Final: Augustana 58 Bradley 56

[LongTimeFan]

Thanks that works for me.

[Fyrebyrd]

anybody got a pic of the new unis?

[ihatetea]

Well warren jones looks like fun. Offensively skilled fellow. Thomas might have been a great find. He and Cunningham both had their hiccups in the first half but also flashed potential and great athleticism. They are both positionaly diverse.

[tornado]

under 1 minute to go and we've trailed the entire game from 5-10 pts - but with a min-flurry we are back to within three...
We don't defend well against threes, and we allow way, way too many layups, and easy drives to the hoop.
...plus we still don't have an inbounds pass even when we have the ball right under our own bucket!




Not much to say - we've been dominated and beat down by a DIII team..
if even one fan comes up with some excuse for this then I would love to hear it - they haven't had any more time to prepare than we have, they have injured players, but surely someone will say it's just an exhibition and hey - they're a pretty good team - this was a really good test -

only about 2000 actual people there regardless of what's announced..
several members of the Board of Trustees saw this...wonder what went thru their minds...
The AD, who says he always watches and takes extensive notes... hasn't had a note pad since I can recall...
Can't say anyone really has had a good game or stood out - Bell, Grier, & Jones have at least been able to score occasionally.
Jermaine Morgan looks like a re-incarnation of Chris Blake - can't score - but then how would any sensible mind be surprised since he didn't score even in juco against non-D-I opponents.

We have potential but we need some common sense like JJ Tauai off the bench of someone who can create a shot like Walt Lemon.
Time will tell....but many of these fans have been waiting, waiting - and it better happen soon -

[bu fan 9]

When you can't coach or recruit you don't win many games.

[ihatetea]

I would say we are missing our two most important players (barnes and Sutherland) but our bigs have zero offensive presence and outside creativity is slim to nil. Not a top 6 valley team lucky to get out of Thursday.

We will see though. Long season things can and will change.

[tornado]

you're gonna get a few more lining up behind you soon

this was terribly embarrassing - and had this happened in 2001 or 2010 - the coach would have likely been canned on the spot - some has a little 'splainin' to do..

Augustana 58 - BU 56

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?a=1&vislive=mvc&id=69138

[bu fan 9]

The coach should have been fired along time ago.

[tornado]

with the supposed "size", "depth". and "talent" we have in the paint - our entire collection of BIG guys
were :
2-12, 6 pts, ZERO assists, and probably 10-12 turnovers

our three-headed mix of pgs (Fields/Bell/Jones) were 7 asst and prob 6-8 TO

[bu fan 9]

The AD should be gone too.

[tornado]

is there anyone else who doesn't think we need a total startover and not with the same people picking the staff...

[Buesch N Chips]

There were more than 2000 people there.

[bu fan 9]

No way. 2000 at the most!

[Da Coach]

Just got home, and I won't belabor the obvious- Augustana is a small, unathletic team that would easily finish in last place if they were in the MVC.

This loss, IMO is the worst and most embarrassing loss I can recall. Bradley never lead, and was outhustled, outplayed, and outcoached from start to finish.
Maybe things will get better when Barnes and Sutherland return, but those are not exactly 1st team All-MVC players, so I don't see them making an enormous difference. The crowd was very small, maybe the smallest home crowd I've ever seen except the Creighton Snow game.
And just as I cited in the open practice- this team is not a good shooting team, not a good ball handling team, a poor passing team, the big men can't score, and the guards are average at best.

It's incredible to believe there are some people who think we are better off without Walt Lemon.


BTW, official attendance listed as 5,406, but I'd estimate 2,400-2,500 tops. There were also at least 300-400 Augustana fans there.

[Dub]

Sounds like we won the game against UWM. Not worried, we got this.