[DLP_Man]

It would seem that second place (although temporary as it may be) is up for grabs Saturday Night... just adds to an already compelling game

[sweetnahmah1]

huge game saturday

[dompennix]

We need good post D, Austin Smith might have to step up this game

[DLP_Man]

Saw this quote on the Radford boards


"golfclap... what is mcworld doing.. what is the team doing.. if Liberty owned these guys, we're in trouble at their place Saturday"

And of course the response:

"nah liberty has curry and ohman who can pop threes. other than that, we have a good shot at winning."


If they only knew the power of the Flames Side, so says Darth Curry

[LUconn]

It would seem that second place (although temporary as it may be) is up for grabs Saturday Night... just adds to an already compelling game

Maybe, maybe not. Presby is crashing the party. They're tied with us right now and obviously own the tiebreaker at the moment.

[DLP_Man]

Yes, but I do think that we'll win the other game at home....but obviously time will tell...

[El Scorcho]

Yes, but I do think that we'll win the other game at home....but obviously time will tell...

Shhhh.

[olldflame]

We need good post D, Austin Smith might have to step up this game

I'll be surprised if Austin plays more than a few minutes (if that). VMI is smaller than us and beat Radford easily with pressure D and 3 pointers. Lynch-Flor had a great game, but Parakhouski was shut down. We'll play our zone in half-court, and maybe use a bit more pressure than we have been. Radford did not handle VMI's press very well.

[jinxy]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

[coolhandluke]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

We don't have enough depth? Are you kidding me?

[dompennix]

i dont think austin will get good playing time either. but if they are getting most of their points in the paint we might need him to step up

[LUconn]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

We don't have enough depth? Are you kidding me?

Are you being sarcastic? We have 4 guys averaging over 31 minutes.

[TIMSCAR20]

Radford tried Flamesball84's theory and not settling for 3's as they were just 3-7 from downtown and they shot 56% from the field. Clearly beating someone is a lot more complex than mere stats. If the stat tracker was right, VMI started slow down 13-0.

[ToTheLeft]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

We don't have enough depth? Are you kidding me?

Tyler Baker's 15 minutes aren't taking the load off of the starters.

Even if it is the High Holy One Tyler Baker, 15 minutes is still just 15 minutes.

Johnny plays about 15, and that's it. between the rest there's maybe about 10 minutes to be found.

[coolhandluke]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

We don't have enough depth? Are you kidding me?

Tyler Baker's 15 minutes aren't taking the load off of the starters.

Even if it is the High Holy One Tyler Baker, 15 minutes is still just 15 minutes.

Johnny plays about 15, and that's it. between the rest there's maybe about 10 minutes to be found.

IMHO, we have the depth, McKay just doesn't play them. I believe Austin and Bill could both put up about 15 minutes each as well. We have the guys on the bench to have depth, but I think McKay just wants the starters to play most of the minutes. This isn't a bad thing necessarily, unless we need to run a face paced full court press type of game like we should probably run against Radford. Maybe McKay will do that, but maybe he will just stick to what he has done all season. Either way, I don't think we lack the depth to run that type of a game.

[Hold My Own]

Just talked to my RU buddy who went to the Radford VMI game tonight. He was pretty dejected about the whole thing. He said Greenberg left them in a 1-3-1 for way too long and they were just getting torched from beyond the arch. Mcduffie has been kicked off the team, which should help us quite a bit as he really hurt us the last couple years. The Phillip Martin kid is not all that as I have seen him play countless times at Roanoke Catcholic (high school) and at Radford. The 6'11 guy has been struggling mightily the last few games. He also said VMI pressed a whole lot against them, I told him I dont think he will have to worry about that with us ahha. WE dont have enough depth to waste energy pressing. Also he said Duggar got T'd up early in the game, he was begging for one against us as well.

Anyway Lynch F will probly get his 20 and 10 against us but if we can force them out of the paint and turn them into a jump shooting team I think RU will struggle mightily

We don't have enough depth? Are you kidding me?

Tyler Baker's 15 minutes aren't taking the load off of the starters.

Even if it is the High Holy One Tyler Baker, 15 minutes is still just 15 minutes.

Johnny plays about 15, and that's it. between the rest there's maybe about 10 minutes to be found.

We need to find more minutes for Johnny...he's a threat with his speed and handles the rock really well


I hope Weaver can find some good minutes too

[Hold My Own]

Oh and sorry I was late for the party

[RagingTireFire]

I'm just saying.

Why they decided to dress for picture day like a high school jazz ensemble is beyond me.

[RagingTireFire]

[RagingTireFire]

[DLP_Man]

It would seem that second place (although temporary as it may be) is up for grabs Saturday Night... just adds to an already compelling game

Maybe, maybe not. Presby is crashing the party. They're tied with us right now and obviously own the tiebreaker at the moment.

I thought that the Blue Hose weren't yet eligible for tournament play...so I should correct my statemnt and that the placement of the 2nd seed (although temporary as it may be) is up for grabs Saturday Night.

[givemethemic]

I am looking forward to a few hours off and coming up for the game. I am curious to see if the Flames can get out to a good start and then sustain the lead.

[jcmanson]

It would seem that second place (although temporary as it may be) is up for grabs Saturday Night... just adds to an already compelling game

Maybe, maybe not. Presby is crashing the party. They're tied with us right now and obviously own the tiebreaker at the moment.

Yeah, and that’s fine with me. They aren’t eligible for the postseason tourney, so I don’t care if they win the rest of their conference games except for the one against us. Every game they win in conference (not against us) is a loss to someone else in conference that will help our conference standing. So... Go Presby!!!








OK, I have to go puke now

[thepostman]

i thought presby was eligible for the post season tourny for basketball this year...i thought i remember reading that

[jcmanson]

No, they are not eligible until 2011 I believe. The only thing is their conference games do count in the regular season.