Congrats (again) to the Rally-Bears! A time out was called with about 10 minutes left in the 2nd and CU was up by 6 or 7. I thought to myself...ok this is when Mercer starts rallying and we had better look out. (The Bears proceeded to hit two 3s. Alacqua?)

If any of you listened, Slon's tech was a real quick one and came after a questionable call against Mercer. He had reason to be upset.

Mercer/Campbell is always a good one. Two TOUGH 1pt losses for the Camels.

I wasn't able to listen to this game. I only saw the halftime score and then the final score. Good luck to the Camels in the tourney!

yea we could be 0-2 against you guys very very easily. and how different would the conf. standings look if that was the case? wow.

also, all i caught was the post game report and did not hear any of the game. but why did campbell go for 2 instead of 3 at the end when they were down 2? the mercer announcer made it seem like an awful decision? was that the case or did it make sense?

campbell/mercer games are always fun and i would hate to see you guys in the conf. tourney. sooner or later those one point win luck against you guys would have to run out?

also, now that you saw them live. compare florence/rodriquez. i saw neither played awful but neither had their biggest games of the year. just interesting discussion for the freshman player of the year.

The difference in the game was the inside play of mercer. Campbell could not stop the easy layups and second chance points. There were a couple of easy tip ins.

Campbell really lacks good inside play and we have problems getting rebounds at critical times. The game was fun to watch. It could have easily gone either way.

camelfan Wrote:Campbell really lacks good inside play and we have problems getting rebounds at critical times. The game was fun to watch. It could have easily gone either way.

That could have been easily fixed had Laing work with a bigger post rotation. You don't use a stick to fight off a bear (no pun intended) and expect to be effective.

It all comes down to the tournament anyways. I really don't believe anyone is "safe" this year. Belmont & Lipscomb are not as good as last year, and ETSU has the 1st round exit from last year on their mind.

Andone. I agree 100% We need to have some size in the lane. Not just height but someone who can clean out the lane and hold their position. Most teams we play have inside players with height and some mass who can control the lane. We have some height but not enough strength down low. (A stick as you call it) Maybe we can borrow a tight end or defensive end from the football team and put them down low. We need someone to dominate the lane.

Teams have a very easy time scoring inside on us and they usually out battle us for the rebound and get an easy second chance.

well you cant have it both ways. campbell wants to be the highest scoring team and run up and down the court. but you can't do that with big slow guys that are tough in the post. they don't shoot 3's and they slow you down, which doesn't fit the system. there are advantages and disadvantages to the system. you almost scrap the system if you start asking for this. one of the advantages though is if you guys are burying threes, then you could very easily win 3 games in the tourney just b/c of the system.

in my opinion the system gives you a chance every year but you will never be elite when you live and die by the three. but at a place like campbell(and mercer)...i think you have to build talent around freshman and hope it pays off when they are juniors and seniors. so you are making a run once every 3 years at a championship based on talent. now b/c of your system you challenge every year but may never pull it off unless you get hot. just my thoughts.

mubear Wrote:well you cant have it both ways. campbell wants to be the highest scoring team and run up and down the court. but you can't do that with big slow guys that are tough in the post. they don't shoot 3's and they slow you down, which doesn't fit the system. there are advantages and disadvantages to the system. you almost scrap the system if you start asking for this. one of the advantages though is if you guys are burying threes, then you could very easily win 3 games in the tourney just b/c of the system.

in my opinion the system gives you a chance every year but you will never be elite when you live and die by the three. but at a place like campbell(and mercer)...i think you have to build talent around freshman and hope it pays off when they are juniors and seniors. so you are making a run once every 3 years at a championship based on talent. now b/c of your system you challenge every year but may never pull it off unless you get hot. just my thoughts.

Very true. Coach Slon is great at finding talent it seems. However, we missed out on a special year last season when Damitrius Coleman was taken off the team. Not to mention Waters & Henry this year (And Pfhol getting hurt). Let's hope next season we finish the year with the complete roster.

camelfan Wrote:Andone. I agree 100% We need to have some size in the lane. Not just height but someone who can clean out the lane and hold their position. Most teams we play have inside players with height and some mass who can control the lane. We have some height but not enough strength down low. (A stick as you call it) Maybe we can borrow a tight end or defensive end from the football team and put them down low. We need someone to dominate the lane.

Teams have a very easy time scoring inside on us and they usually out battle us for the rebound and get an easy second chance.

The thing is Cambell has two tight end bodies on the bench in Colin and Matt that get little or no playing time. They play good interior defense can rebound and can score given the opportunity. But to the point that MUBear makes with this type of system they will not be successful.

Colin and Matt should probably get more playing time I agree. Colin played a great game in Jacksonville game. I think his 3 point shot and layup was a turning point in the second half.

Matthew hardly gets to play at all. He should get more time than he gets. It appears to me that he only gets put in when the game is over. He does not have the height that Russ and Kyle have but he does take up more of the lane. They should both probably get a little more time in the rotation.