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Cadavers move more quickly than #10. Pathetic. Need legitimate backup for Tre

McCall just getting torched by McKillop. Why has he kept Carl in the game when he's ice cold today? Why is Dibaji sitting on the bench when he smothered Kellen Grady, and now Grady is taking over this game by himself?

Man, what a depressing game.

Upstate10 wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:52 pm Man Tre is having the worst half he’ll play this season

Ya, but we're also just standing around. Maybe they're tired, but McCall's gotta find a way to re-spark this thing

I’ll actually give MM credit in this game with the exception of too many minutes for Pierre. His game plan was excellent in the 1st half and they completely took away Grady and Lee. 2nd half of course Mckillop is going to have better adjustments than MM and their best player has stepped up and our best player didn’t (and our senior leader has been the worst player in the game).

Tough game for Mitchell. Hope he comes back soon

Same old UMass.

A smart, well-coached team will almost always beat this team.

Floyd wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:47 pm Put Dibaji in for Carl and keep him roaming the baseline for a lob. There is room behind the zone

Yes, Floyd, and drive and kick; work the elbow. Argh. Deflating second half. Despite progress, this still leaves questions.

I like the guy who makes the better adjustments in the 2nd half.

Guys played tough today, the effort was great. The 4 guys outside the arc offense just didn't cut it the 2nd half

Worcester_To_Amherst wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:58 pm I’ll actually give MM credit in this game with the exception of too many minutes for Pierre. His game plan was excellent in the 1st half and they completely took away Grady and Lee. 2nd half of course Mckillop is going to have better adjustments than MM and their best player has stepped up and our best player didn’t (and our senior leader has been the worst player in the game).

Agree that the first half game plan was great, but as a whole, this was a terribly coached game for McCall. He preaches playing 40 minutes to his players, so I can't give him credit for a partial game plan. The other way to rephrase the above statement is "I'll give MM credit in this game, he made poor halftime adjustments, had poor substitution patterns and got thoroughly outcoached in the second half by McKillop".

Unless TJ is on a minutes restriction, Carl playing 13 more minutes than him today is absurd. Leaving fouls on the bench, when they were locking up was also dumb. Frustrating.

Davidson was on a 38-16 run, before UMass hit those two meaningless threes.

I was almost ready to say McCall was coaching better, not any more

CrazyLegs wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:04 pm Davidson was on a 38-16 run, before UMass hit those two meaningless threes.

Is this true? Yuck.

DanaDingle3 wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:45 pm

TheInsider wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:26 pm JG takes a shoulder in the chin... no call.. did I miss why Carl is playing over TJ??

Carl's the worst player on the floor, but McCall can't take his binky out. It's mystifying.

With exactly the same final stat line as RDIII, and being a half foot smaller gives more value to his rebounds vs RDIII....depending on freshman means accepting inconsistencies...