Davidson Wildcats - 7PM Wednesday
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Great job down the stretch. Golden was great tonight. Burton did everything. I think we can run the A10 with maybe 2 losses based on what I saw from everyone else so far.
Saw LaSalle against MD, They are young but have some good kids. Their coach is the son of a well known
past Terp star, Mo Howard. He’s doing a good job getting them going.
past Terp star, Mo Howard. He’s doing a good job getting them going.
Sounds like Lee in Petersburg during the winter of 1864-65.
Mooney commented on Burton's play in the TV interview.
I had no idea before game him or Connor were not available. Anyone have updates on why both were out?
The deal with Crabtree's injury is weird, reading JOC's account of it. It didn't happen in a practice or a game but just "gradually" occurred. What is that?
Didn’t know he had been sick, but could tell he didn’t seem to be his usual self out there. Hope he feels better soon. Might’ve been a good idea to give Wilson a few more of his minutes tonight if Gilyard is under the weather
Great effort by the team, but same old coaching issues. Hey Mooney, if you're going to make our guards play 40 minutes, can't you at least use some timeouts once in a while so they can catch their breath? No wonder they run out of gas at the end of the season.
Goldens best game this year, way to go Grant!
Our best player is NOT a senior...
Goldens best game this year, way to go Grant!
Our best player is NOT a senior...
That was a gutsy performance down the stretch. Burton is the best all around player on the team. And Cayo got his aggressiveness back. Francis hit some great, crazy shots and we won with Gilly having a sub par game.
i just hope the team has this passion every single game. No let ups.
i just hope the team has this passion every single game. No let ups.
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Happens all the time. Some are more severe than others. Foot problems are no joke. Have had sesamoiditis, plantar faciitis, and broken bones at different times, didn't really know other than it being a gradually nagging injury before it kept getting worse was properly diagnosed, then shutdown for some time. Basketball and Tennis are brutal on the feet.
I do not post often but read constantly. Quite humorous regarding how negative we as fans can be during games. This was a gut check game and we passed with flying colors. Two key subs out due to injury, playing an away game against a favored opponent who gives us a great game, game goes to last two minutes. We win going away with all players contributing. Great effort and great way to start A10 season!
just don’t think you can say that about Grant. Burton was great all the way around. GG was great on offense. He was not at all great on defense or rebounding. He has 5 rebounds total I believe in the last two (close) gAmes. He needs to be better at those aspects of the game. He has reverted defensively to focusing mostly on stying out of foul trouble - which is easier when you don’t ply much defense or bang round too hard inside. He is gifted offensively, but for us to be great he needs to bring his game up in the other two aspects.
Rebounding is an instinctive thing and a quickness thing. Only a few have the two skills.
Neither team in the bonus. Crazy how rare that is. Great refereeing tonight.
Mooney postgame:
McKillop postgame (audio only):
McKillop postgame (audio only):
They didn't play 40 minutes. They played 38 and 37, and maybe you wanted them to rest some more, but I know I wanted them on the floor. Whenever one was out, I was saying get him back in there.
Grace will get less time after last two games. Sal played good 13 minutes. Wilson and Diji Should be getting more reps.
I am having some bad vibes that Connors injuries are snowballing and he may headed towards the end of his career.
I am having some bad vibes that Connors injuries are snowballing and he may headed towards the end of his career.
at one span, there were 3 Full Time outs during 3.5 minutes of game action. We called TO just before 12 minue TO, the 12 Min timeout (which occured about the 10 min mark) and then the 8 min timeout.... plenty of time for rest....
if we ran out of gas how did we end game on 19-8 run?
This has to be coaching to some degree, GG plays like he has 3 fouls from the tip. If he is this tentative vs Davidson, which he has basically owned recently, then it doesn’t bode well for future games with teams with an inside game. Grace needs to be able to contribute something, but has really gone backwards last 2 games. He used to be able to at least body up on D.
Other than Burton the team was pretty dead. Not only on the court, but off too. The Davidson bench was going crazy and it seemed like there wasn’t a peep from the Spider bench. Going to have to bring your own juice this year and the Spiders don’t seem to have it.
Going to go as far as the 5 starters can take us. Had hoped that this year would be different and would be able to build some bench strength, but isn’t going to happen. Moondog playing his cards on a shortened season. Hope Gilly is truly on the mend from the unknown ailment. Hard to recover from anything if you are worn out physically.
Ahhh, the stress of a fracture. What happens when the bench has a fracture? How does one outcoach a stress fracture?
Agreed.
I would say rebounding is 90% positioning and effort, both of which can be coached. The other 10% is Burton jumping over everyone to grab it...
The TV announcers at the past 3 games (Loyola, Hofstra and now Davidson) have all commented on how the bench from the our opposition brought noise and energy to the empty arena. None have made similar comments about our bench.
Given that their are no crowds at these games, getting support from you bench seems important. Our walk-ons and reserves have to step up a bit. It has to be a bit demoralizing to the guys on the court when they see the other teams bench going crazy over there and then crickets from ours in comparison.
Given that their are no crowds at these games, getting support from you bench seems important. Our walk-ons and reserves have to step up a bit. It has to be a bit demoralizing to the guys on the court when they see the other teams bench going crazy over there and then crickets from ours in comparison.
I'll go crazy. Mooney owns McKillop! who else in our conference wins at Belk as much as we do? I was wondering where the great McKillop was with a momentum changing time out when we pressed.
Burton is becoming an absolute stud, but I can't believe there isn't more praise for Grant. he was flat our terrific shooting and passing. his defense was fine too. their big guy is a load and yes he dominated Grace. Grant held his own there. you Grant complainers won't know what you had until he's gone. he's the best 5 we've ever had. he's not going to put up big rebound numbers. doesn't have the feet for it. Burton is so quick to the ball and long and bouncy he'll lead us in rebounding pretty much every game until he's done. and that's a good thing.
Burton's also reduces Cayo's board, but Cayo was great last night too. so was Francis. love how much Francis was creating like a PG. sometimes he's strictly a scoring guard.
Wilson has talent and will get better but he had a tough run early with 2 quick bad turnovers. I can't let him play through that. he's got to do better or Gilyard and Francis will have to keep playing 38+ until Goose is back.
Agree with this post, particularly about Grant. One of the commentators mentioned that "Golden couldn't jump over a telephone book." He's often out of rebounding position so he won't put up the numbers that Burton does.
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