Monmouth (AdvoCare Invitational) Game Thread
 

Great win tonight.... Absolutely not looking past the Hawks, keep playing like we do!

Friday Night at 9:30 on ESPN2

G 12 Justin Robinson 5’8” 175 JR Lake Katrine, NY
G 11 Je’lon Hornbeak 6’3” 190 JR Arlington, TX
G 10 Micah Seaborn 6’5” 190 RS FR Arlington, TX
G 5 Deon Jones 6’6” 220 SR Wilmington, DE
C 33 Zac Tillman 6’10” 285 JR Yeadon, PA

Justin Robinson is big time... averages about 23 a night.

Go UD! Keep It Up!

Vegas line not up yet. Flyers should open at 9.

We should own the boards. This will come down to our ability close out on shooters and limit TO's as they thrive on steals and fastbreaks off them. They also shoot well from 3 and know how to get fouled and make Ft's. Need to limit touch fouls.

1971 Monmouth Freshman cheerleaders...
 

This 'safe-for-work' stuff is boring...

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RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!!

Flyers opened at PK, as did many teams, moved to -8

One thing fans need to be prepared for is the Monmouth bench. They have a bunch of bad actors playing it up for the cameras:

http://es.pn/1MGRG00

Monouth is a very skilled team
 

These guys are good. They shoot very well. Average 9 steals a game while turning it over less than 10 a game. Star guard shoots 93% from ft line. Averages 23/game. Team averages 81 points/game against a very good early season schedule, but so does their opponents. A bit vulnerable on the boards, but will still get their share. They go 10 deep with reserves. No major foul trouble players.

At first glance this looks like a shoot out at a frantic pace.

Beware-- they are 3-1 and have NOT played a home game yet.

Like all holiday games, regardless of what the spread is, any win would be an achievement.

Opening at "pick" merely meets a deadline. When the betting windows open for business, the line is where it should be and remain give or take a point or two. Otherwise, bettors would wind along from Caesars to McCarran AP ready to bet the opening line.

THIS. We WILL outboard them.

What happens then, anyone's guess . I'm fairly confident.

Game notes from Montmouth:

http://www.monmouthhawks.com/ViewArt...B_OEM_ID=14300


Interesting side note:

Monmouth junior guard Josh James (Greenburgh, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) and Dayton junior guard Scoochie Smith (Bronx, NY/Putnam Sciences Academy) were AAU teammates with the New York Gauchos on both 15U and 16U teams. Also on that team was Manhattan guard Tyler Wilson.

I have Direct TV -- and just looked up the line item for tonight's game. Here's what it says:

"Charles Cooke and Dayton take on Monmouth in this semifinal matchup."

Great plug for Cooke and kinda cool.

FWIW, the Ohio St. game on ESPN2 is running WAY late... looks like ESPNU is out as an option as they have a football game on, but ESPNews has got nothing better going on, and should broadcast the first 15-20 minutes of Dayton/Monmouth, or however long it takes before ESPN2 can take over.

In other words, anyone looking to run a DVR or time-shift are kinda screwed, but at least this shouldn't be a deal where we all have to switch over to second-screen/internet-stream technology.

Is ESPN3 a possibility? I'm in a hotel without ESPNNews.

Hotels can be a challenge when trying to follow the Flyers. WHIO is always an option. Or, ask at the hotel where the local sports bars are.

ESPN3 is actually fine, if you have free wi-fi or a good data plan. ESPN3 is just the internet-streaming/second-screen thing I was talking about.... I'm a greedy, entitled SOB, so I just want to see things on TV without having to hook up an extra HDMI thingie. But yeah, ESPN3 should be good, too.

ESPN is saying our game starts at 9:40 now.

Tip time now 9:40

ESPN2 is now scrolling a message that the game will tip at 9:40. ESPN3 will have it as well.

And, if they keep the same announcing team as they did for the earlier game, we will have Dickie V announcing, I am unsure if he has ever worked a UD game.

We start with 2.

This looks like a UD home game. All red. Up 4.

9-3 UD with 15:09 left in the half

Does Cooke have 2 PFs?

**** Bucks... Just lose already, just like tomorrow.

Excuse me: Darn Bucks.

20-12 UD with 11:22 left in the half

One. The Monmouth bench is a comedy show.

Nice 3 for Mikesell from well beyond the arch. UD 23 - 13.

23-15 UD with under 8 to go

Too many ticky tack fouls being called. This favors them.

Yep, foul count is us 8, them 5.
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These guys are out rebounding us 15-10

Do the Monmouth bench warmers really need their own video box during live play?

Too many starters sitting on the bench with fouls.
It would be nice to finish the half strong.

31-28 UD with 3:33 left in the half... Our ball after the TO

Give 'em a reality show already, and get back to showing the guys who are actually playing.
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Yeah, I don't see Archie allowing the walk ons to act up like that on the bench.

Try and act like you've been there before Monmouth.

KD is hounding their PG. sticking to him like glue

Bobby for two

UD crowd is huge

That wasn't a foul on Wehrli! Give me a flipping break!
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no presence in the paint for UD on the offensive end...

At the half, UD up 37 - 32. Should be an interesting 2nd half.

come on scooch....gotta make those freebies

Too many minutes from the b team. We're letting Monmouth hang around- very dangerous.

"Dayton is a team that can shock the world this year." Nice ESPN comment at the half.

Why did Sam Miller play so little when Steve was on the bench?
We need to be more disciplined in the second half. I would like to see some set plays for Pollard and Big Mac

Need to pull away in the second half.

Darrell Davis needs to wake up, he hasn't been a factor in Orlando yet.

Maybe they won't call 25 total fouls in the second half, but I'm not holding my breath.

Monmouth has some very big guys rotating at the 5, that average-out to be Steve's size. Neither Sammy nor X is big enough to do much inside against them. Pick-n-rolls might be a decent option to get some points in the paint, but I think straight post-ups will only work for Steve.
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Brutal officiating
 

If this was last season, we'd have 2 players left for the second half. Entirely too many whistles on both teams. Steve got a new one in that half. The receiving a separation elbow to the chest foul. Never seen anything like this. Horrible flow to the game.

No secret here...drive to the hoop.

I'm very impressed with their point guard play, Robinson is a beast... won't be surprised to see them dancing in March

Agree. ..

Look 2 Steve in the 2nd

gotta stop penetration. If we are going to shoot 3's they need to come from anyone not named Kyle Davis. He's not shown improvement a bit over last year. Now 2 of 10 on the year.

Fapp'd twice! Thanks captain!

That's one of my favorite jeers at The Arena: "Let me guess...he fouled his elbow with his chest?!"
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Have you watched Sam play? He is on a seriously steep learning curve. Not picking on the Freshman because Darrell Davis does not instill confidence right now either. He looks lost out there for a guy who has logged a lot of minutes in his career.

41-32 UD with 15:56 left... Big Steve has 4 fouls now

Refs doubling down on the whistles. Great.

Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...F oul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Fo ul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Fou l...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul ...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul. ..Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...Foul...

3 career fg> Nuff said

Up 11. Biggest lead of the game.

8-0 start to the half... UD up 45-32 with 14:50 left

Whistle happy crew tonight!

There we go...at our best when we push the ball up the court and attack the basket. Great defense so far in the second half to create those transition buckets...

Agree but both ways.
Keep going to the hoop!!!!

killin' em on the defensive end

Kyle can flat eat up their little guard

Williams!!!

Come on ESPN, don't encourage that bench.

"_avier and Dayton are not fond of each other"...understatement of the year

51-41 UD with 11:56 left

Letting them hang around with poor perimeter d on 3s. We look stagnant on O. Need to insert Pollard and finish this.

Does Monmouth's Justin Robinson remind anyone else of Tu Holloway?

Focus on the Hawks bench is really encapsulating the downfall of ESPN sports coverage. More about the spectacle than the contest.

how's that for you?!?!

Archie must be listening

way too many fouls....let em play refs

62-51 with 8:06 left

Justin Robinson... Holy crap.

need too stop their 3's and not foul. It's their only way to claw back into this game. Put in Pollard and Steve until they foul out.

The little Robinson kid is a stud!

He's killing up. Might be worth a double team.

we don't play well with a big lead. This has to be fixed quick!

Man, this team needs to learn how to finish teams or it is going to be a long season

Yesterday we gave up a 14 pt lead, but came back. Today our 16 point lead is down to 8. Got to stop them and have a little run to end this.

Baby D is in La-La Land...needs to wake up like he did vs. Oklahoma last season...

And X Williams is a mistake waiting to happen every time he touches the ball

18 - 4 run for Monmouth.

64-63

Time to get Kendall back in. X has started to make some mistakes in crunch time.

Another big lead squandered. Sooner or later this is going to backfire. Playing green men too long.

Pollard has to be smart and stay out of foul trouble. He can't sit the entire second half in games

attack the hoop!!!

66-63 UD with 3:15 left

Against these zones is where we really miss Pierre. Nobody has that feel in the high post like he does.

Time to start Cooke-in

Our ball after the TO, but I'd like to see if there should've been a foul on Tillman on that floor dive.
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Oh, I see. The ONLY fouls they are calling this game are touch fouls. Everything else is A-OK.

My wife poured me a glass of wine at halftime and told me to take a sip everytime a foul was called. Doubtful I make it to the end of the game at this point.

Come on NCAA, your screwing up a great sport. No one goes to the game to watch 3 zebras call fouls all day.