Game Thread: Basketball Week 4

[wildturkey]

Greatness is upon me? I like ya but settle down there slick. But yeah, go get those buckets

 

[Ragingcroc]

Greatness is upon me? I like ya but settle down there slick. But yeah, go get those buckets

Yeah its a bit much but confidence is a good thing.

 

[Ragingcroc]

Allan Chaney is retiring
High Point player with defibrillator will not resume career - ESPN

 

[hokiegrad]

Emelogu, Smith to play against Miami - Richmond Times-Dispatch

 

[Ragingcroc]

Lol we haven't won an ACC opener since 2006.

 

[Ragingcroc]

Barksdale is out and Will Johnston got the start over Adam Smith.

 

[hokiehi21]

Hokies Canes tipping off now on ESPNU

 

[hokiehi21]

Barksdale is out and Will Johnston got the start over Adam Smith.

i missed it, why is Barksdale out

 

[Ragingcroc]

i missed it, why is Barksdale out

shoulder injury from practice i think?

 

[Ragingcroc]

Too many jumpshots and we need to do better on the boards. The good thing is we aren't turning the ball over like crazy like in other games.

We're really missing Barksdale down low.

 

[Ragingcroc]

We're also getting roasted on the big and roll.

 

[wildturkey]

No one on this team can hit jackshit today. Must have left all their shooting ability back in Blacksburg

 

[Ragingcroc]

No one on this team can hit jackshit today. Must have left all their shooting ability back in Blacksburg

Its what happens when you jack up any 3 pt shot you get off of screens. Its just not a sustainable offense.

 

[Ragingcroc]

lol double clutch mid range bank shot. Eddie is heating up.

 

[Ragingcroc]

Tied with 11.9 seconds with the ball. LETS GO!

Yeah let's Eddie dribble the ball around instead of hitting him off a screen like we've had success doing.

 

[Ragingcroc]

That would have been an awesome play if we had a little bit more time left.

 

[wildturkey]

Good job getting to OT considering how terrible we've played. That last play though (the 10 second one, not the 0.3 tip) was just flat out awful design. 10 seconds, tie game, and you essentially run an iso with Eddie where he's wildly dribbling and jacks up a shot. First off, that's a low percentage regardless. Second, its Eddie, the guy everyone knows is getting the ball. 2 better options: 1) Eddie should drive to the basket to force a foul (its a tie game, nothing to lose) or 2) Set the play up the same but with Eddie as the decoy, as he starts his dribble looking for a shot, have Emelogu, Smith or another shooter run off an off ball screen as Eddie is driving into the lane, kick out for an open look.

Whatever. Let's just get it done in OT

 

[Ragingcroc]

LOL holy shit, crazy block by JVZ

 

[Ragingcroc]

ok that was fucking horrible shot and play design but it went in LOL

 

[wildturkey]

I would have lost my life savings betting that Eddie shot wouldn't have went in. Crazy degree of difficulty. up 2 now, 17 seconds left. Da U ball. COME ON HOKIES!