sutomcat
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Another very pleasant day in CNY. High around 44, partly sunny, I played golf again, 5th time this month. Still no significsnt snowfall. I still haven't shoveled either.
Disappointing crowd. Maybe 15K actually in the seats. The students have left for the holidays, which didn't help. No dance team but Otto and 18th of his best cheerleaders were still there to represent.
The NA was sung by an 11th grade student from JD. He did a terrific job, other than starting the song the first time during a moment of silence for the victims of the Newtown tragedy. Security was incidentally stepped up after Newtown...everyone was scanned for weapons today, which led to delays for people entering the dome. If they do this for the big games, it is going to be ugly, especially for the late arriving crowd (you know who you are).
Canisius played very hard, did a surprisingly good job with their man defense and their veteran guards did a nice job attacking our 2-3 zone in the first half. Got a lot of good looks inside and outside...might have been our worse effort defensively of the season. Despite being a small team, they pounded the boards hard and hurt us there, especially attacking the offensive boards. We might well have been out rebounded.
Second half, the 2-3 was a lot more active, MCW got a few steals, we started to get fast break baskets from good defense and the game was basically over.
Thought MCW played a fairly quiet and unusually bland first half. Pretty passive on offense and defense. Not bad, but not up to his normal standards. He did set up a bunch of scoring plays where a player was fouled instead of scoring. The second half, he was stellar on offense and defense. When he is good, he is a joy to watch...wow, he really took over the game for a while. Lots of steals, some points, and many excellent passes.
The first few games of the season, I didn't see a lot of chemistry between Michael and BT. That seems to be really developed over the past 5 games or so, with them often setting each other up for easy shots. Good to see.
Speaking of BT, thought he had another quiet, efficient game, played under control and did a lot of nice things. I think he is played a little smarter and consistent than in past years. He has a way of scoring 15 points game after game where it seems he might have 5 or 7.
Great to see JS get off the schneid from the 3 point circle and make his first ones since that memorable game in Fayetteville, AK. Really like the mid range jumper that is becoming an important part of his game on offense. Passing well, getting steals and finishing well too, as usual.
CJ rebounded well and had a few nice moves. Looks to me like he is making a conscious effort to hit the boards harder than in the past. Was quiet for extended periods but we don't need his scoring right now and I am not really worried about him.
Keita had a quiet game. Didn't get a lot of playing time...Christmas is playing well and I think JB is really trying to give DCII a lot of PT right now to accelerate his adjustment to college ball (which by the way, it appears to be working). Again, we know what he can do so he might be getting the short end of the stick in playing time because of this.
Cooney didn't get a lot of playing time, which was kind of surprising. The subs didn't play well in the 1st half and that affected their playing time the rest of the game. Too bad...I think this is not good for Trevor and his development. Thought he played fine by the way.
Grant also got limited minutes. Probably also deserved more playing time. Canisius was, well, quite tenacious, and while SU was up by more than 10 points almost the entire 2nd half, they couldn't completely break them and the Golden Griffs kept inching to 10-12 points over and over when SU threatened to completely blow the game open.
That inability to make the game a true blowout hurt the PT for the frosh. Jerami played well in limited minutes, getting a steal, hitting a jumper, playing good defense. But I think JB was taking no chances today and when the subs blew a big lead in the 1st half, he decided to go with vets most of the rest of the way.
DCII played a good game. I love his ability to rebound the ball. He is hustling his butt off all over the court. Had some issues getting beat down the court early. That problem has been addressed. Getting better at retaining his shooting touch in heavy traffic. Maybe playing a bit more above the rim these days as well. His defense isn't great but is getting better. He played as best I could determine, in the middle of the zone whenever he was in.
Christmas played one of his best games on offense. Scored on a variety of moves, hit a 15 footer jumper (a first I believe), a beautiful hook, a couple of short ones and a nice mid range jumper. Made a couple fouls and wasn't great on defense but not bad. Looked like CU tried to attack his area of the zone when he was on the wing but they had only limited success doing this.
The team was a little flat. Understandable given it was finals week. Was happy with the effort in the 2nd half. I like CU and think they have a good shot to win their league. Hope they do. Props to them for bringing a pretty good group of fans to the game. Pockets were scattered thoughout the Dome but I think they might have brought 100 fans all told. That is about 95 more than say, UConn brings. It was the 70th meeting between the schools. I hope we continue to play them.
900 next on Monday. I look forward to what SU has in store for the event. 900 tubas? A 900 from Tony Hawk? Or cheap cardboard signs with 900 on them? And an orange jersey with 900 on it? I have my suspicions, but perhaps the AD office will surprise us.
Disappointing crowd. Maybe 15K actually in the seats. The students have left for the holidays, which didn't help. No dance team but Otto and 18th of his best cheerleaders were still there to represent.
The NA was sung by an 11th grade student from JD. He did a terrific job, other than starting the song the first time during a moment of silence for the victims of the Newtown tragedy. Security was incidentally stepped up after Newtown...everyone was scanned for weapons today, which led to delays for people entering the dome. If they do this for the big games, it is going to be ugly, especially for the late arriving crowd (you know who you are).
Canisius played very hard, did a surprisingly good job with their man defense and their veteran guards did a nice job attacking our 2-3 zone in the first half. Got a lot of good looks inside and outside...might have been our worse effort defensively of the season. Despite being a small team, they pounded the boards hard and hurt us there, especially attacking the offensive boards. We might well have been out rebounded.
Second half, the 2-3 was a lot more active, MCW got a few steals, we started to get fast break baskets from good defense and the game was basically over.
Thought MCW played a fairly quiet and unusually bland first half. Pretty passive on offense and defense. Not bad, but not up to his normal standards. He did set up a bunch of scoring plays where a player was fouled instead of scoring. The second half, he was stellar on offense and defense. When he is good, he is a joy to watch...wow, he really took over the game for a while. Lots of steals, some points, and many excellent passes.
The first few games of the season, I didn't see a lot of chemistry between Michael and BT. That seems to be really developed over the past 5 games or so, with them often setting each other up for easy shots. Good to see.
Speaking of BT, thought he had another quiet, efficient game, played under control and did a lot of nice things. I think he is played a little smarter and consistent than in past years. He has a way of scoring 15 points game after game where it seems he might have 5 or 7.
Great to see JS get off the schneid from the 3 point circle and make his first ones since that memorable game in Fayetteville, AK. Really like the mid range jumper that is becoming an important part of his game on offense. Passing well, getting steals and finishing well too, as usual.
CJ rebounded well and had a few nice moves. Looks to me like he is making a conscious effort to hit the boards harder than in the past. Was quiet for extended periods but we don't need his scoring right now and I am not really worried about him.
Keita had a quiet game. Didn't get a lot of playing time...Christmas is playing well and I think JB is really trying to give DCII a lot of PT right now to accelerate his adjustment to college ball (which by the way, it appears to be working). Again, we know what he can do so he might be getting the short end of the stick in playing time because of this.
Cooney didn't get a lot of playing time, which was kind of surprising. The subs didn't play well in the 1st half and that affected their playing time the rest of the game. Too bad...I think this is not good for Trevor and his development. Thought he played fine by the way.
Grant also got limited minutes. Probably also deserved more playing time. Canisius was, well, quite tenacious, and while SU was up by more than 10 points almost the entire 2nd half, they couldn't completely break them and the Golden Griffs kept inching to 10-12 points over and over when SU threatened to completely blow the game open.
That inability to make the game a true blowout hurt the PT for the frosh. Jerami played well in limited minutes, getting a steal, hitting a jumper, playing good defense. But I think JB was taking no chances today and when the subs blew a big lead in the 1st half, he decided to go with vets most of the rest of the way.
DCII played a good game. I love his ability to rebound the ball. He is hustling his butt off all over the court. Had some issues getting beat down the court early. That problem has been addressed. Getting better at retaining his shooting touch in heavy traffic. Maybe playing a bit more above the rim these days as well. His defense isn't great but is getting better. He played as best I could determine, in the middle of the zone whenever he was in.
Christmas played one of his best games on offense. Scored on a variety of moves, hit a 15 footer jumper (a first I believe), a beautiful hook, a couple of short ones and a nice mid range jumper. Made a couple fouls and wasn't great on defense but not bad. Looked like CU tried to attack his area of the zone when he was on the wing but they had only limited success doing this.
The team was a little flat. Understandable given it was finals week. Was happy with the effort in the 2nd half. I like CU and think they have a good shot to win their league. Hope they do. Props to them for bringing a pretty good group of fans to the game. Pockets were scattered thoughout the Dome but I think they might have brought 100 fans all told. That is about 95 more than say, UConn brings. It was the 70th meeting between the schools. I hope we continue to play them.
900 next on Monday. I look forward to what SU has in store for the event. 900 tubas? A 900 from Tony Hawk? Or cheap cardboard signs with 900 on them? And an orange jersey with 900 on it? I have my suspicions, but perhaps the AD office will surprise us.
