Postgame BU 77 Drake 75- 2 OTs

[braveatheart]

Great win on a night when things were not going our way. We need DD back at full strenght if we are going to go deep into the tournament. Our gaurds will be gassed after the first game if SM,CR, and EM have to play so many minutes. Plus we need his point production.

[PTownHawkeye]

Gutty, gritty, great win by the Braves tonight. Frankly, if Drake had missed just a few of those ridiculous, guarded 23-25 ft 3-pointers, we would have run away with this one. We were clearly the better team and our performance in the last 10 minutes of regulation and all 10 minutes of overtime proved this. I can't say I've seen a team have a 1:30 possession to start an overtime.

With all the solid perfomances, I think Chris Roberts' was the most important. He just does not give up on the ball...and the way he shut down Josh Young at the end of regulation/in overtime was tremendous. This gives us great momentum for St. Louis. Plus having (what I would consider to be) a favorable bracket bodes well for our chances of getting to the Championship.

[Out of Balance]

Sam Singh can never be 'great'. He is far too limited physically to ever be a legitimate difference-maker on either end of the floor.
He can be a solid locker room guy that gives you 10-15 decent minutes a game...hopefully he isn't needed for anything more than that next year.

I'll take his 40 mins. tonight, Baby Great game #54 Sam Singh

[VeveJones007]

Important win. We establish a clear pecking order where we're 4th MVC team to the postseason.

Absolutely. And we're set up for (IMO) our best case scenario bracket w/SIU, UNI, and Creighton.

Just win all three and the Valley might even get 2 bids.

[Out of Balance]

Some one help me out here with inbound pass and the wave off of TW basket with .3 sec. in reg. time.

[MacabreMob]

That was a GREAT game. Was tuff to watch at times... we came back in the 2nd 1/2 and they went on to like an 11 pt lead.. wow! But then we came back.

How about the bucket in OT called off by TW with .3 secs left.

How about the Drake fan walking down to the almost behind the Bradley bench during FT's yelling "Who's got shooter?"

But that almost seemed in retaliation to the drumming incident on the band's mics when Drake had a really good ft shooter miss 2 of 3 (of a 3 shot foul).

[shaunguth]

Great game in a great atmosphere! Gutsy performance by the players with essentially a seven-man rotation. Personally, I'm very happy to know SS will be back next year.

[BU RICK]

Some one help me out here with inbound pass and the wave off of TW basket with .3 sec. in reg. time.

I watched it a couple times on the replay and from what I think I saw the pass went into the basket and the refs made a good call, if the pass would have been just a 1/2 foot longer - it would have been a great way to end the game. But anyway, it still was a great game that ended good

[shaunguth]

I watched it a couple times on the replay and from what I think I saw the pass went into the basket and the refs made a good call, if the pass would have been just a 1/2 foot longer - it would have been a great way to end the game. But anyway, it still was a great game that ended good

I guess TW was lying when he said he put it in the basket.

[MacabreMob]

Some one help me out here with inbound pass and the wave off of TW basket with .3 sec. in reg. time.

I watched it a couple times on the replay and from what I think I saw the pass went into the basket and the refs made a good call, if the pass would have been just a 1/2 foot longer - it would have been a great way to end the game. But anyway, it still was a great game that ended good

I guess TW was lying when he said he put it in the basket.

Ref said Bradley failed to inbounds the ball properly.

I don't know - maybe time to check the rulebook. That "pass" was very close to maybe going in on it's own. Maybe there is a rule stating you can't throw an inbounds pass into the hoop and have a player spike it in as it's likely gonna fall in anyway?

I don't know - Looked like TW "finished" it off to me. Glad to see the Braves pull it out.

[shaunguth]

Ref said Bradley failed to inbounds the ball properly.

I don't know - maybe time to check the rulebook. That "pass" was very close to maybe going in on it's own. Maybe there is a rule stating you can't throw an inbounds pass into the hoop and have a player spike it in as it's likely gonna fall in anyway?

I don't know - Looked like TW "finished" it off to me. Glad to see the Braves pull it out.

That's the way I'm understanding it as well. Apparently you cannot have an alley-oop on an out of bounds play. If you do, then it never really happened as no time comes off the clock.

[BU RICK]

I guess TW was lying when he said he put it in the basket.

I'm not calling TW anything other than a great player. I'm just stating what I think I saw - that the pass went into the basket, it was the second replay from a different angle and he might have helped it along when it was already in.

[Out of Balance]

I watched it a couple times on the replay and from what I think I saw the pass went into the basket and the refs made a good call, if the pass would have been just a 1/2 foot longer - it would have been a great way to end the game. But anyway, it still was a great game that ended good

Thanks BU Rick. but where I sit, I swore TW put it in Thanks

[BU_EMT128]

I'm not calling TW anything other than a great player. I'm just stating what I think I saw - that the pass went into the basket, it was the second replay from a different angle and he might have helped it along when it was already in.

From what i could see... It either had to be an illegal inbound or a goaltending. You cannot redirect a ball that is essentially half in the rim. Not the call i wanted, but a good call nonetheless

[MacabreMob]

From what i could see... It either had to be an illegal inbound or a goaltending. You cannot redirect a ball that is essentially half in the rim. Not the call i wanted, but a good call nonetheless

Agreed.

Ruled "Illegal inbound".