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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 5, 2020 17:05:02 GMT -5
Good to see that RJ can still elevate.
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Post by lou on Jan 5, 2020 17:07:00 GMT -5
got to get the orange guy some purple
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 5, 2020 17:09:20 GMT -5
Navy made 2 three point shots today, fewest made by an opponent since Nov 2016 win over Albany which went 1-9. That's also the fewest opponent attempts since that same Albany game
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 5, 2020 17:09:26 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 5, 2020 17:18:52 GMT -5
Navy made 2 three point shots today, fewest made by an opponent since Nov 2016 win over Albany which went 1-9. That's also the fewest opponent attempts since that same Albany game Navy had been taking over 40% of their shots from three - today, under 20%. They were having great success going inside in the first half (made 67% of their 2s), and kept goingthere. But our zone - and Verbeek's presence fronting their big - changed things in the second stanza (when they made just 33% of 2s)
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Post by hchoops on Jan 5, 2020 17:22:18 GMT -5
I believe we played far more man D possessions than zone, esp in the second half. It was some of the best man we have played, though that is not high praise.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 5, 2020 17:25:42 GMT -5
Is this our first game this season with 4 in double figures ?
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Post by efg72 on Jan 5, 2020 17:27:53 GMT -5
I believe the third canisius and Hofstra
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Post by hchoops on Jan 5, 2020 17:27:58 GMT -5
Our first league and home win a day after Judson’s birthday
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 5, 2020 17:28:17 GMT -5
Is this our first game this season with 4 in double figures ? Hofstra.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 5, 2020 17:28:28 GMT -5
Just for the record, I was wondering what HC's graduation rate is for scholar athletes. I was not interested in hearing about "miscreants." That is a word at least one poster seems to love. PS: The AD. was speaking about all athletes, not only basketball players. Holy Cross is at 98 percent. I believe the mens basketball team is 100 percent. As I understand it various people that have left the school (most recently Lovisolo) who graduate from someplace else in a certain prescribed time do not count against graduation rates No. There are two measures of graduation rate, but neither of them factors in whether a transfer graduates from another school or not. The federal graduation rate simply looks at the athletes originally enrolled at the school and how many graduated within six years. The NCAA has come up with a different measurement where transfers who are in good academic standing and have an overall GPA above 2.5 are simply eliminated from the calculation completely. They do not count against a school. However a transfer with a low GPA or who is not considered to be in good academic standing does count against you in the calculation.
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Post by efg72 on Jan 5, 2020 17:33:42 GMT -5
Is this our first game this season with 4 in double figures ? Hofstra. And Canisius
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 5, 2020 17:40:32 GMT -5
Anyone know what Niego's situation is and whether we will have him (and/or Copeland) back by Wednesday?
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Post by Tom on Jan 5, 2020 17:42:29 GMT -5
Faw played a great game. Pretty sure he was playing injured the first half of the year. Some foot issue
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Post by efg72 on Jan 5, 2020 17:44:38 GMT -5
Faw played a great game. Pretty sure he was playing injured the first half of the year. Some foot issue Same foot as last year?
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Post by bison137 on Jan 5, 2020 17:45:55 GMT -5
Back from the game. Observations: I thought it was perhaps one of the best officiated games that I have seen in years and, in fact, post game I said to some of the Crossports faithful, "do you think we had some ACC/Big East refs?" Thank you hoops for confirming my suspicion. They were much better/fairer than what we usually see. To the point, I said to 8485, "I haven't seen any 'thank you for your service' fouls against HC." His response "the younger refs haven't learned that yet." One of the referees for this game, John Gaffney, is a big-time ref. Among other games this week, he did one ACC game and two Big East games. The other two referees rarely get a D1 assignment.
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Post by Tom on Jan 5, 2020 17:50:31 GMT -5
Anyone know what Niego's situation is and whether we will have him (and/or Copeland) back by Wednesday? It was posted above that Niego was sick. Not a clue what that means for Wednesday Copeland is a bit of a mystery to me. It was said at the UMass Boston game (as much as I have tried to strike that evening from my memory) that he was sick. Seems like a long time to be sick
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Post by Tom on Jan 5, 2020 17:51:38 GMT -5
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Post by possum on Jan 5, 2020 18:22:17 GMT -5
Exciting game nice to get a win. If the first two games of league action are any indication road wins are going to be tough to come by. Big shot by Lowder to win it but first option was definitely Pridgen. Thought Faw had his best game of the year by far but it would sure be nice if he regained his touch from outside. Verbeek competed hard and gave us some decent minutes, interior defense is going to be a season long problem for this team. I thought Lowder played under control again today as he did against Loyola. He might be on some type of minutes pitch count but that definitely was not the case at end of today's game. This was not a case of offense/defense substitution he was taken out of the game with about 3 and a half minutes left and didn't return until Faw fouled out with 15 seconds left. If someone other than Faw had fouled I'm not sure he would have returned at all. At the end of the game he definitely needs to be on the floor as he's one of our few offensive options and probably is our best option to create his own shot. If you want to sub offense for defense that's fine but there's no way he should have sat for the last 3 minutes of the game.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 5, 2020 19:22:47 GMT -5
For the first time in the history of the Patriot League, The Full Nelson has been applied!
Fun day today. When I saw CN in civvies, I thought there was no way this game could be had. That's why Faw and Verbeek are my unsung heroes of the day. As we know, playing the service academies are not for the meek, and those 2 battled like crazy. Nothing spectacular, but just enough. AB rock solid.
And the freshmen. As much as I like their talent, I think it's their moxie I admire the most. RWade staying the course after a slow start, and now we are seeing it start to pay off. We can talk all summer about how we're going to fix JP's foul shooting, but do you think it bothered him in the least? He was begging for the ball time and time again in the second half. And Druzi? It sure looks like he's done that in the endgame many times before. No panic, no rushing the shot. I don't want to jinx things, but I think we may have hit the jackpot with this group.
You know, those 2 crushing games earlier (Northeastern and UMB) really rocked our board fandom, and not in a good way. It very easily could have destroyed this team. But it seems to me like they are indeed starting to very gradually build something. I have to give the whole group, players and coaches, a great deal of credit. Hopefully now there will be more steps forward than backwards.
It really would be nice to have all 10 schollie guys available for a game at some point; don't think it's happened yet. And if that's the case, they probably haven't even been able to scrimmage 5 on 5 in practice yet. To me, its why the patience has been needed.
A good day to be a Crusader!
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Post by timholycross on Jan 5, 2020 19:36:30 GMT -5
Anyone know what Niego's situation is and whether we will have him (and/or Copeland) back by Wednesday? It was posted above that Niego was sick. Not a clue what that means for Wednesday Copeland is a bit of a mystery to me. It was said at the UMass Boston game (as much as I have tried to strike that evening from my memory) that he was sick. Seems like a long time to be sick Copeland played a few minutes against Sacred Heart (I looked it up), nothing since. SHU was after UMB. So a second problem or a relapse? Is he even on the bench (I didn't look closely)?
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Post by hchoops on Jan 5, 2020 19:37:36 GMT -5
He was on the bench
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Post by DiMarz on Jan 5, 2020 19:44:46 GMT -5
It was posted above that Niego was sick. Not a clue what that means for Wednesday Copeland is a bit of a mystery to me. It was said at the UMass Boston game (as much as I have tried to strike that evening from my memory) that he was sick. Seems like a long time to be sick Copeland played a few minutes against Sacred Heart (I looked it up), nothing since. SHU was after UMB. So a second problem or a relapse? Is he even on the bench (I didn't look closely)? As I posted in another thread, there is a nasty cold virus that is going around the Worcester area..If Niego and Copeland have that, I think they will be out a while...For us mere mortals, Dr. said about 3 weeks to get rid of it...and that includes lots of fluids and cold medicines..Really saps all your strength....I sure hope it is not this that has them on the bench.....
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Post by possum on Jan 5, 2020 19:52:11 GMT -5
Hard to believe if they're dealing with a flu like condition they would be sitting on the bench. Durability is probably the least appreciated trait an athlete can have some have it others don't. Unfortunately a few of our players have had off and on physical issues throughout their careers and it's probably not going to change.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 5, 2020 19:53:24 GMT -5
Good to see that RJ can still elevate.
awesome pic
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