What to look forward to

[CuseFaninVT]

It wasn’t simultaneous. He hit the ground first, then the db ripped it away.

No, the rule is that a receiver has to survive the ground, not just have a moment of control. Think of it this way: if there was no defender there, and the ball went flying away after Cooks hit the ground, then no one would be claiming it was complete. We saw that happen a few times in yesterday's game. Those weren't fumbles because a receiver has to survive the ground.

In this case, the defender ripped the ball away simultaneous to Cooks hitting the ground. It was a very weird play, but the refs got it right.

 

[OrangeFoo]

yeah, we're not likely to make the tourney and Red in his lame duck era, but all is not lost. A few yarns to follow:

• Donnie's NBA draft stock. He should be a first rounder and at the rate he's playing could become a lottery pick.
• Kiyan needs another year, which means we can watch as he develops into an absolute showstopper for next year. He's un-guardable at times, he just needs 10-15 lbs and to learn patience with shot selection. Plus his parents are about as loyal as can be and it's fun to see them too.
• William Kyle isn't done threatening the structural integrity of the hoops. That is fun as all get out.
• The coaching search is ongoing now. It's basketball's chance for a Mullen thread.

Eh? In what planet is Donnie getting drafted much less a first rounder or lottery pick? He doesn’t have the explosion or the fluidity of an NBA player. He doesn’t have the handle or the jumper or the scoring ability of a stretch 4 and he is not strong enough to play the 5. I think he can be a d league guy, but he would be better off in Europe.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

The last Denver td shouldn’t have counted then.

I’ll add, sideline catches are looked at the same way. It’s not enough for a receiver to have the ball in his hands and get 2 feet inbounds. He also has to maintain control of the ball through landing on the ground. If he lands hard and the ball pops out, even if he had two feet down, it’s not a catch.

 

[RedtheGOB]

What If I told you we were tied for 5th in the ACC with NC state at 3-2 AND we have the exact same record AND NcState has zero top 25 wins AND zero Q1 wins.

And before people yell at me about how we’ve played the bottom of the ACC, we’ve played the same 3 bottomdwellers. Then we had Clemson and they had Virginia. We lost to BC on the road and they lost to GT at home. Both terrible losses and both no real good ACC wins.

I think most fans said from the beginning of the year we had to finish somewhere between 4-7 in the ACC. It’s still possible. Every ACC team except Duke is having extremely bad games.

Honestly I think Nc state fans were sold the will wade hype and what has he done so far? His best wins are wake forest and VCU low Q2 wins, which is a joke for how high their metrics are and what they spent to rebound their program. They have no good wins and 1 bad loss. We have 2 bad losses and 1 good win with tennessee.

I think Autry is cooked but it could be worse. We could’ve paid for Will Wade.

 

[Trueblue25]

Anyone have eyes on Brad Steven’s charter?!

 

[Cstate]

Eh? In what planet is Donnie getting drafted much less a first rounder or lottery pick? He doesn’t have the explosion or the fluidity of an NBA player. He doesn’t have the handle or the jumper or the scoring ability of a stretch 4 and he is not strong enough to play the 5. I think he can be a d league guy, but he would be better off in Europe.

This is spot on! Watching him try to cross-over dribble against a BC defender no less was painful. He’s had some success recently about putting his head and shoulder down while driving hard to the hoop with his right hand, but that was against a bunch of stiffs. Wait until him and Cam Boozer match up and then tell me who the lottery pick is.

And for the record I like Donnie and he clearly worked hard on his body this off-season, it’s just that we get blinded from someone having some scoring success and think of them as NBA players or high draft picks. Which we have had zero of lately.

 

[Orangezoo]

What If I told you we were tied for 5th in the ACC with NC state at 3-2 AND we have the exact same record AND NcState has zero top 25 wins AND zero Q1 wins.

And before people yell at me about how we’ve played the bottom of the ACC, we’ve played the same 3 bottomdwellers. Then we had Clemson and they had Virginia. We lost to BC on the road and they lost to GT at home. Both terrible losses and both no real good ACC wins.

I think most fans said from the beginning of the year we had to finish somewhere between 4-7 in the ACC. It’s still possible. Every ACC team except Duke is having extremely bad games.

Honestly I think Nc state fans were sold the will wade hype and what has he done so far? His best wins are wake forest and VCU low Q2 wins, which is a joke for how high their metrics are and what they spent to rebound their program. They have no good wins and 1 bad loss. We have 2 bad losses and 1 good win with tennessee.

I think Autry is cooked but it could be worse. We could’ve paid for Will Wade.

Our current resume is worse than theirs( bad losses) and based on opponents and trajectory neither team would finish better than 8th at this rate and after looking at Quad 1 and 2 results end up out of the tourney.

 

[OttosShoes]

Eh? In what planet is Donnie getting drafted much less a first rounder or lottery pick?

Well, unless Elon starts an MBA on Mars I would assume it’ll be Earth.

BC was a weird game all around but he puts up 20 points a game with ease. I admit he does need to finish the season strong since he’s coming back injury.

 

[Scooch]

Eh? In what planet is Donnie getting drafted much less a first rounder or lottery pick? He doesn’t have the explosion or the fluidity of an NBA player. He doesn’t have the handle or the jumper or the scoring ability of a stretch 4 and he is not strong enough to play the 5. I think he can be a d league guy, but he would be better off in Europe.

Disagree. Donnie is immensely talented. He’s being held back by his coaching here.