Nick Powell enters the game for UNCW! Hawks down 20. Now the Hawks turn it over again and Davidson hits another 3. Hawks lose 72-49. If Charlotte beats Davidson, I would be stunned.

Ponder scored zero points and Jackson scored 7. Combined they were 2-18. Wildcats shut down the drive and made UNCW a jump-shooting team. A jump-shooting team without their best shooter today.

(11-29-2014 04:18 PM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  A jump-shooting team without their best shooter today.

In the first half it sounded like they were leaving Cedric with wide-open jumpers, daring him to hit the shots.

If they left Williams open with 16 feet of the basket, that's a very surprising strategy! That's pretty much money. Mike Vaccaro did say that they had good looks but just didn't convert. Next year's team would have had a field day against a team like this because you simply have to have shooters against Davidson. They are too well coached to be driven on.

No surprise,they are a better team and they played at home.UNCW has to figure out who they are from these type games and move on.

(11-29-2014 11:23 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  No surprise,they are a better team and they played at home.UNCW has to figure out who they are from these type games and move on.

The Mullet summed it up pretty well. Here is what Eric Detweiler wrote in the DubHub:

"It’s just a little disconcerting how all-around bad the Seahawks were on offense. It just seemed like they had figured out a nice little formula for success the past two games, and it was pretty jarring to see a skilled-but-not-physically-imposing Davidson team take away most of what they wanted to do."

So there is still work to do.

Look folks, we had a thin roster coming into the season and our strength looked to be in our big men.

We were set to start Yemi at center, Ced at the 4, Sherwood at the 3. That would have given us an incredible 6'8" 250 lb. rebounder and defender at center, plus a powerful physical presence who could score around the bucket. That would have allowed 6'9" 225lb. Ced to use his athleticism around the basket, since there is no way you keep Yemi off the boards with one man. Then you throw in a 6'9" 215lb. 3 point threat who can run the floor, and we have one of the best frontcourts I can think of. Getty's and Ogbodo are good, and Hickson plays hard, but no where near the caliber of those starting 3.

So, we lost Yemi, and are now starting Gettys, who isn't near the player Yemi was. Then, Sherwood goes down, and we replace him with...Hickson ...a walk-on, or Ogbodo? Yes, I like his enthusiasm and hard nosed play, but he can't replace our best and really only pure shooter in Dylan Sherwood.

Dylan has hit 10-15 shots for the year, and 8-12 three point attempts. You can't lose that production without consequence.

Had we played Davidson at full roster, this is a very close game.

Not buying that UNCW plays Davidson close at home under any condition.They are simply better and its not a crime to lose to a better team.
I think they should watch the tape and not dwell on missing shots but try to understand why Davidson scored so easily.

I agree with mullet. They need to learn from what Davidson exposed. This years team has to play to what few strengths they have and overcome their weaknesses. What they lack in skill, they have to replace with heart and desire. Or it will be another long season.

I think the best course of action for fans this year is to get neither too high nor too low regarding their performance. It will be a year of ups and downs and just when we think they have turned the corner on their way up - there will be nights of sheer frustration. Better we should remain on an even keel.

(12-01-2014 08:59 AM)Proff Wrote:  I think the best course of action for fans this year is to get neither too high nor too low regarding their performance. It will be a year of ups and downs and just when we think they have turned the corner on their way up - there will be nights of sheer frustration. Better we should remain on an even keel.

Yep. That roller coaster should continue based on the upcoming schedule. Easy win over St. Andrew's, blowout loss @ Louisville, followed by "Who knows?" against Liberty, ECU, and Campbell before Christmas.

Ugh. It appears VMI and UNCG's performances to this point haven't made our W's over them very meaningful. The two teams are a combined 1-10 against D-I teams.

(12-02-2014 03:55 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Ugh. It appears VMI and UNCG's performances to this point haven't made our W's over them very meaningful. The two teams are a combined 1-10 against D-I teams.

Why are you guys so surprised? You've always been horrible with the exception of a few decent years. Even then, you were only decent in terms of the CAA, not a national scale.

(12-11-2014 05:59 PM)queencityniner Wrote:  Why are you guys so surprised? You've always been horrible with the exception of a few decent years. Even then, you were only decent in terms of the CAA, not a national scale.

Seriously with this? Did any of our people come on your board to talk smack?

P.S. Thanks a lot for Benny Moss, bud.

That was more like a decade run rather than just a few years-see signature line. That signature line doesn't even include 1998 and 2001 NIT bids. So getting single digit NCAA seeds is only CAA decent...Really? Winning and competing well in NCAA games is only CAA decent? Still, history is less important than direction of program. UNCW has a very good head coach that has great recruits coming in. The longer term future looks bright for UNCW. I'm sorry that you felt the need to come on a UNCW board and bash their program.

I would agree for the most part.Other than the Blizzard years plus a couple more UNCW has not been relavent even in the CAA.During that time they were very good and that was on a national level.UNCW could have easily been ranked top 25 then and really should have I think.
If you look at UNCW basketball history or lack of it is not impressive at all.I have enjoyed UNCW basketball overall but don't see it getting back to the glory years anytime soon.2016- the CAA is a joke now and it could happen this year.

UNCW was in the thick of the CAA before Blizzard btw. They will be improved this year overall, not saying much. You better get your popcorn ready next year. And, if Coach Keatts sticks around for 3 years or more, book it,they will get back.

I don't doubt they can win in the current CAA-it is not a good league now and if Keatts can't win in the CAA next year he may not have to worry about sticking around.Bass is on the hot seat and they both need to win and quick.The days of getting 4 years to turn it around in college basketball are gone.
I know that UNCW was good before Blizzard and Wainwright got here but the teams BB played on were legit teams and could play with most top teams of that era.I always give Kevin Eastman the credit for turning the program round and setting the table for the teams that followed.Eastman was and is a great coach.

I agree with mullet about Kevin Eastman. He was an excellent coach. I'm surprised he did not try to get back into college coaching after he was let go at Washington State. He has been a NBA assistant a few years.

He looks like a college President. He would impress recruits' parents.

Kevin was fired up early in his career at a game in Charleston that I attend back in 1989 or so. One time at C of C when John Kresse was their coach, Kevin called a timeout and told his guys that if guys were swinging their elbows after a board for UNCW to do the same thing (since the ref allowed it that game) and if he hit somebody, it was to damn bad. I was sitting near his wife right behind the players and she seemed unfazed by that rant. He was very fired up and he was into it and his players responded. I agree that he was the key link to what transpired after that because the fan base began to grow then and got to it's max with Wainwright and Brownell. He began the tradition of UNCW being a very tough venue at that time. That was a great college game...old school all the way with 2 great coaches.