BET - Nova Game Thread 3-15-19

[mumuskie87]

Man - what a punch in the gut this was.
Nova is still the alpha dog of the BE.
But X played a helluva game.
Thank you Zach, Kyle and Ryan for your contributions.
Damn - Losing sucks

[lionelchalmers0]

Paul Scruggs NEEDS to be the leader of this team next year (along with Jones perhaps.

Naji and Q def have their own skill set but by god are their basketball IQs low and do they shoot their way out of games.

[muskieman]

Have to play better in semi final games. Paul gave us a great game. Booth driving was a key because refs called fouls on most of those drives. X needed more that two double digit scorers. Fought hard and had it in hand but it was not meant to be. Wish Q had more of those drives and dunks

[lionelchalmers0]

Have to play better in semi final games. Paul gave us a great game. Booth driving was a key because refs called fouls on most of those drives. X needed more that two double digit scorers. Fought hard and had it in hand but it was not meant to be.

I can’t f’ing stand when refs make those calls. At least twice late in the second half booth drove on Naji, Naji played great d and they called the foul when booth initiated the contact shoulder to chest. There was zero contact by najis arms on either play but booth was being aggressive so they just gave it to him.

[Jesseandrippers]

Silver Lining: Three weeks ago none of us would have predicted taking Nova to OT in BE Semis. Doesnt make this feel any better but it was nice seeing the team not pack it in with a first year coach after that stretch.

Need some pieces next year to compliment some of the good we have on the roster now.

[Anti-Homer]

Great game, and 2nd half run of the season by X. The elephant in the room is something that doesn't need to be said, but selfish, low I.Q. play cost X the game. Steele has been brilliant, but the major hurdle he has to jump over is to hold players accountable, which he clearly did not. Stat sheets and the eye test speak volumes. A complete disgrace, particularly to the three grad transfers, whose play was guided by what was in the best interest of the team all season. I'd rather lose with those guys, and someone who thinks plays hero ball all the time. A complete disgrace.

[XavierBob]

Ok, I’m as disappointed/upset, drained like everyone else. This is just one of several games X couldn’t finish this year I’m sure we have out theories and reasons why. To me bottom line we didn’t have enough consistent quality players. Performances were up and down all year. Not one of our key players had long periods of good play. It took too long to get the roster to gel. This is the most disappointing year in a long time, but, over the last month I’ve seen improvement. Not enough mind you but if the core four work hard and dedicate themselves to get back to the NCAA and we get anything from the freshman and probably a grad transfer it can be done. The milk is spilled I’m not going to cry over it. Looking forward to next year.

[skyhops]

Marshall and Q 10-46 the last two games not to mention they do not pass to Welage and Scruggs. Terrible job by Steele last three minutes

[lionelchalmers0]

Great game, and 2nd half run of the season by X. The elephant in the room is something that doesn't need to be said, but selfish, low I.Q. play cost X the game. Steele has been brilliant, but the major hurdle he has to jump over is to hold players accountable, which he clearly did not. Stat sheets and the eye test speak volumes. A complete disgrace, particularly to the three grad transfers, whose play was guided by what was in the best interest of the team all season. I'd rather lose with those guys, and someone who thinks plays hero ball all the time. A complete disgrace.

I hear you and def agree in a sense. I wouldn’t call it disgraceful though that’s a little dramatic. Naji played heroic defense really the last two months and including tonight. In fact he probably sucked on offense partly bc he had to go 100% all the time on d. Q def takes frustrating shots but made some very good passes as well. Def some low IQ plays by both that are frustrating but far from a “disgraceful” effort

[muskieman]

Have to play better in semi final games. Paul gave us a great game. Booth driving was a key because refs called fouls on most of those drives. X needed more that two double digit scorers. Fought hard and had it in hand but it was not meant to be.

I can’t f’ing stand when refs make those calls. At least twice late in the second half booth drove on Naji, Naji played great d and they called the foul when booth initiated the contact shoulder to chest. There was zero contact by najis arms on either play but booth was being aggressive so they just gave it to him.

You should know the aggressive guards get the calls just like 00 did in his day. Q could be that guard but he is unsure of his handel. I agree with XavierBob said: "Not one of our key players had long periods of good play" and the past few games showed it with Paul shooting poorly the other night and tonight lights it up. I said with a few minutes to play he might need to score 30-35 and had they been able to get it to him he might have just carried X.