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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 9, 2017 9:34:04 GMT -6
Hopefully we put up a better showing than IPFW did last year. They had a good team, I was surprised they got beat so easily. It will be very interesting to see who we get. Looks like we will have to play damn good to win a game.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 9, 2017 9:28:40 GMT -6
Unfortunately I don't see any way he actually leaves early for the NBA. (Barring a Cinderella run to the Sweet 16 this year). And I don't think there is any way he uses a grad transfer down the road. We will be stuck with him for the next two years.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 8, 2017 14:22:27 GMT -6
Omaha, as I expected did get some better reffing than USD did. As was mentioned on here before, Douple already got his boys to the finals, he was already guaranteed his big gate. There wasn't much more to be gained by screwing Omaha. It's too bad we couldn't have played State in the finals. Whether it was a conspiracy, officiating bias, or just plain old $hitty officiating that constantly benefited one team in the second half I don't know. The fact of the matter remains that USD had a good lead with 14 minutes to go and all of a sudden the refs totally changed how the game was being called. All of a sudden everything was a foul on the Yotes and nothing was on State. Why it happened is debatable, you can take your pick as to why it might have happened. The fact that it happened isn't really debatable. Just like at State, one of the best teams in the country at getting to the line was all of a sudden outshot from the line at about a 2-1 margin.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 8, 2017 11:19:45 GMT -6
I don't think the Jacks will be in a playin game, and if they are I think they will win easy. They might get a 16 seed just based on their record, but they would be the best of the 16 seeds I think. They are playing better than a 16 seed. Yes, they had to have refs carry them down the stretch of our game in order to pull that out, but it's not like they suck. They sucked through half of the year, but the second half they were pretty good. I think 15 is the ceiling for them, but most likely a 16. It's always tough when they make the tournament. It doesn't look good for our conference for our representative to get their ass kicked, that won't bode well for us when we make the tournament down the road. It will hurt our seeding. They will look at how the Summit league has done in the past. However, State fans would be unbearable if they were to actually pull out a win, so it is like we are stuck in a no win situation.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 16:48:48 GMT -6
I can't believe he hasn't gotten more offers, unless he is and he's just not taking them. AJ has had a lot of success. Maybe he's just content with where he's at and isn't looking to move.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 12:27:31 GMT -6
It's easy not to bitch when you are getting all the calls. CoyoteFan, I know you are probably busy but please get us what everyone is losing for next year. Not just names, but stats too please. I would say just the top half of the conference but since most teams were so even you might as well get us the whole damn conference. I need something to think about other than that game last night.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 9:42:59 GMT -6
I like how State fans say if you just made your FT's down the stretch you would have won. We got one f*cking FT down the stretch. We didn't live at the line the whole 2nd half like State did. If you are more likely to get a charge called on you than a defensive foul then, yes, you might start to settle for jumpers. With that being said, I still think we attacked the basket quite a bit. Probably more than we should have. They were determined not to call a foul on State. We actually should have settled for more jumpers. What the hell was the point of attacking the rim. We got more charges than we did fouls on them.
We were put in about an impossible position at the end of the game. There is no way we could really contest a shot or they were going to call a foul. If we let Daum get the ball the refs were going to call a foul on us for sure. All we could do is let their worst shooter take a wide open shot and hope he missed. Ya, State got beat by NDSU a few years ago and State has lost in the tournament before. Nobody is saying it's impossible to beat State in the SLT, we are just saying you need to be 10 points better than them to do it. NDSU apparently was a few years ago. Although, that was the Championship, so I would expect a little bit more of a fair shake during the Championship, because Douple already has his packed house for the title game.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 8:41:53 GMT -6
I don't blame the refs. The one guy that struggled on Saturday had his moments again, but they were consistent (not good, but consistent in what they did). I actually don't think they were consistent. In the first half they let the Coyotes play defense and contest shots, in the 2nd half they did not. They let State play defense and contest shots all 2nd half, whereas when the Coyotes would do it they would call a foul. I guess you could say they were consistent in the last 11 minutes of the game in that every call went against the Coyotes. If that's what you meant by them being consistent then I guess I would agree with that.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 0:46:06 GMT -6
I would like to know what everyone has coming back. I think Denver once again has everyone back. I know they didn't look good at the end of the year, but for 3/4's of the year they were a very tough team. I guess I could look at everyone's roster and figure it out, but I'm sure someone on here actually knows the answers. What exactly is NDSU losing? I know Werner, hopefully some others.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 7, 2017 0:18:35 GMT -6
One of the most frustrating things to watch was State players constantly knocking our guys backwards on the way to the hoop with nothing being called, and if our guys did try to chest up and play hard defense they would call a foul on us. It's like you just had to just let them do it then hope they missed the bunny. And it seemed State was free to go flying in on the boards, but whenever we went for a contested rebound they called a foul. Daum's only foul was when he intentionally grabbed Hurst to stop a layup. Had he not intentionally fouled, they wouldn't have called one on him all game long. That's amazing. I just wish we were allowed to defend him the way he defends us. What's crazy is we are a really athletic team that draws a lot of fouls, but somehow we couldn't buy one tonight. And it's not like it was because they were letting them play, because we sure as hell weren't being allowed to play, especially the last 10 minutes of that game when the refs took over.
What sucks is we are probably losing more than State is after this year. We are losing a first team all conference player, State isn't losing much at all. Ya, I realize Orris had a career night tonight, but their is a reason he's not guarded. He's generally not very good. I think one would have to say we are losing more talent off this team than State is. Hopefully we improve more in the offseason than they do. To beat them in the SLT you are going to need to be about 10 points better than them. Tonight we were about 9 points better, and that's not going to be good enough.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 6, 2017 21:29:47 GMT -6
After watching the first half I was thinking all my fears about getting screwed were unfounded. We were actually being allowed to contest shots at the rim. Then the refs more than made up for it in the 2nd half. You can't tell me that Daum plays that whole game and commits one foul. He runs over a guy damn near every time down the court. The reason you aren't seeing State fans on here saying we have nothing to complain about is because if they have an honest bone in their body they can't do that with a straight face. You can't watch that game and think anything other than USD got screwed, I'm sure they don't care, but to their credit they haven't gotten on here and acted like we got a fair shake. They absolutely just lowered their shoulder and ran Peterson over numerous times until they were able to shoot a layup. You aren't allowed to do that. When they wouldn't even call a foul on Daum's body check on Flack's runner I knew we were probably fukd. State should have been carrying those refs off the court on their shoulders tonight. I have some State buddies who thought I was always full of $hit when I would talk about how babied Daum is, but after watching the game tonight they had to admit that maybe I was right, although they said that it's never been that blatant before (they might be right about that, the refs took it to another level tonight). The refs just took over the last 10 minutes of that game. It's like they weren't going to be denied. Damn did Mooney hit some big shots tonight. He definitely looked like the best player on the court tonight. Sure would have been nice to get some 3 point plays on those drives where he was getting knocked down. Hopefully they can bounce back and put up a decent performance in the NIT, but I have my doubts. That loss had to feel like a real gut punch, I can't imagine bouncing back for the NIT when your goal all along was the NCAA's and it seemed within your grasp. Oh, and Peterson never even should have been shooting that FT at the end. He had already gotten rid of the ball before he was ever fouled. It's like the refs were desperate to stop the clock and they wanted Peterson on the line over Simpson.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 6, 2017 13:34:34 GMT -6
I think your numbers are probably pretty accurate, about 7,000 SDSU and 3,000 USD, but I do think that will be a big advantage, especially when the 7,000 are all lower level (close to the Court) and the upper level is filled with USD fans. I pretty much agree with the whole 2nd paragraph. It will be tough for the winner tonight to bounce back with a lot of energy tomorrow night. This game is built up like a championship, it will be hard to bounce back tomorrow for an actual championship.
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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 5, 2017 21:34:12 GMT -6
Damn SDSU is playing really well. They smoked Denver twice in a row, I wish to God we could get an easy win like that some time. This team is going to give me a heart attack. Last game against State I was wondering why we kept doubling Daum, but after watching him play a few more times I see why. He is damn good and he gets every call. If Flack tries to play defense on him they will probably hit Flack with a few early fouls and then we could be screwed. I too was hoping State would have to work hard tonight. They were kicking their ass so bad most of the game it took about as much energy as a walkthrough.
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Post by usdcoyote on Feb 26, 2017 12:55:26 GMT -6
I do wish State was on the other side of the bracket. They have been playing really well lately. They destroyed Denver. I think you would have to say that us and State are the two favorites.
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Post by usdcoyote on Feb 15, 2017 22:44:58 GMT -6
It's probably good the Jacks won. I'm telling you they are better than whatever their seed will be. If we end up as the one seed I don't want State to fall to the 8 seed. Not to mention they will have a ton of fans there. And believe me, refs get caught up in the emotion of the game, that's the main reason you see teams have so much better home records than road records. Those SLT games are basically home games for State. You will need to be 10 points better than them to beat them. Thankfully I feel like we are, but it will take a good (not great) game to beat them. If I had to pick a first round opponent right now it would be Western Ill. Now maybe that will change after we play them at their place, but from what I can tell they seem to be the worst team in the conference. Also, I think it's worth pointing out that our guys have virtually no tournament experience. That doesn't necessarily mean they will wilt under the pressure, it just means we don't know how they will respond to that kind of pressure, and they might also be carrying the pressure of a #1 seed. Who do you think has a better chance to win the SLT, our men or our women? I would probably give the men a better chance, even though they play a lot more closer games. The men are 5-1 against the top 3 teams in the conference with the one loss being a one point loss without Flack.
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