Sounds like UCSD is missing their leading scorer. Unsure if we've got Farrakhan back.

No Farrakhan. Luka started and hit a nice, contested 3. Both teams shooting well to start.

I remember Miggy trying to tell us that Binelli is a good defender. Dude is a complete liability on that end right now. Heath can’t keep playing him at the 5.

Broadcasters are good. They work well and easy on the ears.

Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

Agreed, but that turn around jumper?.... Let's just say he looked like me in the gym. And I don't mean that as a compliment.

(12-02-2021 10:27 PM)FrankAnderson Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

Agreed, but that turn around jumper?.... Let's just say he looked like me in the gym. And I don't mean that as a compliment.

Agreed on both accounts!!

(12-02-2021 10:27 PM)FrankAnderson Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

Agreed, but that turn around jumper?.... Let's just say he looked like me in the gym. And I don't mean that as a compliment.

I definitely jinxed him lol.

Defense has been an absolute mess. UCSD have run nice screen and rolls to the basket and we have no help underneath. I miss the zone in times like this. Heath needs to adjust at half time.

Also a nice half so far from Golson. He will be a solid player against other mid majors that can’t overwhelm him with size and athleticism.

Maybe this kid will miss eventually.

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

For real, Luka might be the best passer we’ve had in decades.

Whoever is keeping stats on ESPN is clueless. Says he has 2 assists, but it’s at least 4 or 5. He had 2 in the last minute or two of the half.

(12-02-2021 10:03 PM)FrankAnderson Wrote:  Sounds like UCSD is missing their leading scorer. Unsure if we've got Farrakhan back.

Looks like Rocak their leading scorer (and rebounder) is indeed out. Wondering when Farrakhan comes back???

(12-02-2021 10:41 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

For real, Luka might be the best passer we’ve had in decades.

Whoever is keeping stats on ESPN is clueless. Says he has 2 assists, but it’s at least 4 or 5. He had 2 in the last minute or two of the half.

He is looking good with the assists! Nate Scott had a nice one too.

(12-02-2021 10:51 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 10:41 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 10:22 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Luka is legit. So comfortable with the ball. Great feed to Njie for an and-1.

For real, Luka might be the best passer we’ve had in decades.

Whoever is keeping stats on ESPN is clueless. Says he has 2 assists, but it’s at least 4 or 5. He had 2 in the last minute or two of the half.

He is looking good with the assists! Nate Scott had a nice one too.

Njie is the beneficiary of some of those dimes.

What a rough start to the second half. 1 point deficit to 8 within 2 minutes.

This is looking over… Hoping Monty is not hurt…

(12-02-2021 10:17 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  I remember Miggy trying to tell us that Binelli is a good defender. Dude is a complete liability on that end right now. Heath can’t keep playing him at the 5.

EMU gave up fewer points in a few games when Binelli played. He’s proved a terrible defender.

Positive things to take out of today’s game was EMU running an open middle that allowed EMU to score 39-points in the first half. Shot 62.5 percent on 2’s in the first half, and 57 percent on two’s in the second half. EMU’s offense ran smoothly as EMU only committed 9 turnovers. EMU’s offense in only one game went from the out-house to the penthouse.

As EMU’s new offense allowed Golson, M.Scott, McBride, and Njie to get to the hoop. Good that Golson was not playing inside where his shot has been rejected in past games. .This was Njie’s best game. Going forward with EMU’s new open offense, it looks like EMU should continue to get good scoring from Golson (16-points) McBride (16-points) and Njie. Nije shot 4-6 on fga’s playing limited minutes..

Glad Luca played 25 minutes and his 4 assists inside were huge.Jury still out on his shooting as he shot was flat tonight with little arc. Needs to leave hand up on follow thru, not out, to get proper arc.

Feel confident that EMU’s offense should continue to be fine when Noah ultimately returns.

Negatives were Spottsville starting for EMU, playing 27 minutes, scoring but 4-points, and unable to guard the three-point line nor opponent drives.
Golson should have played at SF in place of Spottsville, who should have come off the bench, and should have played far less than he did.

HC Heath should have done a better job trying to stop UCSD three-pointers.

Nate Scott should have started over Spottsville, taken some of his minutes, and played the PF position. In 20-minutes he had 7-rebounds. AsEMU needed both N.Scott and Njie to provided EMU with a bigger front-line. .

EMU players did not play above the three-point line, we’re not told sand did not disrupt UCSD’s offense, they did not trap the ball, and EMU players defended three point shooters with their hands out wide rather than with their hand-up in opponent’s faces.

UCSD a 40 percent shooting three-point teams. Made 12 three’s (36-points) tonight on 12-23 shooting on three’s. Often UCSD players had wide open three’s. EMU not playing a man to man defense when shooters wide-open for shots. Should not have been allowed to happen. Cost EMU a win.

Worse yet were EMU bigs playing outside and not defending the rim. As UCSD shot 57 percent on two’s. Heath not getting best from his perimeter defenders as he’s not using their quickness to force opponent turnovers. EMU has but 5-steals.on defense. HC not taking advantage of players athleticism.

EMU’s defense is in need of a major overall just like EMU’s offense was overhauled from last week. Don’t blame the players as much as I do the defensive system employed. A goid defense should give up two point jumpers, not three’s and opponent scoring at the rim. Heath has to improve EMU’s defense.

Also, MScott was heating up toward the later part of the first-half which gave EMU a five-point lead when he subbed-out with 4:22 minutes remaining. Such resulted in EMU squandering it’s lead and found itself trailing by one-point at the end of the half, 40-39.

EMU should win their next three games.

(12-02-2021 08:37 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 07:59 PM)Miggy Wrote:  

(12-02-2021 05:59 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  [quote='emu steve' pid='17911256' dateline='1638455784']
We got MAC members who are playing teams whom they have say <1% chance of beating.

I looked at WMU. Got beaten like a drum vs. MSU and Iowa.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket.../_/id/2711

And EMU Steve's favorite, Walter Mitty 2021/2 team: CMU.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket.../_/id/2117

Out scored by over 120 points in the last 4 games. Confidence builders???? I say No!!!!!!!

No Steve those games do not build confidence in the least. Scheduling more than a couple of those games, in my opinion, is unadvisable.

A couple of such games is preferrable, however, in my opinion. You get paid, get some TV exposure and your players get to experience the Big Time NCAA experience that the MAC hardly assimilates. I also think that WMU losing in E Lansing 90-46 was less embarrassing than 80-63 to SVSU in Kzoo.

Let's take Mo Njie for example. He's a young big guy that needs a ton of development. Playing against Goshen and U-M Dearborn, however, he would have the pure physical ability to dominate the paint. Matched up with Marcus Bingham from MSU provides him with a much needed slap in the face.

What a positive difference iin NJie’s game ;4-6 on fga’s) tonight when he was not played in the low post. Njie’s performance has more to do with how he’s employed on the court, rather then the level of competition.

Yes, Mo had a long ways to go. Hopefully we see some progress soon or he should be out of the rotation.

(12-03-2021 12:14 AM)Miggy Wrote:  Also, MScott was heating up in the first-half when he was pulled with 4 minutes left in the first half. Resulted in EMU trailing at the half.

Sorry, but this is completely ridiculous. We had NO problem scoring at the end of the half when Scott was out. In fact the ball was moving a lot better, and we even commented on how good of assists Luka and Nate Scott had to close it out. We blew the lead because the kid on UCSD hit three straight threes, and they had exactly 1 empty possession in that time. Njie’s bad foul on an offensive rebound with time expiring didn’t help either.

You’ve shown that you’re definitely not going to critique the kid you know, and that’s totally understandable. We’ve had tons of parents/friends of family come through this board over the years, and it’s always a welcome insight. But your analysis rings hollow when you say things like the above. Monty wasn’t particularly good yesterday, forcing up long twos and fadeaways when he didn’t need to, not fighting hard enough through screens or closing out on shooters (whole team problem), and missing yet another front end of a 1 and 1 in crunch time that could’ve helped to bring us back in the game. It happens…these are college kids and they aren’t going to be great every night. But come on, man. We watched the game.

(12-03-2021 06:12 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  

(12-03-2021 12:14 AM)Miggy Wrote:  Also, MScott was heating up in the first-half when he was pulled with 4 minutes left in the first half. Resulted in EMU trailing at the half.

Sorry, but this is completely ridiculous. We had NO problem scoring at the end of the half when Scott was out. In fact the ball was moving a lot better, and we even commented on how good of assists Luka and Nate Scott had to close it out. We blew the lead because the kid on UCSD hit three straight threes, and they had exactly 1 empty possession in that time. Njie’s bad foul on an offensive rebound with time expiring didn’t help either.

You’ve shown that you’re definitely not going to critique the kid you know, and that’s totally understandable. We’ve had tons of parents/friends of family come through this board over the years, and it’s always a welcome insight. But your analysis rings hollow when you say things like the above. Monty wasn’t particularly good yesterday, forcing up long twos and fadeaways when he didn’t need to, not fighting hard enough through screens or closing out on shooters (whole team problem), and missing yet another front end of a 1 and 1 in crunch time that could’ve helped to bring us back in the game. It happens…these are college kids and they aren’t going to be great every night. But come on, man. We watched the game.

Wrong. What’s “completely ridiculous” is your not seeing the whole picture.

I’m not complaining about Luka subbing in for MScott as you imply, but rather Luca should have subbed-in for Spottsville. I won’t accuse you of preferring Scottville who didn’t score at all the last 6 minutes of the first half, and Spottsville playing 27 minutes and producing only 4 points. Is not good.

But for you to think that EMU played better without MScott when they blew a nice lead MScott helped create and trailed at the half is pure folly. Maybe you should also consider that UCSD shot a much lower 3-point percentage when Scott was on the court during the first 16 minutes of the half, and we’re not making all three’s when he was off.

A HC should not pull a player who was hot MScott was hot.

You think that Scott shooting 8-14 on two’s is not ‘particularly good”enough for you. It is for most people who are knowledgable about bb. The fact that he’s among the nation’s best two point shooters also eludes you. As does the fact that in two straight games he shot 17-19 on two’s. He actually hits long two’s and close in two’s very well. He created separation on all of his two-point jump shots, and his step- back fadeaway almost went in. I guess MScott’s one turnover playing the most minutes is not good as well.

I still maintain UCSD hit three’s at a high rate throughout the game because EMU did not extend it’s defense, have it’s perimeter players get in the face of opponents, and make their shooters dribble. You don’t point out any of these things.You blame the players (“whole team”), not the HC. Believe you watch games thru a verybnarrow prism.

So, if you still think MScott should have been subbed out and Spottsville remain the balance of the half in the game, we disagree. You should be more concerned with Spottsville should playing too many minutes, he does.

The only mention I made of Scott was his being subbed out of the game. I didn’t critique him. You seem to take some delight in continuing to take take cheap shots at both MScott and me with regard to my knowing Scott.

You never critique him, that’s my point.

If you thought he played well yesterday, then it’s you who is watching the game through a narrow prism. The fact that you keep highlighting the FG% on twos and not his 0/3 from three or his continuously dismal free throw shooting tells me all I need to know about you. If Spottsville or McBride put up those numbers, you’d write a dissertation about how those guys are struggling. But Monty does it? Crickets.

I don’t take your otherwise decent analysis seriously when you sound like a disgruntled little league parent (“WE’D WIN IF MY SON PLAYED MORE!”), I’m sorry. I’m very happy Monty Scott is here, and he’s one of the better scorers we’ve had in the 13 years I’ve been following the team. But he’s not perfect, and you have no problem pointing out every other player’s flaws except his. Gets a bit old.