Jeseph Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Valentine's Day special - this is a MUST WIN against a pretty weak Toledo team. Gotta string together wins here if we have a chance to save the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYS Bulls Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 UB is ~280th in three point percentage (~50th in attempts) They are also 280th in turnovers at 14.5 Any game, any point, either of those statistics can haunt them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB85 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, NYS Bulls said: UB is ~280th in three point percentage (~50th in attempts) They are also 280th in turnovers at 14.5 Any game, any point, either of those statistics can haunt them Absolutely dreadful! The good news those stats are so bad that they can't do any worse, let's hope. And should they improve significantly they should win a lot more games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB92 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, UB85 said: Absolutely dreadful! The good news those stats are so bad that they can't do any worse, let's hope. And should they improve significantly they should win a lot more games. Umm...this is where UB ranked in the last three years of the RW era in turnovers. 2012-13 331st 2011-12 248th 2010-11 327th The first year, with Hurley, they were 75th in the nation. The next, 87th. It was clearly a point of emphasis for Hurley. When Nate got the job and pushed the tempo even more, the team had a lot of turnovers as well...but when you have so many possessions as they did, you tend to amass turnovers. However, each year under Nate they improved in their turnover ranking (his final year they were 194th). I never really looked at Nate's UB teams and thought there were a lot of bad turnovers, especially in the last two years. Many turnovers would be on those fast breaks trying to run out and it not working. Those happen. I see more of the turnovers this year based on bad decisions with the ball. That is the part, for me, that is always concerning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Every game is a must win. But at this point I can’t confidently say we should win or will win. We can beat Toledo and Toledo can beat us. Plus it’s a road game. Enter all the broken record things of what we have to do to win. Same song and dance. Looking at the remaining schedule 9-9 looks like a reality. 10-8 would be ok. Sub .500 is still on the table. Unless we grow and win more consistently, right around that mark is looking like the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYS Bulls Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 20 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said: Every game is a must win. But at this point I can’t confidently say we should win or will win. We can beat Toledo and Toledo can beat us. Plus it’s a road game. Enter all the broken record things of what we have to do to win. Same song and dance. Looking at the remaining schedule 9-9 looks like a reality. 10-8 would be ok. Sub .500 is still on the table. Unless we grow and win more consistently, right around that mark is looking like the case. 9-9 seems right, I see 3-4 down the stretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I think the Bulls best case scenario is 5-2 in remaining league games. An 11-7 record might sneak in a fourth place finish, but right now Kent, and Ball St have the tie breaker in that they each beat the Bulls already. BG would have to go 2-5 to end up at 11-7 and currently has the tie breaker with the Bulls. N Illinois would have to finish 3-4 to end up at 11-7 and they too have the tie breaker. Fortunately, the Bulls still have games against BG, Ball St, and Kent. Bulls also play Akron here. I think the worst case scenario is for the Bulls to finish 2-5 in remaining league games. That puts them at 8-10, but still probably hosting a game that they would need to win to get to Cleveland. Bottom Line: Barring a miracle, the Bulls will be playing at AA on March 9 for a chance to play in Cleveland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 3 hours ago, NYS Bulls said: 9-9 seems right, I see 3-4 down the stretch And I can’t disagree. Bc we have seen nothing to show us otherwise. Likely scenario is we host a game just to get to Cleveland. A 4 seed is still in play, but we have to beat teams like Ball st and Kent st just to even out the head to head. More than anything I hope we learn how to close out games and stop shooting ourselves into the foot. We have been our own worst enemy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 2.5 point dogs headed into tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) I don't know why but I have this feeling the Bulls are going to play well tonight. Hopefully I am right! Edited February 14, 2020 by DocCas86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 42 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: I don't know why but I have this feeling the Bulls are going to play well tonight. Hopefully I am right! I agree. I'm thinking a 6 point win. Fingers crossed that I'm right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Shorter than normal bench tonight. Bertram back home because he’s sick and Nickleberry has a concussion. Segu suffered a bad cut to his foot in the shower. He seems to not be 100 either. Gallion getting minutes. Edited February 14, 2020 by DooleyBull06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Gallion getting minutes is a nice surprise! Box score watching on Valentine's Day but he seems involved both drawing and taking fouls. We could use his spark this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYS Bulls Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 UB is playing great, but fouls are really adding up here. Complete discrepancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 minute ago, NYS Bulls said: UB is playing great, but fouls are really adding up here. Complete discrepancy Some ticky tack stuff too. Like the last foul on Hardnett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYS Bulls Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Toledo does not have a defensive foul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYS Bulls Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Fouls keeping Toledo in this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Big adjustment in this game will be dealing with foul trouble and defending Knapke inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB85 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: Big adjustment in this game will be dealing with foul trouble and defending Knapke inside. With the exception of the last play on Knapke, Hardnett has been a sieve on defense not only on Knapke, but being no where near where he needed to be when Segu got beat off the dribble. Meanwhile the team defense during the 15-0 stretch was some of the best I’ve seen from UB in a long time. Edited February 15, 2020 by UB85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasketBull Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Extremely impressed with Hardnett’s development. One of the bright spots of the season thus far. Graves doing his best James Harden impression tonight Edited February 15, 2020 by BasketBull 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Now that's Buffalo Basketball. Toledo has 15 free throws to UB's 1. UB has 14 fouls to UB's 5. But who's up by 24 at half? Buffalo. F-U refs and your BS. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB85 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Well, well,, well, where have I seen this before? Fantastic first 1/2! Have they finally learned their painful lessons from tossing big first 1/2 leads? We shall see!!! Graves et al shooting lights out! Edited February 15, 2020 by UB85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before. UB plays its best half. Can we keep it up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDBullsfan89 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, skrabukes said: Now that's Buffalo Basketball. Toledo has 15 free throws to UB's 1. UB has 14 fouls to UB's 5. But who's up by 24 at half? Buffalo. F-U refs and your BS. Picked a great time to shoot the lights out - we'll need that big lead with all the damn fouls. More than half the team is in foul trouble but at least Mballa isn't one of them. And this is the Jayvon Graves we need the rest of the season if we're gonna make a real run at this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Offensive rebounds way down...😝 I'll take it since it comes with shooting 63% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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