@ Denver

[kiyoat]

No game day tweets yet from the men's account.  Obviously run by different folks than the women's account.  There is a GoYotes.com preview article though.

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The Pioneers average 67.2 points per game and give up 74.9 a contest. As a team, DU shoots 43 percent from the field and 33 percent from deep.

Denver is led by Jase Townsend with 17.6 points per game while Ade Murkey chips in with 15.9 points.

In its seven conference losses, the Pioneers have been outscored by an average margin of 8.7 points and have only shot 29 percent from deep.

In its one conference win, Denver outscored Omaha 91-76 and shot an impressive 54 percent from the field and 55 from deep on 11-of-20 from downtown. They held Omaha to 36 percent shooting and 28 percent from deep.

So some Jekyll and Hyde shooting from the Pios.  Probably more Jekyll than Hyde, on average. (or is it Hyde?).... I'm confusing myself.

[kiyoat]

So, if Dr. Jekyll is the good guy, does that represent good shooting?... or would Mr. Hyde, as the powerful monster, represent a "monster" shooting game?....




... must be a slow news day.


GIFs are fun.

[Yotes]

I paid the $10 for the stream and am now realizing I've never watched a game at Denver. Only school in the league. Get with the times.

[Yotes]

From past comments users have made, Denver still has the most unprofessional and biased commentators in the league. Absolutely painful to listen to these guys.

Yotes with a strong run late in the half to tie it at 41. Team was worrying me for a while but are looking lively now.

[gopheryote]

I didn't have good vibes going in to this game. Still don't.

[gopheryote]

Jan 30, 2020 20:29:21 GMT -6 Yotes said:

I paid the $10 for the stream and am now realizing I've never watched a game at Denver. Only school in the league. Get with the times.

It is on Altitude Sports too - channel 681 DirecTV.

[Yotes]

Jan 30, 2020 21:01:48 GMT -6 gopheryote said:

Jan 30, 2020 20:29:21 GMT -6 Yotes said:

I paid the $10 for the stream and am now realizing I've never watched a game at Denver. Only school in the league. Get with the times.

It is on Altitude Sports too - channel 681 DirecTV.

The stream I bought is the Altitude broadcast. I don't have any sort of cable subscription.

[Yotes]

Jan 30, 2020 21:01:06 GMT -6 gopheryote said:

I didn't have good vibes going in to this game. Still don't.

There's gotta be something about the altitude. It's never easy to play at Denver no matter how bad they are.

[Yote 53]

We're getting to crunch time in the conference race and the Yotes need this game so I'm putting my basketball sneakers on and following this game. Best I can do is follow on the Yahoo Sports app.

About 7 1/2 min left and Yotes up 69-65. I'm guessing it's going to come down to defense and executing on our possessions. Going to be a tight one is my prediction. Gonna have to gut out the W.

[Yote 53]

Switched over to the sweet sounds of JVG. Need to play D, execute offensively, hit the free throws.

[Yotes]

Gosh, wouldn't you know it? This broadcast's player of the game is a Denver guy. Doesn't matter if they are losing or that USD has a couple guys with better lines.

I hate the guys on this broadcast. Shameless homers.

[Yote 53]

W

[Yotes]

Doesn't matter how you get it when you're on the road. Won 6 of the last 7 (and somehow I'm disappointed it isn't 7 out of 7). Always great to get a win. Keep it going on the road.

[elcoyote]

That was about as unentertaining as a basketball game can be: two hours and 20 minutes, 57 fouls and 71 free throws. So much for fast paced action. Didn't watch, only listened but either both teams were extremely lazy on defense, it was very physical, closely called and neither team adjusted or it was a tad bit over officiated. I get that Denver was fouling at the end to run up the totals somewhat. Anybody who watched video have any observations? Anyway, nice to get a conference win on the road.

[gopheryote]

I watched the 2nd half. It seemed to be over-officiated, but also looked like both teams were playing D like they were really tired. Not quite in the right spot, swiping at the ball for some reason, repeat. The last couple minutes of the game where especially brutal, where it was a non-stop parade of Yotes scoring/making FTs, then playing total ole defense so DU scored in under 8 seconds, over and over.
If this team could commit to defense/find a scheme that works for them just a bit more, they could start to dominate the league. But I don't think that is likely at this point.