Center Court: Ben Ball (Concordia) Second Half Thread
by Nestor on Nov 4, 2009 8:28 PM PST
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Ben Ball warriors are off to somewhat of a predictable sloppy start breaking in brand new starters and missing three of their key players to start the season. They are down by a score of 28-31 against a Concordia team which is treating this matchup as the game of their lives. Turnovers have been killing us a bit as we have coughed it up around 10 times.
The key for us in the second half is going to be tightening up on defense and attack the rim on offense. We have to take advantage of our size and not settle for jump shots.Our perimeter defense looks a little leaky (guess somewhat expected with all the new guys who are getting used to playing Ben Ball defense). Guys will have to focus and pick up their intensity level lot higher.
RN looks like a polished version of LMR from his freshman season. But guys ... come on ... let's make some FTs. Let's start threading for the second half.
GO BRUINS.
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OK
that is NOT what I had in mind. And now a TO.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
We are playing a lot of combinations
and it’s not pretty.
D intensity is missing and so is a sense of mission
We really miss JA and MR handling the ball
sjh
Taking the UCLA crowd out of it?
When were they ever in it? There aren’t even that many physically in the building!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Never a good sign for any basketball team
Unless you play in the NBA.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
We are gonna lose this game
Good thing it won’t count and hopefully they will realize they need to get their act together but it’s gonna be embarrassing to say the least
ha! nice to see you're negativity extends to basketball too
a multi-sport downer
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
huh? what negativity?
I don’t think it’s a huge deal if we lose this…and I’ve been one of the loudest supporters of the football team since Neuheisel got here
by UCLABruins4Ever on Nov 4, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
maybe i have you confused with another ‘4ever’ guy….maybe
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
probably…I don’t even post here that much
I forgive you :D
by UCLABruins4Ever on Nov 4, 2009 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, please
We’re gonna lose. The next wild fire will burn the campus to the ground. Monsters from outer space are bearing down on us. Sheesh. UCLABruins4Ever, you need a heavy dose of good news. Or someone needs to tell you a good joke. Or you need to listen to some inspiring music. (Try Lucia di Lammermoor — going through my head incessantly as a result of constant rehearsals, but I digress.)
How about this – put on “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bob Marley.
Bobby McFerrin
Not Bob Marley.
But yes, he should put it on.
by Westwood is the best wood on Nov 4, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Okay
that was ugly, but it worked this time.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Yep
this is the feed you see when you go to the bathroom. And, as you know, when you go to the bathroom at Pauley its usually at least a 20 minute time commitment.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
No-no-no
erm, I mean good job Mustapha!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
They're showing us how dribble penetration is done
Of course, we don’t have a lot of floor spreaders right now.
I guess the only positive for us about their pressure
Foul trouble…oh wait that means we have to shoot FTs…
:-(
Oh man
they finally called a charge on us.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Guys - it's late here
and my mojo has been infected by Bruin4Ever’s. I gotta hit the sack. We’ll win this thing yet. Coach Howland will figure a way to get Shipp and Collisson back in the lineup.
Ha!
Tracy Murray, speaking for all of Bruin Nation.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
I think Mike is gonna have to be the anchor of the team
He generally makes good decisions, and we need our anchor to make good decisions.
Are you kidding me
with these replays?
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Concordia's go to guy
Pauley instant replay.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Do we have any backdoor cuts in our offensive sets?
The way Concordia is jumping the passing lanes, you’d think there’d be some back cuts available
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 8:57 PM PST reply actions
Hamid won't play this many minutes in the entire regular season
we will be fine when our real point guards are back.
sjh
We should grab one of the pgs from the women's team that's watching the game and let them suit up
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 8:59 PM PST reply actions
Sigh this wouldn't have happened
against EA Sports All-Stars.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Yeah
Craft can hit those 10-yard passes!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Too much time with Hamid dribbling on the perimiter
no passing game
we should be killing them inside
sjh
Well he can't get it inside
He’s too busy trying to not turn it over. And the only way they’ll back off is if he shows he can get inside and do some damage.
sorry, N.
didn’t sound good but had to know..
by uclafan2 on Nov 4, 2009 9:05 PM PST via mobile reply actions
sorry, N.
didn’t sound good but had to know..
by uclafan2 on Nov 4, 2009 9:05 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, Drago has not had a great game
He’ll get points cause he’s a volume shooter but he needs to make better decisions.
very aggressive man
giving mustafa all kinds of fits
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Jerime will also struggle to handle this kind of pressure
But he won’t stop at the 3 point line if he gets past his man, and that makes a huge difference.
Woulda been a charge
had it not been for the instant replay.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Another
s l o w
i n s t a n t
r e p l a a a a y…….
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Don't you have a trophy ceremony that you can be watching?
Appears that Matsui was given the series MVP.
even when we get a TO, we don’t know how to push the break yet
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Concordia is good
We are young, injured, and very inexperienced. Don’t try and judge the whole season on this game. Our young guys don’t know how to play Howland defense yet.
Okay
plenty of time left go though. I will reserve excitement.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
What's with this zoom in angle...
Couldn’t see jack.
And I don’t like this Pac 10 logo in beautiful Neill and John Wooden Court.
I wanna say 15
But the point is, he is active offensively.
DG has played all right
JMM had some moments early on but haven’t seen much of him in the second half.
DG has been active
Had a jumper and has been picking up the garbage…and there has been a LOT of garbage.
It might just be the jersey #
but Honeycutt reminds me a little of Matt Barnes
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:18 PM PST reply actions
You want to know how i know that?
Sloooooooow instant replaaaaaaaaay
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
All we have to do
is keep it on the ground. (go inside)
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Are we like Mich football?
The announcer said earlier that Concordia is consistently in the Final Four in their division. Are they like Appalachian St a couple years ago? Why did we schedule them?
It does count
this isn’t a tv show where everyone wakes up and doesn’t remember this game.
We remember
sjh
But there is not guarentess of that
so I will not get excited. Happy for the kid though.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Did you see me on the Jumbotron?
We were up there and maybe they showed it on the internet feed?!
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
Are you kidding me?
I think I died for a second.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Well
it will be more acceptable to lose to a D-1 team.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
I'm sure you'll manage
I’m the most high strung guy when it comes to Bruin Basketball and I survived CBH’s second season.
Worse, far worse, I would imagine.
Though the feelings were closer to maddening rage than being simply beaten down.
I LOVE THIS!
I feel like I’m watching a high school game.
And I love the commentary.
“How did Concordia get the rebounds?! UCLA is taller at every position!”
crazy ending
i wonder if the Den will rush the court?
:)
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:28 PM PST reply actions
OMG
if they do we will be the laughing stock of D-1
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Well
I hope Jerime and Roll are really good this season. Or else.
forget a Pauley renovation
We need to buy this team some hyperbaric chambers
get well soon, jerime and michael
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
He did that on purpose
just like Kobe used to do in high school
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans lost their 1st exhibition
last year, and we all should know how their season ended. And they didn’t have the excuses (injuries) that we had tonight.
by mplsbruin on Nov 4, 2009 9:31 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
UCLA won 62-61
They were shooting lights out early on (especially from 3 bomb line). Bruins outrebounded them 41-21 but had 20 TOs. We missed 10 FTs.
DG had 17 pts, 11 boards, JK with 11 pts and ML with 11 pts. ML filed out.
MAH made the game winner 3 pointer.
Looked very sloppy. RN looked great when he was in. ND made FTs and some buckets in the second half but was atrocious. He had 5 TOs.
TH looked pretty smooth in the second half. He had some nice passes to DG. MM also looked good in spurts in second half.
Remember JA, MR and BL was out today.
I want to see what BL can do
He’s supposed to have a good stroke. He should be able to draw people out of the middle.
Well - Im looking forwrad to the write up
cause I didnt have a chance to watch on the feed – but it might have saved me some heartache after folling this thread.
at least they won!
Free Brandon Wood!
Congratulations
you will now live about 2 more days than those that did watch it.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
hahahaha
looks like i picked the wrong week to stop sniffin glue
by insomniacslounge on Nov 4, 2009 9:35 PM PST up reply actions
Nervous?
Yes.
First time?
No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
by bruin8uclap on Nov 4, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I feel like this team is going to be like
Mustafa. Moments of brilliance and moments of pure mess. I’m excited.
Just got home
Not a well played game, but entertaining nonetheless. I’ll have a full analysis of my thoughts from the game up tomorrow.
Go Bruins!
Wow I was so busy this week i forgot we had our first exhibition
just from the game thread, it seems like we saw our first dose of growing pains. At the very least we showed some grit to come back, should be an interesting season though. ND’s 3-13 shooting sticks out in the box score to me, thats not gonna cut it
who were we most pleasantly surprised with?
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
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