Valpo is going up against a program that hired an established experienced coach similar to Holtzman at DePaul. Guy was a national champion powerhouse coach at NW Missouri State Division II and he has the best player in the conference. Powell is still learning the ropes and our guys don't have established chemistry on offense yet. To much one on one from Ellis/Monegro. Also, our three point shooting is pretty bad. Doubt we will shoot this bad all year, but right now.....jesh! Drake wins by 20-25 unless we shoot lights out and or we figure out how to win 50/50 balls, rebound better.
Over under 2,000 fans at the game?
I just checked available seating charts and it doesn't look good for an over on fans. Section D sales were good for Drake when they had several northwest Indiana players but that connection appears to have been broken. I'd think that many of us will show to see the best team in the league test our progress but even if their fans show up I'd cap the crowd guess at under 2000.Valpo is going up against a program that hired an established experienced coach similar to Holtzman at DePaul. Guy was a national champion powerhouse coach at NW Missouri State Division II and he has the best player in the conference. Powell is still learning the ropes and our guys don't have established chemistry on offense yet. To much one on one from Ellis/Monegro. Also, our three point shooting is pretty bad. Doubt we will shoot this bad all year, but right now.....jesh! Drake wins by 20-25 unless we shoot lights out and or we figure out how to win 50/50 balls, rebound better.
Over under 2,000 fans at the game?
Who will beat us most convincingly? Drake or Ohio St? Either way we HAVE to win against both Central and Western Michigan.
I remember our home game against Drake in 2018-19 drew a big crowd -- 4,160. Saturday night with a snowstorm right around gametime.
That Drake team did have 4-5 local players.
10 points is more than reasonable for a competitive game at the college level. 15 is where you start to push those boundaries. The fact you don't think a 10 point margin at the half is competitive really shows just how wet your blanket is. Going down by 10 points early in the game is a completely other conversation, but keeping a lead to 10 points before you go into the locker room is still in the realm of competitive.
I wouldn't go around essentially calling people names with this ridiculous opinion.
10 ten points into the locker room isn't competitive? or 10 point deficits aren't competitive games? Go onto ESPN right now and you will find plenty of 10 point deficits that were turned into wins. In fact, its quite a common occurrence see teams will go up or down by 10 points and the game ends up being close or a win. In college, 10 points is still a winnable game. I guess teams should just call it quits every time they go down by 10 points. Or a team gets a nice scoring run going. Wouldn't be too necessary to keep playing right? As by your logic. Its not a competitive match. Should I start being concerned at around a 6 point lead? That's 2 whole 3 pointers!
If you thought we had any chance in that game after about the 12 minute mark of the first half, you were watching through rose colored glasses. They showed us if they absolutely had to pick it up to beat us they could.
10 points is more than reasonable for a competitive game at the college level. 15 is where you start to push those boundaries. The fact you don't think a 10 point margin at the half is competitive really shows just how wet your blanket is. Going down by 10 points early in the game is a completely other conversation, but keeping a lead to 10 points before you go into the locker room is still in the realm of competitive.
I wouldn't go around essentially calling people names with this ridiculous opinion.
10 ten points into the locker room isn't competitive? or 10 point deficits aren't competitive games? Go onto ESPN right now and you will find plenty of 10 point deficits that were turned into wins. In fact, its quite a common occurrence see teams will go up or down by 10 points and the game ends up being close or a win. In college, 10 points is still a winnable game. I guess teams should just call it quits every time they go down by 10 points. Or a team gets a nice scoring run going. Wouldn't be too necessary to keep playing right? As by your logic. Its not a competitive match. Should I start being concerned at around a 6 point lead? That's 2 whole 3 pointers!
We're watching different games apparently. What you see is competitive is not what I nor apparently some to many others do.
