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[hapapp]

...this is almost a trap game. Our guys blew 'em out a year ago. They're probably lookin' for some payback. In addition, they're 0-6 on the road this season. Sooner or later they'll pull a road upset...just hope it's not tonite.

Trap game, indeed! Guys and gals, losing two of three at home is a bad omen going forward. This next weekend, as hapapp posted, will answer some of the questions we have about this team.

Box score... https://appstatesports.com/sports/mens- ... score/7084

And a last second heave from being 0-3 on the home stand.

[JMappfan5]

We have great athletes but not a lot of BB talent (shooting & ball handling). Hope recruiting will help in these areas. Kids usually play hard and usually play good defense. 3-2 in early SBC play is a little disappointing, but at least we are more fun/less frustrating to watch.

[PoplarHillApp]

As hard as that was to watch last night, we are in a much better place than we were last year at this time. There are going to be times when the shots just don't fall, the ball doesn't bounce our way. It's just part of rebuilding a program. There's definitely an difference this year compared to last and I have full confidence that our team and program will get there.

[Yosef84]

I couldn't find the game last night so I wasn't able to watch. I hate that we dropped it but the descriptions above aren't really what I've seen in the games I've watched this year, at least not consistently. It's frustrating, but we've definitely made progress. 11 wins for all of last year and we're already at 9. It might be asking too much to hope for 20 on the year, but it's possible and anything over 50% represents huge progress.

We are seeing the impact of having a good coach, but he is going to have to recruit for a year or two before we can realistically contend for the top of the Belt.

[bigdaddyg]

It has to be frustrating for a good basketball coach to watch games get ugly with his team jacking horrible three's. I can't imagine that under any situation any offense like that is planned. Maybe I am old school but I kind of hate the three point line. While it can be a game changer if team's get hot it can also wreck momentum. We were laying it on them and then we seemed content to jack one after another.

[hapapp]

It has to be frustrating for a good basketball coach to watch games get ugly with his team jacking horrible three's. I can't imagine that under any situation any offense like that is planned. Maybe I am old school but I kind of hate the three point line. While it can be a game changer if team's get hot it can also wreck momentum. We were laying it on them and then we seemed content to jack one after another.

I'm with you on falling in love with the 3. Its certainly a double edged sword. Got us a win on Saturday but led to our downfall last night. I do recall that his PC teams put up a lot of threes. Not sure its not part of his approach but it helps when you make them. Something we did early but not late.

[NewApp]

It has to be frustrating for a good basketball coach to watch games get ugly with his team jacking horrible three's. I can't imagine that under any situation any offense like that is planned. Maybe I am old school but I kind of hate the three point line. While it can be a game changer if team's get hot it can also wreck momentum. We were laying it on them and then we seemed content to jack one after another.

I'm with you on falling in love with the 3. Its certainly a double edged sword. Got us a win on Saturday but led to our downfall last night. I do recall that his PC teams put up a lot of threes. Not sure its not part of his approach but it helps in you make them. Something we did early but not late.

True. As is often said, "live by the 3, die by the 3."

[EastHallApp]

I couldn’t watch, so I won’t comment on shot selection. It sounded like we were hot early and then went cold in the second half, so I get why people would be frustrated with that many threes.

I will say that shooting 14-38 overall on threes is pretty decent and will win you a fair number of games. Getting outrebounded 40-31 and turning it over 17 times, OTOH, are tough to overcome.

[EastHallApp]

It has to be frustrating for a good basketball coach to watch games get ugly with his team jacking horrible three's. I can't imagine that under any situation any offense like that is planned. Maybe I am old school but I kind of hate the three point line. While it can be a game changer if team's get hot it can also wreck momentum. We were laying it on them and then we seemed content to jack one after another.

I'm with you on falling in love with the 3. Its certainly a double edged sword. Got us a win on Saturday but led to our downfall last night. I do recall that his PC teams put up a lot of threes. Not sure its not part of his approach but it helps in you make them. Something we did early but not late.

I’m sure it is part of his approach. That’s just modern basketball. Not many teams are trying to force-feed the post and shoot 15 foot jumpers anymore.

[bigdaddyg]

It has to be frustrating for a good basketball coach to watch games get ugly with his team jacking horrible three's. I can't imagine that under any situation any offense like that is planned. Maybe I am old school but I kind of hate the three point line. While it can be a game changer if team's get hot it can also wreck momentum. We were laying it on them and then we seemed content to jack one after another.

I'm with you on falling in love with the 3. Its certainly a double edged sword. Got us a win on Saturday but led to our downfall last night. I do recall that his PC teams put up a lot of threes. Not sure its not part of his approach but it helps in you make them. Something we did early but not late.

I’m sure it is part of his approach. That’s just modern basketball. Not many teams are trying to force-feed the post and shoot 15 foot jumpers anymore.

And when one of your bigs is a zero offensive threat that kind of eliminates some post feed game.

[AppOrange]

Coach was visibly upset at the shot selection, even pulling one of our best players at a critical time to make the point. That will pay off in the long run.

Got to be better with the ball, that second half looked like 12 year olds trying to break a press in youth ball.

[Yosef84]

There's no doubt that, with a team that really doesn't have a true "shooter", the shot selection has to be good. Coach will get them there. Huge progress so far!