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GarradJ21 12-02-2018 10:03 PM

NKU
 
Games is Tuesday night
NKU is 8-1

They can shoot, and will be coming into our arena looking to make the upset. I’m having flashbacks from two years ago against Marshall where Marshall couldn’t miss. I really hope they aren’t making every 3 they take. Hopefully we avoid the trap game and get out with a W. We are the better team and have more talent. This is a perfect game for us fans to look forward to, to help crosstown shootout week move a little faster

Queens_NYC 12-03-2018 06:26 AM

In their only game against decent competition this year (@UCF) they competed well for one half before UCF made an early 2nd half run and NKU spent the last 15 minutes of the game down 15+ points. UCF missed 19 free throws in that game but held NKU to only 8 second half FGs which marked only the second time this season NKU scored less than 77 points in a game.

They are one of the best 2-point shooting teams we'll face this season (61.3%) while also one of the worst free-throw shooting teams (61.8%).

It'll be interesting to see what type of line-ups we put on the floor as their two primary front court players McDonald and Walton are 45% 3-point shooters who take about 5 3s a game each so I'm not sure we can count on Brooks/Nsoseme to guard them on the perimeter.

cincrulz11 12-03-2018 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Queens_NYC (Post 192895)

It'll be interesting to see what type of line-ups we put on the floor as their two primary front court players McDonald and Walton are 45% 3-point shooters who take about 5 3s a game each so I'm not sure we can count on Brooks/Nsoseme to guard them on the perimeter.

probably a game for scott at the 5. can even play both pgs cause nku runs 2 small guards themselves. nku doesn't really offensive rebound either so cumberland could play the 4 if thats a route we wanted to go.

Cin City 12-03-2018 08:14 AM

Pressure them and disrupt any offensive flow. Thats what UCF did. Brooks could have a big game as they do not guard the paint all that well. They can shoot it though.

WAITE HOYT 2 12-04-2018 08:27 AM

Need to put this one in the win column. Hope the guys aren't looking ahead to Saturday. Have to keep building our resume and learn from each game. The guys are growing their games. We need to get some consistency.

GarradJ21 12-04-2018 09:13 AM

I think an upset would have been more realistic if no one made this a big deal. Now there's no looking past NKU as the players coaches and fans know this is no joke. That's the worst thing that could have happened to NKU.

Marshall came in two years ago under the radar and lit it up.

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 09:55 AM

our perimeter defense better show up tonight. its been bad this year and the results only look ok because OSU is the only good shooting team we've played. 6 have been 200th or worse in 3%.



nku is ok at defending offensive rebounds but we should still get them. nku actually has the 2nd best defense we've faced this year. they aren't great at anything on defense but the only thing they are awful at is fouling (and against us thats probably not terrible).



we should be able to out physical them, but it will be important to come out strong and not let them get into a rhythm.

waterhead 12-04-2018 10:51 AM

This is not a trap game! There should be no way in hell we are looking past this one given the proximity of opponent and extra motivation we know they are going to bring to the game. Not to mention they are a quality opponent.

If we show up with the right intensity we should win comfortably unless there is some perfect storm type of scenario (cold shooting vs hot shooting). Knowing that we brought some pretty good intensity to the NC Central game I can't imagine we will come out flat to this one.

We need to bury them!

Mcginnjw 12-04-2018 04:24 PM

Does anyone have a link to stream this game?

sirthought 12-04-2018 06:04 PM

It's supposed to be http://wiz1.net/channel61

But it's not working.

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 06:22 PM

well i was right about the foul part. nku can't play defense without committing a foul.

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 06:24 PM

cane looked like me trying to make a layup

Gocats 12-04-2018 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcginnjw (Post 192923)
Does anyone have a link to stream this game?

It's on channel 601 if you have Fioptics

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 06:29 PM

KW has to work on this shot selection. thats a couple of terrible ones.

mdchick 12-04-2018 06:34 PM

Gotta finish strong, don’t let them get back within 10 before half

mdchick 12-04-2018 06:45 PM

No Logan Johnson yet

waterhead 12-04-2018 06:45 PM

Effort is tremendous tonight!!

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 06:48 PM

was it dusty baker that said guys should always play on their birthday? its working for jenifer

waterhead 12-04-2018 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincrulz11 (Post 192932)
was it dusty baker that said guys should always play on their birthday? its working for jenifer

Must be Scott’s bday too!!

mdchick 12-04-2018 06:54 PM

Couldn’t get to much better than that

waterhead 12-04-2018 06:54 PM

Rebounding level 1000

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterhead (Post 192933)
Must be Scott’s bday too!!

i thought a lot of the fouls were soft. i bet their fans are going nuts like ours were vs unlv.

waterhead 12-04-2018 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincrulz11 (Post 192936)
i thought a lot of the fouls were soft. i bet their fans are going nuts like ours were vs unlv.

Yah...some touchy ones

Plus we are getting a few nice bounces off the rim for rebounds although we are battling hard down there

Jon Rycek 12-04-2018 07:05 PM

Tre Scott 10/10 at the strip. I see you big fella

waterhead 12-04-2018 07:06 PM

Everyone perfect from the line but Jarron

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 07:12 PM

right in the nards

cincrulz11 12-04-2018 07:29 PM

we should be thankful they've fouled us so much

Zdiddy513 12-04-2018 07:30 PM

Jim day is so annoying. I was flabbergasted that he got the reds play by play job and now hes calling cats games?!

waterhead 12-04-2018 07:39 PM

About 5 straight minutes of horrendous passing just about turned the game around. Geesh! I thought we were going to see a full line change.

mdchick 12-04-2018 07:50 PM

Trevor Moore getting in before Logan Johnson is a big headscratcher

waterhead 12-04-2018 08:13 PM

Monster game from Scott tonight! And I love listening to him in post game...

HarryBosch 12-04-2018 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincrulz11 (Post 192940)
right in the nards

Happy Birthday! Terry Nelson said it best, "No celebration tonight".

waterhead 12-04-2018 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryBosch (Post 192946)
Happy Birthday! Terry Nelson said it best, "No celebration tonight".

“That’s not where you want a heads up”

Alum2013 12-04-2018 08:47 PM

If we get even half that Scott moving forward I think our team will surprise some people this year.

ervins84 12-04-2018 09:23 PM

I'm still not sure we're actually good, and while NKU isn't top tier competition, this was another nice win.

I don't fully understand how this group is pulling it off, but Cronin deserves some credit for the direction they're trending.

Next two games are very tough, and I'd happily take a split. Even 0-2 isn't the end of the world although it would cut down on our margin of error to make the tournament.

Can't believe it, but I really thought we may miss the tournament this year. That seems pretty unlikely with how they're playing right now, and even moreso with the areas for improvement that are attainable.

Keith Williams producing like he has been has been a borderline revelation. Shocked to see him perform like this, and hopefully he continues to improve.

Queens_NYC 12-04-2018 09:38 PM

On top of Scott's career night, Nsoseme and Brooks both looked a class above NKU's bigs as well. Their "superstar" Macdonald was nothing less of shook all night and would be right there with Sam Martin on our depth chart. Also a very efficient night from Jenifer as well.

waterhead 12-04-2018 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ervins84 (Post 192949)
I'm still not sure we're actually good, and while NKU isn't top tier competition, this was another nice win.

I don't fully understand how this group is pulling it off, but Cronin deserves some credit for the direction they're trending.

Next two games are very tough, and I'd happily take a split. Even 0-2 isn't the end of the world although it would cut down on our margin of error to make the tournament.

Can't believe it, but I really thought we may miss the tournament this year. That seems pretty unlikely with how they're playing right now, and even moreso with the areas for improvement that are attainable.

Keith Williams producing like he has been has been a borderline revelation. Shocked to see him perform like this, and hopefully he continues to improve.

Agree it’s hard to tell exactly what we have although it’s more than I thought we had after a couple games that’s for sure. I have to tip my cap to Cronin and team since first couple of games.

The 3 bigs really did steal the show tonight. 11-17 shooting. 20 boards. 4 blocks. 16-17 from the line (are you kidding me). 38 points. More assists than turnovers and only 3 fouls.

waterhead 12-04-2018 10:09 PM

Obviously Jenifer had another very efficient game too. Don’t want to leave him out

cincrulz11 12-05-2018 07:51 AM

was looking over the box score and we gave up 16 offensive boards to nku. thats completely unacceptable. thats an OR% of 40. nku averages 25%.


3 straight games giving up 36% or higher.



if we put up that kind of effort on the glass vs xavier its gonna be a long afternoon.



Brooks has 16 rebounds in his last 98 minutes played (5 games). Nsoseme has 16 in his last 40 minutes played.

GarradJ21 12-05-2018 08:12 AM

Keep the Wins coming


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