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Feb 11, 2012 20:32:33 GMT -6
Post by youthbballcoach on Feb 11, 2012 20:32:33 GMT -6
I'm very pleased that The Yotes having been playing with so much more intensity, determination and unselfishness. It seems as though they have tired of losing. They have been working so much harder on both ends of the floor. The weave that they are using offensively have allowed them to have more players in involved in the offense, but hopefully they are not forgetting about Gruis. He is a needed and viable option for their offense,
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Feb 11, 2012 21:53:08 GMT -6
Post by youthbballcoach on Feb 11, 2012 21:53:08 GMT -6
The Yotes competed tonight. I just feel that NDSU made adjustments at halftime and negated the effectiveness of USD's weave. NDSU also figured out the match-up zone in the 2nd half. I would love to see The Yotes add some variation to their offense, maybe some high-low action with Andreotti and Gruis or just straight post ups to get some more interior scoring. They were really outplayed on the inside tonight. On defense, maybe add some half-court traps and a little extended pressure at times. At this level, teams can't just run the same defensive and offensive sets the whole game, especially after the other team has figured out their schemes.
All in all, I can't say that I am disappointed with The Yotes' effort tonight. They weren't as fiery as they were against SDSU. That probably had to do with the size of the crowd, but they didn't back down. They have to find a way to get 20-25 points a game from the combination of Gruis and Andreotti. You know what you're going to get each game from Westbrook and Krogman. Tecker, seems healthy and is playing productive minutes. Saint-Gelais makes several strong drives when he gets consistent minutes. Andreotti works his tail off as a defender/rebounder, but the team could use a little more offense out of he and Gruis to make them harder to defend.
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Feb 12, 2012 0:24:44 GMT -6
Post by Coyote Fan on Feb 12, 2012 0:24:44 GMT -6
I thought tonight that the Yotes would probably have some heavy legs and lose because of it but they lost playing with alot of energy. NDSU played a heck of a game to come away with a win. I don't know what happened at UMKC for them but they likely played a much different game tonight.
NDSU won the game because of being just a bit longer and just a bit quicker in certain instances. Trevor Gruis tried his best down low tonight but NDSU seemed to have 2 or 3 guys surrounding him every time he got the ball. It wasn't the Yotes that didn't try to get him going because they did. It was NDSU's defense that denied him that was the difference. They were tall enough to not allow him to get comfortable down low. The Yotes played just as hard or harder than the Bison. The big run (I believe it was something like 23-6) to start the 2nd half was the ballgame. In the second half NDSU was getting way to many open layups and at other times they were creating layups because of playing a skilled offensive game. The Bison just were not missing tonight from inside of 5 feet. That seems kind of like an obvious statement but most everything inside was falling whether it was open or contested. Usually teams have a few more lipouts than the Bison did tonight.
The Yotes played very well in all facets to be up by 10 towards the end of the half. Despite NDSU playing a very good game tonight the white hung with them very tough. I am seeing a Yote team playing alot better and with alot more heart than I saw earlier in the season. Boots has done an admirable job keeping these kids from giving up on the season. That could have very well happened and to a small degree it could have been understandable but the team is showing alot of pride right now.
The crowd wasn't too bad. A few of the Coyote crazies tried to get into it in the second half. For awhile I was feeling a bit wierd cheering much more than those around me but even some of the veterans starting getting into it just a bit.
There are alot more people that sit on the football grandstand seats and just below them making the attendance much larger than it looks when viewing from Coyote Vision which never shows the other side of the court. I would guess the attendance was around 2,000 and I would venture to guess that 500 of those fans might have shown up based on what the Yotes did against SDSU 2 nights prior. Excitement breeds excitement.
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Feb 12, 2012 15:11:46 GMT -6
Post by #1CoyoteFan (Admin) on Feb 12, 2012 15:11:46 GMT -6
2,000 for NDSU on a Saturday? That is pretty pathetic if you ask me...Minimum of 3,000. What is with this fan base. UAPB gets almost 3,000 for a Monday against a fellow SWAC opponent and the team is in the middle of the conference, and it is a lot louder in their arena with people cheering. Come on people.
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Feb 12, 2012 18:35:34 GMT -6
Post by Coyote Fan on Feb 12, 2012 18:35:34 GMT -6
The dome is going to suck up alot of the energy in most instances. It gets lost in the cavernous regions that don't exist in most mid major basketball facilities. There really isn't much of an effort made by the PA announcer or any other means to get fans to cheer. I personally think fans have a responsibility to take it upon themselves to stand up and cheer but at least cheer while they are sitting down. It really doesn't take all that much energy to cheer but what the team will get out of it is substancial. A new basketball arena will do alot to contain the noise plus probably encourage people to cheer even more just because of it being a little bit louder facility in the first place. It appears as if the proposed design does have a low ceiling which is good for noise containment. I sat in the football bleachers for the first time ever while watching a basketball game in the dome. I cheered alot but the seats are a bit too comfortable and laziness can set in. It's much easier to stand up and sit down while in bleachers than it is in the individual chair seats. I had alot of fun and felt it was well worth the trip to go see two home teams that really left it our there on the floor last night.
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Feb 12, 2012 22:03:48 GMT -6
Post by thebisonator on Feb 12, 2012 22:03:48 GMT -6
Hey coyotefan, I thought that USD was going to kick NDSU's ass in basketball once they started playing each other again, like you predicted... What happened???
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sleuth
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Feb 12, 2012 22:11:46 GMT -6
Post by sleuth on Feb 12, 2012 22:11:46 GMT -6
Easy there bisonator. I dont think you want to come on here and start anything. That game was a heck of a lot closer than the final score showed and I over heard saul talking after the game and he was very surprised by the toughness of the coyotes and how much improved they were from the first time they played them. So if you want to start a fight you can take it somewhere else besides this forum.
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usdlaw
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Feb 12, 2012 22:36:34 GMT -6
Post by usdlaw on Feb 12, 2012 22:36:34 GMT -6
For once I actually partially agree with coyote fan. I agree the PA announcer could help educate our mostly lethargic fans when to stand up and cheer. With about 5minutes left in the SDSU game and again with 3 minutes left our fans were sitting down while SDSU was mounting a comeback. I tried to get people behind me to stand up but they wouldn't. And I was in the front row. Thank god our student section actually had a clue that game. Our adult alumni gave the team little energy it was the students that carried the day. Our band tried by overplaying the school song but even then many did not stand up. I'm afraid the only thing that will get those people in DD EE and FF to stand up is an electric shock device put under their chairs. I almost always sit in those sections and I feel like I am looked down upon for trying to get those around me to stand. I'm not saying they should stand the whole game, but there are key points in a game where they need to. We need the PA announcer to flat out say that! Just my opinion
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Feb 13, 2012 0:04:07 GMT -6
Post by Coyote Fan on Feb 13, 2012 0:04:07 GMT -6
For once I actually partially agree with coyote fan. It's ok USD Law, life will go on. ;D I supposed I have deserved my fair share of critisism but I simply don't take losing too well and it's been a very difficult year for transition. I did my fair share of Coyote supporting this weekend.
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chuck
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Feb 15, 2012 8:44:46 GMT -6
Post by chuck on Feb 15, 2012 8:44:46 GMT -6
2,000 for NDSU on a Saturday? That is pretty pathetic if you ask me...Minimum of 3,000. What is with this fan base. UAPB gets almost 3,000 for a Monday against a fellow SWAC opponent and the team is in the middle of the conference, and it is a lot louder in their arena with people cheering. Come on people. Personally, I think the jacked up prices (pun somewhat intended) for the SDSU game played a part in this. If you spent $50 on one game for you, a friend, and your child, it is more difficult to turn around and spend a good chunk of dough for a game two days later. To me, pricing also contributed to having *ONLY* 5,000 there for the SDSU game. I know we need revenue, but to me it wasn't wise to raise prices. I would've rather lowered the price, completely packed the place, and perhaps along the way recruited a new group of fans who may come to other games.
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Feb 15, 2012 11:23:44 GMT -6
Post by yoteforever on Feb 15, 2012 11:23:44 GMT -6
Hey coyotefan, I thought that USD was going to kick NDSU's ass in basketball once they started playing each other again, like you predicted... What happened??? BELONGS IN SMACK
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