I'll put my 75% win rate on the line and see what happens. No clue how the games gonna turn out because this team is too inconsistent, BUT we gotta stay POSITIVE! Can Golder get out of his funk?? If he scores 15+ we'll win! When was the last time Sorolla or Smits had a dunk? SIU has played well over their last 8 except for the blowout loss at Loyola, and we have... well... you know... lost some games.
Valpo-68
Dogs-65
In the last meeting between these teams, SIU out-rebounded VU 45-28 (22-7 on the offensive boards). I believe that stat will have to be different this time for Valpo to have a chance to win.
Quote from: valpopal on February 19, 2019, 02:12:57 AM
In the last meeting between these teams, SIU out-rebounded VU 45-28 (22-7 on the offensive boards). I believe that stat will have to be different this time for Valpo to have a chance to win.
Rebounding is about positioning and desire to get the ball. Watch Deion.
Word on the street is Hinson running for office in 2020, potential Democratic Oklahoma Governor candidate in 2022.
I like our chances in this one. Barry's distracted.
Quote from: may know on February 19, 2019, 11:08:28 AM
Word on the street is Hinson running for office in 2020, potential Democratic Oklahoma Governor candidate in 2022.
I like our chances in this one. Barry's distracted.
It seems the Tulsa World once made a suggestion that BH should run for governor of Oklahoma.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/okpreps/guerin-emig-barry-hinson-once-thought-he-might-run-for/article_ba6fdf17-faae-54cf-8fb9-99ddfe02236c.html
I'll be at the game (glutton for punishment I guess), and will be hoping for the best. I think the defense will be back in form and the team will rebound better then the previous meeting. I'll be watching to see if Valpo can go without any of those 4+ minute scoring droughts.
New to the board, ladies and gents. Can we sweep the Salukis? Hope so! Would give us some much needed momentum before the best season of the year: MARCH MADNESS!!!! How mad will it be? Can we be this year's Golden Retrievers???
Welcome to the board GoldenCrusader87!
Front row seats for the game. May be crazy, but thinking the Crusaders will come away with the W.
I think the nets are going to be hotttt tomorrow night for the Crusaders. We're due for a big shooting night. I would love to see Golder with his hops back, though. I feel like it's been a while since our crusaders put down some big-time dunks ... at least at home. That's when we'll really know Golder is back.
Quote from: GoldenCrusader87 on February 19, 2019, 07:48:26 PM
I think the nets are going to be hotttt tomorrow night for the Crusaders. We're due for a big shooting night. I would love to see Golder with his hops back, though. I feel like it's been a while since our crusaders put down some big-time dunks ... at least at home. That's when we'll really know Golder is back.
If Golder made a few more lay-ups I'd be very happy. Same amount of points as a dunk.
https://twitter.com/thefferman/status/1098244199663710209?s=21
I think Valpo gets the W tonight. Just a gut feeling.
Valpo currently listed as a 1-point underdog at home tonight.
Sure ... lay-ups equal the same amount of points as dunks. BUT, it's the energy the dunks can bring to the arena! That's the X factor that can turn a game around and help us keep the momentum - especially down the stretch in a game where we've got the lead and see it slowly slipping away ... remember when Vashil would do that? Shane? Sure - a knock-down 3 helps, too. Like when Rowdie or Alec would hit those big shots down the stretch ... 3 points but then also the momentum.
All I know is the following would go a long way for us to resurrect our season.
1. We beat SIU (we are due for a home win)
2. MoSt beats UNI (MoSt on fire lately)
3. Bradley already lost last night to Drake so thats good :thumbsup:
4. IndSt upsets IllSt (unlikely but since we have already swept ILLSt this is the least imperative result)
If we can put together a 3-1 streak here to end the season we can still avoid Thursday. We are in a fight with SIU/UNI/ILLSt/Bradley to make that happen. More games they lose the better. We have already swept IllSt and we get the chance to play SIU/UNI/Bradley -- albeit 2 on the road. No better way to advance your cause than to win head to head against the teams your are battling for position with. We don't have to pass all 4 of them in the standings, just 2 of them. I chose to remain optimistic until there is no choice but to lose hope.
BTW -- This is the one thing I didn't understand about USH podcast. They thought the tie breakers were not in our favor but Considering we have the opportunity to sweep a bunch of teams in the middle I actually think the tie-breakers could work out in our favor if we the right games.
A win tonight would, with tie-breakers, put us at least in 6th place and depending on other outcomes could go as far as 4th.
Go Valpo!
no offense but it's a little sad to get excited about fourth or sixth place.
I'm staying home to watch the season premier of Survivor.
Quote from: Valpo89 on February 20, 2019, 02:42:45 PM
no offense but it's a little sad to get excited about fourth or sixth place.
I'm staying home to watch the season premier of Survivor.
I guess the weather isn't quite fair enough for you.
Quote from: Valpo89 on February 20, 2019, 02:42:45 PM
no offense but it's a little sad to get excited about fourth or sixth place.
I'm staying home to watch the season premier of Survivor.
Survivor is still on TV?
My mind is rattling back and forth so I will share my thinking.
Quote from: VUBBFan on February 20, 2019, 02:01:40 PMA win tonight would, with tie-breakers, put us at least in 6th place and depending on other outcomes could go as far as 4th.
Given the collapse of mood and expectations maybe I should stay home to avoid the risk of being hit by that car. :thumbsup:
BUT
Quote from: Valpo89 on February 20, 2019, 02:42:45 PMno offense but it's a little sad to get excited about fourth or sixth place.
I'm staying home to watch the season premier of Survivor.
Hmmmm? Getting killed in a hit and run has got to be better than that so I'm going. :thumbsup:
"I'm staying home to watch the season premier of Survivor."
When the show has another Chaos Kass and stops allowing Probst to ruin it with stupid twists, call me.
My wife had surgery this morning and will be in the hospital for the next 2-3 days. Knowing there is a game tonight, she just turned to me and said, "Why don't you go ahead and go to the game; I'll just be sleeping anyway." For you young guys, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation, don't move a muscle. Tonight is radio night.
Quote from: wh on February 20, 2019, 05:33:40 PM
My wife had surgery this morning and will be in the hospital for the next 2-3 days. Knowing there is a game tonight, she just turned to me and said, "Why don't you go ahead and go to the game; I'll just be sleeping anyway." For you young guys, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation, don't move a muscle. Tonight is radio night.
Good advice! It took me years of trial and error before I reached the same conclusion.
^^same^^
Well done wh...I'll be at the game, I found a dollar in my pans pocket this morning, had a great day teaching...let the good times keep rolling!
Word is that Golder is out with ankle injury again tonight. :(
One student taking tickets while two sit in the ticket office on their phones. And we wonder why this program struggles with the little things.
It's a bit early but looking like one of the smallest crowds of the year.
Golder in street clothes but not limping.
We need this win.
Does anyone else have a difficult time listening to Todd Ickows partner (David Huseman)? I'd almost rather Todd have the solo call at times.
Yes, yes, I realize some of them were contested and a couple of Smits' little shots in the paint fall under this, but the official scorer has Valpo down for seven (7!) missed layups in the first half. Yikes. Go to the damn rim already.
Thoughts at the half:
1. Intensity looks good. Keep it up in the second half.
2. Bad breaks, including the ball out of bounds off Pippen that went to SIU.
3. Good ball movement.
4. Didn't we get Pippen in foul trouble last time?
5. Smits looked great on that reverse layup. Too bad it didn't go in.
6. No play out of the last timeout. Was the plan really to go to Bakari for a 3?
How many layups can we give up while simultaneously missing so many...
Fletcher is such a mismatch for us.
24 points. Ugg.
MAKE THE OFFENSE GREAT AGAIN!
Coach had a good play out of time out (although I don't agree with the shooter) but at least it was a play that orchestrated an open look.
Fazekas hurt again?
Quote from: oklahomamick on February 20, 2019, 07:53:07 PMFazekas hurt again?
They just grabbed an eye doctor who works as an usher
Both are back in the gym
Fazekas has returned to the bench. He is wearing an eye patch.
Freeman: there are worse things to say about someone than "He made bad plays possible."
This is stupid. It's impossible to be this injured.
Smits: DUNK THE BALL!
Peters and Rowdy were good 3 point shooters. But a lot of those shots were wide open. We should try that with Fazekas
Quote from: VUSL98 on February 20, 2019, 08:26:56 PM
Smits: DUNK THE BALL!
He has no fire in the belly for such things. Oklahomamick put it best, "that's what you can get when someone is born a millionaire"...
Man, Freeman is a good player. Amazing.
Well Dion Lavender came to play today.
Quote from: mj on February 20, 2019, 08:47:27 PM
Well Dion Lavender came to play today.
The Dion Lavender show!!!!
LOVE IT!!!!! :clap:
Haha wow, this is now a competition to see who can choke harder
Valpo needs to learn how to close a game out. Period.
We trying to throw this?
WHY
THE
HELL
DO
THEY
STILL
RUN
THE
BAKARI
ISO
Why does Bakari take the last shot every. single. time.
Seriously what the hell.
Quote from: mj on February 20, 2019, 08:53:18 PM
Why does Bakari take the last shot every. single. time.
Seriously what the hell.
Because Bakari waves everyone out of the way and says I got this boys. And then....
I have been staying positive... I really have...
BUT WHY IS BAKARI STILL ALLOWED TO HAVE THE BALL IN HIS HANDS TO END GAMES. FOR THE THE LOVE OF GOD LOTTICH NOBODY ON THIS MESSAGE BOARD HAS BEEN MORE FAIRLY CRITICAL OF YOU THAN ME. DON'T ALLOW BAKARI TO EVER HAVE THE BALL IN HIS HANDS AGAIN TO END A HALF OR I WILL CALL FOR YOUR HEAD KING LOUIS XVI STYLE. WHY?????????? NO STATS CAN BACK UP HIM HAVING THE BALL TO CLOSE A GAME!!!!!!
Is Valpo a really a well coached team?
How in the hell do these guys get a college scholarship without being able to shoot FTs? (Not just us, SIU too). It's a very basic (and simple, yes -- simple) skill, and coaches are dumb for not insisting on it.
Love it Sanity. Retirement is treating you well. I knew you had it in you.
Well, we tried to give it away at the end with missed free throws but hung on by the skin of our teeth. So now I guess we can say we've won more conference games than last year at the very least.
Be nice to add another one or even two.
Who has a connection with the team? Somebody do a smoke signal, messenger pigeon. bat signal.....Anything to alert Bakari he can never have the ball in his hands ever again in the last 2 minutes of a game. And I mean ever. Who the hell does he think he is waiving people off? Lottich should have called a timeout and benched him for simply asking for the ball to close a half.
I have criticized Lottich and Valpo bball (rightfully so)
Now it's the Solukis turn.
They have 3 seniors and 2 juniors starting. Some Preseason conference players and picked to finish top 3. Half the team is majoring in Recreation or University studies. What the hell is that? Shut the school down already, if you are just handing out made up degrees.
And the bball team just got swept by a poorly coached Valpo team.
Quote from: SanityLost17 on February 20, 2019, 09:01:21 PM
Who has a connection with the team? Somebody do a smoke signal, messenger pigeon. bat signal.....Anything to alert Bakari he can never have the ball in his hands ever again in the last 2 minutes of a game. And I mean ever. Who the hell does he think he is waiving people off? Lottich should have called a timeout and benched him for simply asking for the ball to close a half.
2nd
I'm hoping Gordon and Robinson limit / eliminate his playing time next season.
Quote from: SanityLost17 on February 20, 2019, 09:01:21 PMWho has a connection with the team? Somebody do a smoke signal, messenger pigeon. bat signal.....Anything to alert Bakari he can never have the ball in his hands ever again in the last 2 minutes of a game. And I mean ever. Who the hell does he think he is waiving people off? Lottich should have called a timeout and benched him for simply asking for the ball to close a half.
Dude is literally our worst shooter in conference play. Yet we keep going back to him every single time. Doing the same thing, over and over, hoping for a different result. Definition of insanity.
I have calmed down.
New approach.
Somebody who knows literally ANY member of the team other than Bakari. Message them and tell them it is their responsibility to not let Bakari have the ball in the last 2 minutes. Don't even pass to him. Just tell them, "hey, we tried Bakari about 15 times this season to end halves this season and so far he hasn't hit a shot, and most of the time he throws the ball in the air or dribbles it off his foot, sooo...don't pass it to him, be a leader and take the ball."
S#*t, I guess that was still mean.... Oh well. Other players, please take charge! He is not the guy to close halves. He is at best a spot up 3 point shooter and doesn't have a drive to the basket.
We didn't play all that well- Too many turnovers- yet we won. Maybe due to a few good breaks. Think about the season and all the bad breaks that went against us. That may be the difference between a winning and a losing season. The talent is there, but so are the turnovers, bad fouls, etc.
Valpo got lucky the clock ran out (even that almost didn't happen).
Good defense, yes maybe, but terrible offense by SIU. Quite a few of those turnovers were really unforced. I will say they did a great job on Pippen.
Refs were allowing them to grad Fazekas every cut he made. Freeman too. Think our guys need a few acting lessons (not Ind St flopping level though) to sell these non calls.
This is basically Bakari the last 2 minutes of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2v2XFYg_Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2v2XFYg_Q)
Quote from: SanityLost17 on February 20, 2019, 01:36:22 PM
All I know is the following would go a long way for us to resurrect our season.
1. We beat SIU (we are due for a home win)
2. MoSt beats UNI (MoSt on fire lately)
3. Bradley already lost last night to Drake so thats good :thumbsup:
4. IndSt upsets IllSt (unlikely but since we have already swept ILLSt this is the least imperative result)
If we can put together a 3-1 streak here to end the season we can still avoid Thursday. We are in a fight with SIU/UNI/ILLSt/Bradley to make that happen. More games they lose the better. We have already swept IllSt and we get the chance to play SIU/UNI/Bradley -- albeit 2 on the road. No better way to advance your cause than to win head to head against the teams your are battling for position with. We don't have to pass all 4 of them in the standings, just 2 of them. I chose to remain optimistic until there is no choice but to lose hope.
BTW -- This is the one thing I didn't understand about USH podcast. They thought the tie breakers were not in our favor but Considering we have the opportunity to sweep a bunch of teams in the middle I actually think the tie-breakers could work out in our favor if we the right games.
Back to being positive. We are currently in 6th due to sweeping both ILLSt and SIU (who are in 7th and 8th on the tie-breaker). We play the 4th and 5th place teams on the road next (UNI and Bradley)! If we can find a way to steal one on the road and beat Evansville at home we are all but assured a top 6 finish.
I really would like to see MoSt on our side of the bracket as I think we match up well against them.
How is Golder, any word?
Will the team fly out to N. Iowa and then travel from there to Bradley?
I guess a win is a win but that was an ugly game. The two teams combined to shoot 41% on field goals, 27% from the 3-point line, 56% from the free throw line, and committed 34 turnovers. SIU scored no field goals in the last 4:32 of the game, and Valpo scored no points at all in the last 2:07. The officiating wasn't much better since there were a couple of out of bounds calls that were clearly wrong, and somehow despite his mauling players at times, Pippen played the whole game without committing a single foul in the eyes of the officials.
Quote from: SanityLost17 on February 20, 2019, 09:41:25 PM
Quote from: SanityLost17 on February 20, 2019, 01:36:22 PM
All I know is the following would go a long way for us to resurrect our season.
1. We beat SIU (we are due for a home win)
2. MoSt beats UNI (MoSt on fire lately)
3. Bradley already lost last night to Drake so thats good :thumbsup:
4. IndSt upsets IllSt (unlikely but since we have already swept ILLSt this is the least imperative result)
If we can put together a 3-1 streak here to end the season we can still avoid Thursday. We are in a fight with SIU/UNI/ILLSt/Bradley to make that happen. More games they lose the better. We have already swept IllSt and we get the chance to play SIU/UNI/Bradley -- albeit 2 on the road. No better way to advance your cause than to win head to head against the teams your are battling for position with. We don't have to pass all 4 of them in the standings, just 2 of them. I chose to remain optimistic until there is no choice but to lose hope.
BTW -- This is the one thing I didn't understand about USH podcast. They thought the tie breakers were not in our favor but Considering we have the opportunity to sweep a bunch of teams in the middle I actually think the tie-breakers could work out in our favor if we the right games.
Back to being positive. We are currently in 6th due to sweeping both ILLSt and SIU (who are in 7th and 8th on the tie-breaker). We play the 4th and 5th place teams on the road next (UNI and Bradley)! If we can find a way to steal one on the road and beat Evansville at home we are all but assured a top 6 finish.
I really would like to see MoSt on our side of the bracket as I think we match up well against them.
How is Golder, any word?
Read somewhere that tie breakers aren't head-to-heads any longer. Isn't it that new national ranking?
Sorolla got away with a few mailings of his own luckily.
Some odd calls and non calls for sure.
Good news: We won. And we desperately needed it. Thankful for the win. Hopeful it'll spur on the team to finish strong and get another couple wins before the regular season comes to a close. Finally got a win at home - we deserved that.
Not so good news: Much of what's plagued this team and worried me thus far will not suddenly go away, and a win like today's or even any single game performance will not answer a lot of the overall questions I have about the direction of the team. That's a terrible Southern Illinois team. Glad we swept them, as we should.
Next up .... let's see how Saturday goes.
Quote from: FieldGoodie05 on February 20, 2019, 09:47:29 PM
Read somewhere that tie breakers aren't head-to-heads any longer. Isn't it that new national ranking?
Tiebreaker rules:
http://mvc-sports.com/news/2018/12/18/arch-madness-revises-tiebreaker.aspx
Head to head is first, then NET ranking as of March 3 if head to head is an even split.
I was so excited to watch us play again...that I completely lost track of time and missed my first game in around 10 years :).
Are we in 5th now, since we are 5-0 against the other three 5th place teams?
Quote from: oklahomamick on February 20, 2019, 09:46:13 PM
Will the team fly out to N. Iowa and then travel from there to Bradley?
That's a lot of time away from campus. I would assume they charter to NIU so guys are back for Monday and Tuesday classes, then bus to Peoria late on Tuesday. I'm sure ml, ml2 or others can correct me if I'm wrong.
Wasn't pretty but I'll take it!
Quote from: PlumStreetBum on February 20, 2019, 10:03:44 PMTiebreaker rules:
http://mvc-sports.com/news/2018/12/18/arch-madness-revises-tiebreaker.aspx
Head to head is first, then NET ranking as of March 3 if head to head is an even split.
Some chance for us to win only 1 of our last 3 and still avoid the Thursday games. The sweeps of SIU and ISUr could be very helpful.
Was Fazekas defending better tonight?
Quote from: FieldGoodie05 on February 20, 2019, 07:32:21 PM
Does anyone else have a difficult time listening to Todd Ickows partner (David Huseman)? I'd almost rather Todd have the solo call at times.
Love his enthusiasm but as an analyst he is very hard for me to take seriously. They need to get a former player or coach who will actually critique and give some insight into the game that is not obvious to the television viewer. I actually much prefer Aaron Leavitt when Todd does the away radio.
Quote from: justducky on February 20, 2019, 10:25:54 PM
Was Fazekas defending better tonight?
I thought he looked a step quicker, with better anticipation. But he's not back at full speed yet, still a little rusty. Looks like he's still thinking instead of reacting sometimes, on both ends of the court.
Quote from: valpotx on February 20, 2019, 10:05:18 PMI was so excited to watch us play again...that I completely lost track of time and missed my first game in around 10 years :). Are we in 5th now, since we are 5-0 against the other three 5th place teams?
We are in deed in 5th place based on tie-breakers. A win at UNI would put us in 4th.
Home attendance in conference play thus far with 1 home game left.
3,818 Ill.St.
2,535 Bradley
3,160 UNI
4,160 Drake
1,333 MoSt. (Very cold outside)
5,148 Loyola
3,014 Indiana St.
2,371 in attendance this evening SIU :-[
Evansville??? guess it depends on how we play the next 2 on the road.
By the way did anyone else notice that Robinson was missing from the bench? Gordon was there but no Robinson.
I'm pleased with the W. Hope it's a stepping stone for a new trajectory. You can tell these last several games (really since @ S Illinois) that Sackey and especially Freeman are trying to take on outsized roles.
I welcome it, would like to see them takr their lumps and stamp this team with a new identity. I'll even take their combined 7 TO in doing so...
I think many of us are observing Freeman having uncharacteristic TO and by affiliation, maybe losing steam. I think part or most of that isn't fatigue as much as it is him inserting more will and offensive attempts since ISUr. Just an observation, I think Lottich would be reducing minutes by giving him more breathers if he observed a freshman wall occurring. He's still getting his 32-34 mpg.
Quote from: valpopal on February 19, 2019, 02:12:57 AM
In the last meeting between these teams, SIU out-rebounded VU 45-28 (22-7 on the offensive boards). I believe that stat will have to be different this time for Valpo to have a chance to win.
I think Valpo holding its own on the boards, especially with offensive rebounds, proved to be the difference in the game. This time the gap in rebounding favored SIU only by 36-32 (9-6 on the offensive end), and Valpo actually won the second-chance points battle 10-8!
Quote from: FieldGoodie05 on February 21, 2019, 05:07:06 AMI'm pleased with the W. Hope it's a stepping stone for a new trajectory. You can tell these last several games (really since @ S Illinois) that Sackey and especially Freeman are trying to take on outsized roles. I welcome it, would like to see them takr their lumps and stamp this team with a new identity. I'll even take their combined 7 TO in doing so... I think many of us are observing Freeman having uncharacteristic TO and by affiliation, maybe losing steam. I think part or most of that isn't fatigue as much as it is him inserting more will and offensive attempts since ISUr. Just an observation, I think Lottich would be reducing minutes by giving him more breathers if he observed a freshman wall occurring. He's still getting his 32-34 mpg.
Sometimes the best way of getting through the wall is to go directly through it.
I thought Barry Hinson did a nice job of speaking with our student sideline reporter at half time. He was polite and called her by name. Some of the coaches are just short of rude and I understand they have plenty on their minds, but I just thought he handled it well.
Quote from: vu72 on February 21, 2019, 10:59:13 AM
I thought Barry Hinson did a nice job of speaking with our student sideline reporter at half time. He was polite and called her by name. Some of the coaches are just short of rude and I understand they have plenty on their minds, but I just thought he handled it well.
Barry Hinson is one of the nicest, most accommodating coaches out there. Good guy, but I know the vultures are circling.
Those sideline interviews are worthless. No coach worth his salt is going to say anything meaningful. The reporters do the best they can but those bring nothing to the broadcast.
QuoteHome attendance in conference play thus far with 1 home game left.
3,818 Ill.St.
2,535 Bradley
3,160 UNI
4,160 Drake
1,333 MoSt. (Very cold outside)
5,148 Loyola
3,014 Indiana St.
2,371 in attendance this evening SIU :-[
Evansville??? guess it depends on how we play the next 2 on the road.
Unless you throw out the MoState game attendance due to the extreme weather, an attendance average for this year's conference home games will be less than meaningless. That's what, the smallest attendance since the early 90s, save for another blizzard game in the 2000s?
Are we really surprised at the attendance? We win our first 4 then lose 8 out of 10, including a number of blown chances and too many on our floor. In several of those losses we looked bad. We will have another chance at home so let's hope that the turnout is good which I think will indeed be just that. I was glad to see us hang in there late and even though it wasn't pretty, we did hold on. I am still worried about our frosh guards running into the wall this late in the season. Them being prone to more turnovers as of late scares me because this late in the season and at crunch time the cream rises to the top with the seasoned veteran players starting to dominate. That steal on Freeman late in the game is a perfect example. Sackey has to stop playing like a fart in a skillet on offense which I think will help his work on the defensive end. It sure will be fun watching our frosh improve year to year.
Don't have the slightest clue what a fart in a skillet is but I'm going to use it in a sentence at some point today.
Trying to visualize "fart in a skillet" lol idk what it means either but for some bizarre reason ... I guess it kinda sorta fits haha
Fart in a skillet is a lot like this year's team. I don't know what the f@&$ to think about it. Not do I really want to.
Quote from: valpo64 on February 21, 2019, 01:47:42 PMI am still worried about our frosh guards running into the wall this late in the season. Them being prone to more turnovers as of late scares me because this late in the season and at crunch time the cream rises to the top with the seasoned veteran players starting to dominate. That steal on Freeman late in the game is a perfect example. Sackey has to stop playing like a fart in a skillet on offense which I think will help his work on the defensive end. It sure will be fun watching our frosh improve year to year.
If your going to be critical on someone, make sure you're right. Freeman came into the game at about 7:30 to go, after being out from his injury and never turned the ball over and play error free in that crunch time. The only Valpo turn over during that time was by Lavender.
Quote from: valpo64 on February 21, 2019, 01:47:42 PMThat steal on Freeman late in the game is a perfect example.
Freeman didn't have a turnover late in the game. Lavender had a horrible turnover right near the Valpo basket with about a minute left.
edit: I see great minds think alike
Quote from: valpo64 on February 21, 2019, 01:47:42 PM
Are we really surprised at the attendance? We win our first 4 then lose 8 out of 10, including a number of blown chances and too many on our floor. In several of those losses we looked bad. We will have another chance at home so let's hope that the turnout is good which I think will indeed be just that. I was glad to see us hang in there late and even though it wasn't pretty, we did hold on. I am still worried about our frosh guards running into the wall this late in the season. Them being prone to more turnovers as of late scares me because this late in the season and at crunch time the cream rises to the top with the seasoned veteran players starting to dominate. That steal on Freeman late in the game is a perfect example. Sackey has to stop playing like a fart in a skillet on offense which I think will help his work on the defensive end. It sure will be fun watching our frosh improve year to year.
Proper English grammar would require a correction: It should be "like a fart in a hot skillet."
http://www.appalachianmtnroots.com/2016/11/youre-just-like-fart-in-hot-skillet.html
Quote from: Just Sayin on February 22, 2019, 05:42:50 AM
Quote from: valpo64 on February 21, 2019, 01:47:42 PM
Are we really surprised at the attendance? We win our first 4 then lose 8 out of 10, including a number of blown chances and too many on our floor. In several of those losses we looked bad. We will have another chance at home so let's hope that the turnout is good which I think will indeed be just that. I was glad to see us hang in there late and even though it wasn't pretty, we did hold on. I am still worried about our frosh guards running into the wall this late in the season. Them being prone to more turnovers as of late scares me because this late in the season and at crunch time the cream rises to the top with the seasoned veteran players starting to dominate. That steal on Freeman late in the game is a perfect example. Sackey has to stop playing like a fart in a skillet on offense which I think will help his work on the defensive end. It sure will be fun watching our frosh improve year to year.
Proper English grammar would require a correction: It should be "like a fart in a hot skillet."
http://www.appalachianmtnroots.com/2016/11/youre-just-like-fart-in-hot-skillet.html
Maybe it's a Fort Wayne thing, but I have always heard it said just like Valpo64 wrote it and since were both from Fort Wayne...
and the fact that Spring Break starts the day before the Evansville game... MIGHT have an effect on attendance?
Well poof ... that's just a shame the last home game is right at the start of spring break. Them there students will be outta that place like a fart in a skillet! 💩.... 💨
Thanks for the support, FWalum.