********OFFICIAL GAME THREAD*********

katwest

Heisman
Feb 16, 2003
39,851
13,717
113
We have made 7 threes and are down, it's simple we can't guard them and we are getting one shot and out. They have 4 guys ready for every rebound, it's going to be this way for a while.
 

CB3UK

Hall of Famer
Apr 15, 2012
63,696
105,620
78
We don't have an offensive identity yet. Normally we don't at this juncture in the season anyway, but defensive effort and boards carry us as we learn. Right now we just aren't doing either extremely well.

If nothing else this will wake these guys up as to what kind of focus and effort they need to bring to the court against UCLA and U6.
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
50,501
70,703
113
Well, Cal is going to have to come up with something for the second half. VT is just better and smarter.
 
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clew84

All-Conference
Dec 1, 2007
3,311
1,406
66
When did extending the off arm into the chest of the defensive player stop being a foul?
 

ZZBlueComet

All-Conference
Feb 4, 2009
46,206
2,148
0
This reminds me of the UCLA game last year, we couldn’t guard anyone, but it got better the next time we played them.
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
50,501
70,703
113
We don't have an offensive identity yet. Normally we don't at this juncture in the season anyway, but defensive effort and boards carry us as we learn. Right now we just aren't doing either extremely well.

If nothing else this will wake these guys up as to what kind of focus and effort they need to bring to the court against UCLA and U6.
I don't think Offense was the problem here, we scored 41, seems like the issue is defensive based to me.
 

RoyKent

Heisman
Feb 3, 2015
22,871
32,597
66
Down by 6, we can still win this. We’ve just got to play shut down defense.

What did you see in the 1st half (or this season) that makes you think that’s possible?

We let them score nearly 50, make 7 threes, and shoot 63% overall.

Do that in the second half and we lose by 15+
 

OldRed

All-Conference
Jun 7, 2001
17,994
4,649
113
The 0 in, 5 out offensive rebounding with no one even making an attempt to get the board hurts. It is also pretty obvious to me that Knox doesn't like to play defense so he mostly doesn't.
 

jcmc225

All-American
Nov 12, 2015
3,602
6,133
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These refs are really bad. I turned game on at Diallo ‘charge’ and ive seen 4-5 blatantly bad missed calls that all led to VT buckets.
 
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kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
50,501
70,703
113
Anyone notice X is getting beat by ETSU at home. We beat them by 17. Didn't expect X to struggle today.
 

ck-2

Heisman
Apr 7, 2007
11,306
19,154
113
Our ranking is a product of our history and our schedule. We are in for a long couple of months.