perhaps, but their guys hit their free throws and I'm sure they were just as tired. The net thing....whatever. We all know that ball was going in 100% and that would have been a silly technicality call if they called it. I hate that GMU lost, but don't want to win on some BS meaningless call, honestly.
Game 19: GMU (11-7 / 4-1) vs St. Louis (14-6 / 5-2) on Wednesday, February 2, at 7PM.
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Quentin Daniels
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Really, really want Cooper back next year.
This is an annoying loss. Yeah, I agree with all the comments above about how great we played, the comeback, the fight in this team.
But if we make our FTs, we win. Make. The. Free Throws. Teams are going to start fouling us late in the game and realize that this is a team that won't make free throws in the clutch. When it's 5 seconds left up 2 and you go to the line for 2... I want to be confident that we are going to make our free throws... not nervous as hell hoping we make them
This team will not go far in the a10 tournament if we do not make simple things like free throws. End of story.
But if we make our FTs, we win. Make. The. Free Throws. Teams are going to start fouling us late in the game and realize that this is a team that won't make free throws in the clutch. When it's 5 seconds left up 2 and you go to the line for 2... I want to be confident that we are going to make our free throws... not nervous as hell hoping we make them
This team will not go far in the a10 tournament if we do not make simple things like free throws. End of story.
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"These are games you have to win when you're in pursuit of a conference championship, which we are," head coach Kim English said. "We give a lot of credit to Saint Louis, a team we have great respect for. It was a tough, physical game and they came out on top. It's a disappointing loss, but I'm incredibly proud of our guys for their fight."
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I love the chippiness in KE after the game. He’s pissed. I want my coaches like that and not the sad puppy dog demeanor.
Nothing I can really add that hasn’t been said. If we had the XJ from St Joes or UMass, we win that game. You could literally see him lose confidence with each turnover/mistake. It was hard to watch. Everyone has bad games, you would just love to have a bench where you could pull a guy who is having a rough night.
The free throws were another head scratcher. It just seems like it’s a mental thing that once they start not falling, it gets in their heads. It’s very difficult to replicate that pressure in a practice where you get yourself out of that mental negativity - hopefully we have a sports psychologist that can help get our minds right when things start going wrong.
The positives are it’s just one game. The guys battled and fought. The program is definitely on an upswing and things are only going to get better. We deservingly bashed Paulsen when he said it was a two year season (or something to that effect) a few years ago, but if there was ever such a thing, this team might be it. For as good a recruiter KE is, one of his biggest tasks might be recruiting Cooper to come back for another year. I can’t wait to see these guys back with a legit bench to go with it.
We got about 10 inches of snow yesterday with another 4-6 coming this morning, so I’ll have plenty of time to watch this one again… not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.
Nothing I can really add that hasn’t been said. If we had the XJ from St Joes or UMass, we win that game. You could literally see him lose confidence with each turnover/mistake. It was hard to watch. Everyone has bad games, you would just love to have a bench where you could pull a guy who is having a rough night.
The free throws were another head scratcher. It just seems like it’s a mental thing that once they start not falling, it gets in their heads. It’s very difficult to replicate that pressure in a practice where you get yourself out of that mental negativity - hopefully we have a sports psychologist that can help get our minds right when things start going wrong.
The positives are it’s just one game. The guys battled and fought. The program is definitely on an upswing and things are only going to get better. We deservingly bashed Paulsen when he said it was a two year season (or something to that effect) a few years ago, but if there was ever such a thing, this team might be it. For as good a recruiter KE is, one of his biggest tasks might be recruiting Cooper to come back for another year. I can’t wait to see these guys back with a legit bench to go with it.
We got about 10 inches of snow yesterday with another 4-6 coming this morning, so I’ll have plenty of time to watch this one again… not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.
Game recap from the Post-Dispatch. I get it's a St. Louis paper, but it's still kind of odd the that writer fails to mention one player on our team.
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Collins leads SLU to a win in 2 OT at George Mason
Scores career-high 35 as Billikens pull out a 92-90 victory on the road.
No problem. Of course since we didn't pull out the win it means you don't get the seat again
Incredible game. Refs didn't determine this one, but biggest call of the game to me was us up 5 in the first OT and it sure looked like Josh took a charge, but they called it a block/and one. That one whistle changed the game from us up 5 with the ball to us only up 2. We see how the rest played out.
My guess is that the Refs couldn't possibly bring themselves to call a charge three times in a row. Even if the call goes against Mason, it makes the outcome easier to swallow if it's the correct one. Clearly it was charge #3. It is my contention, however, that bad calls are overcome by championship teams. Mason is not quite there... but getting closer.No problem. Of course since we didn't pull out the win it means you don't get the seat again
Incredible game. Refs didn't determine this one, but biggest call of the game to me was us up 5 in the first OT and it sure looked like Josh took a charge, but they called it a block/and one. That one whistle changed the game from us up 5 with the ball to us only up 2. We see how the rest played out.
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With all due respect to collins, lets give some love to gaines and oduro. Gaines 17 caroms and oduro 31 points with 7 coming in ot.
Rome wasnt build in a day. We are coming along.
Rome wasnt build in a day. We are coming along.
Lots of coaches will claim "our guys never quit...they really battled and gave it all they had." It's what you HAVE to say as a coach, but clearly it is not always true. However, this team does appear to be giving max effort almost all of the time. With two (2) exceptions (the Nevada and ODU games) all the games we have lost have been close (I'm calling our loss @Kansas as close). And those two bad losses were when we were playing guys (well, one player in particular) out of position.
Our two losses in the A10 have been by a total of 3 pts. Lots to feel good about going into Saturday's game.
No problem. Of course since we didn't pull out the win it means you don't get the seat again
Incredible game. Refs didn't determine this one, but biggest call of the game to me was us up 5 in the first OT and it sure looked like Josh took a charge, but they called it a block/and one. That one whistle changed the game from us up 5 with the ball to us only up 2. We see how the rest played out.
LOL. Only if we can sacrifice a live chicken pregame. Jobu needs his strength.
Refs did a solid job majority of the game, we witnessed that last charge in which it felt like slow motion to me, had a split second notion he was going to call a block on us because we we just received 2 charge calls back to back prior.... no way he was going to call a 3rd charge in my mind... but he should have as it what it was. Can't let the flow of the game dictate your calls... need to call it as is.
I did witness KE chew Malik's booty out in the first half when a timeout was called and he was walking back to the team huddle. Can't remember what he did, may of been the missed layup under the basket or may of missed a defensive assignment for easy bucket but that is the first time I've seen KE get visibly angry and yell. It wasn't a pretty sight. Seems more of a frustration yell at him but he was pissed.
I think the coaching staff is really trying hard to develop Malik and the fact he's having struggles with game play at times is probably the emotional factor stemming.
We can't have people pukin' in the locker room before the game
Don't worry.... I'll think of something
LOL. Stu Durando expended extra energy to keep Oduro out of his story. Or, the editor cut him out.Game recap from the Post-Dispatch. I get it's a St. Louis paper, but it's still kind of odd the that writer fails to mention one player on our team.
Collins leads SLU to a win in 2 OT at George Mason
Scores career-high 35 as Billikens pull out a 92-90 victory on the road.
Inconsistency drives coaches crazy, especially with guys who have the raw tools to work with. Both Malik and Otis fall into this category, they’re obviously athletic enough to contribute in the A-10 but you never know what you’re gonna get from them one game to the next. Can’t imagine how frustrating that must be for the coaches.
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One of the best games I've seen in years. Sure it was a loss but damn did we play hard
The missed layup would have made sense. He was way too far under the basket to try that and he had an angle to pass it back out.
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