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RGS
Please do not quote him so that others who have blocked him have to read it.
Thank you

Hoops,
You are welcome. I made an adjustment. Thank you for the reminder.

Monmouth was less than a minute of bad basketball. This was 8 minutes of bad basketball. That's the difference. During that stretch we had two vets pulled, one for a particularly bad defensive lapse and one for chucking a particularly bad 3. Both should have been pulled. I just feel there's something deeper and I'm not blaming the coach.

We have had this problem for the past five years, we have not recruited anyone who can consistently put the ball in the basket. What are these coaches looking
at when they look for recruits, find players who can score, you can't win with just defense.

We are what we are...a middling low/mid-major team...there's no grand conspiracy

I'm not as familiar with the PL as all of you obviously but I would think the style you play every night in league play you'll be in the game especially when your threes are falling. I thought your big guy had a nice stroke and the Princeton offense makes it tough on opponents. I wouldn't be shocked to see you dancing again.

This constant there is somthing deeper is beyond annoying. Next thing you will do is tell us we are shooting down our own passenger planes with missiles.

Either say what you are thinking and put something behind it or please shut up. What do you think could be happening...just say it or zip your mouth.

Happy holidays!

I know this infuriates some posters but the randomness of "shots falling" can come into play. Clearly shots were not falling in the second half -- we were rimming out on layups that on another night might go in--the randomness hurt us last night but will help us another night. I am not making excuses for the loss. A player who shoots .444 on field goals does not do so by going 4-9 every game. Here's an example-going into the game Pat Benzan was an unreal 17-29 on two point attempts, a remarkable .586 shooting percentage. Last night he was also unreal on two point attempts in that he went 1-7. He did not just forget how to play basketball. He is probably not as good as the .586 in the first 7 games and he certainly is not as bad as the 1-7 last night. If we played UNH again I believe we would win. There may be some sloppiness involved in the "blown bunnies" but there's some luck (bad) involved as well. This is just one non-expert's opinion. I think our team is vastly improved over last season (how greatly improved are Pat Benzan and Matt Husek, for example) and although we'll certainly lose some games we should have won (like last night) we'll also steal some wins that seemed improbable. Last night's loss, in my opinion, was nothing like the Monmouth debacle.

Re: Benzan. How many of the 1-7 were layups on back doors that were blocked? Not exactly bunnies because the kid's too darned short.

Husek and Malachi missed several bunnies.

Not just Benzan.

On the other hand, American rarely went deeper than six during the second half of conference play during the 2014-15 season - and made it to the conference tournament final, a game in which the starters played all but one minute.

MZ has not attempted a three since the UMass game, but he's made some nice cuts to get free for 4-7 on twos in 40 minutes of play in those 5 games. I'd like to see what he could do in an extended time on court--and would also appreciate any input on how well he's been playing defense.