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PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

Regardless of the outcome, one HELLUVA game by Rhody.

89er · Unread post by **89er** » 4 years ago

Martin is awful

PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

Hug-gins with Fatts.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 4 years ago

Poor coaching in the final minute as well. Should’ve fouled with 30 seconds left.

Story of our lives. Game that we should’ve won that we lost. Will be a fun year in the NIT. Can’t wait for Friday. It’ll be a fun experiment of “Fatts vs PC”

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

Sucks to lose but was one hell of an effort. So many plays that if we could have one of them back we could have pulled this out. Those have the potential to stay with you, but have to turn the page. Five days to get ready for what is now the first must-win game of the year.

rhodyruckus · Unread post by **rhodyruckus** » 4 years ago

Shoulda woulda coulda, so frustrating BECAUSE we were "that close".

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

Great effort. Could have stolen that one. Too many bone head plays.

PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

I want a picture of Huggins with Fatts.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 4 years ago

Ughhh. TM you kill me with the nonchalant pass

URIGradDad · Unread post by **URIGradDad** » 4 years ago

Darn it! Had our chances today...

13 TOs, 66.7% FT shooting, and nobody besides Fatts showed up for most of the game was the difference. Couldn't get over the hump.

Good game although this one stings...

RhodyRams916 · Unread post by **RhodyRams916** » 4 years ago

Martin is a good shooter but what the hell is wrong with his passing this season? Awful awful dumb passes that cost us games.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 4 years ago

Showed some moxy coming back. Needed an A effort from everyone but basically only got it from Fatts today.

rhodyruckus · Unread post by **rhodyruckus** » 4 years ago

Blue Man wrote: ↑4 years ago Poor coaching in the final minute as well. Should’ve fouled with 30 seconds left.

I disagree, subjective decision but I think you need to let that one play out. It is a one point game, and a steal or *gasp* rebound with breakaway layup could still win it.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 4 years ago

Really good effort and fun game for the most part by URI. But Cox seemed pissed at the end and rightfully so. The technical at that time. That pass by Martin to Langevine and then to Fatts.

IDK what is going on with my guy Dowtin. High effort and being more vocal will help him find his game. He is too quiet for a guy who has accomplished so much. Play defense like he used to. Try to draw fouls instead of dropping the ball over the defenders in a weird running floater and he will be fine.

They had an awesome shot of winning that one right to the end. OUCH!

Joe95 · Unread post by **Joe95** » 4 years ago

Don't even get a shot off to tie the game. Very annoying, still no quality wins. Best believe PC will come in to the Ryan center and play the best they have all year.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 4 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑4 years ago Sucks to lose but was one hell of an effort. So many plays that if we could have one of them back we could have pulled this out. Those have the potential to stay with you, but have to turn the page. Five days to get ready for what is now the first must-win game of the year.

Yes! Lets break out the first must win!

89er · Unread post by **89er** » 4 years ago

Martin killed us throughout. He doesn’t block out, tries to make the impossible pass, and shoots at bad times. Troubling that he can’t make the pass to Fatts at the end. Fatts=Onions

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 4 years ago

Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.

gorhody89 · Unread post by **gorhody89** » 4 years ago

Overall played well but tough to forget the countless unforced errors and mental mistakes....

-Tate Technical
-Martin in last min of game fouled with a min left down by 2 for no reason, took a very quick bad low percentage shot, threw a full court pass that almost ended in a TO or foul, and then threw the ball out of bounds on a perfect play design for tying 3 attempt.
-Harris threw the ball out of bounds on miscommunication with Martin(not sure whose fault that was)
-missed layup after missed layup
-missed free throws
-couldn't box out or make it even close on the glass

Overall they played well and very strong response in 2nd half. Fatts was terrific he needed more help and a few less mistakes

PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

I know everyone is pissed right now. But we hung in there. WV had 31 free throws to our 15. That was the game right there.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.

Why not? He played a very bad half yet again. Play the freshman that is working his ass off. I thought it was a great coaching move.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 4 years ago

Love the fight and RESOLVE we showed. Didn’t go our way, but WVU is a Top 25 team by next week. We scored 81 today. I think we win our next 2.

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

Without Fatts we would have been blown out. He’s the one who rallied the whole team.

PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

Maybe Fatts should come off the bench on Friday.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 4 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.

He wasnt playing well or anywhere near his ability/potential. I think the benching was calculated and necessary. LONG SEASON AHEAD.

Go Rhody!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 4 years ago

Cox has to be pissed at Martin.

Look out, Walker might be coming for his minutes if this keeps up.

That would have been a HUGE win, and they could have had it.

Proved one thing...they played well enough to win against a good team on the road, but have to cut out dumb mistakes.

RI_Bred · Unread post by **RI_Bred** » 4 years ago

PeteRI wrote: ↑4 years ago I know everyone is pissed right now. But we hung in there. WV had 31 free throws to our 15. That was the game right there.

That's huge.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 4 years ago

We lost to a no doubt Top 5 team, and two legit Top 25 teams that were very big upfront and tough matchups for us with only two legit bigs. Not going to beat those teams with the performances we are getting from Tyrese and Jeff. Unsure if Jeff is sick or if he was benched to send a message. I’m not mad at the latter if thats true bc his play in the first half was bad. IMO the eye test says we are about a Top 50-60ish team right now, can we run the table in OOC and play ourselves in through league play? Remains to be seen.

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

15-33 Layups!

RI_Bred · Unread post by **RI_Bred** » 4 years ago

KevanBoyles wrote: ↑4 years ago 15-33 Layups!

Oh man.

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

Kenpom, etc. should like that we covered.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 4 years ago

KevanBoyles wrote: ↑4 years ago 15-33 Layups!

This is misleading. We were fouled on some of those. Others were under a well defended basket with 6’11 behemoths.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 4 years ago

Needed this one. Looks like walker being ineligible has cost us a ticket this season. So close too.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 4 years ago

Harris had a nice “lose your man and give up a basket then throw the ball out of bounds” back to back possessions late in the game.

I cannot wait until Walker can play.

Urifan91 · Unread post by **Urifan91** » 4 years ago

Blue Man wrote: ↑4 years ago Poor coaching in the final minute as well. Should’ve fouled with 30 seconds left

I would have let them play defense there, try and get a stop. But I certainly would have used that last timeout with about 15 seconds left before Martin had a chance to make stupid pass #1 (which luckily wasn’t a turnover). Try and setup a good play for 3 (which we actually ended up having until Martin mad stupid pass #2).

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

DC_Rams wrote: ↑4 years ago
KevanBoyles wrote: ↑4 years ago 15-33 Layups!
This is misleading. We were fouled on some of those. Others were under a well defended basket with 6’11 behemoths.

WVU was 14-18.

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 4 years ago

Complete the sentence.

Sooner or later I’d like to see Toppin get the start over ________?

ram1980 · Unread post by **ram1980** » 4 years ago

Good game.. Don't believe in moral victories.. Real disappointed in our sophomore class.. Tate, Harris and Martin. Low basketball iq for all 3 and very soft players.. Cyril has zero help on defensive glass from these 3. That needs to improve fast

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 4 years ago

steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.
Why not? He played a very bad half yet again. Play the freshman that is working his ass off. I thought it was a great coaching move.

Mid way through the 1st half Cox went with a tall line up and I said to myself great move:
Harris
Langevine
Toppin
Martin
Russell

Cox went with that line up for a couple of minutes then he subbed Dowtin in for Martin and we still had Harris, Langevine and Toppin playing down low. I thought it was solid coaching by David Cox. We still got out rebounded 21-15 but it would have been worse without Cox playing big.

At the half Cox went with the same line up that had served him well on the boards:
Harris
Langevine
Toppin
Martin
Russell

I don’t think Cox was benching Dowtin to start the 2nd half due to performance reasons, it was strategic. I think Cox wanted Harris, Langevine, Toppin and Martin hitting the boards both defensively and offensively. Toppin added good value to the big man presence along with Harris and Langevine during the first and second halfs.

Good moves by David Cox.

PeteRI · Unread post by **PeteRI** » 4 years ago

Fatts has scored 20+ points in 6 straight games. He's averaging 21.1 points per game - and that's with 5 points against Maryland and getting ejected with more than 6 minutes left against Manhattan. (He still managed to score 20.)

Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

bigappleram wrote: ↑4 years agoIMO the eye test says we are about a Top 50-60ish team right now, can we run the table in OOC and play ourselves in through league play? Remains to be seen.

This was always the most likely way I saw this season going, especially once we found out Walker and Shepard were not going to play from day 1. I think the league is shaping up to be even a little better in the middle than I thought, so take care of business and take a couple from the top tier teams, which we will have ample opportunity to do, and we can get the computer numbers to the right place. The question is going to be wins against tournament caliber teams, but getting 2+ shots at Dayton and VCU should give us chances. Have to win out in OOC to put us in position, though (and then root like hell for WKU and maybe even Providence in their conferences).

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 4 years ago

Agree on the coaching adjustments made in this game by DC. Good read of the game. Sagged the entire defense in the 2nd half to clog lane and get more bodies near the basket for rebounds. Kids showed a lot of fight. The fate of our season lies in our sophomore class and right now they are maddening with inconsistent play, and bad decision making. Dana's T in that situation was inexcusable, no matter the circumstances. Under no circumstances can Tyrese throw that ball away with Fatts curling for a 3, he had plenty of a window to make a straight line pass there. Killer to not even get a shot off in that situation.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 4 years ago

I’m truly perplexed how some are throwing the season away and we have no bad losses. No big wins, but we still have time for time come conference play. Unless someone here has psychic abilities, just f’n RELAX.

Do we just quit now?

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 4 years ago

gorhody89 wrote: ↑4 years ago Overall played well but tough to forget the countless unforced errors and mental mistakes....

-Tate Technical
-Martin in last min of game fouled with a min left down by 2 for no reason, took a very quick bad low percentage shot, threw a full court pass that almost ended in a TO or foul, and then threw the ball out of bounds on a perfect play design for tying 3 attempt.
-Harris threw the ball out of bounds on miscommunication with Martin(not sure whose fault that was)
-missed layup after missed layup
-missed free throws
-couldn't box out or make it even close on the glass

Overall they played well and very strong response in 2nd half. Fatts was terrific he needed more help and a few less mistakes

Huh? Not sure how you can say "played well" and "countless unforced errors and mental mistakes" in the same sentence...but, there it is...

Ram96 · Unread post by **Ram96** » 4 years ago

steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.
Why not? He played a very bad half yet again. Play the freshman that is working his ass off. I thought it was a great coaching move.

Totally disagree. Dowtin should have been on the floor down the stretch.

Urifan91 · Unread post by **Urifan91** » 4 years ago

KevanBoyles wrote: ↑4 years ago Complete the sentence.

Sooner or later I’d like to see Toppin get the start over ________?

Either Harris or Martin, I really don’t care which one. Hopefully Walker takes the other ones spot soon after he becomes eligible.

Urifan91 · Unread post by **Urifan91** » 4 years ago

DC_Rams wrote: ↑4 years ago I’m truly perplexed how some are throwing the season away and we have no bad losses. No big wins, but we still have time for time come conference play. Unless someone here has psychic abilities, just f’n RELAX.

Do we just quit now?

Certainly don’t quit now. These tough OOC tests will really help come A10 play. Just was hoping to get one upset vs UM, LSU or WVU.

steveystuds06 · Unread post by **steveystuds06** » 4 years ago

Ram96 wrote: ↑4 years ago
steveystuds06 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago Second best game of the year for Rhody.
Does anyone know if Jeff is sick? No way Cox sits him the second time in the 2nd half unless he is sick.
Why not? He played a very bad half yet again. Play the freshman that is working his ass off. I thought it was a great coaching move.
Totally disagree. Dowtin should have been on the floor down the stretch.

He was... I'm talking about the start of the 2nd half.

luke · Unread post by **luke** » 4 years ago

Fatts was unreal the whole game . The rest of the team sat out the first half . The second half Fatts was super human and the rest of the team
decided to play led and pushed by Fatts . In the end they found a way to lose a game they were supposed to lose . Officiating was very one
sided , not a surprise. i am not that upset about losing a game i expected them to lose . They have been very predictable so far . They have won
the games they were expected to win and lost the ones they were expected to lose . I have them winning the remaining OOC games , so I will
be happy if they are able to do so. Any poor games especially at Middle Tennessee or home against Providence and Western Kentucky would be
disastrous for any NCAA hopes . Just continue to win the ones you should win.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 4 years ago

bigappleram wrote: ↑4 years ago Agree on the coaching adjustments made in this game by DC. Good read of the game. Sagged the entire defense in the 2nd half to clog lane and get more bodies near the basket for rebounds. Kids showed a lot of fight. The fate of our season lies in our sophomore class and right now they are maddening with inconsistent play, and bad decision making. Dana's T in that situation was inexcusable, no matter the circumstances. Under no circumstances can Tyrese throw that ball away with Fatts curling for a 3, he had plenty of a window to make a straight line pass there. Killer to not even get a shot off in that situation.

If I’m coaching, that pass has to come from Jeff anyways. Not only do I trust him to make the pass, if the play breaks down he’s the only other guy who can create something on the fly. Martin should be in a corner waiting for chaos to result in a wide open look falling into his lap and ready to crash the boards. Hindsight is 20/20 and I thought Cox coached a good game overall, hitting the right buttons to keep us in the game after it looked like it was going away a few different times, but we could have done better there.