Center Court: Ben Ball (Long Beach State) Open Thread
by Nestor on Nov 29, 2009 11:00 AM PST
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PrintUCLA Bruins at Long Beach St. 49ers, Nov 29, 2009 11:30 AM PST
Perhaps our basketball team fill find a way to close up this weekend on a positive note. I am having a hard time putting last night behind me (don't think I will be able to for next 370 days). Still at least for the time being we have to distract ourselves just a little bit as Coach Howland and his team take on Long Beach State 49ers to close out the 76 Classic.
Per bucknellbruin and others who watched the game JA had a little bit of awakening towards the end of the Butler game as he finally looked to have a bit of confidence during the waning moments. Let's hope he can continue to build on it this afternoon. The tipoff is scheduled for 11:30 am PST. I believe will be broadcast on ESPNU. You can track it via the official site. You can also read up a quick preview on the SBN game page.
GO BRUINS.
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JA did show something in the final couple of minutes
I was pleased to see him take the (momentarily) tying shot during out last possession. Given his struggles over the past few games, it was good to see him have enough confidence to shoot, when the D gave him the opening.
Last night's result still hanging over....
I had lost track of our game being so early this morning; was not even on my mind until receiving an IM from another Bruin about it a few moments ago.
Al Groh is finally out at UVa - hit tWWL a couple of minutes ago
Not that many on here care (and after last night, it is not seeming that big a deal to me).
Guess they chose espnu
although the site said “espn 2 of U”. Anyone know of a stream?
I think its on
Los Angeles ESPN of Anaheim
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
A win wouldn't make me forget last night
but a smile would be nice.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:42 AM PST reply actions
Hate these pre-noon tipoffs
I went to the game Friday night and saw some signs of life from this team. I couldn’t make it down to Anaheim this morning tho- I’m still in a foggy state. Hopefully our guys are more alert than I am right now.
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 11:42 AM PST reply actions
Honeycutt says he'll be back next week versus Kansas
Hopefully that’s true and not just a kid being overanxious in wanting to get back on the floor.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:43 AM PST reply actions
Could Mustafa be our Rico Hines?
And would that be a good thing?
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
To get that level production
from a walk-on would be a great thing.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
i still hate Dragos game
even if he plays hard.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:48 AM PST reply actions
his instincts are just terrible
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I'm ok with him taking that 3
But he has to hit that shot.
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Is the renovation still on schedule?
I can’t imagine that the donations are pouring in right now.
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions
I can't believe they would ever poor in
the vast majority of seat holders will still have terrible seats with poor sight lines.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Who wouldn't want to pay thousands more
when the seat stays in the same place and the court is moved farther away.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
But they might get a bigger socreboard to look at...
Hasn’t Jerry Jones taught us anything about stadium design??
Because last night's loss didn't leave me upset enough
they had to bring up the renovation. At least I have hope for the football program. The Pauley renovation will kill us for years.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:53 AM PST reply actions
Bobo!!!
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 11:54 AM PST via mobile reply actions
yuck
i hate three point shooting based on offenses
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:54 AM PST reply actions
Roll and Dragovic are getting open looks
That’s not the problem. The problem is that they’re just not hitting some very makeable shots.
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
i just hate watching that type of offense
not saying it doesn’t fit this roster.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Im Bobo
bitches!
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:57 AM PST reply actions
Great hustle from Bobo
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 11:57 AM PST reply actions
From the 3rd row
These guys are frustrated. Bobo has done well so far. He is hedging well and keeping his man on D good to see him get some minutes early
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 11:58 AM PST via mobile reply actions
poor form on his first shot
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
They were watching the football game last night
thought the basketball team should get equally screwed.
interesting LBSU has quit pressuring the ball
you would think with JA handling the ball, they would pressure more…
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:02 PM PST reply actions
boy, we are just not a very good basketball team
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:06 PM PST reply actions
Our supposed deadeye shooters
Are getting great looks. We aren’t gonna win games if they can’t knock em down
Wow
CBH must read BN… Look at all the new looks
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 12:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions
that was a flop
nice 9-1 run by lbsu
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions
nobody on this team is a legit offensive threat
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, we've left a lot of points off the board
w/ missed layups and missed wide open threes
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
its very tough to watch a UCLA team
that cant’ score against anyone…
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:13 PM PST reply actions
alright
later guys.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
ND is rebounding well
and his D is better, but at the end of the day, he’s a shooter and his shots aren’t going in.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:16 PM PST reply actions
Moser on D reminds me of Stacey Augmon
Unfortunately, on O, he also reminds me of Augmon
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 12:18 PM PST reply actions
I am. These games are not as important as those as the season progresses
sjh
by Class of 66 on Nov 29, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
If we lose today
lose to Kansas and to Notre Dame, we’ll have to win the Pac-10 to get into the tournament, most likely. I understand the “we’ll be better late in the year” way of thinking, but there’s a limit to how far you can go. What’s the point of peaking in March if you have no tourney games.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
If we don't play young players, we won't win, anyway
I don’t think there is that much fall off.
It’s not like we are taking out proven effective players and putting in weaker ones.
For example, I like JK, but he’s not outplaying anyone right now.
ND is 2-7 and as hard as he is trying,he’s getting beat on D.
I’m not saying sacrifice games, but I am saying I’m not sure playing the young guys is going to be any worse
sjh
by Class of 66 on Nov 29, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
In that case
It’s really a matter of developing the player, but giving ourselves the best chance to win the game. I agree with that. i just don’t like the attitude of “these games aren’t as important as the ones later” because the way our season is shaping up, these are more important.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I might not have beenclear
but I think the kids are playingwell and need to play through mistakes in the same way we let the older guys do.
I think we have a better chance of winning with them.
sjh
by Class of 66 on Nov 29, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
In which case
we’re on the same page.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Who Said ND was Rebounding Well?
He’s a disaster again today – I reference the last 3 times he was near the ball in the half.
1. Lay up by the other team.
2. Should have been a turnover on ND on the fast break – to make up for the bailout he missed a FT
3. He kept his hands at his waist on the last play letting CSLB get 2 shots off; including a tip in at the buzzer.
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Well he's had 6-7 of them already
The tip in was a result of having to help on the dribble penetration. In that case, the fault lies with whoever let the little guy inside. But he has had a horrendous shooting game so far.
He also has five boards
Only one other player on the team even has two. He is rebounding well and his defense is better. It’s not good, but it’s better than it was. I also don’t know where the thought process of bringing up a sequence of events that occurred long after the comment.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Who is winning?
Who is a senior? Have any of his rebounds been in traffic?
Roll 3-8
Drago 2-7
Bad shot selection! I’m ready to fight over this.
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At least you do a good job of staying on topic
I’m not going to get into this with a guy who’s just talking out of anger without any reason. You’re bringing Roll into an argument that never included him. My original statement said that the problem with ND is he’s a shooter who’s not shooting and you’re nitpicking on rebounds in traffic when he has five times the rebounds of all but one player on the team. Nobody is calling him a great player, but he is doing something well. Don’t go looking for an argument when there is none just because you’re angry.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Shrug
I was disagreeing with anyone who says ND has value. It seems Keefe(defend him too) and Roll are making similar bad decisions. If you think ND is a good rebounder I’m just going to laugh. If a guy is killing your team with bad decisions it doesn’t matter how many rebounds he gets when he goes to the basket to take the ball out of the net.
1st Half
Seniors
JK 0-1
MR 3-8
ND 2-7
Total 5 -16 – 31%
Freshman
RN 2-2
BL 0-0
MM 0-3
Total 2 – 5 – 40%
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How do all of the seniors end up in this
and how does this become a seniors vs. freshmen discussion? It was a comment on one thing ND has done well and saying he’s rebounding well does not mean he is a good rebounder. It’s a simple case of reading comprehension. I don’t know why I’m back in this argument. It’s useless with you.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Ryan
You’re a class act.
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What's up guys
Just checking in. I’m taking it easy today. I guess I couldn’t handle being in a sea of Trojans in a rundown structure they call a football stadium. The cold winds didn’t help either.
Playing a lot of the young kids
Down 1 at the half. Not making wide open shots. I think that’s an adequate first half summary
And no DG
2 early fouls kept him on the bench, which was a killer against a small team.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
You can dis the Trojanese but lay of the Coliseum.
Too many fond memories for someone who grew up in LA and saw crowds of 100,000+ for Ram games in ’58 — not to mention 93000+ for the Roy Campenella tribute game v. Yanks in 1958. I hope it stands in the year 3000.
Alright I take that back
I wasn’t aware of all that history
Utter frustration
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 12:40 PM PST via mobile reply actions
JK is going to start seeing a lot more of the bench
Not only has he played horribly, but the smaller things like hedging haven’t been good and he doesn’t even provide any slight hope of knocking down shots at some point like ND does.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:41 PM PST reply actions
Young guys need to learn to play when they're in foul trouble.
Saw AA do it many times (maybe not when it counted most though).
Lots of leaves to rake....
Is this worth hanging out on a computer?
Awful spacing
is killing us offensively.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:45 PM PST reply actions
BENCH KEEEEEEEFE
Good lord. The worst recruit of the Howland era.
Where are our points supposed to come from?
no obvious scorers.
Absolutely no inside game even though we are bigger.
Dont’ even try to go inside anymore.
sjh
As roll limps off
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 12:48 PM PST via mobile reply actions
As roll limps off
There's no one in the world that wants to beat UCLA more than _______.
by ucla13_usc9 on Nov 29, 2009 12:48 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Damn
Totally forgot about the game. The wife dragged the kids and me to the aquarium. Arrrrgh.
by hongerelli on Nov 29, 2009 12:53 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Better to watch fish swim than the bruins drown
by classof67 on Nov 29, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd give you a "+1," but I'm all out of positives today
nicely done, tho.
by insomniacslounge on Nov 29, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
And I bring it up again
Are we trying to do anything different today than we’ve done against Fullerton, Concordia or last season? CBH has been as awful as any player out there.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:54 PM PST reply actions
We could take ND off the court
Just kidding…….or am I?
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No more "they're just young" excuses
They’re being dominated by a team that starts four sophomores. LB State, Cal State Fullerton, destroyed by Portland? Those are Lavin results.
A monster egg by Howland
How can you not make a change at some point in this awful 8 minutes. And why the hell is Gordon still on the bench? What are you waiting for?
Who would you like to go to?
ML at the point? Roll has been burned by SF’s more than JA has and that’s all of the guards we have. With our dearth of guards, we really don’t have many options.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
poor recruiting has limited our options
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Nov 29, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
How is it
fucking casper can eat our D alive, but UCLA cant dribble penetrate to save its fucking life. Time to hire an offensive coordinator.
Actually when we do get open lanes
We’re content to sit back and take the open shot. Probably a bad idea considering how cold everyone has been in this game
A rebuilding year?
Has a major power school ever had a worse start to a “rebuilding” year than this?
On the bright side
We now know that Bakersfield and Pepperdine will never beat UCLA if they couldn’t beat this team.
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They're not even guarding ND!
He’s doing this as if he was playing on the floor by himself!
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LOL
That might be more productive than what he does at concerts.
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No fight, no talent, no adjustments
There should not be one person associated with this program who isn’t thoroughly embarrassed.
Somewhere Jerry Tarkanian is Getting Off
He hated Wooden because UCLA would never play CSLB when Tark coached there. Today we’re giving that crusty old bastard his justification.
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I thought some light imagery might provide some levity
While we’re all having our Sunday ruined by a lower tier team.
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Ziegler is ours for the taking
His Dad would never derail his NBA dream. Meanwhile, up until the last two weeks, Ben has built a good reputation for player development.
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Was just about to say that
And honestly, I have no idea how to fix how we’re getting beat on dribble penetration. Our guards need to own the responsibility. That’s all.
Recuiting
This is going to kill recuiting. Future players don’t want to go to a school and play halfcourt offense. LBS is destroying the Bruins by running, running and running. Same as top schools, unc, kansas, mich. st. vill. unconn, etc. Forget about Ziegler or Mccallum. It wont happen. CBH needs to adjust.
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:07 PM PST reply actions
You can't run...
…if you can’t stop your opponent. Tough to run off of made baskets. They need stops and they simply cannot stop their opponents.
run
LBS is scoring off of our made baskets!! It’s been happening all weekend!
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I said the same yesterday
I still wonder if Josh Smith and/or T. Lamb will honor their “committment” if this keeps up. They have til June. Lots of others have changed their mind before the real deadline.
Or
they already signed letters of intent and can’t change their minds anymore.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Do the letters they sign in Nov. truly bind them? If so, sorry…you’d be right. I thought otherwise.
They can't go anywhere else
unless they request and we release them, which only happens when there’s a coaching change so yes, they’re locked in.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Shhhhh Ty
Our demise is near and UCLA basketball will fail forever. Haven’t you heard?
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I did get that memo
Perspective is stupid. I’d rather just pop in here when things are going bad and make broad overreaching statements that don’t make me look like a reactionary fool at all.
No need for sarcasm.
My comments were made out of misunderstanding of the rules.
B-ball Knowledge Updated. Good to know.
But if this horrible play keeps up, I’ll bet those two kids are going to be doing alot of soul searching.
A lot of kids are sold on the prospect of being able to help out right away
You never know what motivates certain kids.
Remember that we got JF, AA and JS
three high level recruits, when we were coming off of the program’s worst season in over half of a century and were on our way to a missed tourney year. Some guys want to put a program back on top or are going for the school or the location or who knows what.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
When teams are good, sometimes top tier talent is driven away
Sometiems it doesn’t, but I’m sure it has cost us some recruits while we were going to FF’s.
I hate to say it but...
…our team has the look of a team with chemistry issues.
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chemistry issues?
Nah…..can’t shoot, dribble, pass or play D
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed
Basketball in general is their weakness right now
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On the bright side, we're still undefeated in Pac-10 play
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
We are undefeated this season
when ND doesn’t play
why is ND still playing AGAIN?
2-10 on FG and 0-6 from 3.
Those are a lot of missed shots. Not to mention his crappy defense
+1
It’s like we’re trying to land the #1 draft pick by having the worst record
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if we win 7th place here
do you think they hang a banner?
In A Port-O-Potty Somewhere
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I think mostly defensively
Our guards are doing a terrible job on dribble penetration. Everything is breaking down off of that.
Yeah
I’m not sure if the guards (lee, anderson) have a lack of desire to play this afternoon or if they weren’t taught to utilize basic defensive and offensive fundamentals.
LBSU has ran the same play where the guard cuts in off of a high post screen toward the center of the lane. and i can’t believe anderson STILL trails him. He should meet the guard at the middle of the lane by moving between the screen. It takes muscle but it’s a better effort than his continued trailing. Anderson getting beat by the SAME play time and again says a lot about him as a player player and his capacity to adjust defensively. Even Lee trails when the LBSU guys are moving around the floor .
Execution of the ‘vanilla’ offense (what you guys are dubbing the offensive scheme) is poorly executed. Screens are terrible. Either the guards are moving before the screen is set and/or not using them effectively (you run right next to your teammate to get good usage of the screen) or the post players are late in setting the screens. The guards, namely anderson, can’t even maximize the simple pick and roll play when he gets a screen from the post near the wing area.
When we're on offense
And we have wide open shots, they have to go in a lot more often than they have been. The first half should have seen us up by at last half a dozen.
Shot Selection
I think to build confidence the team should take shots that, statistically, we’ve been making so far this season. Or pass the ball into the low post so they can get a nice layup and/or get fouled and have an opportunity for some free shots.
We can’t win games by taking shots we haven’t been making consistently.
He says he'll be back for Kansas
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
He can help and if we were close to “getting there” he could make the difference, but we’re not remotely close.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Great D and effort.
This team thinks they can walk out and get a Win because they are UCLA. They are embarrassing themselves with this effort.
reeves nelson
has earned a starting role in my opinion
Absolutely. He has the heart and the effort. He’s always gone 110%.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
I wish we had 5 Nelsons
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Shooting
SHOOTING GUYS! THIS TEAM CANNOT SHOOT THE BASKETBALL. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:17 PM PST reply actions
Is it really a suprise?
We’re 2-0 without ND and 0-4 with him?
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My opinions on ND are now widely known
I’ll leave him alone for now.
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Or
and this is crazy talk here. We’re 2-0 against the two worst teams we’ve played and 0-4 against the four best.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
It's been a tough weekend
This was our only good chance to get a win. Now look at what has happened?
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The truth hurts
You can cry on my shoulder anytime.
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JA
JA needs to go. Very overrated player. more TO’s than assist for the year. Huge recruiting error.
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:22 PM PST reply actions
He needs to go in favor of who?
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Tyus Edney would be nice
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I want them puking from over exertion in practice every day this week.
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Lee or Roll
Who else do we have that can protect the basketball? Like I said…..a big recruiting error. Guess we have to play with what we’ve got
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:24 PM PST reply actions
The fact is that we don't have many other options
JA is going to continue to play out of necessity and CBH doesn’t have much of a choice at this point. Going back to poor scouting and recruiting though is where the problem really lies though. That’s the legitimate complaint.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Bruin fans sure like to be scatter shot in their complaints
But why analyze a situation and look for causes when I can lash out and react at everything? That’s so much more fun.
wow these are teams
that we ALWAYS beat. This is not just a down year folks. Something is seriously wrong here
As I said before
These are Lavin-type results. There’s no excuse for this. And I don’t care about all the talent they’ve lost. LB State is starting four freaking sophomores and dominating.
Honeycutt
He’d better be the real deal or we may not win 10 games this year
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Don't put all the pressure on TH. Not fair.
Besides, he’ll be coming off weeks in inactivity.
There will be no pressure
No expectations. Looking back at my comment – How sad is it that we’re saying it’s too much pressure for the Bruins, in general, to win 10 games?!
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freethrows!
Can’t even make freethrows! Just shows how bad the shooting is on this team. Tell me if I’m wrong, but from what I hear, CBH’s practices are all about defense.
by LouisianaBruins on Nov 29, 2009 1:26 PM PST reply actions
Alfred Aboya wasn't the greatest free throw shooter
Last season he had improved leaps and bounds. It takes time.
This weekend SUCKS!!!
This just isn’t our weekend. Hopefully we will improve at BB and we can improve in 370 days in football. GO BRUINS!
Howland better get his guys to practice their shooting more at the freethrow line and 3 pointers.
by Forever a Bruin on Nov 29, 2009 1:27 PM PST reply actions
+1
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The one thing message boards got right
is the ignore list. SBN, where’s my ignore list!
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 29, 2009 1:29 PM PST reply actions
Yeah I hear that
I’m not going to take away anyone’s right to make an irrational fool of themselves though.
All i can do at this point is laugh.
I never gave up on this team, even during the lavin era. But i don’t want to root for teams that give up. This team has clearly given up.
Good game Roll!
We almost were competitive in that one.
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Ugh
Thanks for that. And I remember plenty of them coming off the fingers of our Serbian “sharpshooter”.
+1
ND =basketball cancer!
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Sarcasm?
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Optimism.
Something a lot of people have forgotten.
That and it’s something my husband and I say a lot when teams are down by a reasonable amount with less than a minute left. It can be done, even if it was only one time.
I like George Carlin's suggestion
He wanted to change basketball rules to award 25 points if you bounce the ball off the defender’s head and into the basket.
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we are 2-18 from 3
that is a lot of points and possessions lost. there is the biggest reason why we’re losing right now
I wonder if a good Junior College could beat us right now?
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clueless
He is clueless. I thought he was bad on the ball, but he I think seeks screens to run into. He has no basketball feel on either end. I would rather play Hamid 40 min at this point. He has no idea where his man is off the ball. He refuses to throw the ball frequently into the interior. I am not sure we are capable of playing man-2-man. I think I would rather go big and get all our interior players minutes. Lee at point and Roll at the 2. Hide Roll in a zone since he can’t guard anyone man-2-man.
if the chargers lose today
i dont know what ill do with myself
Theories?
I agree that something is obviously very wrong w/ this team, to lose the way we have to the teams we’ve lost to, it goes beyond, “they’re a young team,” “they’ve been injured,” etc. I’m not gonna pretend to know what the problem is, but would love to hear some theories from you guys. How do you play some decent ball against Butler and then suck so bad ly today? Could the UCLA coaches have misevaluated JA so badly? God, the season’s gonna be worse than I thought. Kansas in a week—great.
they don't have the resilience
that all our previous teams had. in the past it’s as if when we were down every guy on the court took it as a personal challenge to bring us back. our guys today, in the second half, simply looked like they just gave up after going down by 10
by greatness-bruin on Nov 29, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
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