GAME THREAD West Virginia basketball vs. Stony Brook
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What's amazing is when teams like this play a zone against us, we look confused because we can't bang and bump our way to the basket. These games should be ones that Stevenson should be drooling for.......he should have 30 points.
EDIT: And when they switch to man defense, we start forcing up shots that we should take when they play zone. Just completely out of sync right now.
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When they stand around watching it makes it difficult to score. Nobody from either wants to be here.
Only think good about that 1st half is...........IT IS FINALLY OVER. I'm sure the halftime discussion will be nice.
Definitely the worst half I've seen this year. We run horrible half court offense, and have for a while now, but it gets really noticeable when we attempt to slow it down by looking like we are running offense, when we are only standing around, passing, and not making any true basketball move to score until less than 8 seconds on the shot clock.
And on defense, we have yet to figure out how to defend the high ball screen offenses of other teams. Last game it was the Buffalo big man slipping to the basket for easy dunks. This game its the freshman guard hitting three balls as we go under or around the screen.
Disagree. We've been running very good halfcourt offense this year. Until this game.
Easy formula on how to outrebound the other team. It's very scientific. Are you ready?
MAKE MORE SHOTS = have less misses to rebound
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Let's not forget we are without Matthews again. I'm convinced he's the main piece on this years team. He is not replaceable.
Watching Bell makes me appreciate Derek Culver even more. Culver never had a problem facing anyone. If he wanted the ball on the block, he made sure he got the ball on the block. If he wanted a rebound, he made sure he got the rebound. Culver was a stud.
Why don't we play Tre Mitchell with the small lineup (4 guards) instead of the rotation of Bell/Wague/Okankwo? It would give us a better scoring option.
This team could learn when you’re up 16 points with 6 minutes left, no reason to Jack 3s with 20+ seconds left on the shot clock. We can get that type of shot anytime. Value the clock.
Not a blowout now. A couple of stupid shots and Globetrotter passes and stupid fouls.............this is that game where if you were a coach you just want it to be over.
Or no reason to be up-in-your-face defense at 40 feet and foul to send team to FT line when up that margin.
He said something like "guys with significant minutes".
EDIT: Just pulled their roster up, there are a few transfers that did not play tonight.
I second that emotion of "Damn!"
WVU beat Stony Brook by 11.
Florida beat Stony Brook by 36!
Florida International beat Stony Brook by 33!
Eastern Washington beat Stony Brook by 29!
Bryant beat Stony Brook by 19.
Hell, even Brown beat Stony Brook by 11.
Surely WVU has more talent than Brown, Florida International, Eastern Washington and Bryant.
Disappointing performance. Big 12 licking its chops.
Silver linings in a dark, cloudy game:
18-21 85.7% free throw shooting by Huggins’ team.
Johnson, Toussaint and, of course, Stevenson in double figures.
Stevenson best all-phases player on team with his 3-point and jump shots, on-floor coaching ability, rebounding, free throws for the season. Erik has the total game.
Can’t mail it in against Big 12 and Auburn. Time to step up EVERY second of every game from tipoff to final horn!
Talent of 7 strangers is there. Can’t let up on offense and defense for one second, though.
Disappointing tonight. Lesson learned for 11 of remaining games against Top 25 teams, all but 1 in Big 12.
Time for chemistry and coordinated effort to go with all the individual talent that came to Morgantown because they wanted to play for Hall of Famer Bob Huggins.
Always someone who likes to toss barbs rather than exchange information about my belove alma mater. Merry Christmas, Scrooge!