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Post by Gnocchi on Dec 2, 2015 0:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by jellybean on Dec 2, 2015 8:14:07 GMT -5
Okay we can finally put the Lovefest to bed. I get it G loves Rowan and Rowan loves G. This was the biggest thing to happen there since LBJ met Russian President Aleksei Kosygin in 1967. Now back to basketball.
I find this a fascinating game to handicap. Hofstra scores 83.4 and allows 81.2. La Salle scores 74.5 and allows 72.8. Tempo is the key. Hofstra wants to push it. La Salle plays not too fast but not too slow. I think La Salle wants to run in this game either by design or Hofstra will dictate. Hofstra has 4 guys that can shoot the 3. La Salle needs to defend that BIG TIME. Hofstra gets to the FT line a little more than La Salle so that is a concern. La Salle needs to watch the fouls and hope the refs aren't calling it too close.
Line presently is Hofstra - 2.5 and O/U is 157.5 This will be a hard one to predict for me. Vegas might have this right.
Hofstra 80
La Salle 78
EDIT- last minute stat for the game. La Salle is hot in the 1st half of games and not so hot in 2nd half. Hofstra is the polar opposite. So unless La Salle leads and big at halftime they better watch out for Hofstra in the second half.
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 2, 2015 8:27:03 GMT -5
Hofstra line: I see a tough frustrating loss. Hope I am wrong.
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Post by fvp47 on Dec 2, 2015 9:01:05 GMT -5
Ah, I see the power of positive thinking is at work already.
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Dec 2, 2015 9:12:36 GMT -5
Hofstra line: I see a tough frustrating loss. Hope I am wrong. Wish that we could play the same kind of game we did against Joey M's team that we did last year. It was one of our better games on their home court. But, I too am expecting a tough night tonight. |
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 2, 2015 9:19:41 GMT -5
Hofstra line: I see a tough frustrating loss. Hope I am wrong. Wish that we could play the same kind of game we did against Joey M's team that we did last year. It was one of our better games on their home court. But, I too am expecting a tough night tonight. Maybe if this was played later in the year I would like our chances but I don't like our defense even a little bit right now. |
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Post by MisterD on Dec 2, 2015 9:43:44 GMT -5
Predictions for tonight:
[ ] Bad win
[ ] Even worse loss
[ ] Game is not played
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Post by coqui900 on Dec 2, 2015 10:00:36 GMT -5
Hofstra just beat St. Bonnie's in Olean. Good team. No shame in losing this one.
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Post by sweat83 on Dec 2, 2015 10:14:11 GMT -5
I predicted a big win over Penn a week ago.
That being the case
Hofstra 86
LaSalle 76
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 2, 2015 11:08:08 GMT -5
Hofstra just beat St. Bonnie's in Olean. Good team. No shame in losing this one. I am not sure about that. Depends what you expect La Salle to be as a program. If La Salle ever wants to be taken seriously we need to win these games consistently as well as knocking off some of the bigger boys from time to time. I don't think Hofstra goes into Dayton, URI, GW, Richmond, Davidson and wins this game. We need to get to that level. Just my feelings on this. |
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Post by luhoopsfan on Dec 2, 2015 11:22:13 GMT -5
does Hofstra have a decent big man? if so, blow-out city, if not, nail biter till then end with the Explos pulling out an 84-78 victory.
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Post by blueandgold on Dec 2, 2015 11:23:14 GMT -5
I liked you all better when we were 3-0.
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Post by MisterD on Dec 2, 2015 11:32:46 GMT -5
If La Salle ever wants to be taken seriously we need to win these games consistently as well as knocking off some of the bigger boys from time to time. We already do this. Bad losses have become anomalies, where each season you can point to "the bad one". |
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Post by fvp47 on Dec 2, 2015 11:37:09 GMT -5
We beat Lafayette. We lost to Penn. Lafayette beat Penn.
Which game is the anomaly. The Penn game or the Lafayette game?
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Post by SICguy84 on Dec 2, 2015 11:51:27 GMT -5
Mihalichs were hanging in SIC last summer so points in my book!
Bad feeling about this evening though.
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Dec 2, 2015 12:02:14 GMT -5
We beat Lafayette. We lost to Penn. Lafayette beat Penn. Which game is the anomaly. The Penn game or the Lafayette game?  It was probably already sent, if not Franny O owes our Coach a warm thank you note for showing how not to defend Penn. |
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 2, 2015 12:03:54 GMT -5
If La Salle ever wants to be taken seriously we need to win these games consistently as well as knocking off some of the bigger boys from time to time. We already do this. Bad losses have become anomalies, where each season you can point to "the bad one". Obviously we don't all do this. 900 indicated losing tonight is no shame. I don't share that belief. I won't go as far as saying I would be ashamed but more like disappointed (again) we would lose the game to Hofstra. As a fan and where I expect and want La Salle to be is different than where 900 wants to be. No right or wrong just my viewpoint. |
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Post by lasalle89 on Dec 2, 2015 12:34:46 GMT -5
LaSalle should never ever lose to Hofstra. It's time for G and this program to start acting like a good A10 team. Tired of worrying about getting by lesser teams in lesser conferences. G needs to coach a win tonight. Plain and simple. Make the necessary in game adjustments and win this game. We are at home and I don't want to hear any more excuses.
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Post by coqui900 on Dec 2, 2015 13:32:54 GMT -5
We already do this. Bad losses have become anomalies, where each season you can point to "the bad one". Obviously we don't all do this. 900 indicated losing tonight is no shame. I don't share that belief. I won't go as far as saying I would be ashamed but more like disappointed (again) we would lose the game to Hofstra. As a fan and where I expect and want La Salle to be is different than where 900 wants to be. No right or wrong just my viewpoint. I want La Salle to be successful. But I don't buy into the whole "We should always beat a team from a lower conference." That's not how it works. Should we always lose to a school like Penn State or Rutgers or DePaul? (Not that they're on the schedule, but they're crappy programs.) Hofstra's a very good team with three very good guards. Ju'Niya Green is one of the best mid-major guards out there and would be an All-Conference player if Hofstra were in the A-10. Joe M. can coach. They're the most talented team we've played this season. They'd probably be a Top 5 team in the A-10. They're a step down from Dayton or GW or VCU but they're at the top end of the rest of the conference. Sometimes a lower conference team unearths good talent and develops them well and ends up with a great veteran class. Hofstra found that and they'll likely be a 13-seed or so in the tournament and whatever goober BCS school they play fits. They're favored for a reason. There's no shame in losing to a more talented team. That's not a knock on us for a lack of talent. The Pride just have more. Hofstra's a very good mid-major and we can't expect to win every game. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 13:36:53 GMT -5
I agree with lasalle89. We should not have lost to Penn nor should we lose to Hofstra. Somehow when these lesser teams play us, some unknown player scores 20+ and has the game of his life and beats us. LaSalle should play every game, including Hofstra, like their hair is on fire and their reputations are on the line.
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Post by calsufan on Dec 2, 2015 13:38:08 GMT -5
I have this game down as one of my losses in my 13-16 season prediction. As someone else said, it's too early in the season to play a good team like Hofstra and expect a win.
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Post by rp01 on Dec 2, 2015 13:58:42 GMT -5
We beat Lafayette. We lost to Penn. Lafayette beat Penn. Which game is the anomaly. The Penn game or the Lafayette game? The Penn game.. If we would have doubled Nelson-Henry and made their guards win the game, we would have won I think. Penn's guards are subpar compared to our guards and other guards in the Atlantic 10. Sakhniuk/Brown and Washington double Nelson-Henry, then Stukes, Roberts, and Price basically cover the other 4 guards and play some sort of zone, that might have worked. |
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Post by lwc4591 on Dec 2, 2015 14:22:00 GMT -5
This will be just one of our 16 or 17 losses this year.
To me this season is all about preparing new players like Tony W., Eugene S., K. Harris and Dusan M. for next season so we will be very deep, talented and primed for a very strong run.
We can win tonight if we shoot good but if just average we have little chance against a slightly better team who have to date played a stronger schedule. Me thinks G's scheduling (we have played a horrible schedule to date) comes back to haunt him in this one.
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Post by fvp47 on Dec 2, 2015 14:22:04 GMT -5
I looked at the rebounding stats for Hofstra. They avg 38.5 rebounds per game and give up 38.2 rebounds per game.
If you look at the La Salle site it indicates and average of 36.2 rebounds per game while giving up 36.4. However if you do the math we have 181 rebound for five games or 30.2 and give up 182 or 36.4. Seems to be an error here.
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Post by jellybean on Dec 2, 2015 14:49:53 GMT -5
Must be a big game. The Prez takes to twitter telling students to come tonight and take a break from studying for pre-finals. G with a youtube pitch.
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Post by durenduren on Dec 2, 2015 15:10:23 GMT -5
Guessing this game will turn into a shootout, 83-81 bad guys after OT - let's see what sticks to the walls. Hofstra had a bad habit of letting a team's top scorer have his way most of last year, hopefully the trend carries over to this season. Battle of the bench minutes apparently though - La Salle is 350th bench minutes, Hofstra is 347th. Interesting match-up there. Make Bernardi put the ball on the court where he's had issues, it should disrupt his hot shooting (hopefully). The Hofstra board ain't thinking much of us today, but they're singing our praises unanimously for next year atleast.  |
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Post by calsufan on Dec 2, 2015 15:12:30 GMT -5
Apparently KenPom has us at a 45% chance of winning on our home court. I'm hoping we get hot from 3 and can shut down their outside shooting, but that's a lot of hoping.
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Post by a10champion15 on Dec 2, 2015 15:23:54 GMT -5
Hofstra just beat St. Bonnie's in Olean. Good team. No shame in losing this one. I am not sure about that. Depends what you expect La Salle to be as a program. If La Salle ever wants to be taken seriously we need to win these games consistently as well as knocking off some of the bigger boys from time to time. I don't think Hofstra goes into Dayton, URI, GW, Richmond, Davidson and wins this game. We need to get to that level. Just my feelings on this. Guess no one takes NC State seriously |
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Post by a10champion15 on Dec 2, 2015 15:33:53 GMT -5
I have this game down as one of my losses in my 13-16 season prediction. As someone else said, it's too early in the season to play a good team like Hofstra and expect a win. But Calsufan Hofstra isn't good. They are a team every P5 and top tier A10 team should beat so how can they be good? It isn't like they have those types of players or anything. It is just wild to me how on earth we could lose to such a peasant like opponent. It's time for G to show us once in his 12 year era why we aren't a pathetic program. |
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Post by lwc4591 on Dec 2, 2015 15:43:32 GMT -5
A10 it isn't so much that Hofstra is that good but more that we are below average.
Honesty hurts but doesn't change facts.
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It was probably already sent, if not Franny O owes our Coach a warm thank you note for showing how not to defend Penn.
