Game 17, 2013-14: at Elon

78 · Post by 78 » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:21 pm

econalum wrote:
shovelhd wrote:
SoCal wrote: She sounded kind of hot
clearly
"She" may have a voice JUST for radio.

I think you mean she may have a "face" for radio

LS71 · Post by **LS71** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:54 pm

I wasn't able to see it or hear most of it but every time I checked Gamecast on ESPN, UMass was ahead by double digits.

Before this stretch of 5 out of 6 on the road began I posted games these games would teach us a lot about this team.

Refuse to Lose 2.0....these guys are on a mission!

http://youtu.be/MKZSqd5Y8nA

cam9219 · Post by **cam9219** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:53 am

If we continue on our path in the A10 and get to the Finals of the A10 Tournament, this would be the type of opponent we would play in the first round of the tourney as a 3 or 4 seed. So to win fairly comfortably is a good sign.

vanmeter · Post by **vanmeter** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:14 am

Good solid win. Kept a steady lead throughout.

SoCal · Post by **SoCal** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:56 am

A Harry Plumer sighting...

http://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball ... ess_i.html

SoCal · Post by **SoCal** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:02 am

And from the Gazette

http://www.gazettenet.com/sports/umasss ... -past-elon

eldonabe · Post by **eldonabe** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:07 am

That was the best all around game the boys have played in awhile.

Every time Elon made any kind of move at them, they responded and just kept them at arms length. It was a nice efficient game too, good shooting percentage and solid board work.

Jeez - I almost forgot... ONLY 11 TURNOVERS!

Just a really good game.

shovelhd · Post by **shovelhd** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:19 am

xlgman wrote: We're going on the road against teams that desperately want to knock off a top 20 team.

Think how many top 20 teams have been knocked off lately. Puts things in perspective.

I agree that this was our best played game in a while. Better game flow, less ugliness. Not quite like the start of the year, but definitely back on track to that potentially unsustainable greatness.

One thing that bugged me was the suggestion that Chaz wasn't into the game. I completely disagree. I think he is hurting more than he shows. His cuts aren't as hard as earlier in the year, at least to my eye over a crappy feed, but feel free to disagree.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:40 am

Harry makes a good point about Lalanne making a big difference. They clearly focused on him defensively, and still couldn't stop him. It also opened things up for Maxie.

Mrbaseball220 · Post by **Mrbaseball220** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:43 am

very Happy! This is the type of win I have been looking for. As others have said. Got out early and kept them at a comfortable distance. Yes we could have put our foot down and stretched it to 15-20, but who cares. With the way they have been playing, to win by 10 and never have this in doubt is a great confidence builder for the team and I'm sure for a lot of fans.

Go Umass!

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:03 am

Inside the Box Score:

Putney and TBerg combined for 10 fouls in 24 minutes. A couple of Putney's, in particular, were just god-awful calls. But it's something to be addressed.

Chaz did not lead us in assists. He had 4, Gordon 5. I can't imagine there's been more than a few games that has happened.

Trey Davis had a really big three to stave off one of their runs. He also had 6 rebounds and 0 turnovers in 25 minutes. I think his emergence as a steady ball handler has been an unsung key to our success. When we lost Jesse and Farrell, we lost a lot of our expected ball-handling depth. Trey's ability to not only hold down the fort but make a TON of positive plays has been huge. We aren't even close to 16-1 without him.

We didn't press yesterday. I thought that was strange, as I think that team could have been successfully pressured. However, it may have led to better overall defense. We didn't give up anything easy in transition, and they shot only 34% from the field. I'm wondering if getting back and set up made us better in the half court. We also saved some energy. I'm interested to see if we do this again going forward, or if it was simply because of our schedule this week.

The Camby Man Can · Post by **The Camby Man Can** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:07 am

is there a game replay available?

ScottieB · Post by **ScottieB** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:12 am

If you paid for the stream there is a replay on the same page.

Stream wasn't awesome but not unwatchable either. The coverage was actually pretty good but the image quality was a few years behind. Let's not forget though that the ONLY footage of that awesome Put dunk on YSU is on shitty UMASS-o-vision... so we can't really say much.

I was happy to see it and don't feel the need for a refund. (And for the touchy ones, I'm NOT saying that if you did/do you're doing the wrong thing).

78 · Post by 78 » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:15 am

FYI -- Front page of Globe sports section again today.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:27 pm

Chris20 wrote:Trey Davis had a really big three to stave off one of their runs. He also had 6 rebounds and 0 turnovers in 25 minutes. I think his emergence as a steady ball handler has been an unsung key to our success. When we lost Jesse and Farrell, we lost a lot of our expected ball-handling depth. Trey's ability to not only hold down the fort but make a TON of positive plays has been huge. We aren't even close to 16-1 without him.

Trey has been really solid this year. I'm almost looking forward to him coming into the game as much as I am Maxie because he can hit the 3 and usually makes a big play that gets us going. Getting very consistent play from him