Columbia 37P6
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11-18-18 09:04 PM - Post#266291
In response to Chet Forte
Absolutely ridiculous dumb loss that is obviously the fault of the Columbia coaching staff for failing to first instruct the players on the floor what to do in the final 13.8 seconds of the game if Fordham scored its inevitable uncontested basket and then failing to call a time out when Fordham made that uncontested basket. Of course, the players themselves are the one who ultimately misfired--Killingsworth, for whatever reason ,threw the ball in to Adlesh rather than Mike Smith, and then Adlesh, for whatever reason, threw the ball back right back to Killinsworth in the foul circle rather than simply holding onto the ball and drawing the inevitable game ending foul. This was a pure miscommunication for which the Columbia coaching staff, of course, has to take full responsibility. After all, this is elementary stuff that every basketball coach at every level knows. I feel specially sorry for both Killingsworth who played a terrific game tonight and Adlesh who is being underutilized in his senior year. . If they had both started tonight or played more, the Lion would have won easily. At this time, Columbia's starting line-up obviously should be Tape, Smith, Stefanini, Adlesh and Killingsworth with Nweke, Brumant and Hunter coming in as the key reserves up front with Bibbs and Ellis in the backcourt. Hopefully, the coaching staff do somewhat better in their instruction from here on and the Lions will have a successful season.
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