iogyhufi
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11-22-24 08:41 PM - Post#374605
After a great win against Stony Brook (that nobody saw, because the CAA thinks FloSports is a good idea), Yale has two more games close to home at the Mohegan Sun court. I'll be interested to see if Yale can string together two quality performances this weekend against two teams they should beat.
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11-24-24 08:09 PM - Post#374660
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Looked like Yale was going to end the first half on a nice 10-0 run to get themselves back in it, but Delaware with the final 4 points in the last seconds makes it 47-42 Blue Hens at the half.
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11-24-24 08:35 PM - Post#374664
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UD looks like they're running away with this one. Yale is scoring in the paint, but not from long distance, and Delaware is lighting them up from the perimeter.
18 point deficit for Yale with just under 16:00 to go in the second half.
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11-24-24 08:46 PM - Post#374665
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Another run for Yale, this time 10-2. Each time Yale looks like it's going to get blown out, they keep coming back.
Defense really starting to step it up now.
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Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 08:49 PM - Post#374667
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They need to find a way to get Poulakidis open consistently. UD is really giving him no space to breathe.
Simmons is doing a nice job slashing to the basket.
Edited by weinhauers_ghost on 11-24-24 08:54 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 08:58 PM - Post#374668
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UD up 8 with 7 to play, Poulakadis to the line to shoot two after the media time out.
Yale just can't stop Delaware on a consistent basis. Spreading the floor well.
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 09:06 PM - Post#374669
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Yale needs another run to end this game, down 10 with 4 to play, UD with a number of hoops off the break of late.
They had it down to 4 not so long ago.
Edited by penn nation on 11-24-24 09:07 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 09:08 PM - Post#374670
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Looks like every bounce is going UD's way. Yale hasn't shot well from the perimeter, and it's really tough to keep it close when your opponent is hitting threes and you're only scoring in the paint and missing FTs.
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 09:12 PM - Post#374671
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Well, if the score holds it's a bad loss to a mediocre Delaware team that was missing three players due to suspension.
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iogyhufi
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 10:05 PM - Post#374673
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That was a mixture of perhaps 40% bad shooting luck (both ways) and 60% avoidable errors. The defense has got to be better even if they're hitting a million threes. You just can't get outhustled in transition on a regular basis like that. Yale has to work out these consistency problems before league play starts.
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Re: Mohegan Sun Tourney - Fairfield and Delaware
11-24-24 10:09 PM - Post#374675
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They are still my pick to win the ILT, but it just seems like a down year for the league. The top teams just aren't quite as good as in years past, and the bottom teams are flat out awful.
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james
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11-25-24 06:44 PM - Post#374709
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have improved a ton recently on to ratios.
but its a make or miss game. UD shot the eyes out. many but not all were contested with reasonable close outs.
it just opened the floor and negated a yale adv with long rebounds.
their freshman had nasty takes in transition when it mattered as well.
news flash: poulakidas will only be "open" when shooting nba+ threes. they do scouting reports haha. and he will have off nights.
bigger q is shooting breadth. didnt see much of it. but 94 in regulation wasnt thr problem.
and let be honest guys are scoring on yale. i dont understand not busting rhythm by changing defenses but is what it is.
wrh knows who is good or not. even these guys have transfers. the d2 kid was legit at that level.
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11-25-24 07:56 PM - Post#374717
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samson is coming on a bit. needs to area rebound better tho. and finish a bit better. i think he cld be a problem by league time.
but
he helps yale match up against size but ud negated with 5 out ball. if you squint thats princeton (or say columbia) and highlights the issues that style poses for a yale defensive scheme.
i dont understand why there isnt a 1-3-1 3/4s zone like the one employed w bruner. you have to have it in todays game if only used sparingly. yale didnt own the boards anyway and got outrebounded when they did miss.
so whats the downside and it can disrupt some of the actions.
this is a talented o as guys like simmons have improved. they need a mullen type to be a sniper.
and this defense has to be figured out to beat princeton or dare i say columbia.
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11-25-24 09:26 PM - Post#374727
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I don't see a lot of teams anywhere switching defenses very much. Penn is such a terrible man to man team that playing zone actually works to their benefit.
I am also a believer in switching defenses, though.
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11-25-24 09:46 PM - Post#374729
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true that.
for the record i dont think yale is very good. but they have decent pieces. i think the atruggle against more position less basketball is a big problem.
i do like the pieces maybe more than i thought at the start. but i think its a bad sign that we lose different ways (shooting efficiency vs say to efficiency) and are scoring 80-94 in regulation and still losing.
for whatever reason i like it better when the losses look like minnesota even if to lower tier teams at least at this stage of the season.
the best yale teams seem to be able to lock you down amd outwork you on d. this isnt it right now.
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11-25-24 09:56 PM - Post#374730
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If I recall correctly, didn't it take Yale a while during the non-conference schedule last year to figure some things out and start rolling?
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penn nation
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11-25-24 09:59 PM - Post#374731
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This has also happened to Harvard during some of their better seasons as well.
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james
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11-25-24 11:08 PM - Post#374736
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yes but they were featuring wolf who didnt really play much the year before. basically the offense ran through him. clearly he was a unicorn tho.
knowling was in and out of the lineup blah blah.
but yes the premise is correct. so who knows
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11-26-24 01:10 AM - Post#374741
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If there's a coach who can get his team to figure it out, it's James Jones.
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