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Post by hc80 on Mar 1, 2022 22:08:00 GMT -5
This is an incredible stat. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before — American took three three-pointers all game. They didn’t hit one. AU isn’t a great three-point shooting team and doesn’t get many of their points from the perimeter, but it seemed to me Brennan knew he could totally carve up the HC defense inside. They executed their game plan (it’s nice to have one) to perfection. 25-44 2PT FG 0-3 3PT FG He coached the pants off Nelson tonight. In fact, Nelson is now 0-5 against Brennan. That can be possible - didn’t he study under Bill Carmady? BBC, please - your words of wisdom are needed now more Than ever.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 1, 2022 22:08:11 GMT -5
Not rubbing it in from the AU side. But that's the most backdoor layups we've gotten in three years. In fairness to us, though, our bigs passed the ball better tonight than they have all season, especially big to big. And Stacy's never been more aggressive looking for his shot. It's how I expected/hoped he'd play all season. Your team deserves credit, but when there is no pressure on the passer, as well as the primary defender turning his back on his man, the defense is very responsible.for so many open back door cutters.
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Post by notjuanjones on Mar 1, 2022 22:13:28 GMT -5
This is an incredible stat. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before — American took three three-pointers all game. They didn’t hit one. AU isn’t a great three-point shooting team and doesn’t get many of their points from the perimeter, but it seemed to me Brennan knew he could totally carve up the HC defense inside. They executed their game plan (it’s nice to have one) to perfection. 25-44 2PT FG 0-3 3PT FG He coached the pants off Nelson tonight. In fact, Nelson is now 0-5 against Brennan. AU Sports Info is still checking, but this is the first game in at least 15 years in which we didn't hit a single three.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 1, 2022 22:21:20 GMT -5
Didn't even get a lousy piece of leftover pizza.
Congrats to AU and our friend NJJ.
I think I'm going to step down from my appointment as Mr. Devils Advocate. No disrespect intended, but you can't lose 3 times to a play in opponent. AU was the beginning of the end for Milan Brown....will history repeat itself?
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Post by hceconhist on Mar 1, 2022 22:24:45 GMT -5
Didn't even get a lousy piece of leftover pizza. Congrats to AU and our friend NJJ. I think I'm going to step down from my appointment as Mr. Devils Advocate. No disrespect intended, but you can't lose 3 times to a play in opponent. AU was the beginning of the end for Milan Brown....will history repeat itself? It wasn't Lafayette?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 1, 2022 22:49:46 GMT -5
Didn't even get a lousy piece of leftover pizza. Congrats to AU and our friend NJJ. I think I'm going to step down from my appointment as Mr. Devils Advocate. No disrespect intended, but you can't lose 3 times to a play in opponent. AU was the beginning of the end for Milan Brown....will history repeat itself? It wasn't Lafayette? Them too...but the 2014 meltdown in the PL tourney in DC was really eye opening; with N. Pine on hand.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 1, 2022 22:54:02 GMT -5
Didn't even get a lousy piece of leftover pizza. Congrats to AU and our friend NJJ. I think I'm going to step down from my appointment as Mr. Devils Advocate. No disrespect intended, but you can't lose 3 times to a play in opponent. AU was the beginning of the end for Milan Brown....will history repeat itself? I voted for Coach to continue his contract, but will also be excited if we get a new coach.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 1, 2022 22:56:17 GMT -5
Them too...but the 2014 meltdown in the PL tourney in DC was really eye opening; with N. Pine on hand. It’s ironic that the beginning of the end for MB came in a season when HC went 12-6 in PL play and won 20 games overall.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 1, 2022 22:58:23 GMT -5
This is an incredible stat. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before — American took three three-pointers all game. They didn’t hit one. AU isn’t a great three-point shooting team and doesn’t get many of their points from the perimeter, but it seemed to me Brennan knew he could totally carve up the HC defense inside. They executed their game plan (it’s nice to have one) to perfection. 25-44 2PT FG 0-3 3PT FG He coached the pants off Nelson tonight. In fact, Nelson is now 0-5 against Brennan. When an opponent shoots 14-26 from 2, almost all of which are in the paint, and 0-2 from 3 in the first half, against only a man to man defense, and your team is losing in an elimination playoff game, the vast majority of coaches would try some form of zone to keep the ball out of the paint and force the opponent to beat the defense with 3s. Plus that opponent had already beaten you twice with the same strategy. We played one,1, one, possession of zone the entire game. Totally inexcusable.
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Post by crusader1970 on Mar 1, 2022 23:13:21 GMT -5
This is an incredible stat. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before — American took three three-pointers all game. They didn’t hit one. AU isn’t a great three-point shooting team and doesn’t get many of their points from the perimeter, but it seemed to me Brennan knew he could totally carve up the HC defense inside. They executed their game plan (it’s nice to have one) to perfection. 25-44 2PT FG 0-3 3PT FG He coached the pants off Nelson tonight. In fact, Nelson is now 0-5 against Brennan. When an opponent shoots 14-26 from 2, almost all of which are in the paint, and 0-2 from 3 in the first half, against only a man to man defense, and your team is losing, the vast majority of coaches would try some form of zone to keep the ball out of the paint and force the opponent to beat the defense with 3s. Plus that opponent had already beaten you twice with the same strategy. We played one,1, one, possession of zone the entire game. Totally inexcusable. Thank you! I found myself yelling at the computer “Try a zone! They have not hit a three all game.” But no. Mr Stubborn is a one trick pony. The players deserve better coaching. I feel really bad for them.
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Post by lou on Mar 2, 2022 0:22:45 GMT -5
Maybe Nelson doesn't realize that AU runs a version of the Princeton Offense because pretty much everyone knows you've got to use some zone D to stop it
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Post by hc87 on Mar 2, 2022 0:48:17 GMT -5
Remembah when Formah HCMB had no answers for American's 2-3 zone? Coach Nelson had no idea how to switch up defenses tonight.... I'm constantly amazed that these guys, making hundreds of thousands a year, would be outcoached by many HS coaches making 5-10K a year.....
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 2, 2022 1:15:18 GMT -5
This is an incredible stat. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before — American took three three-pointers all game. They didn’t hit one. AU isn’t a great three-point shooting team and doesn’t get many of their points from the perimeter, but it seemed to me Brennan knew he could totally carve up the HC defense inside. They executed their game plan (it’s nice to have one) to perfection. 25-44 2PT FG 0-3 3PT FG He coached the pants off Nelson tonight. In fact, Nelson is now 0-5 against Brennan. AU Sports Info is still checking, but this is the first game in at least 15 years in which we didn't hit a single three. Ken Pomeroy goes back to 2001-2002 and you can search for such things very quickly- AU has made at least 1 three in every game in that period.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 2, 2022 6:11:53 GMT -5
Them too...but the 2014 meltdown in the PL tourney in DC was really eye opening; with N. Pine on hand. It’s ironic that the beginning of the end for MB came in a season when HC went 12-6 in PL play and won 20 games overall. Yes it is, and oh so frustrating, as that was a pretty good team.
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Post by Tom on Mar 2, 2022 9:00:06 GMT -5
Them too...but the 2014 meltdown in the PL tourney in DC was really eye opening; with N. Pine on hand. It’s ironic that the beginning of the end for MB came in a season when HC went 12-6 in PL play and won 20 games overall. Kind of depends on your thoughts on the beginning of the end. I was optimistic even after that game. Coach Brown had his first trip to the semi's. Things seemed to be trending in the right direction. There was only one senior on that team (although he was a darn good one). The death knell was instead of growing from that season, the team regressed all the way to the play in game the following season
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 2, 2022 9:27:57 GMT -5
It’s ironic that the beginning of the end for MB came in a season when HC went 12-6 in PL play and won 20 games overall. Kind of depends on your thoughts on the beginning of the end. I was optimistic even after that game. Coach Brown had his first trip to the semi's. Things seemed to be trending in the right direction. There was only one senior on that team (although he was a darn good one). The death knell was instead of growing from that season, the team regressed all the way to the play in game the following season They did rebound after the AU loss to have a decent showing in that also ran tournament, and started off the next year with that great win over Harvard at the Gahden. But, having sat in the stands at Bender Arena that day in March (with Nate Pine looking on intently), there were incredible negative vibes going off as the second half progressed. A real snapshot of poor coaching for the boss to see. Especially with the game seemingly in hand, and the championship game right on the horizon.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 2, 2022 9:35:39 GMT -5
If there was any bright spot in last night's game, it's that Judson Martindale looked like the player most of us is hoping he'll become. Did a nice job getting to the basket and finishing and didn't force his shot from the perimeter. He's still pretty woeful on defense, but hopefully that can be corrected in the offseason. We are going to need him to be an integral part of the team going forward. If he isn't scoring, we're in trouble.
He was one of our best recruits in terms of interest and offers from other schools, so expectations were high coming into the program for him. For all intents and purposes and to be brutally honest, he had a bad sophomore season. Let's hope last night's performance is something that sticks with him during the spring and summer.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 2, 2022 11:25:56 GMT -5
If there was any bright spot in last night's game, it's that Judson Martindale looked like the player most of us is hoping he'll become. Did a nice job getting to the basket and finishing and didn't force his shot from the perimeter. I watched him several times at WA, and came away with the distinct impression that he set up his long-distance game by driving hard and effectively to the hoop early on in games. He hasn't done that at HC, until last night. He still looks a little conflict-avoidant on his drives and would like to see him invite more contact, but still believe he can help us significantly at the offensive end over the next two years.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 2, 2022 12:39:36 GMT -5
If there was any bright spot in last night's game, it's that Judson Martindale looked like the player most of us is hoping he'll become. Did a nice job getting to the basket and finishing and didn't force his shot from the perimeter. I watched him several times at WA, and came away with the distinct impression that he set up his long-distance game by driving hard and effectively to the hoop early on in games. He hasn't done that at HC, until last night. He still looks a little conflict-avoidant on his drives and would like to see him invite more contact, but still believe he can help us significantly at the offensive end over the next two years.
On the flip side, Monty became invisible the last couple games.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 2, 2022 12:54:20 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 2, 2022 15:56:29 GMT -5
I watched him several times at WA, and came away with the distinct impression that he set up his long-distance game by driving hard and effectively to the hoop early on in games. He hasn't done that at HC, until last night. He still looks a little conflict-avoidant on his drives and would like to see him invite more contact, but still believe he can help us significantly at the offensive end over the next two years.
On the flip side, Monty became invisible the last couple games. My prediction for first in the portal.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 2, 2022 18:12:36 GMT -5
On the flip side, Monty became invisible the last couple games. My prediction for first in the portal. Why is that?
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 2, 2022 19:10:48 GMT -5
First? of many? Why not predict no one in the portal? It is as logical at this point or are you just using this to try to find another negative to post?
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