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(12-22-2021 09:05 PM)bucfan81 Wrote:  Nice Christmas present! Thanks you Bucs. Hope this is the start of a good turn around. I know GA is bad but the win will get good pr for the team.

My old roommate called me last night after the win. He and I both said, maybe this will be the game that lights a fire under the team.
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Nice win. 5 different Socon teams have power 5 wins this year. Socon continues to be as strong as ever in basketball.
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I loved the last 4 minutes of this game. The Bucs had played really well for about 25 minutes, dominating the game. But the momentum had shifted, the lead had been lost, and collars were getting tight on the Bucs side.

What the Bucs did here they will have to do again in a tough SoCon: take hold of a game that has turned decisively against them. Get their focus and belief back, and turn things around.

You had big players making big plays. Hustle and defensive stops. A first year head coach asserting himself, with his team responding. And a little bit of luck.

To set the stage: after Sloan missed a layup, Mohab Yasser got a big rebound and put back. But Aaron Cook followed with an equally big 3 for Georgia.
So at 3:56 Georgia had an 8 point lead, 74-82.

At 3:27 King, who was getting overplayed for the 3, drove it in to score with a nice finish, bringing the Bucs to within 6, 76-82.

On the next offensive possession, the Bucs came out running a simple weave, Just to loosen up a Georgia defense that had pressed out to the perimeter and gotten much more aggressive and confident. But Georgia’s Bauman stepped in between the passer King and the receiver Sloan to knock the ball loose, and Sloan could not haul it in, kicking it out of bounds. Time out, again, at 3:01

And this time, Oliver was angry. King and Sloan got the initial brunt of it for muffing what should have been a simple exchange, but others were getting a wakeup call, too. To their great credit, the team seemed to respond with renewed energy and toughness. This little sideline exchange, and the team's response to it, was big move #1 in the end game.

Coming out of that time out, the Bucs had a fine defensive stop with good team defense, causing a shot clock violation. The defensive stop was big move #2. Bucs ball.

And at our end of the court, Ledarrius nailed a 3 at the 2:15 mark to cut it to 79-82. A great stop, and a great shot and suddenly the lead was down to 3, and everybody woke up to see that the Bucs were not dead and buried at all (“5 feet under” said the announcers), but within reach of winning this thing. Ledarrius shot was big move #3

On the defensive end, Georgia leader Aaron Cook missed a contested 3. But the ball went out of bounds to Georgia, inbounding at 1:42. And in one of the biggest plays of the game, Sloan read the inbounds pass, tipped it forward hard and snagged it himself for a breakaway layup to bring the Bucs to within 1 point at 81-82. Sloan’s steal and finish was big move #4.

On the defensive end again, 6-5 Ledarrius Brewer blocked a shot in the paint by 6-10 235 Braelen Bridges, resulting in a tie up with the possession arrow pointing to ETSU. That block and tie up was big move #5.

On the ETSU end, scrapper Mohab Yasser was fouled and made 1 of 2 free throws to tie it, 82-82 at 57.1 seconds left. Getting any free throws for the Bucs on this night and in this situation was big move #6.

But on the other end, Georgia’s Bauman drove to make a short jumper, and Vonnie fouled out trying to step in front of him at 35.6 seconds. So Georgia up by 2, 82-84 with the excellent shooting Bauman going to the line for the “and 1”. Which he missed! Rebound to Ledarrius.

So the Bucs are now down by 2, with an offensive possession with a chance to tie with a 2 or win with a 3. And with 8.4 seconds left, David Sloan stepped back for a 3 and nailed it! Bucs up 85-84. Big, big move #7.

Sometimes it helps to get a little lucky. On Georgia’s next possession the Brewer brothers, probably the Bucs best defenders, were defending the back line. But somehow with only seconds left the Bulldogs' best shooter Bauman got wide open in the corner. He was having a career night, going 7-8 from 3. But he missed the wide, wide open 3! Regardless of how many 3’s you’ve made, that last one with your team down, time running out and time to think about how wide open you are can be a wee bit tougher. Especially when you've just missed a free throw.

King grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made 1-2. The diving rebound was big move #8. The Bulldogs now had only a fraction of a second, time for a 1-100 prayer – a full court heave and deflection. No time for a catch and shoot. Which prayer was not granted. Bucs win

Without Silas, and without Charlie, with the momentum turned hard against them, the Bucs learned that they could turn around the momentum, pull together and make the plays to pull one out. They will no doubt need to do that again in SoCon play.

The Bucs have had their down moments this year. But this finish along with a dominating performance against #71 Missouri State and a gritty win over #78 8-2 Murray State, show what is possible for this team. If you can beat those teams, you can beat anyone in the SoCon. But... the SoCon will not be easy. Furman, Wofford and Chattanooga are very tough and experienced at the top, and lower ranked teams like VMI, Samford, the Citadel and even Western Carolina have the long range fire power (top 20 in D1) to win over anybody in the league on a given night. There is not one ‘easy out’ in the entire league.

It’s going to be a long Covid ridden January and February slog through the SoCon. Which starts against the physically toughest team, Chattanooga, in just a few days. Everything is still possible for this team.

Go Bucs!
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(12-23-2021 10:35 AM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  I loved the last 4 minutes of this game. The Bucs had played really well for about 25 minutes, dominating the game. But the momentum had shifted, the lead had been lost, and collars were getting tight on the Bucs side.

What the Bucs did here they will have to do again in a tough SoCon: take hold of a game that has turned decisively against them. Get their focus and belief back, and turn things around.

You had big players making big plays. Hustle and defensive stops. A first year head coach asserting himself, with his team responding. And a little bit of luck.

To set the stage: after Sloan missed a layup, Mohab Yasser got a big rebound and put back. But Aaron Cook followed with an equally big 3 for Georgia.
So at 3:56 Georgia had an 8 point lead, 74-82.

At 3:27 King, who was getting overplayed for the 3, drove it in to score with a nice finish, bringing the Bucs to within 6, 76-82.

On the next offensive possession, the Bucs came out running a simple weave, Just to loosen up a Georgia defense that had pressed out to the perimeter and gotten much more aggressive and confident. But Georgia’s Bauman stepped in between the passer King and the receiver Sloan to knock the ball loose, and Sloan could not haul it in, kicking it out of bounds. Time out, again, at 3:01

And this time, Oliver was angry. King and Sloan got the initial brunt of it for muffing what should have been a simple exchange, but others were getting a wakeup call, too. To their great credit, the team seemed to respond with renewed energy and toughness. This little sideline exchange, and the team's response to it, was big move #1 in the end game.

Coming out of that time out, the Bucs had a fine defensive stop with good team defense, causing a shot clock violation. The defensive stop was big move #2. Bucs ball.

And at our end of the court, Ledarrius nailed a 3 at the 2:15 mark to cut it to 79-82. A great stop, and a great shot and suddenly the lead was down to 3, and everybody woke up to see that the Bucs were not dead and buried at all (“5 feet under” said the announcers), but within reach of winning this thing. Ledarrius shot was big move #3

On the defensive end, Georgia leader Aaron Cook missed a contested 3. But the ball went out of bounds to Georgia, inbounding at 1:42. And in one of the biggest plays of the game, Sloan read the inbounds pass, tipped it forward hard and snagged it himself for a breakaway layup to bring the Bucs to within 1 point at 81-82. Sloan’s steal and finish was big move #4.

On the defensive end again, 6-5 Ledarrius Brewer blocked a shot in the paint by 6-10 235 Braelen Bridges, resulting in a tie up with the possession arrow pointing to ETSU. That block and tie up was big move #5.

On the ETSU end, scrapper Mohab Yasser was fouled and made 1 of 2 free throws to tie it, 82-82 at 57.1 seconds left. Getting any free throws for the Bucs on this night and in this situation was big move #6.

But on the other end, Georgia’s Bauman drove to make a short jumper, and Vonnie fouled out trying to step in front of him at 35.6 seconds. So Georgia up by 2, 82-84 with the excellent shooting Bauman going to the line for the “and 1”. Which he missed! Rebound to Ledarrius.

So the Bucs are now down by 2, with an offensive possession with a chance to tie with a 2 or win with a 3. And with 8.4 seconds left, David Sloan stepped back for a 3 and nailed it! Bucs up 85-84. Big, big move #7.

Sometimes it helps to get a little lucky. On Georgia’s next possession the Brewer brothers, probably the Bucs best defenders, were defending the back line. But somehow with only seconds left the Bulldogs' best shooter Bauman got wide open in the corner. He was having a career night, going 7-8 from 3. But he missed the wide, wide open 3! Regardless of how many 3’s you’ve made, that last one with your team down, time running out and time to think about how wide open you are can be a wee bit tougher. Especially when you've just missed a free throw.

King grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made 1-2. The diving rebound was big move #8. The Bulldogs now had only a fraction of a second, time for a 1-100 prayer – a full court heave and deflection. No time for a catch and shoot. Which prayer was not granted. Bucs win

Without Silas, and without Charlie, with the momentum turned hard against them, the Bucs learned that they could turn around the momentum, pull together and make the plays to pull one out. They will no doubt need to do that again in SoCon play.

The Bucs have had their down moments this year. But this finish along with a dominating performance against #71 Missouri State and a gritty win over #78 8-2 Murray State, show what is possible for this team. If you can beat those teams, you can beat anyone in the SoCon. But... the SoCon will not be easy. Furman, Wofford and Chattanooga are very tough and experienced at the top, and lower ranked teams like VMI, Samford, the Citadel and even Western Carolina have the long range fire power (top 20 in D1) to win over anybody in the league on a given night. There is not one ‘easy out’ in the entire league.

It’s going to be a long Covid ridden January and February slog through the SoCon. Which starts against the physically toughest team, Chattanooga, in just a few days. Everything is still possible for this team.

Go Bucs!

Very nice write up!
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I was surprised how weak (or just poor) the GA on-the-ball D was, especially down the stretch. A high-level SEC team should be able to do better. I suspect that's why they've lost some of the games they have. Relatedly..............how many times were Sloan and King able to beat their defender and 'navigate' down the lane for a layup? Several. At times I could absolutely just see it coming seconds ahead of time. The GA guys weren't giving good help on the backside, either. To their credit, both Buc guards figured that out in the second half. Made it *so* much easier than having to keep relying on the 3-ball. And of course resulted in more open shots in general. Clearly ETSU seemed to be the team with the greatest poise and confidence down the stretch, which is fantastic, welcome news. Basketball players are supposed to have short memories, but it would be great if the aura of this game could be tapped into during future encounters down the road (both literally and figuratively).

ETSU was the more balanced, confident team (other than the two amazing shooters (Baumann and Cook) the 'dogs had), especially in the second half. Our spacing was as good as I can recall it being. The ball movement on the perimeter was crisp, aware, and effective. Turnovers were kept to a minimum (relatively speaking) with only 8. And how many did fumble-fingers Ledarrius Brewer have, who cost us big-time with 8 TOs vs. A&T? A big, fat zero. And Sloan and King, who each had 4 against UNC-A, with the ball in their hands a lot last night, only had 2 each. Again, to be honest, GA's mano-a-mano D was weaker than it should have been. But still......everybody just took care of their own bizness. Even Vonnie hit a big shot. Oliver clearly managed the short-handed situation skillfully. We butchered our FT chances (until the very end), got outrebounded by 7, and yet still beat and SEC team on the road.

Indeed.........one of the more enjoyable Buc victories in recent memory. We were nowhere near the "destroyer" level when we took LSU woodshed-visiting, but that was a completely different, highly-skilled war machine 2 years ago. Hopefully our guys bottled some of that enthusiasm and efficiency last night for future use.
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So now the question is can these good feelings last past a loss to Chattanooga, or back to Oliver is bad coach, all our players are bad and we have no chance to win this year or in the Future with Oliver as head coach. Last two games I saw a lot of those comments, not really seeing those posters who were the loudest proclaiming our doom in this thread though. Guess they will come back out after the next loss.
And for all those who will say this was just 1 win, Yep, and those 2 games were just 2 losses. But Morehead was a win and Appy was a loss but Missouri St was a win but.. This board is like a windsock.
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Additional tidbits I meant to add in my post above:

ETSU is 3-2 overall vs. Georgia.

One VERY remarkable way last night's game went is that we survived the dreaded 'bartow effect'. We went up 14 (the approximate magic number, altho 13 counts, too), lost the entire lead, but didn't fold and survived that effect.
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(12-23-2021 01:51 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  So now the question is can these good feelings last past a loss to Chattanooga, or back to Oliver is bad coach, all our players are bad and we have no chance to win this year or in the Future with Oliver as head coach. Last two games I saw a lot of those comments, not really seeing those posters who were the loudest proclaiming our doom in this thread though. Guess they will come back out after the next loss.
And for all those who will say this was just 1 win, Yep, and those 2 games were just 2 losses. But Morehead was a win and Appy was a loss but Missouri St was a win but.. This board is like a windsock.

This team is no different than so many other DI teams the first half of the season. It’s college basketball played by youngsters. It sure looks like they have potential given the wins thus far, two of the loses by a combined four points. They could certainly be at least 10-3 at this juncture. We’ll obviously have to see how this evolves. But, one game at a time is all that’s possible. Am sure coach is looking for the formula to reduce the mistakes and achieve consistency. Forbes was 7-6 after his first 13 games.
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^ vs. Chatt on the road, I will be asking the same that you (RodShaw2) asked of the GA game. Play it close. I don’t want to see any blowouts moving forward. It’s up to coach to keep the foot on the gas pedal without wearing the team out. Consistency is the coach’s mark. It will be a tough stretch coming up if Weber is out more games. Otherwise, this program is brand new and Oliver will need to find a way to get the fans to FH this season for the notorious JC home advantage. Culture is more than winning games.

On that note, any updates on Charlie Weber?
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Bulldogs hit FOURTEEN 3s last night - the most since Crean has been coach there, which I think goes back to 2018(?). Yet another visage of the bartow era we overcame.
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I hope Oliver is enjoying his Christmas bonus from the SEC win. I know Forbes had that bonus in his contract. Prospects don't look good for additional bonuses this year, unless there's money on the table for preventing non-violent protest.
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(12-22-2021 08:58 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Going to be a long season for Georgia, Wow.
Georgia has quit on thier coach, 5-7 (at the time) Gardner Webb not only beat them the next game, they thumped them 77-60.
Probably will look back at the ETSU loss as the last game they tried. Now I think it's a,waiting game will he last until the end of the season??? Team is done.

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under 8 time out.
7:34 left

Georgia 58
#1 Auburn 58
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(02-05-2022 02:39 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  under 8 time out.
7:34 left

Georgia 58
#1 Auburn 58

Auburn wins 74-72
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