Postgame thread: ODU 66, Bradley 62

[SFP]

The officials did a good job last night as they were consistent, our sweet 16 team had a 7 ft. center that stayed in the paint on defense and kept opposing teams fron getting any layups or easy putbacks, he was also a bigger threat to score , that is the only reason why we were able to have a 6-7 power forward which also gave us a player 2 inches taller then Theron, T was a real warrior these last 2 seasons battling against players that were much bigger them him, he will be greatly missed.

I agree on all accounts!

[mrcoachdude]

I thought Theron was hurting.....shame to end his career like that....

Don't mind the 3 guard thing....but we need to have two other guys that are BIG with that three guards....

SM SM
AW CR
TB AW
WE TB
JP WE

[ODUsmitty]

Zone Defense to Hinder 3-point %

Just a question for you guys about the defenses we employed the majority of the game.

We used to be a predominantly man-to-man defensive team. Midway through the season we started playing zone, lots of zone.

Our opponents shooting percentage has gone way down since that time, and it has not particularly hurt our rebounding.

I don't get it. BU has sharpshooters that should shred zones (as JMU does, as well). At last night's game, I noticed you guys ball-faking a lot vice shooting the outside shots - is that common, or was the defense (or length of our defenders) an issue?

Was there something about the zone that bothered you guys, or was it just an off night? My question is that we have either been very lucky the second half of the year or our use zone is causing issues .

Thanks again for the hospitality last night. You have a terrific atmosphere with great fans.

[shaunguth]

Just a question for you guys about the defenses we employed the majority of the game.

We used to be a predominantly man-to-man defensive team. Midway through the season we started playing zone, lots of zone.

Our opponents shooting percentage has gone way down since that time, and it has not particularly hurt our rebounding.

I don't get it. BU has sharpshooters that should shred zones (as JMU does, as well). At last night's game, I noticed you guys ball-faking a lot vice shooting the outside shots - is that common, or was the defense (or length of our defenders) an issue?

Was there something about the zone that bothered you guys, or was it just an off night? My question is that we have either been very lucky the second half of the year or our use zone is causing issues .

Thanks again for the hospitality last night. You have a terrific atmosphere with great fans.

It was definitely not a good shooting night!

3-Point Shots
11-20 vs. Austin Peay

8-15 vs. Oakland

9-23 vs. Pacific

4-22 vs. ODU

[bigdaddystuck]

I don't know if I would say we are sharpshooters....but thanks! I think last night your length against our guards really seemed to give us fits. Just seemed that our guys found it very difficult to get off many clean looks.