GAME - Exhibition Valpo v. UIndy 11/1 7:00

[VU2014]

Valpo needs to start making these open looks or point blanks at the basket. Defense is solid. This game shouldn't be close but we're only up by 3 at half...

[VUGrad1314]

24-15 Indy on the glass...

[VU2014]

24-15 Indy on the glass...

AWFUL. This team is going to miss Jay

[historyman]

Maybe I'm not paying enough attention but what happened to the VU player from Georgia with the flat top haircut? He was playing in the open gyms in July/August.

[VUGrad1314]

I think Oren tweeted that he would not be walking on after all but I'm not  100% sure on that.

[jsher3141]

Didn't J have an underage drinking arrest last year? Could they just utilize his injury down time to serve his 2 game suspension by not being on the bench? It is just a team rule, after all...

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[bbtds]

"I don't think any of us can make a decision about Javon until he plays in a game."


In other words, you don't know how someone's gonna play until they play. Hard to argue with that. That said, we're not "deciding" about Javon; we're "speculating" about Javon. Just like we speculate where we'll finish in the league, or predict our Nov. record, or pick over/unders, or post a guess on the final score for an upcoming game. IMO that's half the fun of being part of a passionate fan base.

Judgement was made about Javon starting. My  opinion is that you can't do that without seeing Javon play in a game. I like to do prognosticating as much as any other poster.

[VU2014]

Brutal start to the 2nd half... 

[VU2014]

Didn't J have an underage drinking arrest last year? Could they just utilize his injury down time to serve his 2 game suspension by not being on the bench? It is just a team rule, after all...

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Yes, I totally forgot about that. Would a suspension served count for a exhibition? I'm guessing it wouldn't but tbh I have no clue.

[JD24]

Didn't J have an underage drinking arrest last year? Could they just utilize his injury down time to serve his 2 game suspension by not being on the bench? It is just a team rule, after all... 

It was in January so I assume he didn't serve his suspension last season. So you may be correct and would make sense.

[VU2014]

This game is way too close for comfort

[VU2014]

McMillian fouls out. We're going to need him to keep out of foul trouble this season.

https://twitter.com/MichaelOsipoff/status/1058174665217187841

[78crusader]

This showing will dash hopes for an increase in home attendance for the non conference portion of the schedule.

Paul

[VU2014]

I'm going to be real honest. I'm really not happy right now. This is embarrassing. I don't care if it's a exhibition. We can not lose to this team.

I don't want anyone trying to spin this. 

[nkvu]

Well......that sucked.

Fazekus killed us. Hope he has it out of his system.

[JD24]

Swell

[VULB#62]

WAKE UP CALL CRUSADERS. This is a DII team with hardly any returning vets from a not so great 2017 -18 team. There are no excuses for this.

[a3uge]

So the problem with the home schedule is actually that there's not enough NAIA teams in it.

[EddieCabot]

I'm going to be real honest. I'm really not happy right now. This is embarrassing. I don't care if it's a exhibition. We can not lose to this team.

I don't want anyone trying to spin this. 

Not unexpected.  I think it was you that pointed out UIndy would be fired up to play in a D-I arena against a big-name opponent.  It was their Super Bowl.  They were ready to play and Valpo had a bunch of guys playing for the first time in a Valpo uniform, plus they were missing two veterans in J and Micah.

As Paul pointed out on twitter, this is an exhibition game that doesn't count for anything.  On to the regular season and some real competition!

[NativeCheesehead]

Sweet Jeebus am I tired of watching Derrik get out played and out worked, not box out, and whine like a child on every foul call. He had a couple of nice plays offensively in the first half, but his defense is simply offensive.

[VULB#62]

Excuses. This team was not (emotionally) prepared for everything you identify Eddie.

[VU2014]

Who is having the tougher night, Lottich or Gruden?

[Chairback]

Looks just like the team I saw at the season ticket holder event.

-Lacking a leader
-Our big is weak and Mileek is playing out of postion to compensate for it.  He's not a center.
-No energy or aggression.  No loose balls and poor rebounding

-Everyone looks lost in the offense.  Just like last year.
-Some poor game play calls by Matt.

Also, the scoreboard is hard to read with the gold background.

Deon is going to lose his starting spot to the freshman.

[M]

Just terrible, luckily winning isn't the number one priority on a night like this.

Nerves. Fazekas admitted to being nervous in an article the other day. No way he shoots that poorly, although the sets to start each half for him were not good looks.

This team looked pretty good when it pushed the tempo whether that was off a rebound or a turnover. Loved Sackey with the ball in his hands, although his defense needs some work. Liked what Freeman did in the first half too. Thought he had a few nice drives and kicks and showed his athleticism.

On the half court our sets were unimaginative and stagnant (just like most of last year). 1 or 2 guys moving while everyone else just stood there. I'm hoping that was intentional to not put stuff on tape for future opponents.

Smits has a decent first half, he seems to always score when the other team is small, but his defense and rebounding was just as bad as ever.

Did Bakari, Lavender and Golder even play?

Mileek looks physically better and a little quicker (still just a tad slower then he needs to be though) but I think next year is when he will start to really shine.

It's embarrassing to be outrebounded and to give up more free throws to a lesser team. Would love to be a fly on the wall at the next couple of practices.

See ya Tuesday.

[VULB#62]

Sorry for wasting the time of people who were there or were on the radio feed, but only being on the GameTracker I need to know what was the level of Valpo intensity. This was our first public opportunity to show the "real" 2018-19 Valpo MBB team.  Sitting 300 miles away and not having any visual clues, it sure appeared that we were outclassed by a middle of the road DII  program in a rebuilding mode.

Matt said we had to be ready to perform EVERY night in the MVC. Does this mean that if it is not MVC we don't need to be ready?