Paulie777
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Lehigh on Thursday
02-16-12 11:45 PM - Post#120891
In response to bisonmania
A good evenings entertainment. So happy to have Div. 1 Basketball in Lewisburg.
We didn't play our best at the time it would have mattered most, the last 4 minutes of the game. Kasper kicked it off with his yet again two missed free throws.
Muscala missed a few clutch shots, and of course CJ hits the game winning three.
I was hoping to see some good coaching the last four minutes but that was non existent too. This team has a lot to work on. I thought Willman played pretty good.
It would have been nice to win, but Lehigh took the game away because we didn't play our best. Looking forward to the rest of the season and the tournament.
Edited by Paulie777 on 02-16-12 11:46 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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bison75
Junior
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02-16-12 11:47 PM - Post#120892
In response to atlantabison
They were so much quicker than us at guard. What bothered me the most was when they beat us down the floor for layups. Credit to Lehigh - they shot well and did a pretty good job on Muscala. Willman was very good tonight.
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Doktore K
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02-17-12 12:54 AM - Post#120894
In response to bison75
Is anyone else yearning for more minutes for Singleton? We need some more speed, and some slash and dash.
No one in the last 6 or 7 minutes that I saw on TV was breaking down his defender.
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Bison137
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02-17-12 02:10 AM - Post#120898
In response to bisonmania
HOW IS BC NOT ON THE FLOOR TO CLOSE THIS GAME! I thought that Paulsen looked really uncertain as what to do at the end of this game.It was obvious to everyone everywhere that CJ was taking that final shot.You cant give him that kind of space even at 35 feet.A tough next couple of games on the road.Got to take care of business at Holy Cross bottom line!
LU deliberately did not use a timeout to prevent BU from subbing in BC. I agree BC might have done a better defensive job due to his experience. When the clock got down to 4 seconds, CA should have quickly closed on him because it was then too late for McC to drive to the basket and then dish off. If CA closed on McC and McC then tried to drive by him, every Bison on the court could have helped if he got close to the foul line since there was no longer time for him to pass and then for the recipient get a shot off. At worst he would have been shooting a contested shot dribbling at an angle to the hoop instead of an open shot while squared up.
When the ball went OB with 35 seconds left, it looked to us spectators like Hill was fouled going for the ball. (Any comments from those who saw a replay?) Had he ended up going to the line, then BC would have been subbed in for defense prior to the FT's. However it's very hard to have him in on offense right now with the game on the line. Unfortunately his shooting (results and form) looks like it did earlier in the year. The great shooting that BC was displaying for much of the PL season has vanished for the moment. Let's hope it comes back soon.
2012-13 Attendance: 19 games and 8,354 miles driven.
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Bison137
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02-17-12 02:13 AM - Post#120899
In response to Bison137
One story of the game: Cohen and Johnson 1-9 on threes. Tough to beat a good team with both of them not shooting well combined with two PG's who are not outside threats.
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norcalfan
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02-17-12 02:56 AM - Post#120900
In response to BUFan
I do feel like the student turnout has been weaker this year than over the past few (albeit still light years ahead of the rest of the PL). Perhaps they should use video McCollum taunting the students after the game winner as motivation to make sure Sojka is packed and rocking for the tournament!
Now come on. The students were taunting him too. Let's tell the whole truth. It was a tight game all the way.
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candyfan
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02-17-12 06:35 AM - Post#120903
In response to norcalfan
Hard to expect a win when 1)Muscala goes 3-12 from the field plus an ill advised three point attempt for 10 points; 2)Cohen comes up empty on points? and
3)Johnson goes 1-5 on three's?
Been lots of talk about how this team spreads it out, but tonight it fell on Willman and Ayers to do the scoring and was working until Lehigh defense showed up in the last five minutes.
Video of the late game highlights coming soon to a theatre near you.
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BUFan
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02-17-12 08:31 AM - Post#120906
In response to norcalfan
I have no doubt the Bucknell students were doing a good job riding McCollum, and I did hear the frequent "Overrated" cheers on TV. However, still no reason not to use him staring them down as a little motivation 
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atlantabison
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02-17-12 08:48 AM - Post#120907
In response to BUFan
McCollum's 3 is the #3 top play on ESPN this morning.
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MrPhillie
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Lehigh on Thursday
02-17-12 09:45 AM - Post#120908
In response to atlantabison
Great game as far as being a tight contest, but disappointing result. As the saying goes, you can't win 'em all, but the Bison definitely should have won this game. I believe it was 51-44 with 5:27 remaining and the Bison get just one Joe Willman bucket the rest of the way. I think it was a combination of good Lehigh defense/poor execution and poor shooting by Bucknell. Was mentioned earlier about Bucknell's inability to break down any Lehigh defender and I agree that was a trouble spot. Hill, Cohen, Ayers, and Kaspar were not able to successfully get past the initial pressure to create an opening for a teammate. Lack of quickness showed. Starting PG plays 31 minutes and has zero assists....not good. Singleton must really be a poor defender for Paulsen not to give our most athletically-gifted player even a few minutes. Not saying i would have had him in for the final minutes necessarily, but there was a lot of game before that sequence.
I also thought the officiating was less than stellar. My view was that too many touch fouls were called against McCollumn's defender while again, Mike (and Willman, too, at times) seemed to be absorbing a ton of physical contact where the refs chose to look the other way. But I guess this was to be expected.
This was a game where Bucknell needed others to step up and unfortunately, it didn't happen. Mike will not always have his usual POY-type of game so others have to be able to pull their weight on the offensive end. Of course Willman was tremendous and Ayers was pretty good, but the rest of the team was basically no help at all. As mentioned, the poor offensive output by Johnson and Cohen, in particular, was probably the difference in this game. I think Bryson looked rushed on his shots, other than the one he did hit.
But give Lehigh credit, they had good ball pressure out front and did a good job of doing what the refs would allow to contain Muscala. And while Bucknell's offense was putrid in the last five minutes, Lehigh made some shots when they had to. And McCollumn made a pure three to win it. Yes, he was cocky after that shot, but overall he was quite low-key. Bucknell had many opportunities to win this game, but it just wasn't their night.
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BisonCritic
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02-17-12 10:21 AM - Post#120911
In response to MrPhillie
All things considered, this loss came at an OK time for me. I doubt that I was the only one who felt this team needed a little kick in the butt after breezing through the Patriot League, similar to last year. Barring a complete meltdown, Bucknell will still lock up the #1 seed and will most likely end up seeing Lehigh again at Sojka. I'm confident that in that game, Mike won't be going 3-12. Lehigh played with a chip on their shoulder and "avenged" their previous loss, but Bucknell is still the better team. When they need to win in the tournament, they'll step up.
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Bison137
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Re: Lehigh on Thursday
02-17-12 10:39 AM - Post#120914
In response to MrPhillie
I also thought the officiating was less than stellar. My view was that too many touch fouls were called against McCollumn's defender while again, Mike (and Willman, too, at times) seemed to be absorbing a ton of physical contact where the refs chose to look the other way. But I guess this was to be expected.
Definitely to be expected when the league's "chosen one", CJ, is in the game. He can jump into a defender and get to the line in many situations where there would be no foul if it were RJ Evans or Mike Cavataio or Ella Ellis or Jordan Sugars or Jim Mower or Charles Hinkle or Cameron Ayers or anyone else in the league.
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Bison137
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Re: Lehigh on Thursday
02-17-12 10:42 AM - Post#120915
In response to MrPhillie
And McCollumn made a pure three to win it. Yes, he was cocky after that shot, but overall he was quite low-key.
He was "low-key" because up to that point he was 3-11 from the field and 0-3 on threes. Not much to showboat about with those numbers. Had he been making shots, he would not have been low-key.
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buck-u
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02-17-12 10:52 AM - Post#120919
In response to Bison137
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I completely bought into the popular theory that CJ receives special treatment until the final minute last night. The bogus call that sent him to the charity stripe incensed me, given the time of the call. I never realized that if you hang in the air for as long as possible before shooting, initiate contact with Ryan Hill (who was facing the other direction) that you deserve a free trip to the line.
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BUFan
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02-17-12 11:00 AM - Post#120922
In response to buck-u
After the Ryan Hill "foul", it is safe to say we are now even after Muscala's non-foul last year.
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Bison137
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02-17-12 11:01 AM - Post#120923
In response to buck-u
CJ has always received this type of special treatment. Ask any PL coach off the record. Sometimes the refs wait to see if the ball goes in, and then make a late foul call if it misses.
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HuskyColonial
Sophomore
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02-17-12 11:04 AM - Post#120925
In response to buck-u
DuvalHusky logging back in after several years reading but not posting on the board.
I have to tell you that after watching last night's game, CJ may be the best pure basketball player I've seen in my 25 years following Bison hoops. He's probably to slight to play at the next level but he's a special talent. Give credit where it's due.
That said, the decision not to have Cohen match him up was awful. The decision not to double team CJ, equally awful. Everyone knew who was taking that last shot. My goodness, make someone else on that roster beat you in the last 5 seconds.
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HuskyColonial
Sophomore
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Re: Lehigh on Thursday
02-17-12 11:10 AM - Post#120928
In response to MrPhillie
I know it has been said before but if Bryson isn't making shots, he's a tremendous liability on the defensive end of the court.
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KenZ
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02-17-12 11:24 AM - Post#120930
In response to HuskyColonial
a) we crapped the bed last night. the game was ours to win and we did not execute well down the stretch. also need to credit Lehigh with playing good aggressive defense in several key stretches throughout the game and for hitting a lot of open threes. they took what we gave them and capitalized.
b) i am not so offended by most of the Lehigh player antics as most on this board. i do think they have gone over the edge on ocassion, but i think it is also a matter of perspective of who you are rooting for. Donald Brown celebrated his dunks in a manner that offended opposing fans (particularly HC) and i liked it. John Griffins in your face style was a toughness to be admired although it caused oposing fans to dislike him. one of my favorite Bison celebrations goes way back to Russell Peyton and Mike Bright celebrating an alley oop dunk sealing a victory over Delaware (i believe it was the Hens) with a blazing guns shootout celebration while the final seconds of the game were still ticking off the clock. sometimes it should be okay for players to celebrate a bit even if it is not 100% pure pc sportsmanship. it helps make for some of those heated rivalries that we want to develop amongst the teams in the league.
c) now lets go beat HC wrap up the regular season championship and make CJ and his tammates pay when they come back to Sojka for the championhip. then have our own little celebration at their expense.
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Bison137
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Lehigh on Thursday
02-17-12 11:46 AM - Post#120932
In response to HuskyColonial
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That said, the decision not to have Cohen match him up was awful. The decision not to double team CJ, equally awful. Everyone knew who was taking that last shot. My goodness, make someone else on that roster beat you in the last 5 seconds.
BU couldn't have Cohen match up with CJ since BC was not in the game when LU got the rebound at their defensive end and they wisely chose not to call a timeout to let BC check in. Paulsen theoretically could have chosen to put BC in the lineup when the Bison were on offense in the final seconds - but that would certainly have given them a lower probability of scoring - given how much BC was struggling offensively.
I've often criticized Paulsen for faulty end-game coaching, but I have no problem at all with him choosing to have Bryson in the game when BU had the ball and a chance to possibly win the game with a basket.
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