MVC Games - Thanksgiving/Black Friday Week

[uniguy]

Was going to leave work early to watch tomorrow's game if we were in the early game, but I don't know if I will bother now. It is getting tough to watch UNI in big games. The program just hasn't been the same since A&M. Post UNI a double-digit lead in the second half of a big game and the following things are pretty much guaranteed.

1-Our guards will forget how to dribble/pass/shoot.

2-The opposing team will become NBA caliber shooters.

3-We will make a big shot during the meltdown that will give us hope.

4-The refs will do something controversial.

That call reminded me of the flagrant in the MVC title game. The main difference being the Bradley call was probably technically correct.....just felt to me very much against the spirit of the game and perhaps warranted a closer look at how the rule is written. In this case, I cannot fathom what they saw in the replay that made them decide to make that call. The only people who thought that was a good call were the folks on the West Virginia message board (who also think our players were undercutting them on purpose and are coached to do that....they aren't an intelligent bunch).

Even in some of the games we've won, we've melted down. I can't keep watching the same thing happen over and over. There has to be a way to teach these guys how to maintain a lead.

[Sir Sci]

I've gotta drop out of this thing. I usually log on only to find I missed the post by a couple of days. Whoops.

[Bradleyfan1]

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[MissouriValleyUnite]

The only people who thought that was a good call were the folks on the West Virginia message board (who also think our players were undercutting them on purpose and are coached to do that....they aren't an intelligent bunch).

Their most visible alum, Pat McAfee, hasn’t returned to WVU in 12 years after death threats from missing FGs in the ‘07 Backyard Brawl.

This link will shut up the Morgietownies on your board.
https://twitter.com/patmcafeeshow/statu ... 00737?s=21

[sanantoniobird]

Starting Wednesday:

Loyola vs Old Dominion = ODU
Bradley vs Pitt/Kansas St = Kansas St.
Drake vs Murray St = Drake
Northern Iowa vs South Carolina = South Carolina

Missouri State @ LSU = LSU

Evansville @ IUPUI = Evansville

Southern Illinois @ Saint Louis = SLU

[sivert]

Loyola vs Old Dominion = [I missed it]
Bradley vs Pitt/Kansas St = Kansas St.
Drake vs Murray St = Drake
Northern Iowa vs South Carolina = UNI

Missouri State @ LSU = Missouri State

Evansville @ IUPUI = Evansville

Southern Illinois @ Saint Louis = SLU

[goramblers2011]

Missouri State @ LSU - LSU

Evansville @ IUPUI - EVANSVILLE

Southern Illinois @ Saint Louis - SLU

[musiccitybulldog]

Drake beat Murray State 63-53 in the Gulf Coast Showcase.

[DUBulldog]

Drake beat Murray State 63-53 in the Gulf Coast Showcase.

I think this tourney will be helpful to Drake as the season goes on.

Coming in, they hadn't played in any close games (4 blowout wins, 1 blowout loss). All 3 games in the tournament were close. In first game, Bulldogs had 21 turnovers and 12 missed free throws, which will obviously kill you in any close game. Then, they bounced back and beat two teams that were in the NCAA tourney last season.

Defense has been better than last season, offense not so much. If the O gets going, I really like this team.

[outpost]

Good win today, Drake.