Florida Atlantic (2/27/25)

golfingomez · 2025-02-26T15:24:43Z

On 2/24/2025 at 10:05 AM, GMG_Dallas said:

I really hope we can put together 2 good halves in one game. Far too often we have a great first half and collapse in the second. Occasionally, we have a bad first half and a great second half. If we can put together a full 40, there's not many teams who can beat us.

agreed, but also, this conversation is happening at 85% of the teams in the nation... "if we could just play consistently well for both halves we could be (insert: '.500', 'a championship contender', 'the number 1 seed', 'ranked in the top ten', etc.)

then there's 14% of programs that feel they have no hope and/or don't care and the last 1% is made up of overconfident programs.

MCMLXXX · 2025-02-26T16:02:11Z

A win over FAU guarantees a bye into the Quarterfinals at the AAC tournament. We need to win!

Edited 5 hours ago by MCMLXXX

dml7007 · 2025-02-26T17:08:05Z

1 hour ago, MCMLXXX said:

A win over FAU guarantees a bye into the Semi-finals at the AAC tournament. We need to win!

No a win gets a bye into Quarterfinals, not to Semi-finals.

MCMLXXX · 2025-02-26T19:40:40Z

2 hours ago, dml7007 said:

No a win gets a bye into Quarterfinals, not to Semi-finals.

You are correct. I will edit.

GMG_Dallas · 2025-02-26T22:26:41Z

8 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

... and starting that same game, from 20:00 - 10:06 in the first half, USF scored 7pts. A terrible 10 minutes... for them.
Want to win the conference? Keep doing that. Right?

If so, we have to stick to the script of incredibly tough defense, with offensive sets that take a long time so guys can catch their breath some & get back after it on defense. It's not unheard of for 5-6 possessions to come away empty (for any team). If we happen to dictate pace (and we often do), that same 5-6 possessions can stretch 8-10min... easy, because both teams don't get shots off until the last 3-4 seconds of shot clock. If we were an up-&-down, transition-style team, those same 5-6 possessions may only take ~4min.
It is what it is. If this team were immune to scoring droughts, we'd be undefeated and ranked.

5-6 possessions? I just put the stats up above. We shot 2/17 and had 3 turnovers in that stretch. That's not 5-6 possessions. Y'all are seriously reaching on a lot of these excuses.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-02-26T22:29:23Z

1 minute ago, GMG_Dallas said:

5-6 possessions? I just put the stats up above. We shot 2/17 and had 3 turnovers in that stretch. That's not 5-6 possessions. Y'all are seriously reaching on a lot of these excuses.

Yep...

The same people will state that the athletic department is doing a swell job. They're... blind. I'm being kind.

GMG_Dallas · 2025-02-26T22:37:36Z

5 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Yep...

The same people will state that the athletic department is doing a swell job. They're... blind. I'm being kind.

Oh but then the excuse by another was it's hard to get into a rhythm with the slow pace. So we do fine 30 minutes out of the game but for 10 minutes every game, we can't hit a shot. I'm fine if this were rare but every game is a trend that needs to be figured out. There's what? Four games before the conference tourney? Plenty of time to figure out a couple new rotations to see how guys work together. Would only need a few minutes every game. Maybe the next 10 minute drought is a great time to try new things.