Beacons at Redbirds 2/9 @ 7pm

[valpolaw]

I didn't watch the game and have very little interest in valpo basketball lately. It's really sad actually. I sense others feel the same. There certainly isn't as much activity on this board as there used to be. The game thread is a single page of comments after the game. We desperately need a change

[oklahomamick]

Doesn't matter if you don't care to have any of the players back or not.  History tells us they are leaving. 

Which I bet we need to keep an eye on our apr.

[tiny707]

I think Darius should have been in game at the end. Creates more. Our players are gassed by the end of every game.

[justducky]

Is Connor Barrett an actual person or am I just imagining somebody?

Who 

[vok22]

I think Darius should have been in game at the end. Creates more. Our players are gassed by the end of every game.

That's another thing, I keep hearing about how few turnovers our freshmen point guards have. Perhaps it's just the pitiful offense they are in, but it's not like they are creating anything either. They are combining for 3.6 assists per game.

[NativeCheesehead]

Valpo Basketball 22-23: New Prez, New AD, New Coach.

[justducky]

I think Darius should have been in game at the end. Creates more.

Preston looks to be the slightly better defender with Darius the better on offense. That Preston double team looked like a freshman misinterpretation of something maybe recently introduced? Maybe I should watch it again to try to figure it all out?

[VU2014]

Valpo Basketball 22-23: New Prez, New AD, New Coach.

No way an AD makes a hire in the Summer when they take over. Lottich is for sure coming back for at least one more year. The new AD will evaluate Lottich next season and make decision.

I really want to know how many more years are on that Lottich extension. It almost feels like Mark LaBarbera stepping away now is strategic. Gives the new AD time evaluate Lottich and assuming his deal is up after 2022-23, they'd be able to hire their guy. Wouldn't make sense to have have Lottich and Mark leave at the same time and force an AD to make that decision before settling into the athletics department.

[hckjag]

We're always hoping Lottich will draw something creative up out of a timeout. Yet with time running down in regulation out of a timeout, I
able to call ahead of time that we hold the ball til 10 on the shot lock to run our single play to get a man open that inevitably will fail. And then we take a tough contested shot to (attempt to) bail out the failure. Low and behold that's exactly what happened at the end of regulation. Now I'm a huge basketball fan but never played a single competitive game in my life so take it with a grain of salt.

Even if we run the shot clock to zero ISUr still gets one more possession ( and likely runs the clock down to take a last second shot Anyway ). So why not run a few motion plays to try and get a decent shot opportunity instead of standing there praying that one play you drew up leads to an open look. ( spoiler alert: I bet the stats say this plays lead to an open look about 5% of the time).

Maybe Lottich needs to act like an NHL coach where you see the assistant always drawing up the plays ?

I'll always be rooting for the Beacons but each game that goes by makes it easier to do something more enjoyable and just check the box score after the fact.

[oklahomamick]

Everyone finally seeing Lottich coaching abilities.  Something I saw years ago. 

Looking for a meme of me patting myself on the back. 

[wh]

Valpo Basketball 22-23: New Prez, New AD, New Coach.

No way an AD makes a hire in the Summer when they take over. Lottich is for sure coming back for at least one more year. The new AD will evaluate Lottich next season and make decision.

I really want to know how many more years are on that Lottich extension. It almost feels like Mark LaBarbera stepping away now is strategic. Gives the new AD time evaluate Lottich and assuming his deal is up after 2022-23, they'd be able to hire their guy. Wouldn't make sense to have have Lottich and Mark leave at the same time and force an AD to make that decision before settling into the athletics department.

Well said. Makes perfect sense.

[AB]

A wasted performance from Taylor. Good teams find ways to close games. Two games in a row we have no answer for Henry at ISU or last night with Reeves. No ability to stop dribble drive penetration. Team looked very tired last five minutes of regulation and OT. We have to rely on jump shots, as we don't execute two man game/ball screens well. Krikke turnover in the paint was costly. He was tired. No Kither cost us another game last night.

[Valpo89]

We're always hoping Lottich will draw something creative up out of a timeout. Yet with time running down in regulation out of a timeout, I
able to call ahead of time that we hold the ball til 10 on the shot lock to run our single play to get a man open that inevitably will fail. And then we take a tough contested shot to (attempt to) bail out the failure. Low and behold that's exactly what happened at the end of regulation. 

I told my wife and son during that last timeout in regulation that one of three things would happen: Dribble into trouble and create a turnover; wait too long and fail to get a shot off on time; get a bad shot off just before the shot clock expired.
Well, the shot wasn't a bad look. But only the Beacons would throw up a potential game-winning 3-point shot and have it WEDGE between the rim and backboard.
Ugh.

[Just Sayin]

I didn't watch the game and have very little interest in valpo basketball lately. It's really sad actually. I sense others feel the same. There certainly isn't as much activity on this board as there used to be. The game thread is a single page of comments after the game. We desperately need a change

There are so many excellent and exciting games to watch on TV that are worth watching. Crazy atmosphere, great competition, and fun to watch. Valpo simply is not fun to watch. There was a time when we had the atmosphere, excitement, big crowds, crazy students chanting "you can't do that" or "fundamentals," or even some things that made the AD cringe, which I thought was very funny.

I don't watch Valpo much anymore. Keep waiting for some good news though. I'd like to get off my butt and go the ARC and eat 14 hot dogs. Haven't done that in a long, long time.

[VALPO LI]

We're always hoping Lottich will draw something creative up out of a timeout. Yet with time running down in regulation out of a timeout, I
able to call ahead of time that we hold the ball til 10 on the shot lock to run our single play to get a man open that inevitably will fail. And then we take a tough contested shot to (attempt to) bail out the failure. Low and behold that's exactly what happened at the end of regulation. 

I told my wife and son during that last timeout in regulation that one of three things would happen: Dribble into trouble and create a turnover; wait too long and fail to get a shot off on time; get a bad shot off just before the shot clock expired.
Well, the shot wasn't a bad look. But only the Beacons would throw up a potential game-winning 3-point shot and have it WEDGE between the rim and backboard.
Ugh.

Looked to be a common B-Team Beacon play.

[Pgmado]

Matt breaks down what happened on the final play of regulation here.

https://thevictorybell.substack.com/p/beacons-bottom-out-late-against-illinois