(03-12-2022 04:14 PM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Drexel won! COC made a game of it in the second half

Not really. Yes, they "caught up" some in points, but at that time we were milking the clock and not not fouling or aggressively defending drives to the basket. Game was never really in doubt after the 1st Quarter.

Contentious ending to UD/Towson. Towson up one, UD driving to the hoop, missed shot, rebounding with body contact. Horn blows and Towson celebrates, except officials sent everyone back to the benches while the "final" play was reviewed. Result was a foul on Towson called with 0:00.4 on the clock. UD hits the two FT and escapes with a 1 point win. Towson bench was going crazy.

I was on the other end of the court and have no opinion on the call. Likely could have gone either way.

Hopefully it doesn't give Delaware a confidence boost for tomorrow

Just watched replay waiting for Norristown High Speed Line through the magic of flo app. Looked like UD player in good spot for potential put back and got pushed from behind. Probably had to be called especially these days where refs much more likely to make a call than I remember.

There was a collision on Towson’s final play. Probably good no
call. 33 for Towson took off into the lobby when the game ended. Not sure if she thought the refs were out there. Seemed to come back without incident.

Some Towson assistants get too carried away to begin with. Especially that red headed loud mouth. Otherwise I have new respect for Towson. They lay it on the line. Makes sense
now why they knocked us off a few years ago. Tough and gritty team.

Like our chances tomorrow. Awkward ending today where we didn’t really call off the dogs but they didn’t really keep throw everything at us late. They had 0 team fouls so fouling wasn’t an option. All in all…great performance by a lot of people with enough mistakes here or there to keep us hungry.

NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TOMORROW

I remember atmosphere a few years ago vs Elon to be ho hum. Should be a zoo. Hopefully DAC Pack is spreading the word. If you think those 2-3 hours studying will make or break going to med school…you weren’t going to med school anyway.

(03-12-2022 07:25 PM)hiroshimacarp Wrote:  Just watched replay waiting for Norristown High Speed Line through the magic of flo app. Looked like UD player in good spot for potential put back and got pushed from behind. Probably had to be called especially these days where refs much more likely to make a call than I remember.

There was a collision on Towson’s final play. Probably good no
call. 33 for Towson took off into the lobby when the game ended. Not sure if she thought the refs were out there. Seemed to come back without incident.

Some Towson assistants get too carried away to begin with. Especially that red headed loud mouth. Otherwise I have new respect for Towson. They lay it on the line. Makes sense
now why they knocked us off a few years ago. Tough and gritty team.

Like our chances tomorrow. Awkward ending today where we didn’t really call off the dogs but they didn’t really keep throw everything at us late. They had 0 team fouls so fouling wasn’t an option. All in all…great performance by a lot of people with enough mistakes here or there to keep us hungry.

NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TOMORROW

I remember atmosphere a few years ago vs Elon to be ho hum. Should be a zoo. Hopefully DAC Pack is spreading the word. If you think those 2-3 hours studying will make or break going to med school…you weren’t going to med school anyway.

Agree there was no foul on the final Towson attempt. If #33 went to the lobby to confront the officials she was a LONG way off. The locker room used during the tourney is nowhere near there. Could have just been upset since the final foul was called on her.

Ah yes, Towson's red-headed assistant coach. Probably my least favorite assistant which is saying something since assistant coaches rarely got on my radar. He was screaming as the game ended, whether at the officials or his players we couldn't tell. Towson head coach was clearly disgusted with the ending coming on the court with thumbs down gestures to the officals as they left.

...and a a final comment Towson's #0 adds a new dimension to things by wearing long eyelashes in uniform.

Can’t sleep. Pumped. So trying to decide where to sit since it will the end section where we usually sit will be Delaware’s student section. Also where Cal sits. That may become a stand off. Cal sits where Cal wants to sit.

We may sit in top row. It occurred to me why I remember a lame atmosphere at the ladt title game. Stood up yelling for something like a made basket. Guy behind me told me to sit. Had to remind him it was the championship game. Let’s not have to do that again.

Exciting, yet very nerve wrecking day approaches. Fans don't get too many opportunities to see their team go for a championship on their home court. Everything has fallen in place for Drexel, and now they have to execute against a very good Delaware team.

Interesting stat from yesterday. Drexel's starters played 76% of the minutes yesterday. Delaware's starters played 96% of the minutes. It will be interesting if fatigue plays a part. Conditioning will definitely be a factor. This game is probably a toss up. Things seem to be in Drexel's favor but it's really tough to beat a good team 3 times in one season, and Delaware is clearly out for revenge. This will be Nihill's unprecedented FOURTH CAA Championship game, and many of the others have been battle tested in big games too. Delaware had their WNIT run last year, so they too are ready for big games.

GO DRAGONS!!!!

Saw the YouTube video of the TU/UD foul call at the end of the game. Call was absolutely correct. TU's #33 came crashing into the UD player from behind as she was rebounding. Definitely foul-worthy. The baseline official reacted and started to raise his hand just before the horn sounded (and backboard lights lit). Didn't try to pause to see the clock. but I've never seen the DAC system to have any discrepancy among the horn/lights/horn.

Tough loss for TU, but the ending was correct.

Good luck today!!! Hope Drexel can beat Delaware like a drum!

Well it was a sad ending to another championship loss at the DAC, and that's the 3rd time in the last four championships that they lost as the higher seed. The contingent who I spoke to around the DAC today felt that Drexel would have had a much better shot against Towson than Delaware so it really is a shame as to how that game ended yesterday. Delaware is a veteran senior loaded team with a superstar who was shunned by Drexel in the championship last year. It had the writing on the wall to be a disaster today and it was. I thought that maybe the fatigue factor would work in Drexel's favor but it seemed to work against Drexel today until late in the fourth quarter when Delaware did seem to start wearing down. Unfortunately it was too little too late. Also, by trailing most of the game, it forced Drexel to try to work miracles out of their stars instead of just trying to play their game and run their offense.

So most of the starting lineups on both teams will be different next year. Dickey has a year remaining, but I just can't see why she would want to return now and she's pretty much accomplished everything she can do at Delaware. Drexel will say goodbye to Leonard, Nihill, Brugler. Washington, Connolly, and Hendrixson I think all have another year if they choose to return. But even if they don't I'm confident that Drexel's strong underclassmen will step up and that this team will continue to be a contender for a CAA title.

Just have to tip the cap to Delaware. Lots of contributions from around their roster when they needed them. I’ve been waiting all year to call Dickey a fraud because I thought she choked against us last year. Certainly not the case today. She was every bit the POY.

Our downfall in our losses was waiting too long to go inside to Brugler. Nihill and a Washington just kept shooting assuming they would start to fall. I thought having the post game would protect us from a poor shooting day like today. Give them credit defensively but Brugler was scoring at will in the 4th.

We would have lost to Towson shooting 32% too. It just happened a week ago.

You could debate some of our tactical moves like waiting so long to press and not fouling on Delaware’s last possession. It was brilliant by UD to foul Washington when they were up 3. Quick thinking and I would have been more worried about us coming down and drilling a 3 than getting a put back on a free throw miss since they outrebounded us all game.

Hell of a team. Hell of a year. Not over yet. Great the program has made so many title games but that also means we’ve lost a lot. Live by the jump shot. Die by the jump shot.

championship game attendance for today's game was 1,812. The men's championship game had an attendance of 1,859. So the men's final won out but just barely.

The DAC has a listed capacity of 2,509, but I think they're fooling people with that number. There have been many games where the place was really packed and attendance was in the 1,700-1,800 range. I guess if there were no band taking up an entire section, every bleachers seat was filled, and the suites were filled, then maybe you get close to that number.

nice job by the students to show up. i was nervous when the dac pack was one girl about 30 minutes before tip. the men's team got involved which was awesome.

(03-13-2022 08:19 PM)hiroshimacarp Wrote:  nice job by the students to show up. i was nervous when the dac pack was one girl about 30 minutes before tip. the men's team got involved which was awesome.

Didn't notice the men there, but not surprised. Zack was at the games as well.

I never saw Spier, but figured he was there somewhere. Enjoyed watching the games. If you look at the box scores, you would have assumed we got blown out. the 3rd quarter was brutal. This team just never quits or gets flustered. Bad game and we still had a chance. To me it came down to missed bunnies. Mariah missed a couple early on and it set the tone and stage for Hannah to miss one late, that really mattered. Never could get Brugler going, they made it a focus on defense and did it well. Dickey was hot right away then did nothing, however she was always in the right place for rebounds that led to easy points. Didnt realize she had so many rebounds, but I could recall 6 offensive boards that fell right to her and each one was an easy/open put back. Our resilience to me showed that we are the better team, but in the game of basketball, at some point you have to hit shots. We didnt yesterday.

Student crowd was late to fill up, but at least they were there. Could always be louder, but glad they showed out. Despite the loss I am hoping they realized how fun it can be and the impact made. Delaware was really struggling late with the crowd in it. Hope they all realized how much it matters and they come back for both the men and women. I too am surprised the final crowd number wasnt right around 2K.

Nice seeing the DAC again. Nice catching up with many of you guys this weekend. This is absolutely a special team, and is a shame we dont get to watch them dance. They should be able to make noise in the NIT.

(03-14-2022 01:17 PM)dan10 Wrote:  I never saw Spier, but figured he was there somewhere. Enjoyed watching the games. If you look at the box scores, you would have assumed we got blown out. the 3rd quarter was brutal. This team just never quits or gets flustered. Bad game and we still had a chance. To me it came down to missed bunnies. Mariah missed a couple early on and it set the tone and stage for Hannah to miss one late, that really mattered. Never could get Brugler going, they made it a focus on defense and did it well. Dickey was hot right away then did nothing, however she was always in the right place for rebounds that led to easy points. Didnt realize she had so many rebounds, but I could recall 6 offensive boards that fell right to her and each one was an easy/open put back. Our resilience to me showed that we are the better team, but in the game of basketball, at some point you have to hit shots. We didnt yesterday.

Student crowd was late to fill up, but at least they were there. Could always be louder, but glad they showed out. Despite the loss I am hoping they realized how fun it can be and the impact made. Delaware was really struggling late with the crowd in it. Hope they all realized how much it matters and they come back for both the men and women. I too am surprised the final crowd number wasnt right around 2K.

Nice seeing the DAC again. Nice catching up with many of you guys this weekend. This is absolutely a special team, and is a shame we dont get to watch them dance. They should be able to make noise in the NIT.

Good summary. Outrebounded, good UD defense, a few lucky UD bounces, and the missed bunnies were the story. Seemed like there were no open 3 looks.