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As a fan of West Liberty Basketball and former recruit of the HillToppers I appreciate and like the success that the team rolls out year in and year out, but we do have to admit that we do have a few misses that are currently on the roster. I mean every team in D2 can atleast admit that happens from time to time, no team gets it right 100 percent. WL just needs to figure out how long to stick with a couple of the players or to replace them. I like Ben Howlett as a coach, he just needs to be able to adjust his style during the game when the "West Liberty way" isn't working. By that I mean when you are full court pressing and the other team isn't even blinking an eye breaking it, leading to dunks and wide open three's. In theory that's how Ben wants to play, but in reality WL isn't a great shooting team as currently constructed. It wouldn't hurt either to be able to switch up defenses like a 3/4 or half court trap, you can still speed the game up but also be in better position to defend and rebound. I still support this program fully and enjoyed this years team, but I also look forward to a few additions and subtractions.
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Originally posted by CALUPA69 View Post
Given the depth of your insight into most things WLU MBB, would you care to name any players on the current roster who have significant talent but simply don't, or won't, play the style BH demands of them. In other words who may be popping up on the TP thread in the next few days.
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Originally posted by TopperNation View Post
... but in reality WL isn't a great shooting team as currently constructed. .
Out of 300+ d2 teams
wlu is 4th in fg%
Wlu is 22nd in 3pt %.
It would really take some serious detailed study to find root cause for those abysmal shooting games... mechanics? Balance? foot position? Contested shots? Fatigue?
not sure.
When we shot poorly in the past, we compensated by rebounding well or scoring off turnovers. That did not happen yesterday.
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down 19 in first half Nova se had 9-0 run to end half down by 10.
?????union tn, former naia power, had serious d1 level athletes. Boykin was unstoppable from 3 and nova was shooting poorly.
Second half Nova came back. Down 1 with 3 secs left, Nova has out of bounds under their basket. They do a tip play to guard in front of rim who dribbles once and powers in a 3 ft shot to win with 0.5 sec left 81-80.
Worth watching the last 3 mins. Exciting stuff.
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Originally posted by TopperNation View PostNow Pat Robinson is in the transfer portal, smh. I didn't expect that, but now we have to go out and get a proven guard.
Guess that makes our "starting 5":
Butler
McKiney (only SR on the team)
Sarson
Rasile
Satterfield (for opening tip only...to be replaced by Montegue or Denbow at the first dead ball)
With a "second platoon" of:
Satterfield
Montegue or Denbow
Webb
Powell
And Denbow's brotherLast edited by boatcapt; 03-15-2022, 03:47 PM.
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