Ended up being a really entertaining game! The crowd was great, close to a sell out. I'd say Bama had the slight edge in fans but it was much closer than I expected. Both sides traveled really well. Sears for Alabama is so good.
He’s an excellent player, Reef.
Been the problem all year. Everyone else is too inconsistent.
fifysteveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
Stevey, I agree Edey is a special player, and I am not a Purdue fan at all.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
He camps in the lane with impunity as wellsteveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
Nah, everyone would say what is he doing at Rhode Island?Jersey77 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoStevey, I agree Edey is a special player, and I am not a Purdue fan at all.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
If he was wearing a Rhody uniform, everyone here would be calling him the greatest ever.
Great insight.NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑4 weeks agofifysteveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
I work with an Indiana fan that constantly whines about how he's treated differently...didn't see any of their game today really, but sounds like maybe he is...let's see how that plays with uconnPeterRamTime wrote: ↑4 weeks agoHe camps in the lane with impunity as wellsteveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
He just gets officiated differently. It's one of the more absurd things I've seen. Some of what you said is valid...but there were also UK and Bama fans rooting for the Vols during that game lol there's also tons of clips where he just throws people around and they don't call a foul. But it is also true that he is fouled a lot too.
Knecht needed more help and to go for 40 plus, but it's just ya know...crazy how the foul disparity when you play Purdue is insane.
They commit the least fouls and draw the most fouls in the country.
We will see it again when they play NC State. Their opponents have committed 40 more fouls than they have in the tournament thus far
I think UConn's shot making will overcome it though. Will be interesting.
That too, for sureMcRam wrote: ↑4 weeks agoNah, everyone would say what is he doing at Rhode Island?Jersey77 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoStevey, I agree Edey is a special player, and I am not a Purdue fan at all.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
If he was wearing a Rhody uniform, everyone here would be calling him the greatest ever.
Neither am I. It just cracks me up. You look at Purdue's shot chart, and it's literally all in the paint or threes. Then you look at Tennessee, and you see a bunch in the midrange and threes, and people wonder why there's such a big difference in fouls. Also, all you had to do was watch the game, and you can see why they had more free throws. When you have big men like Edey and your entire game plan is to force-feed him, more often than not, you're going to create more fouls. Does it make the game boring sometimes? 100%. Are the refs going to miss calls and make mistakes? 100%... Do star players tend to get a friendly whistle? Yup. Of course, you can nitpick and find plays where he didn't get fouled or fouled someone. He's an incredibly big target; everything he does, your eyes are on him the entire game. If you take away all the free throws he made, he still would have had 26 and 16. It reminds me of Warriors fans in the playoffs last year. They wouldn't stop complaining that the Lakers kept getting more free throws. Hmm, I wonder why? Their three best players are all elite at drawing fouls. And we feed the paint and attack the paint more than most, if not all, the teams in the NBA. What do the Warriors do? They shoot a million threes.Jersey77 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoStevey, I agree Edey is a special player, and I am not a Purdue fan at all.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
If he was wearing a Rhody uniform, everyone here would be calling him the greatest ever.
Screw them bothsteveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoNeither am I. It just cracks me up. You look at Purdue's shot chart, and it's literally all in the paint or threes. Then you look at Tennessee, and you see a bunch in the midrange and threes, and people wonder why there's such a big difference in fouls. Also, all you had to do was watch the game, and you can see why they had more free throws. When you have big men like Edey and your entire game plan is to force-feed him, more often than not, you're going to create more fouls. Does it make the game boring sometimes? 100%. Are the refs going to miss calls and make mistakes? 100%... Do star players tend to get a friendly whistle? Yup. Of course, you can nitpick and find plays where he didn't get fouled or fouled someone. He's an incredibly big target; everything he does, your eyes are on him the entire game. If you take away all the free throws he made, he still would have had 26 and 16. It reminds me of Warriors fans in the playoffs last year. They wouldn't stop complaining that the Lakers kept getting more free throws. Hmm, I wonder why? Their three best players are all elite at drawing fouls. And we feed the paint and attack the paint more than most, if not all, the teams in the NBA. What do the Warriors do? They shoot a million threes.Jersey77 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoStevey, I agree Edey is a special player, and I am not a Purdue fan at all.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m seeing a bunch of people complain that Edey went to the line a lot.. His size, footwork, and ability to finish around the rim make him a force in the paint. When he establishes position close to the basket, defenders often find themselves in a dilemma: either allow him an easy scoring opportunity or risk fouling him to prevent the basket. Furthermore, Edey’s presence in the post often leads to double teams, increasing the likelihood of drawing fouls as defenders scramble to disrupt his scoring attempts. Big men like Edey tend to get fouled a lot. This has been going on for years and years when you think of other similar bigs.
As for today, I agree it was a little excessive and made the game boring, but Tennessee didn’t draw many fouls because they relied heavily on 3-pointers and midrange jumpers. Rather than attempting to challenge Edey directly, they opted to pull up at the elbow, exploiting the space left by Edey’s tendency to fade off most of the time.
I think he was incredible today and I perfer to praise special players like Edey and Knecht. But instead, Twitter is mainly full of idiots that talk shit about an all time college great like Edey. Frustrating
If he was wearing a Rhody uniform, everyone here would be calling him the greatest ever.
Anyways, I kinda miss the traditional center like Edey. You don't see that much anymore since all anyone gives a damn about now is 1-5 throwing up threes. You don't have to like him, but some people are acting like he's only putting up big numbers because of free throws and downplay his skill. He's awesome.
If you love college basketball and want the best possible game, I think the easy answer is UConn vs. Purdue. I'd love to see how Dan slows him down. I'd love to see Clingan and Edey matchup.
reminded me of big ed brown...
Similar to both. Love how much fun Burns has playing the game.
What day is today?
Blue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks ago With the whistles, Edey is borderline unwatchable.
It is impossible, literally impossible, to be that big, play 40 minutes, play 100% of your game directly under the basket, while only committing 1 foul.
When one player is getting to the line more than the entire other team...that's not a good product to watch.
It would be one thing if he was a finesse player who stayed to the outside, but this dude is literally draping himself all over smaller players, allowed to push them, go over them, fall on top of them...no calls. But if the ball is stripped from his hands...it's an automatic whistle.
My problem with these kind of guys is they're good enough to be a good player without the favoritism, but he's still getting it.
His only skill is being tall and for some reason getting a whistle. This dude has now got to the line more than Pete Marovich.
In the NCAA this year he had ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE more free throw attempts than the SECOND MOST in all of college basketball. That number goes far beyond statistical anomaly.
He has 312 field goals made against 301 made free throws...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?
Does this mean we're supposed to believe that this guy is a bully on one end but then with a sub 100 DRtg he's just the most skilled defender of all time and he never fouls anyone?
32 minutes a game as a center, in the B1G, and he only fouls 1.9 per game? Yet he plays the kind of basketball that gets him to the line 11.5 times???
Studs you know I love you. But this is some serious cognitive dissonance if you think the entire college basketball world is saying how ridiculous this kid is handled by the refs...but everyone else is wrong?
March 32nd…….anyone got a bridge for sale?
Blue Man, still that doesn't diminish the fact that he is an elite center in college basketball.Blue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks ago With the whistles, Edey is borderline unwatchable.
It is impossible, literally impossible, to be that big, play 40 minutes, play 100% of your game directly under the basket, while only committing 1 foul.
When one player is getting to the line more than the entire other team...that's not a good product to watch.
It would be one thing if he was a finesse player who stayed to the outside, but this dude is literally draping himself all over smaller players, allowed to push them, go over them, fall on top of them...no calls. But if the ball is stripped from his hands...it's an automatic whistle.
My problem with these kind of guys is they're good enough to be a good player without the favoritism, but he's still getting it.
His only skill is being tall and for some reason getting a whistle. This dude has now got to the line more than Pete Marovich.
In the NCAA this year he had ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE more free throw attempts than the SECOND MOST in all of college basketball. That number goes far beyond statistical anomaly.
He has 312 field goals made against 301 made free throws...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?
Does this mean we're supposed to believe that this guy is a bully on one end but then with a sub 100 DRtg he's just the most skilled defender of all time and he never fouls anyone?
32 minutes a game as a center, in the B1G, and he only fouls 1.9 per game? Yet he plays the kind of basketball that gets him to the line 11.5 times???
Studs you know I love you. But this is some serious cognitive dissonance if you think the entire college basketball world is saying how ridiculous this kid is handled by the refs...but everyone else is wrong?
You guys act like he's shooting 20+ free throws a game. Yesterday was a career-high.Blue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks agoBlue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks ago With the whistles, Edey is borderline unwatchable.
It is impossible, literally impossible, to be that big, play 40 minutes, play 100% of your game directly under the basket, while only committing 1 foul.
When one player is getting to the line more than the entire other team...that's not a good product to watch.
It would be one thing if he was a finesse player who stayed to the outside, but this dude is literally draping himself all over smaller players, allowed to push them, go over them, fall on top of them...no calls. But if the ball is stripped from his hands...it's an automatic whistle.
My problem with these kind of guys is they're good enough to be a good player without the favoritism, but he's still getting it.
His only skill is being tall and for some reason getting a whistle. This dude has now got to the line more than Pete Marovich.
In the NCAA this year he had ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE more free throw attempts than the SECOND MOST in all of college basketball. That number goes far beyond statistical anomaly.
He has 312 field goals made against 301 made free throws...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?
Does this mean we're supposed to believe that this guy is a bully on one end but then with a sub 100 DRtg he's just the most skilled defender of all time and he never fouls anyone?
32 minutes a game as a center, in the B1G, and he only fouls 1.9 per game? Yet he plays the kind of basketball that gets him to the line 11.5 times???
Studs you know I love you. But this is some serious cognitive dissonance if you think the entire college basketball world is saying how ridiculous this kid is handled by the refs...but everyone else is wrong?
I could continually post - because there is no shortage of these, but cmon man. You know hoops. This is wrong.
Yes, 100% Stevey.steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 weeks agoYou guys act like he's shooting 20+ free throws a game. Yesterday was a career-high.Blue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks agoBlue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks ago With the whistles, Edey is borderline unwatchable.
It is impossible, literally impossible, to be that big, play 40 minutes, play 100% of your game directly under the basket, while only committing 1 foul.
When one player is getting to the line more than the entire other team...that's not a good product to watch.
It would be one thing if he was a finesse player who stayed to the outside, but this dude is literally draping himself all over smaller players, allowed to push them, go over them, fall on top of them...no calls. But if the ball is stripped from his hands...it's an automatic whistle.
My problem with these kind of guys is they're good enough to be a good player without the favoritism, but he's still getting it.
His only skill is being tall and for some reason getting a whistle. This dude has now got to the line more than Pete Marovich.
In the NCAA this year he had ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE more free throw attempts than the SECOND MOST in all of college basketball. That number goes far beyond statistical anomaly.
He has 312 field goals made against 301 made free throws...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?
Does this mean we're supposed to believe that this guy is a bully on one end but then with a sub 100 DRtg he's just the most skilled defender of all time and he never fouls anyone?
32 minutes a game as a center, in the B1G, and he only fouls 1.9 per game? Yet he plays the kind of basketball that gets him to the line 11.5 times???
Studs you know I love you. But this is some serious cognitive dissonance if you think the entire college basketball world is saying how ridiculous this kid is handled by the refs...but everyone else is wrong?
I could continually post - because there is no shortage of these, but cmon man. You know hoops. This is wrong.
Yes, you can find plays, especially on toxic Twitter, where more people talk trash than actually respect players. Edey gets fouled constantly every single game. You're absolutely blind if you think he doesn't. Yesterday was excessive; he should have been called for more fouls, and he went to the line the most he ever has. It was too much.
I'm an Ohio State fan. I HATE playing him. But I understand why he gets to the line a lot.. There is no other way to defend him. There isn't any player like him in the game right now. He used to foul a lot, and it's one of the biggest things he's worked on during his college career. He's also a great kid. He doesn't complain 24/7, like 99% of players in the NBA/NCAA. He's humble, and instead of giving him props, you told me he sucked yesterday haha... Which may be the craziest statement you've ever made, Blueman. The national player of the year in back-to-back seasons sucks?!!
Oh, and let me guess. When you play the Bucks, do you get upset that Giannis often goes to the line, too? Freak, one-of-a-kind players go to the line a lot. This has happened our entire lives, and some of you are still surprised.
Now, a legendary coach like Rick Barnes made a great point yesterday
"He’s a difficult guy to guard against,” Barnes said. “But he's a difficult guy for referees to officiate, too. I don't care what anybody says: He's a hard guy to do that with because he's a unique guy in terms of how he plays.”
Field of 68 has two great discussions about it here:
- And your boy Dan has nothing be positive things to say about him today. He brought up some of the all-time great centers. He's 100% right!
Blue, did DH personally send you this info ? Did he put you on his PR team ?Blue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks agoBlue Man wrote: ↑4 weeks ago With the whistles, Edey is borderline unwatchable.
It is impossible, literally impossible, to be that big, play 40 minutes, play 100% of your game directly under the basket, while only committing 1 foul.
When one player is getting to the line more than the entire other team...that's not a good product to watch.
It would be one thing if he was a finesse player who stayed to the outside, but this dude is literally draping himself all over smaller players, allowed to push them, go over them, fall on top of them...no calls. But if the ball is stripped from his hands...it's an automatic whistle.
My problem with these kind of guys is they're good enough to be a good player without the favoritism, but he's still getting it.
His only skill is being tall and for some reason getting a whistle. This dude has now got to the line more than Pete Marovich.
In the NCAA this year he had ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE more free throw attempts than the SECOND MOST in all of college basketball. That number goes far beyond statistical anomaly.
He has 312 field goals made against 301 made free throws...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?
Does this mean we're supposed to believe that this guy is a bully on one end but then with a sub 100 DRtg he's just the most skilled defender of all time and he never fouls anyone?
32 minutes a game as a center, in the B1G, and he only fouls 1.9 per game? Yet he plays the kind of basketball that gets him to the line 11.5 times???
Studs you know I love you. But this is some serious cognitive dissonance if you think the entire college basketball world is saying how ridiculous this kid is handled by the refs...but everyone else is wrong?
I could continually post - because there is no shortage of these, but cmon man. You know hoops. This is wrong.
I gamble lol. I watch a lot.Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago
Blue, did DH personally send you this info ? Did he put you on his PR team ?
Just kidding
I only saw bits and pieces of Edey games and honestly wasn’t paying close attention to how the ref’s were treating him.
That said, I missed most of what’s in the vid’s you posted above. You and Stevey make valid points. Good debate. I will have to pay close attention during the next Purdue game.
Yup..Of course, you can.Rhody_NYCT wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I’m not saying Edey doesn’t get away with some no-calls or missed calls, but if I had the time, I could easily compile a bunch of missed calls from yesterday going the other way when he is involved in the play. Easily. That said, EVERY game has tons of missed calls. It’s just the way it is. Edey is not even an aggressive player. He’s just huge compared to almost everyone else in the college game. Tough luck.
AmenRhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Does everyone here know you can quote somebody's post without repeating all 12 miles of tweets every time?????????
