High Point (12/6/24)

[Andrew]

1 minute ago, Green Otaku said:

I don't understand how these "professional" refs make these horrible calls game after game.

No accountability…  If X amount of missed calls that were challenged by a school after a game led them losing their jobs permanently they wouldn’t make such poor calls. Most people would take a missed call over the abuse of a poor whistle any day. 

[Tonto]

5 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Sorry, dude, thought we were having fun!

I may have read that post with wrong tone.  I sincerely apologize for unloading.

[BleedingGreen]

Keep in mind we could be 9-3 going into conference. 

[BigWillie]

It's a bad loss, yes. But let's hold until conference play starts. This team is pretty good. All teams have off nights. We had 2 guys foul out. I am one that usually sees the bad, but it's still early.

[TIgreen01]

Pretty disappointing.  Wright has got to figure out some way to gain consistency.  He’s great or terrible.  No middle ground and we need him to keep teams honest.  Also, like McNeese, another loss where the bad guys get over 30 free throw attempts.

[Tonto]

I would love to blame refs but I think we just had a bad day.  This looks nothing like the Utah State effort

[Green Otaku]

4 minutes ago, BleedingGreen said:

Too early to judge .  Let’s get a few games into conference.

I didn't feel like we needed to wait for conference play to know Edwards was a scoring machine.

[L Ron Studdard]

Just now, Tonto said:

I would love to blame refs but I think we just had a bad day.  This looks nothing like the Utah State effort

Agreed, showed no intensity until it was all but out of reach.

[GMG_Dallas]

Imagine getting in for the first time in a 4 point game with 20 seconds left because 4 guys gave fouled out. I like Hodge but his rotation style is a joke and will cost us games.

[Censored by Laurie]

5 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

This is a solid program, at home, coming off a disappointing loss. That’s a very dangerous combination. This will be a good win. 

Yet again. Look who was right. Either accept the above…or…let flow the stream of awful opinions below:

[CMJ]

HPU 76 --------- NT 71

 

Final

[Green Otaku]

6 minutes ago, L Ron Studdard said:

This team has looked better than last year's team until tonight. Will agree this is a really bad loss, but remember last year's bunch lost to a 13-20 Fordham team on a neutral site. Super disappointing tonight for sure.

I'd have to take a look at the stats, but I feel like one big difference from last year is our shooting. This team looks very streaky, and has poor shot selection because they get into trouble and don't know what to do.

[Tonto]

Vice must not show anything at practice.  Seems like this would be a game to get some minutes to develop even if he fouls out.  We needed some size to protect paint in 2nd half

[greenminer]

final.  Disheartening loss and raises tons of questions and concerns.

[L Ron Studdard]

1 minute ago, Censored by Laurie said:

Yet again. Look who was right. Either accept the above…or…let flow the stream of awful opinions below:

You said UNT would win.

[meangreenfaninno]

Terrible loss!

[BillySee58]

6 minutes ago, TIgreen01 said:

Pretty disappointing.  Wright has got to figure out some way to gain consistency.  He’s great or terrible.  No middle ground and we need him to keep teams honest.  Also, like McNeese, another loss where the bad guys get over 30 free throw attempts.

Part of it is he just can’t create his own shot. Showed signs of being able to in Florida but otherwise he’s pretty reliant on the looks he is getting from other players.

[Censored by Laurie]

1 minute ago, L Ron Studdard said:

You said UNT would win.

No I didn’t. I said this would be a good win. I literally said after the McNeese game that I full expect to beat OSU and then lose to HPU…and then watch the stupidity from this board not be able to reconcile the two

[greenminer]

It's really tough where we are at in the world of CBB.  We regularly see solid ball from no-name schools, or solid programs from no-name conferences.  On top of that, tough to get bigger names - familiar names - to play you.

You can't really win when we win, and when you lose it's suffocating.

[Greendylan]

It's not a terrible loss, but sadly, being a non-power-conference team, it does mean we have probably eliminated ourselves from at-large tournament contention.  

[BleedingGreen]

4 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

I'd have to take a look at the stats, but I feel like one big difference from last year is our shooting. This team looks very streaky, and has poor shot selection because they get into trouble and don't know what to do.

So…it’s a lot better to have 1  streaky player to rely upon (Edwards) vs. 3 of 4 streaky players this year?

[L Ron Studdard]

5 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

This will be a good win. 

 

[Censored by Laurie]

Maybe this is as good a time as any to ask…

 

”what does everyone think this team is?” 

[BleedingGreen]

There’s more knee jerk reactions here than at an army physical day .

[Censored by Laurie]

3 minutes ago, Greendylan said:

It's not a terrible loss, but sadly, being a non-power-conference team, it does mean we have probably eliminated ourselves from at-large tournament contention.  

My dude, that ship was long since sailed. 
 

the AAC is a one bid league this year…two if Memphis gets ousted in the conference tourney.