Game Thread: Basketball Week 1

[hokiehi21]

plz don't let 'em hit an easy 3

 

[hokiehi21]

they hit an easy 3. VT still cant defend the 3

 

[NickVT10]

discouraging that at this point, VT has 0 steals in this game

 

[hokiehi21]

One FT make away from a W

 

[NickVT10]

Huge FTs by Smith

 

[Hokie200proof]

I swear the foul-and-shoot-3's last minute strategy only works against us.

We hung on here, but we could have easily lost this.

 

[hokiehi21]

I swear the foul-and-shoot-3's last minute strategy only works against us.

We hung on here, but we could have easily lost this.

Not over yet..

 

[hokiehi21]

Now it's over!!

 

[hokiehi21]

87-82 is your final. Fuck West Virginia University.

 

[NickVT10]

I swear the foul-and-shoot-3's last minute strategy only works against us.

We hung on here, but we could have easily lost this.

We made out FTs...

Any team could easily lose if they miss their FTs

 

[ACC_HOKIES]

Hokies!

 

[757Hokie83]

well I did not see that coming!

 

[Ragingcroc]

Woo hoo! I had work so I couldn't watch the game. I was watching the score and its crazy how far we came back!

Emelogu looked good against USC Upstate but he got hampered by foul trouble early. Good to see him take over a game.

Where did Devin Wilson come from? He looked solid Saturday but wasn't a big factor except to setup the offense on Saturday.

Why didn't Trevor Thompson play on Saturday?

I can't wait to see the highlights!

 

[Taz_Hokie]

87-82 is your final. Fuck West Virginia University.

Cheers to that statement!

 

[wildturkey]

I only watched bits and pieces of the game (hey, I was trying to be productive during the day!) but best I can tell it was a better overall effort today than last game. I know that sounds obvious since we won but we looked more coherent. By no means was it flawless, there was some pretty bad decision making, especially those cross court passes when WVU switched to a 1-3-1 zone. Seriously, stop picking up your dribble. You know the zone is coming. All you're doing is playing into the trap by stopping and throwing the ball cross court. I think we need to be more cautious with our bigs on defense as well. We need to switch more on picks and have our bigs hang back in general. WVU pulled all our defenders out of the lane several times in the game, leaving the lane wide open if the ball handler beats his man of the dribble. It happened a lot which resulted in easy buckets for them or drawn fouls as our bigs rush back in late to fill the void.


But overall a great effort to come back after being down 17 and its always great to beat WVU at anything.

 

[HoHumHokie]

The game is available on WatchESPN for those who have access. I skimmed ahead to watch the VT run before and after halftime. Emelogu looks like the real deal. Seems we now have three guards with the ability to drive to the hoop...score or draw a fall. Now we need to get the bigs involved. If Barksdale can get his shit together, I think he could help the team on both ends of the floor. Going to be some ups and downs, but this could be a fun team to watch grow.

 

[douggie]

Good win against West By-Gawd Virginia Hokies. Congrats!

 

[Ragingcroc]

friday night hoops!

 

[Ragingcroc]

Not sure how we only scored 3 points. Our offense looked good, just didn't hit the shots. We are forcing them to take contested fadeaways everytime they get the ball.

 

[Ragingcroc]

lol west carolina just tried to put 6 guys on the court