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Post by fjs64 on Feb 25, 2020 13:52:09 GMT -5
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Post by wgt on Feb 25, 2020 20:51:48 GMT -5
Bona is a 4.5 pt favorite. Last time we had that line was the Davidson game when we were humiliated.
A couple of weeks ago, playing at Duqesne, we got a 3 pt win surviving foul trouble by OSUN and KYLE. OSUN played only 25 mins and KYLE 35.
DUNN-MARTIN’s 7-15 treys was quite a shooting display. THE DUKES relied heavily on beating us from outside. Not their normal offense. An incredible 61% of their shots were TREYs compared to typically 41% of their shots.
Teams have put up more TREYS against Bona than any other team in the conference. The OSUN AFFECT?
We have been a better trey shooting team (#3 TREY% .345) than them (#8 TREY% .327). Wonder if tomorrow they will rely as heavily on their 3 ball again. Even 6’11” STEELE will hoist them up and nailed 3-4 against us.
I really look forward to the match up of KYLE and CARRY. They were really going at it down the stretch with chatter between the two. Both were really pumped. After one of KYLE’s late treys he got in the face of AUSTIN as they ran down the court together. KYLE was 5-6 from deep. CARRY is a top floor general with great ability to get to the rim.
I expect this game to be a physical dog fight. Watch out for DUNN-MARTIN embellishing fouls with greatly exaggerated head and shoulder reactions to contact. His acting can turn a no foul into looking at the video for a flagrant.
WEATHERS and HUGHES got OSUN and JUSTIN in foul trouble due to their effective head and shoulder fakes deep in the paint. Hopefully both have studied video to eliminate leaving the ground too soon. Easier said than done. They sell it well. AMADI could learn from them.
We must control the glass. We are very capable of doing so. Had a +14 margin last game and enjoy a +5.2 reb margin (#1 tied with St Louis!) to their #12 -2.2. BONNIES must be motivated by the humiliating board play vs Canisius - never forget it.
The DUKES are the #1 SHOT blocking team in the A10 on the shoulders of HUGHES who blocked 6 of our shots last game. If smart we can get him in foul trouble.
Each of the 4 remaining games are CRITICAL! This is the first one up.
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Post by runningrj1 on Feb 25, 2020 22:48:08 GMT -5
I didn't want to make a thread for this and thought this is something we should watch out for going forward.
I just watched the Richmond game again and don't know if anyone else noticed this or if it's just my imagination. Is it me or has Lofton gotten whistled for carrying the basketball an obscene amount of times this year? You just never see it called and it's been at least 2 or 3 times in the past few games. Is this something for which the A10 officials have targeted him?
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Post by wgt on Feb 25, 2020 23:25:34 GMT -5
I remember 2 recent "carry" calls against him which surprised me. It has been a rare call so it does catch your attention.
Back in the days when it was called palming, if the same criteria would be applied to today's game there would not be a single possession without several carry calls being made.
The rules applied to dribbling today provide a big advantage to the guy with the ball.
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Post by mcspin on Feb 26, 2020 6:31:32 GMT -5
I remember 2 recent "carry" calls against him which surprised me. It has been a rare call so it does catch your attention. Back in the days when it was called palming, if the same criteria would be applied to today's game there would not be a single possession without several carry calls being made. The rules applied to dribbling today provide a big advantage to the guy with the ball. I totally agree. They could call "carrying" on every possession of every team in every game. Why they choose to call it when they do, is beyond me. Maybe if they see a total pause, they call it - hard to say. |
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Post by tastylicks on Feb 26, 2020 8:30:32 GMT -5
the A10 shoots itself in the foot all the time, these carrying calls are another example of that. Say what you want about the big boys (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, etc.) but they know that people don't want to show up for a basketball game and see carrying calls or see the best players fouled out. They let some of that stuff go like the NBA does.
if the defense generates the carry call, like a trap in the corner or something, sure you reward them with the call. They caused it. But that's not what the A10 does
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Post by West End Stench on Feb 26, 2020 8:54:40 GMT -5
the A10 shoots itself in the foot all the time, these carrying calls are another example of that. Say what you want about the big boys (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, etc.) but they know that people don't want to show up for a basketball game and see carrying calls or see the best players fouled out. They let some of that stuff go like the NBA does. if the defense generates the carry call, like a trap in the corner or something, sure you reward them with the call. They caused it. But that's not what the A10 does The A-10 doesn't have its own refs. Sean Hill and Jerry Heater were two of the officials in the Davidson game and both had done ACC games the week prior to our game. Also, I'm pretty sure a carry was called in the Duke-Wake Forest game last night, and perhaps the best player on the floor fouled out in 19 minutes of action. |
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Post by thebonafan08 on Feb 26, 2020 9:50:49 GMT -5
Really need a yearly PSA letting everyone know that “A-10 refs” are not a thing. Now do we get the cream of the crop? Doubtful. That said there is nothing stopping a ref who does a Duke/Kansas game at MSG from doing a LaSalle @ Fordham the next night.
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Post by Jive36 on Feb 26, 2020 10:29:49 GMT -5
a ref who does a Duke/Kansas game at MSG from doing a LaSalle @ Fordham the next night. In fact this happened for our St. Joes game we had Roger Ayers, TV Teddy and Mike Roberts because it was a slow Tuesday slate of games and it is easy to get in and out of Philly. Plus one of them had the Nova game the next night. The best refs travel a lot during the season and due to the remote (in comparison) location of Bonas/UMass/Dayton? we often get a lower tier of official or only one really good official per game rather than 2-3. Philly, DC, Fordham, Charlotte, Richmond, are all easy access to big airports and in close proximity to other D1 schools so you get the top refs passing through more often. The numbers might not back this up but logic says it should be true. All 3 of the above refs have over 60 games called this year, and Ayers is up to 84 games. The number of games a week/distance traveled is an under talked about issue for the NCAA. Ayers has called a game 75% of the days since the season started. So most days he is calling a game and traveling to the next game in the same day, when you travel like that it is easy to have bad days, which is part of the reason officiating is inconsistent. The other issue is they don't have set pairings so you have 3 guys that have never worked together before or two that know each other and a new guy. The guidelines are setup so that any 3 trained officials should be able to work together even if they don't know each other but in reality I'm not sure that is the case. I think for an improvement in the quality of officiating you need to look at limiting the number of games called per week or the number of travel days/distances and increased pay to compensate for limiting the number of games a guy can call. Back to the topic on hand. Lets beat Duquesne. |
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Post by 123Rob on Feb 26, 2020 10:34:57 GMT -5
All I know is when Joe DeMayo or Murph Shapiro strolled out onto the floor, I felt pretty, pretty good.
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Post by jh on Feb 26, 2020 10:57:39 GMT -5
the A10 shoots itself in the foot all the time, these carrying calls are another example of that. Say what you want about the big boys (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, etc.) but they know that people don't want to show up for a basketball game and see carrying calls or see the best players fouled out. They let some of that stuff go like the NBA does. if the defense generates the carry call, like a trap in the corner or something, sure you reward them with the call. They caused it. But that's not what the A10 does This is exactly right - and you can add in the constant calling of moving screens 30 ft from the basket. |
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Post by ohs73 on Feb 26, 2020 11:41:58 GMT -5
All I know is when Joe DeMayo or Murph Shapiro strolled out onto the floor, I felt pretty, pretty good. Joe DeMayo called many PSAC (D2) games during tenure at Millersville. A good official and a good guy. |
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Post by ceharv on Feb 26, 2020 13:57:02 GMT -5
IMO the worrisome aspect of the game versus the Dukes is that winning the game is more important to the Dukes tourney seeding then it is to us. In their position another league loss might not mathematically kill their double bye chances, but from a practical standpoint it probably will. Expect their best, but I still don’t see them matching their trey success from last game. Generally they’re just not that great at three pointers and I expect the law of averages to moderate their success from outside.
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Post by wgt on Feb 26, 2020 17:10:28 GMT -5
Critical game for both teams. I look forward to an exciting dual between two of the top guards in the A10 who pride themselves in besting the other.
Watch out for the double pumps inside by WEATHERS and HUGHES.
Be prepared for DUNN-MARIN hoisting a trey from way down town EARLY in the possession before the first pass is made. He may challenge his trey attempts of 15 last game.
Last game we totally stymied WEATHERS which is almost impossible to do. Their top scorer, and best inside the arc, was held to 7pts on 0-6. He will draw fouls and get to the line. Would love for same D on him but highly doubtful.
A flagrant drawn by DUNN-MARTIN would not surprise me.
They start 3 Jrs and a grad student player along with a super soph (CARRY).
Lets get it done tonight!
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Post by Sipowicz on Feb 26, 2020 17:20:12 GMT -5
Hope the BONNIES remember STEELE can hit the 3, and not play back on him.
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