Game 27, 2012-13: at Xavier

vanmeter · Post by **vanmeter** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:22 pm

Great win. Freddie Riley!!

Have not looked forward to a home game this much in a long time.

78 · Post by 78 » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:24 pm

Great win. Balances the bad lacrosse loss. Was going back and forth between games. Trey was unreal and from what I saw, Vinson had a great game. Freddie hit some huge shots. Going to try to make it out for Thursday night. Go, UMass.

UMassFan99 · Post by **UMassFan99** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:24 pm

Lets hope we're not ice cold from beyond the arc and launching them on thurs. TV is an enigma, but the dude was still huge for us today.

Mark 80 · Post by **Mark 80** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:25 pm

Have not seen but a couple of games this year down here in Maryland. Nice to watch a great win! Williams really got going in the second half. Great steal and game awareness to call a time out at the end.

Max11 · Post by **Max11** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:25 pm

Great performance!

Love seeing Freddie play that well, and great to get a glimpse of what Trey can do. Also nice to knock of Xavier before they join the Big Church Conference.

minmanfan · Post by **minmanfan** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:25 pm

Great win today. Nice to see Trey have a breakout game. To be able to pull out a win at the Cintas considering that Chaz didn't have his best day was impressive.

Mrbaseball220 · Post by **Mrbaseball220** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:26 pm

So your saying there's a chance!

That is a great team win. Everything was set up for this team to come out and just lay an egg. The start was terrible, the refs were terrible (both ways) Chaz with 3 quick fouls, etc etc...

Trey was amazing today and the future is bright.

TV was amazing and the I'll be sad to see him go. Cady was solid today.

Freddie wow! Never thought a year ago today I'd be saying that I will for sure be missing Freddie, but this kid, kept working, took a ton of criticism (myself included) and just took advantage of an opportunity as you'd expect a senior to do. Just so proud of this kid for what he has done. Not only hitting big 3's today, but also playing great D!

I also think it might be overlooked, but the minutes Bergantino got today were huge. I wanted to see more of him in the second half, but he really deliverd in limited time today.

I think for those who have been critical of DK, this was as well a coached game as he has had. He made adjustments, he had good rotations, and I loved his late game thinking with getting the ball into Cady!

I hope we sell out the Mullins for Butler. Hopefully we can catch them reeling a little bit coming off of today!

Go Umass!

CrooksisRhyming · Post by **CrooksisRhyming** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:27 pm

If I ever, ever tell any of you that I've figured this team/program out - I'm full of shit.

Happy Hazel '96 · Post by **Happy Hazel '96** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:27 pm

I believe Xavier was something like 51-3 @ the Cintas Center. Well, let's make that 51-4! And our program's first win there since '01.

chuff · Post by **chuff** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:29 pm

Have to give it up to Tberg too. He did a great job, at a time when he was really needed. Man, I'd like to see him get even more minutes. How do you like that? Trey and Tyler significant contributors at the end of the season. Couldn't have anything to do with coaching, of course.

EBox · Post by **EBox** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:32 pm

Huge huge game. Its always frustrating with some of the boneheaded plays (Sampson Carter taking not 1 but 2 three pointers), poor fouls, but there's no taking away how tough this team played today. Freddie came up huge and I think Trey has to get game ball for stepping up big time in place of Chaz. This kid really showed some poise today and appears to be growing up into the NCAA game well this season for a freshman.

Butler is going to be HUGE.

Just have to say that Steve Lappas is such a crappy commentator. No bias left from his tenure coaching at UMass, but it seemed he enjoyed harping on UMass, focusing on Vinson's "acting", our "flopping", and towards the end stating "Here's what Umass needs to do..." as if he knew what that was. Amazing how Umass found a way to win without him. I'd put him half a step above the commentators from Duquesne last year.

RageintheCage · Post by **RageintheCage** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:40 pm

Great win. 4 more and we are in the conversation. Loved the barage of 3s that were actually falling! Great guts and great win all around. Cady starting to look like a man...

dingo38 · Post by **dingo38** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:43 pm

Any idea what TV's condition is? He looked in a lot of pain with his arm during the last plays. Hope nothing serious

Juice Stand · Post by **Juice Stand** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:44 pm

So lucky to get out of there the way we rebounded and shot free throws. We definitely got bailed out by the 3, but this team gutted out a win at a really tough place to play and that's all that matters.

EBox, as for Lappas, I agree that he seemed to enjoy talking more about what the teams did wrong as opposed to giving credit to players for making good plays. He was totally right for talking about TV's flop though. Vinson is my favorite player on the team, but when he did that, I was embarrassed to watch it. There clearly was no contact and he tried to sell an elbow to the face by dropping to the floor and covering his face. He should have been called out for that.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:45 pm

Trey was huge today, very poised. kid is going to be a solid PG for us after Chaz leaves, and next year as well. Agree, TBerg gave us some needed minutes and held his own. Freddie was huge, played within the game and hit CLUTCH threes. TV really was agressive offensively and really kept us in it for a stretch there. Cady just tough down low. Good comeback win. Really picked it up after halftime and woke up to get a much needed win. Good adjustments by DK at the half to get this team back on track. Team showed some sack today