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Post by Bleed Purple on Feb 14, 2022 20:47:19 GMT -5
B.I.N.G.O
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Post by bringbackcaro on Feb 14, 2022 20:48:08 GMT -5
Brutal half of basketball. American turning it into a slugfestand daring the officials to call every foul, HC sleepwalking and allowing the AU defense to impose their will. Would like to see us speed up the pace in the second half. pL officials aren’t good to start with, and this Brennan street fight gameplan makes them even worse — no clue when to call fouls and when to let contact go. Dreadful night of pL basketball.
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Post by cmo on Feb 14, 2022 20:49:04 GMT -5
Giving up 2nd chance opportunities killed us
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 14, 2022 20:49:12 GMT -5
When does HC foul?
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Post by bringbackcaro on Feb 14, 2022 20:49:39 GMT -5
Had to be 3 or 4 instances in the 2nd half when American got offensive rebounds on shots that didn’t have a prayer - absolutely brutal.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 14, 2022 20:49:56 GMT -5
Rebound bounced right to the AU guy
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 14, 2022 20:50:14 GMT -5
Brutal half of basketball. American turning it into a slugfest and daring the officials to call every foul, HC sleepwalking and allowing the AU defense to impose their will. Would like to see us speed up the pace in the second half. pL officials aren’t good to start with, and this Brennan street fight gameplan makes them even worse — no clue when to call fouls and when to let contact go. Dreadful night of pL basketball. Should have known this one would be attributed to the referees and bush league game plan by Brennan. No way could Nelson be outcoached or the players outplayed.
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Post by cmo on Feb 14, 2022 20:51:30 GMT -5
Let’s get every loose ball the rest of the way. Win dirty. We didn’t.
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Post by Bleed Purple on Feb 14, 2022 20:53:52 GMT -5
Nice comeback to make it interesting, but just too deep a hole to recover from.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 14, 2022 20:54:02 GMT -5
AU has played harder for longer stretches of this game. Frankly they deserve to win.
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Post by Bleed Purple on Feb 14, 2022 20:56:50 GMT -5
42 point second half.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Feb 14, 2022 20:57:22 GMT -5
pL officials aren’t good to start with, and this Brennan street fight gameplan makes them even worse — no clue when to call fouls and when to let contact go. Dreadful night of pL basketball. Should have known this one would be attributed to the referees and bush league game plan by Brennan. No way could Nelson be outcoached or the players outplayed. 22-13 free throws before garbage time HC fouls. That’s a ridiculous disparity when the team with 22 was playing football on defense. Of course, it’s not just about the officials — there is no excuse for how poorly played in the first half.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 14, 2022 20:57:55 GMT -5
Who cares? Shot 36% for the game and lost at home to a dreadful team.
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Post by trimster on Feb 14, 2022 21:03:18 GMT -5
GG is.trying to do too much against 2-3 men.
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Post by Bleed Purple on Feb 14, 2022 21:03:54 GMT -5
Which HC team will show up on Wed? First half clunkers or second half solids? Inconsistency is a hallmark of a young team. If we play BU like we did in the second half tonight we can win. Remain optimistic.
Go Cross Go.
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Post by cmo on Feb 14, 2022 21:09:41 GMT -5
One reason / excuse :
We have one PG. he’s a frosh. He’s playing a ton of minutes, with a lot of travel and a bunched up schedule.
He’ll be better for it.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 14, 2022 21:16:25 GMT -5
Which HC team will show up on Wed? First half clunkers or second half solids? Inconsistency is a hallmark of a young team. If we play BU like we did in the second half tonight we can win. Remain optimistic. Go Cross Go. Correct that we played an abysmal first half, but In the second half we gave up 8 offensive rebounds, 17 second chance points, 17 free throw attempts and 10 points off turnovers to a very bad team.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 14, 2022 22:00:49 GMT -5
What idiot said playing all these games in February would be a blessing in disguise?
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Post by trimster on Feb 14, 2022 22:26:28 GMT -5
How many students were there tonight? 25? Kind of pathetic, no?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 14, 2022 22:48:07 GMT -5
Pretty sad.
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Post by hchoops on Feb 14, 2022 22:54:42 GMT -5
Attendance- 214 Sadder
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Post by bison137 on Feb 14, 2022 23:53:20 GMT -5
Brutal half of basketball. American turning it into a slugfestand daring the officials to call every foul, HC sleepwalking and allowing the AU defense to impose their will. Would like to see us speed up the pace in the second half. pL officials aren’t good to start with, and this Brennan street fight gameplan makes them even worse — no clue when to call fouls and when to let contact go. Dreadful night of pL basketball. I assume you know there is no such thing as "patriot league officials". All of the refs in tonight's games routinely ref in the Ivy, MAAC, America East, and NEC. They may not be great but they ref more games out of the PL than in it.:
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 15, 2022 6:32:15 GMT -5
If you counted fans, the teams, cheerleaders, and employees, they may have broken 100; no way there were 214 fans at the game.
This bothers me almost as much as the performance by the team. I'm really concerned about the future in terms of support, and I don't know of a solution in this pro sports driven area (a much larger factor than the PL). I can almost understand the team coming out flat when they are performing in such a juiceless environment; not much different than a glorified scrimmage.. I also feel bad for the roving PA announcer - he has to walk around on the floor before tipoff conversing with the "crowd", telling all 7 of us to "Get Ready for Holy Cross Basketball!!!". We cannot make fun of Colgate's fan support any longer, at this point in time. Just really depressing.
As for the game, HC reminded me of Bucknell on Saturday - always a step behind, getting pushed around, etc. And AU was HC - dictating the tone, being the aggressor, getting most of the 50/50 balls.
I'm wondering/worrying that MT's absence is going to take more and more of a toll down the stretch, with all these big games bunched together. They really could have used his Johnny on the Spot, versatile kind of game last night. Just one guy, but not having him seems to make a big difference with available rotations.
Just hoping it doesn't spin around the other way after all of their efforts to get back on track.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 15, 2022 6:45:34 GMT -5
We didn’t shoot it very well. Going to have these stinkers once in a while. Unfortunately, it happened twice against one of the few teams we should expect to beat
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Post by bikeman on Feb 15, 2022 7:00:31 GMT -5
Why would you expect fans to be there? The team has had an abysmal season and last I heard, fans weren't allowed to attend.
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