I’m old enough to remember an old Harlem Globtrotter shtick where a player would walk down the court turning the ball over on a high arc every time he took a step, hand above pushing the dribble down, hand beneath lifting the ball high on each bounce. And the refs, as part of the performance...
Anyone who thinks Tech’s record against tough opponents, especially on those opponent’s home court, is because of officiating, is an idiot. In my humble opinion.
A lot to like here. Especially the comparison of scoring runs. Seems like we don’t usually come out ahead on that one.
As others have wondered, it seems like teams should full court press us all game. I imagine they don’t out of fear of picking up too many early fouls but you can see in the...
Our guys were periodically getting hammered by “incidental contact” too. I saw guys shoved out of their dribble routes and guys on defense knocked backwards. I know our players are generally lighter but there was some serious court bullying going on at times. I’m ok with this not being called...
After a night of sleep and thinking some more about it I feel like this was our best game of the year. Wake Forest continuously put pressure on the ball handler during the game. Rarely were any of our players left with uncontested shots or unrestricted movement. It was relentless through the...
When I was in college we had a (lower division) basketball team with a national ranking. Our two guards were both like Bruce only with even worse outside shots. They threw up bricks, lol. But were two of the best ball handlers I’ve ever seen and opposing teams only tried a full court press...
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