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Post by old timer on Mar 1, 2020 14:53:58 GMT -5
The last couple / few games there seems to be much more one one one happening on the offensive end. Way too much dribbling. When I consider when the Bonnies are most effective it is when they run their motion at top. It was very effective during the Adams, Posely, Mobley and Stockard era. When the Bonnies are intentional on getting the ball to OO they are also effective. As mentioned by others the FT discrepancy really stuck out to me. The Bonnies should have crushed LaSalle on the boards as well. You look at Th use two areas and have to wonder if the desire was there yesterday. Tom Gola arena has not been friendly to the Bonnies if I recall. Never easy in that building. My wife thinks I am a lunatic as I watch or listen to almost every game. I grew up going to Bonnies basketball camps and my Dad is a graduate of SBU. I always catch them when they come to Davidson to play. Love the passion around Bonnies basketball. You are a lunatic.. Not me. I'll get over this loss in 3 or days.
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Post by ddsmugs on Mar 1, 2020 20:12:42 GMT -5
Had asked this question before... did the loss in weight for Amadi help or hurt his play? I personaly think the beef helped him. So for St Louis game do you play both centers at the same time moving Osun to PF.
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Post by Sipowicz on Mar 1, 2020 20:19:27 GMT -5
The relentless way the Bilikens attack the basket, i would start AMADI, OSUN, & CARPENTER!
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Post by wgt on Mar 1, 2020 20:42:02 GMT -5
St Louis can overwhelm you inside with their size, strength, speed, hops and athleticism.
Pick your poison. I would change up Ds, relying mostly on zones and invite them to shoot from outside.
Today at URI they scored only 2 points between the paint and the arc. They took 4 treys making 2.
They scored 58 pts at the rim overpowering the RAMS inside with +14 boards.
Our trey game MUST be clicking as attacking the rim will be extremely challenged.
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Post by words74 on Mar 1, 2020 23:04:52 GMT -5
I was able to see my 8th game of the season in person yesterday. I've seen the Bonnies play well - a win against Hofstra- and not so well - a lopsided loss against Davidson. The 7 hour ride home to New Jersey from Olean was a lot better after the Hofstra win than it was after the Davidson defeat. Obviously, yesterday was not one of the Bonnies better efforts. Too many turnovers, not enough rebounding or getting to the basket and outscored at the foul by 16 points.
However, as usual, there were a good number of Bonnie fans in attendance and I'm not sure how it came across on the ESPN+ broadcast, but they were loud in their support of their team and their efforts to get back into the game right to the end. I think that is what fans do- you may not like the way that they play on certain days, but you do your best to be supportive and remember the good times they have given you over the years.
Of course, that is not what I saw on this board when I got home and looked at the thread for the game. I like when guys who weren't that good at a much lower level of basketball and have no coaching experience talk about continuing to throw lob passes to Shoon. To be successful, the lob pass is much more difficult than it looks and if you can get a couple in a game you are doing well. There is another team on the court whose job it is to defend and make adjustments to what we are doing.
What really gets to me are the ridiculous comments about Coach Schmidt. From yesterday, " Coach looks lost - Blame the coach." Are you serious? I believe that most Bonnie fans realize how lucky we are to have Mark coaching this team. The coach can't go out there and play the game - he is not the one committing the turnovers, missing shots and not rebounding. From where I sit, I'd be more than happy if everyone on the team was as prepared and worked as hard as coach does. I, like many on this board, think that McKillop from Davidson is one of the best coaches around. Was he lost and was it his fault when his team lost to St Joe's, for their first conference win?
I don't know about other's expectations, but I felt that it would take some time for this team to come together. At times, we've seen it, but it hasn't been consistent. Losing Courtney and Ladarien were big shoes to fill. For one, they supplied leadership. something that I think we are missing to some extent this year. It doesn't just happen, especially on a young team. Lofton can show the way, but he doesn't appear to be a very vocal guy to me. I think that Jaren could be the guy, but it's his first year and I think that he will grow into that role. I also thought that Jaren might have been the only guy to play well yesterday- 13 points on 5 of 7 shooting and 9 rebounds.
The other think that we lost, especially with Ladarien graduating, is some one that is willing to go down low, do the dirty work and get rebounds. Ladarien averaged over 6 rebounds a game last year and was our leading rebounder in 2 of the 3 games that we played in Brooklyn. Rebounding is not all about size - it has a lot to do with positioning and desire. I love what Matt Gnatt, who was one of the better rebounders in Bona history, told the team when they had dinner together at the Final 4 celebration - "when the ball is up in the air, do what you have to do to go get it." We need one or two guys to step up and do it or that's what we might need going forward.
With all that being said, we are now 18-11 and 10-6 in the conference with 2 games to play. That's in a league that most would agree is better than last year. Last year's team was was 18-16 and 12-6 in the conference. You wouldn't think that we have the same number of wins as last year and a chance to equal last year's conference record based on some of what has been written lately.
I'm hoping that we beat St. Joe's on Wednesday and then we will need to play an excellent game to beat St. Louis. I don't know if it will happen, but I'll be there rooting, hoping and supporting the Bonnies.
Go Bonas!
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Post by wgt on Mar 1, 2020 23:20:28 GMT -5
words74...Good point about McKillop's Davidson losing to St Joes while they blew us out by 29.
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Post by Bonas08 on Mar 2, 2020 1:05:41 GMT -5
How many of you have coached D1 Mens Basketball? **Crickets** Coach plays the people he does for a reason, not a pick out of a hat.. Get over it.. You can all bitch when you are the player or another coach that is calling him out, until then, shut the front door
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Post by tastylicks on Mar 2, 2020 5:27:26 GMT -5
How many of you have coached D1 Mens Basketball? **Crickets** Coach plays the people he does for a reason, not a pick out of a hat.. Get over it.. You can all bitch when you are the player or another coach that is calling him out, until then, shut the front door It’s a message board dude, critiquing coaching decisions is what it’s for Mark Schmidt makes almost a million dollars a year. He’s the guy people should criticize anyway, instead of the 20 year olds busting their asses every game for free
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Post by Sipowicz on Mar 2, 2020 7:10:25 GMT -5
After the game Saturday I got a text from a couple of buddies who are Syracuse grads asking me to join them at the 4 Mile Brewery to watch the Syracuse-NC game. Since alcohol sounded like a good remedy to a BONA loss, I joined them. During the game they whined how the game has passed BOEHEIM, how their offense revolves around guys chucking up 3s who shouldn't be even shooting, guards are young, cocky, and inconsistent. At the end of their game the one guy I was with said he was done with the Orange, he would not attend or watch another game this year. Hmmm, basketball fans.
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Post by faffy444 on Mar 2, 2020 10:07:54 GMT -5
"how their offense revolves around guys chucking up 3s who shouldn't be even shooting, guards are young, cocky, and inconsistent." it ain't BOEHEIM.
its the state of the game today!
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Post by old timer on Mar 2, 2020 10:47:19 GMT -5
St Louis can overwhelm you inside with their size, strength, speed, hops and athleticism. Pick your poison. I would change up Ds, relying mostly on zones and invite them to shoot from outside. Today at URI they scored only 2 points between the paint and the arc. They took 4 treys making 2. They scored 58 pts at the rim overpowering the RAMS inside with +14 boards. Our trey game MUST be clicking as attacking the rim will be extremely challenged. That’s it in a nut shell. The three point shot. In the finals last year we missed some open threes in the second half. I’m not counting Kaputo’s attempt at the end. We have to spread them out and hit threes. Defensively? Maybe sag?
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Post by bbb on Mar 2, 2020 13:39:14 GMT -5
"how their offense revolves around guys chucking up 3s who shouldn't be even shooting, guards are young, cocky, and inconsistent." it ain't BOEHEIM. its the state of the game today! I hate what analytics has done to just about every sport, but turning basketball into a three point contest is the worst.
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Post by letsgobonas on Mar 2, 2020 16:35:45 GMT -5
St Louis can overwhelm you inside with their size, strength, speed, hops and athleticism. Pick your poison. I would change up Ds, relying mostly on zones and invite them to shoot from outside. Today at URI they scored only 2 points between the paint and the arc. They took 4 treys making 2. They scored 58 pts at the rim overpowering the RAMS inside with +14 boards. Our trey game MUST be clicking as attacking the rim will be extremely challenged. That’s it in a nut shell. The three point shot. In the finals last year we missed some open threes in the second half. I’m not counting Kaputo’s attempt at the end. We have to spread them out and hit threes. Defensively? Maybe sag? We can sag, but we absolutely positively have to control the rebounding game... the Billikens ate URI's lunch on the offensive glass.
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Post by tomgleason on Mar 2, 2020 17:37:29 GMT -5
How many of you have coached D1 Mens Basketball? **Crickets** Coach plays the people he does for a reason, not a pick out of a hat.. Get over it.. You can all bitch when you are the player or another coach that is calling him out, until then, shut the front door It’s a message board dude, critiquing coaching decisions is what it’s for Mark Schmidt makes almost a million dollars a year. He’s the guy people should criticize anyway, instead of the 20 year olds busting their asses every game for free Well...not for FREE, but that’s another whole thread
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