A Sea Of Red

7 things to know

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So will there be any kind of athletics protest from students? Or are the students apathetic about it all?

thepostman wrote:So will there be any kind of athletics protest from students? Or are the students apathetic about it all?

Who cares. Bryce Drew will be LU's coach soon

Purple Haize wrote:

thepostman wrote:So will there be any kind of athletics protest from students? Or are the students apathetic about it all?

Who cares. Bryce Drew will be LU's coach soon

Half of his staff would feel right at home

On second thought, is it possible you meant Scott Drew

York is about to interview Ian McCaw on the pregame Don't expect any tough questions in that one

Good news Lovell Cabbil will play after passing concussion protocol

Josiah Talbert starts in place of Baxter-Bell

olldflame wrote:York is about to interview Ian McCaw on the pregame Don't expect any tough questions in that one

Good news Lovell Cabbil will play after passing concussion protocol

'So, do you like houses with or without pools?' (Anyone remember that quote?)

This game is almost as bad as our AD hire.

The interview with McCaw is at the half

Dawson with another first half disappearing act I was hoping he got himself back on track against W&M Not so much

Flames win 62-48

How was the crowd?

Homesley stuffed the stat sheet with 15 points, 11 boards, 3 blocks, 2 assists and a steal
Gardner with a nice game 6 points, 6 boards and 2 blocks in 22 minutes FlameFans 11 is smiling
Baxter Bell 12 and 3 with 2 dunks in 20 minutes

thepostman wrote:How was the crowd?

no stat on that. but they sounded quiet on tv

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From what I saw last night was one of the most uninspired performance I've seen from a McKay team. Almost looked like a Layer coached team. Standing around doing nothing.

I hope Ritchie finds a way to pick up an athletic big this offseason. Juco or graduation route.

Sounds as if we waited until last 5 minutes to "turn it on". We allowed Penn to hang around until then. Dawson got in foul trouble again.

Dawson looks nothing like the Dawson of last year. Our lack of rebounding is concerning.

Although our long range shooting was dismal, Central Penn hung around because they were so much more athletic than us. We will struggle with dribble penetration by athletic guards.

Crazy game last night. On the surface the result was disappointing but I actually walked away feeling encouraged. Most importantly, the guys didn't back down from the most physical team they played so far this season. It was chippy, physical every possession, coaches yelling, players chirping. I'm sure the outside perception is that our team is soft so I'm glad we responded the way a tough team should.

Regardless of opponent, if you say Dawson scores his first basket in the final minute, AC goes 0-6 shooting, Dawson and Kemrite foul out and we shoot 5-26 from the 3 pt line, I would be very worried about a loss. Instead it was a 14 point win that we had to rely on our defense to get.

Previous posts have mentioned rebounding and poor defense. We actually won the rebounding battle 35-30. Won points in the paint 26-20. (Appreciate RMK reading A Sea of Red posts and playing Myo and Gardner more) It also translated into holding a team averaging 90+ points a game to 48 points. You can't play uninspired and hold any college team to 48 points. Maybe offensively we were but defensively was pretty solid. We held them to 25.5% shooting for the game, 12.5% from the 3 and only 7 offensive boards which is an improvement for us. We obviously need to play better on the offensive end but last night wasn't all gloom and doom.

Just got a chance to listen to Alan's post game with Coach McKay. Interesting point that RMK said he practiced the guys harder and longer the day before the game yesterday. Could be a reason for some of the "sluggish" play early on. Hopefully, building toughness for later in the season.