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Post by jellybean on Nov 3, 2014 8:35:49 GMT -5
Getting an early start since the game is next Monday evening.
The Rams traveled down to James Madison and beat them 79-76. Not sure how good either team is? You have to respect a D-2 squad (with HOF Head Coach) who take that long bus ride to Harrisonburg and grab a victory.
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Post by sweat83 on Nov 3, 2014 8:48:29 GMT -5
exhibition game or no exhibition game. I expect to beat up a D2 opponent by 20 pts, just to get the season off on the right note.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 9:01:52 GMT -5
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Post by a10champion15 on Nov 3, 2014 9:25:14 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy.
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Post by explorer88 on Nov 3, 2014 9:33:44 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy. I saw November 7th as the date of the scrimmage. |
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Post by a10champion15 on Nov 3, 2014 10:42:11 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy. I saw November 7th as the date of the scrimmage. My fault thought it was November 2nd. |
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Post by jellybean on Nov 10, 2014 14:38:29 GMT -5
You know you have a good idea when someone copies it.
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Post by La Salle 08 on Nov 10, 2014 17:04:53 GMT -5
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Post by nicknm1 on Nov 12, 2014 7:50:43 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy. I work with one of the officials who did the game and he says to me "you boys are in trouble" I didn't even know they were playing and then when I asked him more he said "you got back doored all day" This doesn't concern me so much since we don't know who was playing or how the scrimmage was being handled. Zach and Wright are experienced enough where are front court should be pretty solid. I am worried about depth. I noticed that huge guy (Davis) is not on the roster anymore. If Wright or Zach get hurt or in foul trouble, Brown is the only person coming off the bench (and he is what, 6' 6"?) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 8:30:46 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy. I work with one of the officials who did the game and he says to me "you boys are in trouble" I didn't even know they were playing and then when I asked him more he said "you got back doored all day" This doesn't concern me so much since we don't know who was playing or how the scrimmage was being handled. Zach and Wright are experienced enough where are front court should be pretty solid. I am worried about depth. I noticed that huge guy (Davis) is not on the roster anymore. If Wright or Zach get hurt or in foul trouble, Brown is the only person coming off the bench (and he is what, 6' 6"?) Tony Washington is 6'11 and while he didn't look great in the exhibition on the offensive end, defensively he looked very good. And that's where this team will win. Also, Princeton runs that backdoor flowing offense. G always has a tough opponent with a great skill for those scrimmages. Princeton last 4 and VCU before that (Havoc D being specialty). We do play a few teams like Princeton, but as a first scrimmage that happens, G wants to start with the toughest stuff then everything gets easier. Same reason we play a team like Philly U, they can shoot the ball unreal. And it'll prepare the team for Colgate, which is a shooting team. |
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Post by jellybean on Nov 12, 2014 9:33:03 GMT -5
That's why you scrimmage Princeton. G will stress the mental discipline of defense. From the looks of the Philly U game, he must have made an impression. Good game to point to when we play Richmond.
What an experience for the two young guards going up against Princeton offense. Priceless as the say.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 10:25:23 GMT -5
I know we had a "secret" scrimmage against Princeton yesterday. Curious how that went. Princeton should be a decent team in the Ivy. I work with one of the officials who did the game and he says to me "you boys are in trouble" I didn't even know they were playing and then when I asked him more he said "you got back doored all day" This doesn't concern me so much since we don't know who was playing or how the scrimmage was being handled. Zach and Wright are experienced enough where are front court should be pretty solid. I am worried about depth. I noticed that huge guy (Davis) is not on the roster anymore. If Wright or Zach get hurt or in foul trouble, Brown is the only person coming off the bench (and he is what, 6' 6"?) Hmmm, first post by someone who registered this morning, doesn't even know Steve's name or that Tony is even on the team. But he knows one of the refs from the Princeton scrimmage. Sorry, not buying it (and Phila U didn't get one backdoor basket on Monday night). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 10:59:24 GMT -5
kjmac12 .... definitely skeptical, however, it is very possible with 5 new players, that they got beat backdoor. It's not a traditional defense and everyone gets beat backdoor against Princeton to some degree, but 1. that is better than giving up the 3s on the screen away read which is either back door or pop out for a 3, and its a scrimmage for a reason. Very tough to know exactly what to expect. I doubt we were routinely getting beat backdoor. As guys like DJ, steve, Rohan, and Khalid are all experienced and pretty good defenders that have seen this multiple times. I think we are fine. And no team is going to learn the Princeton offense just to beat us. Takes their own players usually a year to learn. That's why freshman rarely register a lot of minutes, tough concept.
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Post by explorerman on Nov 12, 2014 14:26:01 GMT -5
I work with one of the officials who did the game and he says to me "you boys are in trouble" I didn't even know they were playing and then when I asked him more he said "you got back doored all day" This doesn't concern me so much since we don't know who was playing or how the scrimmage was being handled. Zach and Wright are experienced enough where are front court should be pretty solid. I am worried about depth. I noticed that huge guy (Davis) is not on the roster anymore. If Wright or Zach get hurt or in foul trouble, Brown is the only person coming off the bench (and he is what, 6' 6"?) Hmmm, first post by someone who registered this morning, doesn't even know Steve's name or that Tony is even on the team. But he knows one of the refs from the Princeton scrimmage. Sorry, not buying it (and Phila U didn't get one backdoor basket on Monday night). I was going to say from the 2 people whom I talked to, they said the exact opposite... For whatever that means |
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Post by nicknm1 on Nov 13, 2014 13:11:35 GMT -5
first, the website said Tony Washington was a redshirt freshmen so i didnt know if he was eligible or not. Second, Im talking about the Princton game, not tge Philly U game. Third, I just told you what the official said. I asked more and he said Washington wad good (he described him as a muscular 210, not a bean pole) but he said the defense looked bad.
I was just responding to a question thst someone asked about how the scrimage went. I heard we were backdoored all day. Now, this official is always negative so he could be over exaggerating just to piss me off. (he is a redskins fan and he gets busted on all fall)
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Post by coqui900 on Nov 13, 2014 14:22:41 GMT -5
Either way, who cares? It's a closed-to-the-public pre-season scrimmage.
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Post by MisterD on Nov 13, 2014 14:34:22 GMT -5
I bet we were instructed to let them do good so they'd feel good about themselves and want to come back and play again next year.
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