New Mexico @ Dayton Game Thread

[Fudd]

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New Mexico @ University of Dayton
January 01, 2011 - 2:00 PM

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Phillip McDonald, 6-5 Jr shooting guard, 10.1 ppg, 39.6% 3pt%

[Fudd]

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Dairese Gary averaged 13.1 points and 3.9 assists per game last season.

http://www.thehoopsreport.com/article.aspx?id=565

New Mexico Lobos
Last Season: 30-5 (14-2)
Key Losses: Darington Hobson, Roman Martinez
Head Coach: Steve Alford

Projected Starting Lineup
PG: Dairese Gary 6-1 Sr.
SG: Phillip McDonald 6-5 Jr.

SF: Tony Snell 6-7 Fr.
PF: Emmanuel Negedu 6-7 So.
C: AJ Hardeman 6-8 Jr.
Key Reserves: Drew Gordon 6-9 Jr. PF, Jamal Fenton 5-9 So. PG, Alex Kirk 6-11 Fr. C, Kendall Williams 6-3 Fr. PG

Nobody outside of New Mexico thought the Lobos were going to have the success they had last season. They were projected to finish fifth in the Mountain West. They not only won the Mountain West, winning 30 games overall and going 14-2 in conference play, but they finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the country and got a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.

After narrowly escaping No. 14 seed Montana in the first round, 62-57, the Lobos were eliminated by Washington in the second round, 82-64. With senior leader Roman Martinez and versatile star.........

[Fudd]

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/43-ne...preview-168793

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/sites.../newmexico.jpgOverall Rank: #43

Conference Rank: #4 Mountain West Conference

2009-10: 30-5, 14-2
2009-10 postseason: NCAA
Coach: Steve Alford (76-26 at New Mexico, 384-209 overall)

Coach Steve Alford has done a tremendous job at New Mexico, but he has a lot to live up to after leading the Lobos to a 30-5 record last season. Losing Darington Hobson and Roman Martinez, who were the team’s top two scorers and rebounders last season, will definitely hurt, but by March this team will be worthy of another trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Final Projection:
There are some new faces that Coach Alford will have to integrate into the team, but the case was the same last year and New Mexico had a great season. This team will not win 30 games, but they will be very good once Gordon and the rest of the frontcourt adjust to their roles in December and January. By that time the freshmen should be in full swing and suddenly New Mexico will be one of the better teams in a very tough conference.

Projected Post-season Tournament: NCAA

Projected Starting Five:
Dairese Gary, Senior, Guard, 13.1 ppg
Phillip McDonald, Junior, Guard, 10.4 ppg
Tony Snell, Freshman, Guard, DNP last season
Emmanuel Negedu, Sophomore, Forward, DNP last season
A.J. Hardeman, Junior, Forward, 7.0 ppg

[NovaFlyer]

This will be a key game for UD. May make or break the season.

[MD Flyer Pride]

Another big one.

BTW - Bucky sounds like poop on the pre-game show. Someone, at the Arena, needs to slip him a boilermaker to help his cold. A win will also help him quite a bit, I'm sure.

Get better, Bucky!

Go Flyers!

[Swampy Meadows]

I'm here at ringside, ready for the Battle!

[MD Flyer Pride]

Originally Posted by Swampy Meadows I'm here at ringside, ready for the Battle!

Just want to hear you yell "Warm up the Bus!" at the end!

Go Flyers!

[tirebiter]

Any video link yet? I think I'm still signed up for the cbs sports package but they show the game starting 4pm et. I'm confused (what else is new?)

Any linky goodness out there?

[kiefaber455]

Bucky's condition is a good reason to forget eating seafood and stick with steak and potatoes

[kiefaber455]

0-4 from the field so far

[kiefaber455]

Horrible defense and shooting so far.

[jcubspoe]

1-8 from the field...wonderful start.

[kiefaber455]

Can't believe how bad this team shoots--it was supposed to be an area of improvement from last year

[kiefaber455]

Again this team can't seemt to stop dribble drive without fouling

[jcubspoe]

Not to mention NM is an atrocious rebounding team and they are taking us to the woodshed in that category.

[kiefaber455]

Kavanugh needs to quit being a foul machine

[jcubspoe]

Well, NM certainly can't complain about the officiating...6 attempts to our 0.

[jcubspoe]

Make that 8 ****ing attempts.

[Viperstick]

Energy -- UNM

[jcubspoe]

That is a terrible call on Staten!!!!!!

[kiefaber455]

They haven't hit a 2 point shot -- and another dribble drive by NM that results in another foul

[jcubspoe]

What happened to the rule change from two years ago????

[kiefaber455]

Haven't got to the 12 minute TO and already UD has 7 fouls

[jcubspoe]

At the under 12 min mark...we have 6 points.....SIX people.

[Avid Flyer]

gotta recover quickly or its a blowout.

[kiefaber455]

Did they party to much last night?

[jcubspoe]

I hate to complain about reffing but how was that not over the back on Staten????

[Viperstick]

Bout time

[udx2]

Paul Williams, finally.

[Avid Flyer]

glad JS realizes he has a safety valve out near the half court on those inbounds.

[kiefaber455]

The blowout may be just beginning--Staten with his 2nd charging foul at the under 8 minute TO means Parker has to be the PG for the rest of the half

[kiefaber455]

4-20 they should be embarassed

[jcubspoe]

Will now be 10 FTA to our ZERO

[jcubspoe]

****.....game over......we can't compete with 10 FT to none and we now already have like 10 fouls on us...on our home court.

11 points so far????? So much for a better shooting team this year.

[backtolife]

Originally Posted by jcubspoe ****.....game over......we can't compete with 10 FT to none and we now already have like 10 fouls on us...on our home court. 11 points so far????? So much for a better shooting team this year.

So do we get credit for 1 win and 1 loss in this game?

[Tony T 71]

Originally Posted by backtolife So do we get credit for 1 win and 1 loss in this game?

Great line btl!!!

I would wish everyone a Happy New Year but some on the board don't know what the word Happy means

[Sid Louick]

Interesting how some of the experts on this board found so much fault with BG's coaching and then the first comment out of Norm Grevey's mouth on Flyer Feedback was "what a great coaching job by Brian Gregory". Guess who's word I am going to take?

[San Diego Flyer]

Total turnaround by PW tonight as compared to the Mason game. This is the kind of aggressive, alert game we must have from him.

Congratulations Paul.

[FlyingArrow]

Yeah... game over. Just like George Mason.

[jcubspoe]

Originally Posted by FlyingArrow Yeah... game over. Just like George Mason.

Um...we lead by double digits against GM, we have 11, XI, 1-1, points at the 7 min mark.

And now we get to shoot our first set of FT's....about time.

[FlyingArrow]

Wow is Staten quick.

[kiefaber455]

Anyone think a zone might be in order to stop the dribble drive?

[kiefaber455]

When CJ starts missing FT's you know it's going to be a long day

[Viperstick]

How was that not a foul?

[Viperstick]

Nice extra pass to Parker for three

[kiefaber455]

Can't believe as bad as they're playing they're only down 4

[jcubspoe]

Originally Posted by kiefaber455 Can't believe as bad as they're playing they're only down 4

Exactly, it's the only thing giving me hope is that we're playing so bad.

[jcubspoe]

Paul and Josh P. came to play.

[Viperstick]

Parker WTF was that?

[kiefaber455]

And just as quicky they are down 10

make that 12

[jcubspoe]

Well and now it might not matter. They can't miss. We just got punked.

[FlyingArrow]

Make it 12.

[jcubspoe]

This effort is beyond disappointing.

[FlyingArrow]

33-23 New Mexico leads.

[kiefaber455]

When a team is hot, it's often said they can't keep up the pace
with UD the opposite seems to be true--they can keep shooting horrible for a game

[jcubspoe]

What's pitiful is we are getting outrebounded 19-13 by a very bad rebounding team. That's the effort we brought today.

[FlyingArrow]

Stupid frustration foul.

[FlyingArrow]

35-25.

[jcubspoe]

Brian Gregory with the bonehead coaching move of the year....CW doesn't play any under 3 minutes. Do we even have a coach????

Oh wait, the popcorn vendor must have realized CW needed to be in and he goes back in with a minute left.

[FlyingArrow]

1:13 to go in the half.
36-25.

[kiefaber455]

Would love to hear what type of improvement Gregory has seen in this mess

[NCkevi]

Originally Posted by kiefaber455 Would love to hear what type of improvement Gregory has seen in this mess

a month ago we don't win this game - hard to complain with 5 straight wins to finish the OOC portion of the schedule

[Xenia UDFan]

Originally Posted by NCkevi a month ago we don't win this game - hard to complain with 5 straight wins to finish the OOC portion of the schedule

kiefaber can always complain.

[Tony T 71]

Originally Posted by Xenia UDFan kiefaber can always complain.

How about the amount of character we have shown these last two games. I thought both coaches did a tremendous job. If you are complaining now you need to quit

[LI Flyer]

Originally Posted by NCkevi a month ago we don't win this game - hard to complain with 5 straight wins to finish the OOC portion of the schedule

Could you please remind me what Ken Pomeroy's predictions??? We would finish 2-5 in our last seven games. Are my recollections correct?

[ruechalgrin]

Originally Posted by LI Flyer Could you please remind me what Ken Pomeroy's predictions??? We would finish 2-5 in our last seven games. Are my recollections correct?

Because we have won a number of close games to bad teams, both Pomeroy and Sagarin have us ranked lower in their future predictions. For example, Sagarin has us #48 in ELO Chess which is without considering margin of victory and #126 in Predictor which takes into account margin of victory.

Pomeroy has us as one of the luckiest 10 teams in the country this season. Remember, during the 2008-2009, we were a top 10 lucky team, 2009-2010 we were one of the top 10 unluckiest teams, and now in 2010-2011 we are back to the top 10 lucky.

BG teams have generally been much higher in ELO Chess than Predictor. He is lucky, knows how to win close games, or his style of play lends itself to close wins. With UD, I would generally throw out Predictor and look at ELO Chess as I think BG's end of game management lends itself to close wins.

[FlyingArrow]

36-27.
1 min to go

[FlyingArrow]

Parker free throws.
36-29.
42 seconds to go.

[kiefaber455]

Again horrible defense on dribble drive

[jcubspoe]

Somehow, someway, we are only down 6. I'll take it.

[FlyingArrow]

Originally Posted by jcubspoe Somehow, someway, we are only down 6. I'll take it.

What difference does it make - the game was over 10 minutes ago.

[kiefaber455]

Originally Posted by FlyingArrow What difference does it make - the game was over 10 minutes ago.

It will be over very quickly if they don't stop dribble drive

[LI Flyer]

Josh Parker has certainly helped keep us in this game. With JS catching a second foul, JP has had to come in with the team down. I think this might be his best performance in some time.

[kiefaber455]

Originally Posted by LI Flyer Josh Parker has certainly helped keep us in this game. With JS catching a second foul, JP has had to come in with the team down. I think this might be his best performance in some time.

Bucky said that that was going to be a key to winning this game--
what's even more impressive than his scoring has been his protection of the ball

[jcubspoe]

Originally Posted by LI Flyer Josh Parker has certainly helped keep us in this game. With JS catching a second foul, JP has had to come in with the team down. I think this might be his best performance in some time.

thanks to CJ too.

[FlyingArrow]

38-32 at halftime.
CJohnson hits a 3 with 3 seconds to go.

[MD Flyer Pride]

We'll be OK. Need to attack in the 2nd half.

[udx2]

38 -- 32 at the half. Let's hope we got the sloppiness out of our system and come out strong to start the second half.

[kiefaber455]

Only down 6 at the half

[jcubspoe]

Ya, another half like that...lights out for UD.

Que the "you're not a true fan post"

[kiefaber455]

If they start the 2nd half slowly like they are prone to do, it will be hard to dig themselves out of that hole--especially after the ETSU debacle

[FlyingArrow]

39-34, 19 to go

[FlyingArrow]

Still 39-34.
New Mexico ball.
18:18 to go.

[kiefaber455]

Watching CW can be so frustrating
2-9 and 2 charges

[FlyingArrow]

41-36.
17 to go.

[kiefaber455]

Would love for UD to have a guard who can create their shot

[JimBo]

Originally Posted by kiefaber455 Would love for UD to have a guard who can create their shot

LOL......what? I watched the game and thought to myself how nice it is to have a guard who can create scoring opportunities for himself.

Maybe you are on the wrong message board. I'm sure the University of Delaware has a board for their basketball team.

[anthonycharles]

I'm just glad we have Josh Parker, Chris Wright, Juwan Staton, Chris Johnson, Paul Williams, Matt Kavenaugh, Devin Searcy, Josh Benson, Brandon Spearman, Devin Oliver, Brian Gregory and Billy Schmidt part of this Flyers team and not Keifaber455 or JCub. There's no quit in THIS team. Just sayin...

This was a quality win against a very good team. New Mexico was better then I was expecting and is much better then George Mason, imo. Good win.

[FlyingArrow]

44-39.
15:53 to go.

[cicvi17]

We're not passing well at all - a little better in the second half but not by much

[udx2]

CJ makes it a 2 point game.

[FlyingArrow]

44-42
15:22

[cicvi17]

Nevermind - that was better

[kiefaber455]

CJ's gonna have to sit because of his 3rd foul

[kiefaber455]

Remember when UD used to be able to run players in and out of a game like NM is able to do today

[kiefaber455]

Wright needs to start to produce

[FlyingArrow]

Still 44-42, 13:08.
New Mexico with the ball after a Dayton foul.

[udx2]

Tied!

Keep it going. Our defense has improved.

[FlyingArrow]

44-44 after Wright dunk.
46-44 after quick New Mexico answer.
Kavanaugh charge and NM has the ball.
12:16 to go.

[Viperstick]

Can we please get over this hump now?