MBB vs JMU, 6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, Holmes Center, 111 Rivers St., Boone, N.C., 28605, big crowd

[App_in_Maiden]

Our bench is very impressive.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Joey and some other football players sat about 8 seats down from me. Cool to see them supporting the basketball team. Great atmosphere and the halftime game with the exceptional kids was awesome! Student section was amazing! Concession options are really weak and need more points of sale for beer. Lines shouldn’t be 20 plus deep. Overall, a great experience, though.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Abson with 8 blocks ties a single game school record. He should have had two more that the refs called questionable fouls on.

[appstate24]

What an incredible evening. Haven’t watched a replay of the game yet, but I really hope the atmosphere came through on TV. Holmes was ROCKING! GREAT win! This team is so fun to watch, amazing how far we have come athletically in the last few years. JMU coach might be one of the whiniest coaches I’ve ever seen, and his players act just like him. Proud to have Coach Kerns, as his demeanor translates to our guys. Overall, incredible performance, incredible atmosphere, incredible time today. TAKE THE STAIRS, and keep it going!

GO APPS!!

[AppDub]

What an incredible evening. Haven’t watched a replay of the game yet, but I really hope the atmosphere came through on TV. Holmes was ROCKING! GREAT win! This team is so fun to watch, amazing how far we have come athletically in the last few years. JMU coach might be one of the whiniest coaches I’ve ever seen, and his players act just like him. Proud to have Coach Kerns, as his demeanor translates to our guys. Overall, incredible performance, incredible atmosphere, incredible time today. TAKE THE STAIRS, and keep it going!

GO APPS!!

Whining is pretty much what JMU does. You should step over and look at their board. They have one or 2 sane fans, but the rest are hung up on how the refs were biased, JMU is our super bowl, their players had an off night, blah, blah, blah.

[Saint3333]

Just Missed U, hate to see it, again, and again.

[appstate24]

What an incredible evening. Haven’t watched a replay of the game yet, but I really hope the atmosphere came through on TV. Holmes was ROCKING! GREAT win! This team is so fun to watch, amazing how far we have come athletically in the last few years. JMU coach might be one of the whiniest coaches I’ve ever seen, and his players act just like him. Proud to have Coach Kerns, as his demeanor translates to our guys. Overall, incredible performance, incredible atmosphere, incredible time today. TAKE THE STAIRS, and keep it going!

GO APPS!!

Whining is pretty much what JMU does. You should step over and look at their board. They have one or 2 sane fans, but the rest are hung up on how the refs were biased, JMU is our super bowl, their players had an off night, blah, blah, blah.

No doubt, I’ve called them unc-lite for a long time. Arrogant, obnoxious, and whine nonstop.

Makes it even sweeter when we beat them.

GO APPS!!

[TurfMonkey]

I may be outdated, but I thought the 5 seconds to inbound rule is in play when they rolled the ball.
(Not the 10 seconds to half court).

[hapapp]

Spillers stepped up at the line 9 of 12 is great improvement!

Great team win!

Spillers, Donovan, Haircum, and Tate were 25-30 from the line.

[BambooRdApp]

I may be outdated, but I thought the 5 seconds to inbound rule is in play when they rolled the ball.
(Not the 10 seconds to half court).

Great question. Does the 5 second rule end when release of bball or when player catches it. I would think when player catches it..so it would technically be in play. With that said, never seen it called.

[BambooRdApp]

Abson with 8 blocks ties a single game school record. He should have had two more that the refs called questionable fouls on.

The last foul related to a block was an acc refs like call. Ghost foul

[MrCraig]

I may be outdated, but I thought the 5 seconds to inbound rule is in play when they rolled the ball.
(Not the 10 seconds to half court).

Great question. Does the 5 second rule end when release of bball or when player catches it. I would think when player catches it..so it would technically be in play. With that said, never seen it called.

Just looked it up, at all levels of basketball the 5 second rule ends at the release of the ball, not when another player takes possession.

[BambooRdApp]

Interesting, we do not play usm in regular season but Marshall twice, both are two games behind us at the moment..

[Bigdaddyg1]

I may be outdated, but I thought the 5 seconds to inbound rule is in play when they rolled the ball.
(Not the 10 seconds to half court).

Great question. Does the 5 second rule end when release of bball or when player catches it. I would think when player catches it..so it would technically be in play. With that said, never seen it called.

Just looked it up, at all levels of basketball the 5 second rule ends at the release of the ball, not when another player takes possession.

That is an awful rule. You have 5 seconds to inbound the ball and 10 to get it over half court. When a team rolls the ball neither rule applies. I've seen a few instances when it's ridiculous. That being said, and I don't want to criticize coaches who know way more than I do, but I'd love to hear coach explain why we let our opponents just roll it past half court. Why not put one defender in the back court to make them run clock? This is almost like the prevent defense in football.

[Bootsy]

I may be outdated, but I thought the 5 seconds to inbound rule is in play when they rolled the ball.
(Not the 10 seconds to half court).

Great question. Does the 5 second rule end when release of bball or when player catches it. I would think when player catches it..so it would technically be in play. With that said, never seen it called.

Just looked it up, at all levels of basketball the 5 second rule ends at the release of the ball, not when another player takes possession.

That is an awful rule. You have 5 seconds to inbound the ball and 10 to get it over half court. When a team rolls the ball neither rule applies. I've seen a few instances when it's ridiculous. That being said, and I don't want to criticize coaches who know way more than I do, but I'd love to hear coach explain why we let our opponents just roll it past half court. Why not put one defender in the back court to make them run clock? This is almost like the prevent defense in football.

I didn’t like it either, but you have to credit JMU for pulling it off. It definitely bought them time to battle back.

OTOH, I prefer to view this from a positive perspective: Now that Kerns has seen it, I doubt he’ll allow it to happen again.

Watching on TV did allow the benefit of seeing Abson’s blocks in slow-mo. That young man is poetry in motion.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Definitely have to give JMU credit for using the roll up to their advantage. They also hit some clutch shots. Fantastic free throws by our guys. That has to be mentally exhausting going to the line 40 times. You are constantly taken out of rhythm and have to focus. Fantastic job by our guys.

[WataugaMan]

Just Missed U, hate to see it, again, and again.

Knocked off their ranked undefeated football team and sent them crashing to the ground (on College Game Day no less). Turned around and did the same thing to their ranked basketball program, we own them and they know it.

[MAD Doctor]

[Bootsy]

If Kerns doesn't get the nod for SBC Coach of the Year, something is terribly wrong.

[Bigdaddyg1]

One of the announcers yesterday pointed out that JMU is among 4 teams with at least 18 wins. App is among the group of 16 teams with at least 17 wins. I think I counted maybe 22 conferences with no teams at 17+ wins. Not too shabby