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YSU vs Kent State
ucfpengbuck:
--- Quote from: mudclods on November 12, 2017, 01:20:04 AM ---Came out and played hard for about 18 mins or so. Kent State seemed to be getting frustrated & were out-hustled early. That run at the end of the 1st half by Kent State turned the tide. I thought there were some opportunities in the first half to build a lead, but couldn't get the bounces to go our way and the continued horrid free throw shooting.
The 2nd half felt like a D1 team playing a D2 team. YSU looked gassed. I really didn't understand the continued full court press the 2nd half when it was clear they were beating us down the court & yielding layups and dunks one after another. Outside of the Ohio State game last year, that's the worst defeat since some blowout Horizon League losses late 2 years ago. Santiago not at 100% really hurt & it looked like Ferguson took a shot to the face the first half & didn't play after that.
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Mudclods,you are 100% in your analysis. Surprised how tired they look since this is what they practice everyday. Actual game conditions in running this offense is a lot different than practice. The defensive rotation was horrendous. I can live with off shooting but not getting back on D is uncalled for.
Coach must of had a sleepless night.
On the bright side,Tyree Robinson's going to be fun to watch. He actually won the jump balll against a guy who had 7 inches on him.
ytownchief22:
Cam had a really bad shooting night. First game with a new coach. Brand new system, some nerves. To be expected. I like Wilbourn, the 7 footer. He runs well for a guy that size.
OleYSUfan:
The first 15 minutes of the game was exciting, then a helter-skelter offense and defense.
Kent St. destroyed us in the 2nd half. Maybe they were out of breath; the fouls were too plentiful and our foul shooting was shameful. We were 12 out of 30; even junior high players shot better than that.
The coaches have a lot of hard work to do!!!
ucfpengbuck:
I found some of coach Calhoun's quotes from the Tribune quite interesting.
"I haven't lost like that ever." To me that's a good thing and hopefully this game will be an anomaly.
" It was the same exact thing that happened at Niagara. When it goes bad for this team,it goes really bad."
He was referring to their scrimmage against Niagara which is not good if this team played this bad prior to Kent.
"Second half we ran out of gas. We've got to do a better job of conditioning."
I thought the purpose of his style of play was to wear the other team out. Not YSU being gassed.
"You have to find seven, eight guys that want to play this style of play and stop people."
I was under impression he had these guys ?
I'm not piling on coach and like his open and honest thoughts to the press. I'm just trying to get clarity if these are the players that can run this style and if not can we expect to see more 30 point blow outs.
penguinparade:
--- Quote from: ytownchief22 on November 12, 2017, 12:54:28 PM ---Cam had a really bad shooting night. First game with a new coach. Brand new system, some nerves. To be expected. I like Wilbourn, the 7 footer. He runs well for a guy that size.
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You must have missed a lot of last season then because he shot a similar appalling percentage most of last season.
Last night was horrendous. The good news is they surely can't get much worse!
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