Indeed,GW 73.
Once again, if you are not 6'9 and from Denmark, it may not be a goid strategy to let the double team come to you.

Love Moyer s aggressive Ness,but nervous every time he dribbles

why is bishop so slow taking the ball up???

The difference between our press and theirs is laughable.

While it's been less than fun to watch GW turn the ball over time and time again, I am not going to hold it against them too much given that: 1. VCU has historically owned us and 2. even ML's teams had issues with Havoc.  It seemingly takes a very veteran team to be able to handle VCU's pressure, something this team decidedly is not. 

What gives me hope is it seems like Bishop, Brelsford, and Lindo are extremely pissed at VCU's players.  I want our guys to be as annoyed at VCU as we fans are.  I remember Pato and JoeMac talking about how it was one of their goals by senior year to beat VCU at the Seigel Center.  Hope it will become the same for this group.

Last edited by GW0509 (1/13/2021 4:03 pm)

fungerhall wrote:

why is bishop so slow taking the ball up???

Because JC allows him to do whatever he wants.  Same reason he is a little slow on defense at times.
 

GW0509 wrote:

While it's been less than fun to watch GW turn the ball over time and time again, I am not going to hold it against them too much given that: 1. VCU has historically owned us and 2. even ML's teams had issues with Havoc.  It seemingly takes a very veteran team to be able to handle VCU's pressure, something this team decidedly is not. 

What gives me hope is it seems like Bishop, Brelsford, and Lindo are extremely pissed at VCU's players.  I want our guys to be as annoyed at VCU as we fans are.  I remember Pato and JoeMac talking about how it was one of their goals by senior year to beat VCU at the Seigel Center.  Hope it will become the same for this group.

Agree. It is good to see our guys get mad about how we are not winning. 
 

I like the idea of some sandpaper. Hope Battle is ok and that some day we play like a team and team that’s hard to ply.

Good: Forced 20 turnovers.
Bad: Made 23 turnovers.
Conclusion: Havoc top Mayhem.

Good: 11 offensive rebounds despite shooting over 40%
Bad: Opponent shot over 50%, including lots and lots of open dunks.
Conclusion: This team is getting eaten alive inside.

Good: 14 steals
Bad: 10 assists to 23 turnovers and just 13 points off VCU´s 20 turnovers.
Conclusion: Team shows its youth with poor ball movement and sloppy play.

Good year not being scheduled to play VCU twice.  Just a terrible match-up for this team.  

I am actually still cold from the draft which resulted from the backdoor being wide open all afternoon.

Someone said that this isn't a good matchup to try and outscore someone but folks, this is becoming our M.O.  It's not lockdown defense.  it's not mayhem by any definition.  It's playing at a fast pace, it's shooting early into possessions, it's full speed basketball that results in lots of drives, turnovers and trips to the line.  Three point shooting?  I thought this was supposed to be part of the equation.  This might have been a different game had we shot 12-30 from 3 rather than 6-15.

If you watched Ricky play at all while at Maryland, you knew this was a player to get excited about.  6-8 from the floor, 13 points, 12 rebounds and 5 steals in his debut.  Outstanding.

It was only fitting that this officiating crew, which improved some in the second half, fouled out Ricky on about the worst imaginable call impossible.

What we could really use is Hunter Dean in Chase Paar's body.  Chase just doesn't sacrifice his body at all.  Has he ever tried to take a charge?  He is a gifted offensive player who struggles badly on defense.  As well as Matt and Ricky played together today, both were guilty of not offering Chase some help on all of these backdoor points.

Speaking of Hunter, he commits 4 fouls in 2 minutes of play.  That will get you noticed in the box score.

As discussed in my game preview post, VCU played 11 guys a minimum of 11 minutes apiece.  Bones played 33 minutes, Baldwin 30, and nobody else played more than 25 minutes.  By contrast, GW had 4 starters play a minimum of 30 minutes, Tyler off the bench played 31, Lincoln played 13, and no other GW player reached double figures in minutes.  Guess which team was fresher?  Unless your 6 GW players are named Zeek, Creek, Joe, KevLar, Pato and Kethan, it's going to be tough to hang with these guys.

All in all, a very good effort today.