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One thing he's really good at is knowing where the basket is. No matter where he is in the paint and what direction his eyes, chest, & shoulders are facing, he seems to have a good idea of where the ball needs to go and how it needs to go there. He's the best finisher on the team (although I will say a number of players have improved dramatically since the beginning of ACC play at finishing around the basket).
It's something you can't really teach and relatively few college players have a knack for it.
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# | Buzzketball Central: Virginia Tech Hokies(14-13, 6-8) at Boston College Eagles(7-20, 0-14) 9PM ESPNU Great post. Any way you could run the numbers for what we need to make the NIT?
Is he the new Elan Lewis?
When was the last time Buzz kept his suit jacket on for the entire first half? That really speaks volumes about this away performance.
it's not used very much, one of those ideas in basketball that seem to make a lot of sense on paper but don't make it into practice. And it may look a lot like a regular zone depending on how the offense plays it.
I would like to know more about why it is rarely used. Seems to be a no-brainer.
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# | Buzzketball Central: Virginia Tech Hokies(14-13, 6-8) at Boston College Eagles(7-20, 0-14) 9PM ESPNU 
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# | Buzzketball Central: Virginia Tech Hokies(14-13, 6-8) at Boston College Eagles(7-20, 0-14) 9PM ESPNU Right, nobody has the interest/attention span for college spots up here. BC is hardly relevant to the locals when they are relevant on a national spectrum, never mind when they are in the cellar.
That said, most people up here can't swing 55k a year for a private catholic institution.
Didn't notice what you said, but any Jenifer Aniston post gets a leg from me. And as always, confirmation that Brad Pitt is the stupidest man in the universe.
#RUBBERBANDBANKS
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# | Buzzketball Central: Virginia Tech Hokies(14-13, 6-8) at Boston College Eagles(7-20, 0-14) 9PM ESPNU So actually, the numbers make an argument that could support this.
TL; DR (for those of you that don't want to dive into the data): hypothetically, we could jump up onto the bubble, because it's hella weak this year, but likely the wrong side simply due to that Alabama St. loss .
First, most sites that I've seen have our RPI closer to 110-ish (sometimes as high as 100 or as low as 120). Still not great, but not quite as bad as 150.
Winning out and a couple of wins in the ACC tournament likely gives us two more wins against top 15 teams (Miami at home, projected to face UNC in the 1 vs 8/9 matchup), and one or two wins against bubble/lower tournament seed team (Pitt and our first game in the tourney - likely Clemson). According to ESPN's RPI, that gives us:
- 4 top 50 wins, 3 of them top 10-ish
- 4 more top 100 wins - rough estimate for the whole "record against teams in the tournament"
- Only 2 losses outside the top 100, with the 3rd being the only other one outside the TOP 50, barely (Syracuse)
- Most importantly, some combination of high blood pressure, anger management issues, and severe regret/sadness when we think back on the loss to Alabama State
As far as an estimated RPI, I ran some numbers using RPI Wizard and we could jump up into the mid-70s in that situation. This is with simulated wins against Wake, Pitt, Miami, Clemson, UNC, and a loss against ND in the semis.
20-14 (10-8 ACC), 2 tournament wins, 75-ish RPI sounds like a bubble team to me, but still likely on the wrong side of the bubble, because Alabama State. But the bubble is weak this year...
Maybe we're due to get karma for the '10-'11 VCU team that took a spot we had a claim to. If we ended up like them, I don't think anybody would complain haha.
Perhaps we should not overreact too much about some people having white shirts. We, as a community, have had some issues in the past drawing baseless narratives about the effort of some individuals (like Bucky who was actually among the first few to receive his maroon shirt) over the past few months. If everyone had a maroon shirt, the bar would be too low.
#whiteshirtsmatter
He back!
The U? Not so much...
Dang about to leave Leavenworth in 2 months
I remember early in the season he would chuck up those flat footed 3s, and nail them to my astonishment. He's definitely got a unique game.
I bet he confines the WRs really well.
Thanks for the report. Wish I could have been with you for that trip. As for the pics/gifs, I am in the same boat with you there, but there have been several attempts to eddycate us technophobes. I think if you go back and search French's last thread about fishing, you can find it there. One day I'll learn how to do it, I have promised to do so if I get a big enough (gotta be a trophy) fish, but since that promise, I've not gotten the biggun I need to force me to live up to my promise. Like you, I have a ream and a half of fish porn, but I'm trying to live in the present and not the past, so my smallmouth, walleye, musky, catfish, etc. are staying in the file. Hopefully, this'll be the year.
Edit: Oh, and for you who may care, my buddy just sent me a message, pics to follow (he said), of three big walleye caught in the New River yesterday/last night, going 9,11, and 13 lbs. Supposed to get them on my phone which I never use, and if I get them, I'll maybe bite the bullet and try to post them. I must admit that apart from my many friends, I miss the winter walleye fishing in the New. Things are kinda dead around the Chesapeake Bay after the rockfish head out.
Like Buzz has said many times, Leday is amazing because "he's just not good." He's not big, he can't shoot, he's not a good jumper, he gets too far under the basket, he's not all that quick. He's not good.
But he's tough as nails and will compete all day. He gets shots off that hit the front of the rim and have enough spin to roll in. He's perfected a rather nonathletic freethrow style.
Yes, he's frustrating. But he's also mesmerizing. He's averaging 15ppg in the ACC....and I have no idea how.
My biggest concern with this team is our seeming inability to improve the play of our bigs. Talent plays a part but just getting the fundamentals of positioning, hand placement, shot selection, and route running for better term are the basics and of our four bigs (Henry, Blackshear, Hamilton, Pierce) only Blackshear has shown a modicum of improvement on the offensive end of the floor. I have seen minor improvements to Henry's game in terms of better defensive positioning and keeping his hands off defenders to avoid a multitude of bad fouls but he still last night got one with one second remaining on the shot clock and got another because he failed to get back and ended up running over the ball handler as he sought to get into proper position. Blackshear still has his moments too but it just makes me question who from the staff is responsible for working with the bigs and what they are doing. Maybe its that Buzz needs all his bodies to run his practices the way he wants it but I for one am a bit frustrated by finally having the height and size to compete with almost every roster but being unable to utilize it because its a liability having it on the floor. The one area that should be the easiest to improve is positioning for rebounds and it likely could have the biggest impact in terms of adding scoring to the overall result by creating additional possessions. Our team as a whole is dreadful at boxing out, timing our jumps and being in the right position to start with. I know Buzz emphasizes getting back on defense so I am not as much looking for it on that end but on our defensive end it should be a priority yet game in and game out we seem to get trucked on the boards. End Rant....
French, while I can only speak for myself, I will say that I have been surveyed twice at the dock, once in NC about five years or so ago, and once here in Mathews a couple of years ago. I have also encountered two dock checks here in the county when I wasn't on the water, just stopping by the ramps to see 'sup and confab with returning fisherpersons.
When guiding on the New River in Giles County, I used to tell my clients that they should prepare themselves to see everything from bears and deer swimming the river, turkeys flying over or on the bank, bald or golden eagles, etc. The one thing I told them they wouldn't see was the game warden. In 26 years of fishing the New in Giles, I got checked twice. Point being, as much time as I have spent on the water and the lack of enforcement I encountered made me think the people responsible for working the fisheries were spread too thin. Listening to the saltwater fishermen around here, you'd think the marine police were behind every piling, but if the folks responsible for management and surveying are spread as thin as our game wardens (OK, I know, Conservation Police) it seems impossible for them to competently do their jobs and produce viable plans.
I believe Robinson is floor general #1 in the chart, with Wilson #2, which I would agree with. He does a very good job at controlling the pace in the half court, and we get good movement when on the floor, which in my mind puts him over Allen, Hudson or Bibbs, who do more to create for themselves than others.
Does anyone know if Jerome Wright is still with the team as well?
Don't forget Peoples. He should help carry the load as well.
He went to the Carson Palmer school of money management.
Agreed. The talent we have on offense and depth at QB (Lawson and Jackson) were directly attributed to him. He put guys in a position to succeed. Leoffler did a lot of ground work for the program.