palestra38
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02-02-24 08:14 PM - Post#362586
First 5 minutes--if Penn can rebound Brown misses, they would be up by 10, but Brown has 4 putbacks already
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Quakers03
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02-02-24 08:34 PM - Post#362590
In response to palestra38
Absolutely embarrassing. All of it.
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mbaprof
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02-02-24 08:50 PM - Post#362595
In response to Quakers03
14-0 run to close out half
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palestra38
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02-02-24 08:50 PM - Post#362596
In response to Quakers03
But a remarkable 14-0 run to take a 3 point lead at halftime
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Quakers03
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02-02-24 08:51 PM - Post#362597
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Pretty nice response. Ha. If only they can figure out free throws. 14-0 run to end the half. Holland can be a difference maker.
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palestra38
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02-02-24 09:14 PM - Post#362601
In response to Quakers03
This team has such giant deficiencies---weak defense, spotty shooting and far too much taking early bad shots, that explains why, despite the individuals with talent, they are losing and losing and losing.
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Quakers03
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02-02-24 09:34 PM - Post#362606
In response to palestra38
It’s awful to watch and dictated by their inability to play man.
Imagine deciding to cut the minutes of Ed Holland this year. That alone is grounds for a coaching change discussion. Unless we’re not privy to something.
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palestra38
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02-02-24 09:41 PM - Post#362608
In response to Quakers03
About time for Dandy Don to start singing "Turn Out the Lights"
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Quakers03
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02-02-24 09:42 PM - Post#362609
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So you cut the lead to 2 with 5 minutes left and Nick at the line for one. The coach decides THAT is the time to put McMullen and Walter back into the game. Got to get the other guys rest!!! Predictably they blow it. What are we doing here?!?? It needs to end. I can’t take much more.
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palestra38
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02-02-24 09:53 PM - Post#362610
In response to Quakers03
So where is Clark going to transfer to for his post-grad season?
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Quakers03
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@Brown
02-02-24 09:56 PM - Post#362611
In response to Quakers03
And the game is sealed by the inability to grab a rebound.
Someone want to tell me some positives with this offense? Did Sam Brown or Polonowski get a single open 3 tonight? Even last year we left it up to Dingle to save us time after time. There is nothing there. Just another late close game loss. As per usual. Wake up Alanna.
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palestra38
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Re: @Brown
02-02-24 09:59 PM - Post#362613
In response to Quakers03
I switched over to the Yale-Princeton game and not only saw a much better set of teams, but also a sellout with students going nuts. We have the best building but we've lost the students long ago, and now are losing the hardcore fans. Something has to happen.
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Quakers03
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@Brown
02-02-24 10:02 PM - Post#362619
In response to palestra38
It’s beyond inexcusable. Worse, they don’t care. They have EVERYTHING you need to recruit and win here. Everything. Except for a school that cares.
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UPIA1968
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02-02-24 10:50 PM - Post#362625
In response to Quakers03
Penn shot 14% from three, gave up 17 assists on 59% two point shooting.
One game behind Harvard who projects to 7 wins, Penn 5. Harvard has one less home game and five games against the Dwarfs. Penn has four games against the Dwarfs. Brown has one less home game and five games against the Dwarfs.
Clearly Clarks loss is a big one. Nice to see Holland play well, although 0-5 from three didn't help. 7-7 from the field with 11 boards.
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Old Bear
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02-02-24 10:54 PM - Post#362627
In response to UPIA1968
Holland was impressive. Brown can be pretty good! Liilly woke up in the second half.
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palestra38
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02-02-24 10:54 PM - Post#362628
In response to UPIA1968
Holland is a talent, as is Perkins. But they play with no discipline. They both look to take the shot before passing.
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weinhauers_ghost
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Re: @Brown
02-02-24 10:58 PM - Post#362629
In response to Quakers03
It’s beyond inexcusable. Worse, they don’t care. They have EVERYTHING you need to recruit and win here. Everything. Except for a school that cares.
This is what hurts most: that the students don't care and that the administration doesn't seem to care about winning, either.
Holland, Perkins and Spinoso were the only scorers to hit double figures. Brown didn't make a shot until there was less than a minute left in the game. Polonowski only got one shot, and missed. Walter had one rebound and one foul. Gerhart? One foul.
As bad as the defense was, the lack of offense was also a contributing factor. Brown also outrebounded us by 5.
Tomorrow night in New Haven has all the makings of a bloodbath.
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Penn90
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02-02-24 11:48 PM - Post#362635
In response to weinhauers_ghost
I recall recently that P38 was chided for fixating on last year's 17-point blown lead to Princeton. Tonight, Penn was outscored by 12 in the second half. This team fades because it is not talented and not well coached and it knows it, which drains its confidence.
Penn knows it will lose.
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weinhauers_ghost
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02-03-24 12:08 AM - Post#362637
In response to Penn90
I recall recently that P38 was chided for fixating on last year's 17-point blown lead to Princeton. Tonight, Penn was outscored by 12 in the second half. This team fades because it is not talented and not well coached and it knows it, which drains its confidence.
Penn knows it will lose.
More importantly, the team lacks game experience. Coming into this season, only Slajchert, Spinoso and Smith were core rotation players. Laz got spot minutes.
We have four freshmen and a transfer who are getting playing time, to one degree or another. The coaching staff's substitution patterns aren't helping, in my view. Subbing in three or four players at once doesn't help defensive continuity, whether the team practices that way or not.
Unfortunately, I would be surprised if the team suddenly turns it around over the second half of the conference schedule.
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Quakers03
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@Brown
02-03-24 08:45 AM - Post#362644
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Can anyone help try and explain his sub decisions with 5 minutes to go? Did he suddenly bring in Reese and Walter to try and buy rest time before the media timeout? Anyone got anything? The second he did that my text messages, with the only friend I have left that cares, started flying.
Speaking of friends, I used to have 6 or so who cared. It’s now 1. Time and again we see how a good sports program enriches student experience and can grow applications. I guess since they don’t need the latter anymore they don’t care about athletics? It’s just so shortsighted. I know the student body has changed a lot but the connection grads feel through sports can bring in a lifetime of donations. Never in a million years did I think I’d ever give up the seats I’ve been sitting in since I was a student and there were enough of us to take up chairbacks too. But sitting in the country’s greatest venue isn’t enough to overcome the apathy on display by this university towards the program.
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