BE Opening Weekend Game Thread - Nov 13, 2015...

[DudeAnon]

Hey, the Big East made Deadspin.

http://deadspin.com/radford-upsets-geor ... 1742562180

[NovaBall]

Why didn't paul white play for the Hoyas?

[Irishdawg]

Why didn't paul white play for the Hoyas?

Injury concerns per the broadcast. They said he should be back by the Maryland game.

[NovaBall]

Paul white sitting is going to hurt my fantasy team. I could have plugged in Darryl Reynolds and his 9 boards at the forward spot. Someone should have to,d me white was sitting.


Anyway, seton hall time. Go pirates. The frosh are now soph. No more excuses b

[NovaBall]

Ellinsinhad 21 pts and 16 boards! Wow. Can anyone ever remember another freshman with that type of opening stat line?

How did they lose that game though?

[Bearcat_Bounce]

Ellinsinhad 21 pts and 16 boards! Wow. Can anyone ever remember another freshman with that type of opening stat line?

How did they lose that game though?

Michael Beasley: 32 points, 20 rebounds
Kris Humphrey: 26 points, 15 rebounds
Kevin Love: 21 points, 13 rebounds
Jared Sullinger: 19 points, 14 rebounds

[marquette]

Ellinsinhad 21 pts and 16 boards! Wow. Can anyone ever remember another freshman with that type of opening stat line?

How did they lose that game though?

We played very bad defense. We also had 3 plays in the last minute of the game where it was essential that we scored. They resulted in (1) jacked up missed 3 pointer when we needed to run the clock. (2) Offensive foul. (3) Jacked up missed desperation three, with 2 defenders in his face, when another player was open. We also shot very poorly from the stripe.

I will say this, and I don't mean to come across as if MU and Georgetown's losses aren't concerning, but we didn't lose to terrible teams. Radford has progressed every year under Mike Jones, and have won 22 games in the last two seasons. They also have 7(!) seniors. Belmont is always solid, they have 5 upper classmen, and another 4 RS sophomores. All this on a team that went to the NCAA tournament last year and is expected to return this year. We should have won these games, but we were not playing scrubs. All we can do now is hope for improvement moving forward. Best of luck to everyone else.

EDIT: Just as a point of reference, there are 2 RS SR on Belmont who have been on the team, although not always playing, for 3 NCAA tournaments and an NIT.
None of this should be read as an excuse. We dropped the ball, played bad defense, still had chances at the end to put the game away. We failed. This team will get better at late game execution, but we aren't there yet.

2nd EDIT: I was looking at last year's roster, current Belmont team has 6 upper classmen and 4 RS sophomores. No RS SR.

[NovaBall]

Dunn with 5 steals and 4 assists already in the first half.

[NovaBall]

Make that 7 steals in the first half for Dunn.

The record is 13 (moo kid blaylock twice in the late 80's for Oklahoma). Only a handful of players have had 12 or more. 2007 was the last time a player had 11 in a game.

[FriarJ]

He may have a triple double with steals instead of rebounds in the first game. Incredible.