Nov 15: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 20 to ODU

Dec 30: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 19 to Ohio

Jan 3: Lead by 11 at Half, Lost by 12 to Hofstra

Jan 14: Lead by 20 at Half, Lost by 4 to William and Mary

Feb 7: Lead by 3 at Half, Lost by 3 to William and Mary

Feb 19: Lead by 10 at Half, Lost by 11 to Delaware

3 double digit leads blown!!

Preseason: picked to finish next to last

Currently: tied for 1st

Stop weeping and look at the big picture. Yeah it sucks, but hell of an improvement.

We're also terrific at coming from behind. So if we can just make sure to trail at the half for every game remaining, we'll have teams right where we want them!

tremendous turnaround no doubt, but this is one area were we seem to struggle, playing 40 consistent minutes. we seem to either dig ourselves out of a first half hole or blow a game we should win. proud of this team, but always room for improvement particularly heading into Baltimore.

(02-19-2015 09:48 PM)solohawks Wrote:  tremendous turnaround no doubt, but this is one area were we seem to struggle, playing 40 consistent minutes. we seem to either dig ourselves out of a first half hole or blow a game we should win. proud of this team, but always room for improvement particularly heading into Baltimore.

Yes, I def agree.

(02-19-2015 09:38 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Nov 15: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 20 to ODU

Dec 30: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 19 to Ohio

Jan 3: Lead by 11 at Half, Lost by 12 to Hofstra

Jan 14: Lead by 20 at Half, Lost by 4 to William and Mary

Feb 7: Lead by 3 at Half, Lost by 3 to William and Mary

Feb 19: Lead by 10 at Half, Lost by 11 to Delaware

3 double digit leads blown!!

It's not rocket science. It's difficult to maintain the defensive pressure that Coach K employs without support coming off the bench.

Fatigue sets in, fouls go up and shooting percentage goes down.

(02-19-2015 09:52 PM)Ms. Cottonball Wrote:  

(02-19-2015 09:38 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Nov 15: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 20 to ODU

Dec 30: Led by 4 at Half, Lost by 19 to Ohio

Jan 3: Lead by 11 at Half, Lost by 12 to Hofstra

Jan 14: Lead by 20 at Half, Lost by 4 to William and Mary

Feb 7: Lead by 3 at Half, Lost by 3 to William and Mary

Feb 19: Lead by 10 at Half, Lost by 11 to Delaware

3 double digit leads blown!!

It's not rocket science. It's difficult to maintain the defensive pressure that Coach K employs without support coming off the bench.

Fatigue sets in, fouls go up and shooting percentage goes down.

agreed. we are not a very deep team this year at all.

I think the main reason was early second half foul trouble. That was exactly what happened in Williamsburg. It allowed both teams to start imposing their will on us and then we were scrambling.

yeah, when refs call the games tight and our bigs get quick ticky tack fouls, we dont handle it well

Keep in mind at the first media timeout in the second half they had blown us for 6 fouls, and I think only called one on Delaware at that point. A lot of our second half fouls came in that early chunk.

We were also down at the in six games and came back to win. Three were in OT. I didn't expect us to win more than eight conference games this year. We are at eleven and counting. As far as I am concerned, life is good.

Yes and no 33. Love Keatts and what he has done overall! However, you have to have a Plan B. When you're getting shredded for layups and direct drives there's a problem. Anderson had a lot to do with it. One time on a break, Freddie stuck with Anderson and didn't help stop the freaking ball. Our D cost us but our O did big time. We need to work on execution. If that's crashing harder on the glass after the initial drive, dumping to a trailing big cutter (see Big Ced et al) or reversing the ball a few times with at least a mid post entry...that HAS to happen. And, we missed a ton of chip shots on the drive that killed us. You have to be able to score on the road, you have to. These guys need to look in the mirror and come out inspired from here on out. If they want post season, they have to play harder on both ends. The press wasn't executed well tonight at all. Not like most of the year.

I agree, it was a terribly played game. But I am trying, at least this year, to let let it get to me as much as in the past. I still can't help but feel pleased about the season as a whole. Next year will probably be a different story. Will probably have greater expectations

I'm thinking that Big Ced needs some touches to get him going. If you can establish him early, you've got him later in the game. He's a difference maker regardless of what has happened up until now. Gotta work inside out, gotta. At this point in the season, the scouting report is out. And, it's okay if the Hawks are flying around and getting back on D. They simply weren't flying around the way it looked. The Hens have the athletes that can make you pay when you don't press your will on them. There were numerous times tonight that they were about to commit a TO, but got out of it to get a bunny. Our halfcourt D is pretty good so maybe that could be considered as well if the press isn't there. A little bit of Malik might help because he's an energy guy. The team needed energy tonight.

(02-19-2015 11:13 PM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  I'm thinking that Big Ced needs some touches to get him going. If you can establish him early, you've got him later in the game. He's a difference maker regardless of what has happened up until now. Gotta work inside out, gotta. At this point in the season, the scouting report is out. And, it's okay if the Hawks are flying around and getting back on D. They simply weren't flying around the way it looked. The Hens have the athletes that can make you pay when you don't press your will on them. There were numerous times tonight that they were about to commit a TO, but got out of it to get a bunny. Our halfcourt D is pretty good so maybe that could be considered as well if the press isn't there. A little bit of Malik might help because he's an energy guy. The team needed energy tonight.

As usual, great analysis Bill.

Of course this was a disappointing loss, but shouldn't be too surprising to anyone. As many have noted, Delaware is coming on, the difference from CAA top to bottom is very fine, it's always tough on the road, etc. I like Bill's analysis of the second half letdown, but I think we all recognize that the range of options on this Seahawk team is limited by lack of depth and 3-pt shooting. Looks like things will be better next year, but for now, just have to love this team working as hard as it has and performing so much above preseason expectations.

Have to laugh when Delaware fans chant "overrated" at us. Weren't we both rated to finish at the bottom of the CAA this year?

(02-20-2015 09:21 AM)Osprey#1 Wrote:  Of course this was a disappointing loss, but shouldn't be too surprising to anyone. As many have noted, Delaware is coming on, the difference from CAA top to bottom is very fine, it's always tough on the road, etc. I like Bill's analysis of the second half letdown, but I think we all recognize that the range of options on this Seahawk team is limited by lack of depth and 3-pt shooting. Looks like things will be better next year, but for now, just have to love this team working as hard as it has and performing so much above preseason expectations.

Have to laugh when Delaware fans chant "overrated" at us. Weren't we both rated to finish at the bottom of the CAA this year?

They do "blow" Hen's there.... they are not very smart

The second half looked like a case of "we got this" and before you know it the lead is gone and you are done.I thought Talley stunk it up in the second half on both ends along with Spruill taking some pretty tough quick shots.Also not sure why you don't at least use Gettys for a quick foul here of there-he is 7ft tall and can at least get in the way at times.The team as a whole looked a little tired in the second half and not really engaged on either end.

(02-20-2015 01:13 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  The second half looked like a case of "we got this" and before you know it the lead is gone and you are done.I thought Talley stunk it up in the second half on both ends along with Spruill taking some pretty tough quick shots.Also not sure why you don't at least use Gettys for a quick foul here of there-he is 7ft tall and can at least get in the way at times.The team as a whole looked a little tired in the second half and not really engaged on either end.

Gettys needs to develop his aggressiveness. I agree he should be able to do that, but he doesnt seem to want to get physical.

(02-19-2015 10:35 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  We were also down at the in six games and came back to win. Three were in OT. I didn't expect us to win more than eight conference games this year. We are at eleven and counting. As far as I am concerned, life is good.

You've won ten CAA games, not eleven.