Now JC is concerned, with 17 seconds left?

75-63. Please cancel tomorrow's game.

Horrendous shooting. If we hit 3 more 3s and 5 more FTs we win the game. That would've put us at 37.5% from 3 and 65% from the line. Both easily achievable. 

I'm interested to hear everyone's thoughts on playing Duquesne in about 24 hours on the same court after recapping this game. Will Duquesne win by more since they've just played? Does GW figure something out(hit free throws, defend!) and beat them tomorrow?

What you see is what you get.

Amazing how a team that moves the ball around the court and sticks to its defensive assignments can be successful. Who´d a thunk it?
Duques enter tomorrow´s game with a third more game time this season than they did today. Don´t think we can expect them to look as rusty in the first half tomorrow. Anyone wanting to know how deep the divide is between the conference´s lower-tier teams and its better ones should watch that game.
At least it is socially acceptable to drink at this hour on weekends. Vodka, take me away...

Last edited by GW Alum Abroad (1/02/2021 2:36 pm)

My cyclical take on the Nelson and Jack transfers: the two guys most frustrated by Bishop’s ball and shot dominance are now gone.

Meant “cynical”

The two takeaways that really need to be addressed:

1) On Offense, Bishop and Battle took 30 of the team's 50 FG attempts against Fordham, and 32 of the team's 55 FG attempts today.  One of the reasons we got away with this against Fordham is because they are terrible.  If opposing defenses work to take away James and Jamison, we are going to need more shots coming from the rest of the team.

2) On Defense, and I can not stress this enough, there is absolutely no point, zero, in double teaming a player unless you're going to make a real effort to steal the ball or otherwise force a turnover.  What I saw today were some of the most passive double teams ever.  Two defenders, hands straight up in the air, literally remaining motionless.  No attempt to grab the ball.  Duquesne spent the entire day successfully passing out of these double teams.  To cutters for easy baskets.  To open three point shooters.  To nearby players in order to reset their offense.  

2b) When our coaches watch the film of this one, they should count the number of points that Duquesne scored where there was no defender in between the scorer and the basket.  Just like in football when a speedy wide receiver gets behind the defense and the throw is on the money, that's 6 points.  Again and again, Duquesne players either beat us on fast breaks or received lob passes that resulted in easy baskets.

I am not as concerned about lousy free throw shooting or 3 point shooting.  Those percentages will vary from game to game and today was just a bad day.  These other items are things that really need to be corrected or teams will continue to take advantage as Duquesne did today.  

Disappointed with some our players-but not bent out of shape-Talent on team is uneven.
My bigger disappointment is with the coaching.Maybe it’s just me-Did I buy the hype?
My expectation for a substantial improvement over Mojo has not been realized.I know it’s a work in progress
but so far not impressed.

Luckily we won't play enough games this season to lose 20 again. Not much of a silver lining.