The Ballad of Buddy Scruggs

[W'boro'Cuse315]

First 37 mins: 1-11, 2 pts.

Final 8 mins: 4-6, 12 of our final 20 pts.

Shooters keep shooting.

 

[jdubs30]

Tough shot maker. Only a sophomore

 

[CaptainJ]

His holster wasn't empty in that final stretch.

 

[Briancuse]

What.a win.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

UVA didn't forget how to play D and their gameplan was to slow him down.

Glad he found a way late to get his.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

My actual reaction to that shot:

 

[MG44]

My actual reaction to that shot:

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Thank God Buddys reaction wasnt this!

 

[Cuseregular]

My actual reaction to that shot:

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Thank God Buddys reaction wasnt this!
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Seeing those two schmucks do that made coming back to win that game so friggin awesome and so much sweeter!
Between this UVA stuff and the football hires, wow what a day!

 

[malpearl31]

First 37 mins: 1-11, 2 pts.

Final 8 mins: 4-6, 12 of our final 20 pts.

Shooters keep shooting.

Today's results - against the #1 Defense in college hoops! - probably won't stop some folks from making the argument that JB plays our guys too many minutes, and that as a result they simply don't have the legs to make key plays down the stretch.

 

[HOFCeluck]

That reminded me so much of that Butler 3 back in 2010 that hit every part of the basket before dropping in. That shot was the back breaker.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Wow look at the UVA player’s reaction - totally deflated - game over!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

This game was a great example of Buddy's weirdness.

Sucks for most of the game then goes nuclear out of nowhere.

 

[RF2044]

People are going to primarily focus on the explosion in OT offensively -- and justifiably so.

But lost amidst that is that we had a REALLY STRONG defensive performance today. For a long stretch in the second half, it looked like we wouldn't be able to mount a strong enough scoring performance to pull it off. Then suddenly the rim turned into a hula hoop for our guys.

We are so dangerous when we have three guys hitting from deep. We absolutely buried them in OT.

 

[realorange]

People are going to primarily focus on the explosion in OT offensively -- and justifiably so.

But lost amidst that is that we had a REALLY STRONG defensive performance today. For a long stretch in the second half, it looked like we wouldn't be able to mount a strong enough scoring performance to pull it off. Then suddenly the rim turned into a hula hoop for our guys.

We are so dangerous when we have three guys hitting from deep. We absolutely buried them in OT.

That is really the big difference today.

Their aggressiveness on both offense and defense and the overall energy they put into the game was terrific.
If they play like this from now on, it could get very interesting.

There won't be too many games where our shooting will be as bad as it was;; Coup[le decent shooting with today's effort on defense and we've got a very competitive team.

 

[FrancoPizza]

People are going to primarily focus on the explosion in OT offensively -- and justifiably so.

But lost amidst that is that we had a REALLY STRONG defensive performance today. For a long stretch in the second half, it looked like we wouldn't be able to mount a strong enough scoring performance to pull it off. Then suddenly the rim turned into a hula hoop for our guys.

We are so dangerous when we have three guys hitting from deep. We absolutely buried them in OT.

To be objective a zone with bad personnel will be much more effective if it is able to sag off the perimeter. It was a gamble and it paid off tonight.

 

[Ghost]

Today's results - against the #1 Defense in college hoops! - probably won't stop some folks from making the argument that JB plays our guys too many minutes, and that as a result they simply don't have the legs to make key plays down the stretch.

Man, if we had lost in regulation can you imagine how sad you would be that the argument would be going the other way?

I don't think anyone has ever posted that the kid's are going to DIE after 40 minutes...they remain capable functioning human beings that can still play basketball better than 99.9% of the population on Earth.

UVA had 4 guys go over 40 minutes as well...I think. Perhaps they got more super tired? lolol

Who cares, we won!! LGO!!

 

[newmexicuse]

Had we lost in regulation, Buddy would have been the goat. Not only the poor overall performance up to that point, but more specifically the blown play on what looked like a wide open drive to the hoop and the missed wide open trey attempt.

very, very happy to see him pull it together and go from goat to hero in a heartbeat !!!!

 

[malpearl31]

Man, if we had lost in regulation can you imagine how sad you would be that the argument would be going the other way?

I don't think anyone has ever posted that the kid's are going to DIE after 40 minutes...they remain capable functioning human beings that can still play basketball better than 99.9% of the population on Earth.

UVA had 4 guys go over 40 minutes as well...I think. Perhaps they got more super tired? lolol

Who cares, we won!! LGO!!

Nah, I just would’ve been sad that we lost.

It’s funny... if I was the head coach, I would absolutely try to get my guys at least a brief rest in each half. I’d try to make substitutions just before a TV timeout, so I could maximize the rest for the subbed-out player.

But I also have exactly zero D-1 coaching victories, so what do I know?

 

[Ghost]

Had we lost in regulation, Buddy would have been the goat. Not only the poor overall performance up to that point, but more specifically the blown play on what looked like a wide open drive to the hoop and the missed wide open trey attempt.

very, very happy to see him pull it together and go from goat to hero in a heartbeat !!!!

I think we pay long term for Buddy ignoring the gift presented by the God of Monster Dunks.

The lane was parted, and Buddy had bestowed upon him an open path to the monster dunk- yet he refuseth the offering.

Instead he taketh upon himself to go for an awkward attempt at some sort of reverse lay-up.

 

[GonzoInMD]

I think we pay long term for Buddy ignoring the gift presented by the God of Monster Dunks.

The lane was parted, and Buddy had bestowed upon him an open path to the monster dunk- yet he refuseth the offering.

Instead he taketh upon himself to go for an awkward attempt at some sort of reverse lay-up.

Do we know if Buddy can dunk?

 

[MSOrange]

Do we know if Buddy can dunk?

According to this article, he can.

Syracuse players relive their first dunks

Most players don’t remember their first 3-pointer or clutch shot, but every scholarship player on the Syracuse men’s basketball team can dunk. They explain what the slam means.

dailyorange.com

 

[CaptainJ]

I think we pay long term for Buddy ignoring the gift presented by the God of Monster Dunks.

The lane was parted, and Buddy had bestowed upon him an open path to the monster dunk- yet he refuseth the offering.

Instead he taketh upon himself to go for an awkward attempt at some sort of reverse lay-up.

If I wasn't on the wagon, I would have spewethed the the drink from my mouth(from laughter)! This post may have been my favorite post of the day nomination today, and the one after it asking if we know if Buddy can dunk was pretty good as well! (wish we had a headbanging emoticon to tribute epic posts like this with!)

 

[kcsu]

His holster wasn't empty in that final stretch.

Thats disturbing.

 

[SUalldway]

Looking at Buddy and the crowd behind the UVA bench in the last frame of the video is that moment of the thrill-of-victory vs. the agony-of-defeat.