Hop down 8 at the half in debut

[moqui]

vs Belmont

 

[joct]

Percy Allen‏Verified account @percyallen
With 13:42 left in 1H, Mike Hopkins tosses the suit jacket behind the bench. @UW_MBB down 11-6.

 

[Briancuse]

Percy Allen‏Verified account @percyallen
With 13:42 left in 1H, Mike Hopkins tosses the suit jacket behind the bench. @UW_MBB down 11-6.

Hmmm wonder where he learned that one from

 

[cuseattle]

Trunk monkey!!!!

 

[cuseattle]

Get em Hop

 

[rrlbees]

Washington won 86-82. Belmont was favored by 2.

 

[Shenexon]

Hop pulled it out and got #1 as a head coach...congrats Hop!!

 

[cuseinseattle]

I was there. What a game. Nowell scored 32 and looked unstoppable down the stretch.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Looks like Hop's philosophy is to foul & send the opponent to the line when up by 3 in the final seconds. I forget, is JB definitively one way or the other on this? I feel like he's both fouled & let it play out in the past?

Congrats to Hop on Win #1. Too bad Husky fans are focused on football @ Stanford tonight.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Looks like Hop's philosophy is to foul & send the opponent to the line when up by 3 in the final seconds. I forget, is JB definitively one way or the other on this? I feel like he's both fouled & let it play out in the past?

Congrats to Hop on Win #1. Too bad Husky fans are focused on football @ Stanford tonight.

They also had a kid on Belmont named Hopkins who kept getting opened in the zone so Hop played m2m down the stretch which was interesting.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Good win. Belmont is legit as always.

 

[MSOrange]

Good win. Belmont is legit as always.

That is a solid win for Hop. Rick Byrd is a heck of a coach at Belmont.

 

[jgeorge322]

I was there. What a game. Nowell scored 32 and looked unstoppable down the stretch.

What defense did he use?

 

[cuseinseattle]

What defense did he use?

They played zone basically the whole game until the last 2 minutes or so. The never pressed. He is very thin up front and doesn't have a single shot blocker. When Dickerson fouled out with like 5 minutes to go he had to put Hamier Wright at the 5 in the zone to give you a sense. They played really hard and made a few mistakes but the zone was actually pretty good. Kids were where they were supposed to be and they got a handful of steals in the passing lanes but there personal is going to be hard. They don't have great size, length or depth especially up front. Belmont was good though and they got the win then again Nowell isn't going to score 32 every night.

 

[TexanMark]

I was there. What a game. Nowell scored 32 and looked unstoppable down the stretch.

Sporting your Cuse gear I hope...

Being so thin...I assume he'll play lots of zone. Fun to have another team to casually follow.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Looks like Hop's philosophy is to foul & send the opponent to the line when up by 3 in the final seconds. I forget, is JB definitively one way or the other on this? I feel like he's both fouled & let it play out in the past?

Congrats to Hop on Win #1. Too bad Husky fans are focused on football @ Stanford tonight.

I have heard him say that if there is a risk you will not get the rebound on missed FTs, he will not foul in that situation. So I think you are right, it is a judgement call, and he may fall either way, but I do think he got religion on fouling later in his career, opting not to early in his career, so the team would have to be exceptionally bad at rebounding for him to not foul then.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Sporting your Cuse gear I hope...

Being so thin...I assume he'll play lots of zone. Fun to have another team to casually follow.

I was. The security guy at the door said you know Syracuse isn't playing here tonight. I said well Syracuse West is. Got a good laugh.

 

[LGO85]

I was. The security guy at the door said you know Syracuse isn't playing here tonight. I said well Syracuse West is. Got a good laugh.

Depends on who you ask. We have alot of home courts.

 

[TinyManInside]

They played zone basically the whole game until the last 2 minutes or so. The never pressed. He is very thin up front and doesn't have a single shot blocker. When Dickerson fouled out with like 5 minutes to go he had to put Hamier Wright at the 5 in the zone to give you a sense. They played really hard and made a few mistakes but the zone was actually pretty good. Kids were where they were supposed to be and they got a handful of steals in the passing lanes but there personal is going to be hard. They don't have great size, length or depth especially up front. Belmont was good though and they got the win then again Nowell isn't going to score 32 every night.

They played a few minutes of man to man in the first half and a few early in the second as well. It was mostly zone for the second half until the last 2 minutes.

They really need a center and a pg. There are some nice pieces but the interior is going to be a mess, and Crisp is too erratic to run the point for a winning team.

 

[cuseinseattle]

They played a few minutes of man to man in the first half and a few early in the second as well. It was mostly zone for the second half until the last 2 minutes.

They really need a center and a pg. There are some nice pieces but the interior is going to be a mess, and Crisp is too erratic to run the point for a winning team.

The center is the main thing. I agree regarding Crisp but they have no depth up front and not a single shot blocker. It will be there undoing.