griggey20

Only bracket I care about is the one on March 13th

Agree here, but i think he can make an open shot if given in a big spot. I think the ball needs to be in Nolan's hands, he has to make the right decision and be agrressive. He's got guys who can make shots, I think we can all agree, he shouldn't have settled in the last minute yesterday

I was there last night. We couldn't have played worse and lost at the last second of the game. Looked like that layup by Nolan sat on the rim FOREVER, it was a great look. I thought he should have went up with the right and tried to dunk it from my angle, that was a veteran crew, if he got fouled he would've gotten the call. A few observations from the stands: - Cam was struggling with the mask, at halftime the trainer was sanding down the bar between his eyes to help him get a better line of sight. You could tell he couldn't see with that thing on. I think its great he was there and hes going to have to learn at somepoint to play with it on. Hopefully he is more used to it moving forward, it looked like he felt more comfortable as time went on. - I think Rizzuto makes a difference if he's there. Gibson is on the floor to make shots. He didnt make s**t. Therefore, you play the guy who can guard, that last posession Drexel isnt getting that foul if he's on the floor IMO, Rizzuto is guarding that. -IDK how many TOs we had left but we should've used one after the offensive rebound with under a min. Once the shot clock got to 15 we still looked confused I think we go TO there to get a good set and run something to the post for Cam. I dont think we can go with a set for CT there due to his poor FT shooting. I HATED holding the ball till 6 on the shot clock there and hoisting a 3. -We made ZERO shots, we out rebounded them and had less turnovers which is normally a recipe for success. I thought in the first 5 min we had some bad shots/possessions then Skerry corrected that and we generally had good possessions the rest of the way. -Defensively I thought we contested well, they made some tough shots late in the shot clock. Credit to them. I said this before, we couldn't have played worse and still had a chance to win. I am interested to see how we bounce back vs Delaware tomorrow. 2012 is going to criticize and its fair. If we don't come out and play well the next 3-4 games we are going to be the same 'ole Tigers, fighting for a 4-5 seed and bowing out before the Conf Title game. I believe this team has a chance to be really good and compete for the CAA title. I think Nolan and Cam can both be that late shot guy, we just couldnt throw the ball in the ocean last night with many open looks. 1 Question, at the end of the 1H there was a double T on the two coaches. Does anyone have any information with what happened. Skerry talked to the official (who works a TON of Big East games) all the way to the locker room. It looked like he had heard enough of Pat and didnt want to punish him but send a message. The double T negates any FTs and they moved on, just curious if there was any good angle from the TV feed.

Biggest stat is the record....9-4. If you took a straw poll after the non-conference I would be shocked if anyone had us at 9 wins. We've lost to 2 P5's (yes I know Pitt isnt good) and 2 teams that will probably be playing post-season basketball in March. I think the most exciting things for me are; 1) we have multiple guys that can beat you any night 2) we aren't playing down to bad teams, we are blowing them out 3) we can make shots and are scoring inside 4) we are unselfish. I feel like this team really likes eachother and is more worried about the whole than the parts. I am not sure if we've had that since the Bennimon era.

Yeah, that's bad.

Any F1 is going to be reviewed when there is a monitor. It’s way easier to explain an upgrade than a downgrade. Definitely could’ve been a F2. Not sure they screwed up the shot clock. The rules changed a bit this year with the reset. Any dead ball possession in the front court that would need a reset (dead ball TO, foul, back court, OB, etc) will be put back to 20.

Don't sleep on 2006-2008 when we had Casper, Bushrod and G. Neal. Not sure many mid-majors had 3 pros in all 3 major US sports.

Covering the spread is one of the better barometers for what you’re supposed to win by. Just saying we are supposed to win by 30 isn’t realistic when we are favored by 9. I agree Holden hasn’t been great but other guys playing well around him will force teams to continue the adjustments. To me it doesn’t matter who’s doing it each night as long as two of them are. As long as we are making the appropriate adjustments to the opponents defense I think we are fine. One of the things I like about the roster is the ability to adjust and it seems like the majority of the guys are good with their roles. Paar being the one exception from the games I’ve seen.

5 Guys in double figures. I dont know what more you want. They covered on the road in a total letdown situation. they're 18-22 yr old kids. It’s not going to be perfect every night.

The flop rule does not involve a personal foul. The first flop is a delay warning which is put in the book. Anyone who had a delay; touching the ball after a made basket, timeout delay, another flop are assessed as a Class B technical foul. That results in 1 FT and ball goes to the point of interruption. This is not considered a personal foul.

Not to go down a rabbit hole here but Duke is not a great example. They have as many national titles (2) as they do "upset" losses (2) in the tournament over their last 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Anybody in the nation would take this success over a 10 year period. 2009-2010- National Title 2010-2011- Sweet 16 loss to Arizona (Duke 1 Arizona 5) 2011-2012- Round of 64 loss to Lehigh 2012-2013- Elite 8 loss to Louisville (Duke 1 Ville 2) 2013-2014- Round of 64 loss to Mercer 2014-2015- National Title 2015-2016- Sweet 16 loss to Oregon (Duke 4 Oregon 1) 2016-2017- Round of 32 loss to South Carolina (Duke 2 SC 7, SC went to final 4 that year) 2017-2018- Elite 8 loss to Kansas (Duke 2 Kansas 1) 2018-2019- Elite 8 loss to Michigan State (Duke 1 Mich St 2)

We all know this isn't true

I think bad loss is a stretch. It is a loss v a P5 school. Its a good win for UMBC. A bad loss is losing to Goucher, Morgan State, etc. at no piont will a CAA school losing to a P5 be a bad loss.

Maybe we just need Timberlake

I would think Ruzzuto, Gibson and Gray should help that, no?

You don't think we got good looks when we ran an offense against Pitt??? When someone tried to play 1 on 1 it was ugly but if you think Skerry is promoting that i have some beach front land in Iowa to sell ya. We are getting good looks and they are not airballs and off the backboard. I am waiting for Rizzuto to get more comfortable, I think he can be that guy to space the floor. Timberlake has been really good in my eyes, he forces at times but for the most part he has been aggressive coming off screens ready to shoot. I like this team, I have been disappointed with CT thus far but feel like he needs that one good game to snap out of it. Pitt was too big for that to be the game, I am hoping Penn will give him that opportunity.

All really good points Mat, a lot of those things I didn't think about during his tenure. It's definitely fair to think about where Pres. Schaetzel values the athletic deptarment and how she will want it to go moving foward. Let's hope she cares as much as we do!

So you think they're only going to hire a new AD who agrees to keep PS until 2025? I am not saying I want him gone (I don't) but if the team doesn't get better and we continue to be in the bottom half of the league there would have to be a conversation about his dismissal in 2023, rightfully so.

Gotta think both RA and PS are on notice now. They may be safe for 2022 (Skerry through the remainder of the 22/23 season) but that could be it if the product doesnt get better. I am happy with that pressure on them. Getting comfortable only makes you complacent being uncomfortable is what makes you better.

Does anyone know what happened?

Gone as in transferring or done with hoops?

Garbage time? It was a 5 point game with 2:34 left. I agree they played like sh*t but it wasn't a blowout by any means.

Hopefully he turns out better than our last GC PG....

I don't think the was mentioned yet, it didnt happen often but it was effective. Picking up full court and making them use both time/energy to get it up. After 2nd made FTs it looks like we went full court press for the majority of the game. Off deadball scenarios it look as though Nolan was at least making their PG work the ball up the floor. Getting those extra 3-5 seconds off the shot clock really throws teams off and makes them rush through their sets. Hats off to the squad tonight, they looked super athletic, strong and fast. Look forward to seeing them in person on Saturday.

..................would rather be right than have the team win.