Furman Pregame

[4t9er]

@Niner96

Does anyone know the deal with Blakely? Hasnt touched the floor. We can’t afford to keep anyone with size and length on the bench this season

I think the deal with Blakely is he’s not very good.

[hootie]

@4t9er

[quote=“Niner96, post:14, topic:29978”]Does anyone know the deal with Blakely? Hasnt touched the floor. We can’t afford to keep anyone with size and length on the bench this season

I think the deal with Blakely is he’s not very good.[/quote]
I concur

[J_Felt]

@NinerWupAss

[quote=“ZombieLew, post:19, topic:29978”]The student section’s orientation certainly didn’t hurt when we were good. There was no getting away from that wall of sound.

I actually prefer the students where they were.[/quote]I think it’ll be better when it’s packed. If it’s ever packed again…

[MEGRNiner]

Their freshman forward Matt Rafferty looks like he’s going to be a handful at 6-8. Shoots well, rebounds well.
I see that their 6-9 center is currently shooting 14.3 % from the FT line. I hope we are game planning accordingly.

[Normmm]

[quote="_BL_Niner, post:1, topic:29978"]Hopefully we can get our first win

Id like to see a starting lineup of:

Braxton
Andrien
Vanhook
Sullivan
Uchebo

I think Benas should come off the bench and I also think Blakely should play some he’s long and has shown he can block some shots in past games, however he wont help rebounding much.[/quote]

I think this needs to be the starting 5 too. You can probably interchange White and Camidge.

A part of me wonders though, if we need to have Vanhook come off of the bench, for rebounding while the starters rest.

If we can eventually get any type of rebounding and defense, from Benas and Aube, I think we need to be starting Uchebo and Sullivan together.

[Star_Wars_Maniac]

@J Felt

[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:20, topic:29978”][quote=“ZombieLew, post:19, topic:29978”]The student section’s orientation certainly didn’t hurt when we were good. There was no getting away from that wall of sound.

I actually prefer the students where they were.[/quote]I think it’ll be better when it’s packed. If it’s ever packed again…[/quote]

Well there is one way to pack Halton just schedule our old conference USA rivals and i think the last time we had an espn game on campus was in 2011 vs Xavier on a thursday night i was at the game only there were 6,378 people there but it was loud and when Halton is full omg its very very loud some people are surprised by how loud Halton can get

Ive been to tons of games at Halton the last great win we have had was in 2005 when we beat Cincinnati 91-90

[punkrockcowboy]

@Star Wars Maniac

[quote=“J Felt, post:23, topic:29978”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:20, topic:29978”][quote=“ZombieLew, post:19, topic:29978”]The student section’s orientation certainly didn’t hurt when we were good. There was no getting away from that wall of sound.

I actually prefer the students where they were.[/quote]I think it’ll be better when it’s packed. If it’s ever packed again…[/quote]

Well there is one way to pack Halton just schedule our old conference USA rivals and i think the last time we had an espn game on campus was in 2011 vs Xavier on a thursday night i was at the game only there were 6,378 people there but it was loud and when Halton is full omg its very very loud some people are surprised by how loud Halton can get

Ive been to tons of games at Halton the last great win we have had was in 2005 when we beat Cincinnati 91-90[/quote]

I’ve been arguing this for years. My OOC schedule would look like Cincinatti, Louisville, Memphis, Richmond George Washington, Davidson, throw in some beatable regional p5 teams and maybe 2 cupcakes from local schools like App or ECU.

Speaking of which, everyone fill this out - http://knowrivalry.com/rivalry-survey.php for basketball. I am really excited to see what the results are, who see us as rivals, etc. when the data comes out.

[hootie]

@Ben H

[quote=“Star Wars Maniac, post:26, topic:29978”][quote=“J Felt, post:23, topic:29978”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:20, topic:29978”][quote=“ZombieLew, post:19, topic:29978”]The student section’s orientation certainly didn’t hurt when we were good. There was no getting away from that wall of sound.

I actually prefer the students where they were.[/quote]I think it’ll be better when it’s packed. If it’s ever packed again…[/quote]

Well there is one way to pack Halton just schedule our old conference USA rivals and i think the last time we had an espn game on campus was in 2011 vs Xavier on a thursday night i was at the game only there were 6,378 people there but it was loud and when Halton is full omg its very very loud some people are surprised by how loud Halton can get

Ive been to tons of games at Halton the last great win we have had was in 2005 when we beat Cincinnati 91-90[/quote]

I’ve been arguing this for years. My OOC schedule would look like Cincinatti, Louisville, Memphis, Richmond George Washington, Davidson, throw in some beatable regional p5 teams and maybe 2 cupcakes from local schools like App or ECU.

Speaking of which, everyone fill this out - http://knowrivalry.com/rivalry-survey.php for basketball. I am really excited to see what the results are, who see us as rivals, etc. when the data comes out.[/quote]
2 potential flaws in your thinking.

1. Those guys have to agree to come to Halton and I’m not sure why Louisville or Cincy would.

2. and more importantly- we’re the friggin’ cupcakes now

[punkrockcowboy]

Well yes, of course, but I’d play on the rd if I had to. I’d rather see us playing on the rd vs Louisville even if it means less home games. Some may disagree and that’s fine because it’s not a right or wrong issue. It’s just to me I’d rather see us maintain playing against them even if it means on the rd and most likely losing than a plethora of games against teams I don’t really care about.

I do think this year’s OOC schedule is good though.

[J_Felt]

[quote=“Ben H, post:29, topic:29978”]Well yes, of course, but I’d play on the rd if I had to. I’d rather see us playing on the rd vs Louisville even if it means less home games. Some may disagree and that’s fine because it’s not a right or wrong issue. It’s just to me I’d rather see us maintain playing against them even if it means on the rd and most likely losing than a plethora of games against teams I don’t really care about.

I do think this year’s OOC schedule is good though.[/quote]So… how is playing on the road going to improve our atmosphere at home?

[hootie]

[quote=“J Felt, post:30, topic:29978”][quote=“Ben H, post:29, topic:29978”]Well yes, of course, but I’d play on the rd if I had to. I’d rather see us playing on the rd vs Louisville even if it means less home games. Some may disagree and that’s fine because it’s not a right or wrong issue. It’s just to me I’d rather see us maintain playing against them even if it means on the rd and most likely losing than a plethora of games against teams I don’t really care about.

I do think this year’s OOC schedule is good though.[/quote]So… how is playing on the road going to improve our atmosphere at home?[/quote]
you’re correct it wouldn’t but I do wish we would adopt the anytime/anywhere mentality of scheduling

Addendum- let’s wait until we can actually compete with decent teams though

[punkrockcowboy]

[quote=“J Felt, post:30, topic:29978”][quote=“Ben H, post:29, topic:29978”]Well yes, of course, but I’d play on the rd if I had to. I’d rather see us playing on the rd vs Louisville even if it means less home games. Some may disagree and that’s fine because it’s not a right or wrong issue. It’s just to me I’d rather see us maintain playing against them even if it means on the rd and most likely losing than a plethora of games against teams I don’t really care about.

I do think this year’s OOC schedule is good though.[/quote]So… how is playing on the road going to improve our atmosphere at home?[/quote]

I wasn’t necessarily addressing that. Winning, branding, and bringing in bigger names will address the home atmosphere; but that’s all been addressed before. Of course, bringing in bigger names is all dependent upon winning. I was just saying, from a purely selfish perspective that’s who I want to see us play.

[quote=“hootie, post:31, topic:29978”][quote=“J Felt, post:30, topic:29978”][quote=“Ben H, post:29, topic:29978”]Well yes, of course, but I’d play on the rd if I had to. I’d rather see us playing on the rd vs Louisville even if it means less home games. Some may disagree and that’s fine because it’s not a right or wrong issue. It’s just to me I’d rather see us maintain playing against them even if it means on the rd and most likely losing than a plethora of games against teams I don’t really care about.

I do think this year’s OOC schedule is good though.[/quote]So… how is playing on the road going to improve our atmosphere at home?[/quote]
you’re correct it wouldn’t but I do wish we would adopt the anytime/anywhere mentality of scheduling[/quote]
Exactly. Even if we get beat down a lot, I’d rather be known for playing a lot of good teams than for scheduling soft games that don’t matter like the rest of CUSA. It’s just personal preference.

[truninersfan]

Current Line: Charlotte +2.5 :-X

[49er1]

Winning solves everything.

[Oldrowniner]

Speaking of road games

Rodney White and Demon Brown first game together at ncsu, we pounded them by 25.
What a drive home.

That’s the kinda kids we gotta have.

[TRLeader]

[quote=“Oldrowniner, post:35, topic:29978”]Speaking of road games

Rodney White and Demon Brown first game together at ncsu, we pounded them by 25.
What a drive home.

That’s the kinda kids we gotta have.[/quote]

Yep. Easily the best and deepest Niner team I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

[hootie]

[quote=“TRLeader, post:36, topic:29978”][quote=“Oldrowniner, post:35, topic:29978”]Speaking of road games

Rodney White and Demon Brown first game together at ncsu, we pounded them by 25.
What a drive home.

That’s the kinda kids we gotta have.[/quote]

Yep. Easily the best and deepest Niner team I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.[/quote]
You think? I liked the Withers/Basden bunch a lot too

[system]

[b]“MBB - Junior forward Anthony Vanhook will not play in the Furman game due to a concussion.”[/b]

[system]

[quote=“Oldrowniner, post:35, topic:29978”]Speaking of road games

Rodney White and Demon Brown first game together at ncsu, we pounded them by 25.
What a drive home.

That’s the kinda kids we gotta have.[/quote]

clt spent the night in capital city.

[TRLeader]

[quote=“hootie, post:37, topic:29978”][quote=“TRLeader, post:36, topic:29978”][quote=“Oldrowniner, post:35, topic:29978”]Speaking of road games

Rodney White and Demon Brown first game together at ncsu, we pounded them by 25.
What a drive home.

That’s the kinda kids we gotta have.[/quote]

Yep. Easily the best and deepest Niner team I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.[/quote]
You think? I liked the Withers/Basden bunch a lot too[/quote]

Withers/Basden was solid…but in my opinion, there is no way to match our top 4 scoring options of Rodney White, Jobey Thomas, Demon Brown and Diego. We have NEVER had a team with 4 better scorers. Each one of those guys would have been option #1 on any other Niner team. Plus, you had Cam Stephens in the middle…a rebounding machine. James Zimmerman, one of my favorite glue guy/6th man type player. That’s a stout top 6.

Then the bench was not stellar but very solid: Kenkay Jones (rebounding and defense), Dee Tolliver (another shooter), Butter (before he became a head case), Jermaine Williams (good size/rebounding)and Tory Reed…and MATAS!!!

Gotta admit…most of those bench guys were contributors too.

I just think it’s the most all around talented and deepest team I’ve seen in person.