena game in Albany last year where the Cross scored at will in the first 5 minutes before Patsos called timeout and made appropriate defensive adjustments. Last night Albany’s defense basically stymied our offense in the first 12 minutes of the second half and then simply shut it down for the last 6:31 during which the Cross, which had lead by 17 with 11 minutes left, failed to score any points at all. 2 observations as to the offense: initially Albany simply had no ability to stop our Princeton like offense, then when Albany figured it out, we countered successfully with JF and yet for the last 7 minutes we seemed to revert to an undisciplined offense which failed to go to JF which is why we missed 11 of our last 13 shots. I think the player of the game was Grandison who looks like a seasoned veteran even as a Freshman. The blocks by JF were highlight reel stuff. Sadly, there was no energy in the house, which I guess happens at this level. My final observation: the boys hustled like hell and never quit.
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Post by sader81 on Nov 21, 2018 14:44:16 GMT -5
Brown, who is an excellent coach called a timeout just as the game was turning into a blowout and righted the ship. This was pretty much a repeat of the Siena game in Albany last year where the Cross scored at will in the first 5 minutes before Patsos called timeout and made appropriate defensive adjustments. Last night Albany’s defense basically stymied our offense in the first 12 minutes of the second half and then simply shut it down for the last 6:31 during which the Cross, which had lead by 17 with 11 minutes left, failed to score any points at all. 2 observations as to the offense: initially Albany simply had no ability to stop our Princeton like offense, then when Albany figured it out, we countered successfully with JF and yet for the last 7 minutes we seemed to revert to an undisciplined offense which failed to go to JF which is why we missed 11 of our last 13 shots. I think the player of the game was Grandison who looks like a seasoned veteran even as a Freshman. The blocks by JF were highlight reel stuff. Sadly, there was no energy in the house, which I guess happens at this level. My final observation: the boys hustled like hell and never quit. Agree, but as much as Albany's defense tightened in those last 6 minutes, HC just missed some open mid-range shots and treys. When the defense shuts down the backdoor, it often leaves those shots open, and HC just didn't make them.
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Post by hchoops on Nov 21, 2018 14:45:47 GMT -5
There was also some poor HC shot selection during that run.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 21, 2018 15:25:32 GMT -5
From the Albany paper, a slightly different perspective: www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-makes-dramatic-comeback-but-loses-in-13410725.phpHaving been there I perhaps saw 3 games: the first was pretty much a clinic on how to run an offense, the second was a lesson in two things: it ain’t over till it’s over and a coaching adjustment can turn a game around. The final game, the OT featured an entirely different HC offense than started the game. In the first half, Albany got hosed by the refs, particularly on the offensive end with questionable, if not obviously wrong calls for pushing off and illegal picks. Albany simply had no effective offensive scheme while the Cross initially scored pretty much at will. Brown, who is an excellent coach called a timeout just as the game was turning into a blowout and righted the ship. This was pretty much a repeat of the Siena game in Albany last year where the Cross scored at will in the first 5 minutes before Patsos called timeout and made appropriate defensive adjustments. Last night Albany’s defense basically stymied our offense in the first 12 minutes of the second half and then simply shut it down for the last 6:31 during which the Cross, which had lead by 17 with 11 minutes left, failed to score any points at all. 2 observations as to the offense: initially Albany simply had no ability to stop our Princeton like offense, then when Albany figured it out, we countered successfully with JF and yet for the last 7 minutes we seemed to revert to an undisciplined offense which failed to go to JF which is why we missed 11 of our last 13 shots. I think the player of the game was Grandison who looks like a seasoned veteran even as a Freshman. The blocks by JF were highlight reel stuff. Sadly, there was no energy in the house, which I guess happens at this level. My final observation: the boys hustled like hell and never quit. It was 49-30 with 11 minutes to go. 20 points in the first 9 minutes of that half, pretty good. 7 points the next 5 minutes,mediocre but still enough to keep the lead they had. The rest of regulation was a disastah.
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Post by hchoops on Nov 21, 2018 15:54:33 GMT -5
From the Albany paper, a slightly different perspective: www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-makes-dramatic-comeback-but-loses-in-13410725.phpHaving been there I perhaps saw 3 games: the first was pretty much a clinic on how to run an offense, the second was a lesson in two things: it ain’t over till it’s over and a coaching adjustment can turn a game around. The final game, the OT featured an entirely different HC offense than started the game. In the first half, Albany got hosed by the refs, particularly on the offensive end with questionable, if not obviously wrong calls for pushing off and illegal picks. Albany simply had no effective offensive scheme while the Cross initially scored pretty much at will. Brown, who is an excellent coach called a timeout just as the game was turning into a blowout and righted the ship. This was pretty much a repeat of the Siena game in Albany last year where the Cross scored at will in the first 5 minutes before Patsos called timeout and made appropriate defensive adjustments. Last night Albany’s defense basically stymied our offense in the first 12 minutes of the second half and then simply shut it down for the last 6:31 during which the Cross, which had lead by 17 with 11 minutes left, failed to score any points at all. 2 observations as to the offense: initially Albany simply had no ability to stop our Princeton like offense, then when Albany figured it out, we countered successfully with JF and yet for the last 7 minutes we seemed to revert to an undisciplined offense which failed to go to JF which is why we missed 11 of our last 13 shots. I think the player of the game was Grandison who looks like a seasoned veteran even as a Freshman. The blocks by JF were highlight reel stuff. Sadly, there was no energy in the house, which I guess happens at this level. My final observation: the boys hustled like hell and never quit. One of the refs last night was the son of long time final 4 ref Ed Corbett, Ryan Corbett. Ryan also worked our Sacred Heart game Ed, a fine person, had announced his retirement lat year, but I saw him working the Maui tourney this week—couldn’t resist the Hawaii trip, I guess
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Post by hchoops on Nov 22, 2018 12:05:45 GMT -5
We moved up to #2 in assists to FGM. I believe this is our highest ranking.
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