West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[boatcapt]

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So you say averaging 13 minutes per game over the last 4 games is too much..lol. We wouldn't be 26-3 without guys like Jordan Watson. Every shooter goes through a rough patch and questioning the minutes of an honorable mention MEC player that averages 41% from 3 (on 151 attempts) is comical.

If it's in the regular season, I agree that you allow him to play through it. But can't do that in tourney play. Player needs to identify in himself each game just what he's doing well and what he's not. Watson was 0-4 through the first and second halves last night and he needs to know that they just aren't falling for him. Watson took WLU's last two shots in OT...both were three attempts and both missed.

[DownLow55]

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So the Toppers lose to Charleston in OT after squandering a 23 point first half lead! We depend on making threes and when they aren't falling we are vulnerable. Going 6-26 and 1-8 from three range ain't going to win many games for us. Don't know what is up with Watson but he is ice cold from three. He went 0-6 last night and is 5-25 over the last four games. .200 from three is not why he was brought in and certainly should not earn him the playing time he is getting.

So you say averaging 13 minutes per game over the last 4 games is too much..lol. We wouldn't be 26-3 without guys like Jordan Watson. Every shooter goes through a rough patch and questioning the minutes of an honorable mention MEC player that averages 41% from 3 (on 151 attempts) is comical.

[boatcapt]

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As I said before, the MEC Tournament is being streamed through Team1sports as well and the quality has been very good. It is not a Team1Sports issue so it has to be the WLU streaming quality issue in their arena. All the other MEC schools broadcasts have not been fuzzy and out of focus like last weekend's WLU vs WJ games.

This is a product of the number of people watching the game. I noted that at various points in the WLU/WVS game, the picture was fuzzy. After a minute or two, the picture would clear and be fine. This is a typical bandwidth issue driven by the number of people watching the game at a give moment. It's like a birthday cake...plenty of cake if there are six people at the party...but if there are 60 people at the party, the slices get very small.

[boatcapt]

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So the Toppers lose to Charleston in OT after squandering a 23 point first half lead! We depend on making threes and when they aren't falling we are vulnerable. Going 6-26 and 1-8 from three range ain't going to win many games for us. Don't know what is up with Watson but he is ice cold from three. He went 0-6 last night and is 5-25 over the last four games. .200 from three is not why he was brought in and certainly should not earn him the playing time he is getting.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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That needs resolved before next weekend. That would be horrendous to watch the regional at that poor quality. Will an outside party handle the regional or is everybody stuck with the WL feed?

[pennbraz]

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As I said before, the MEC Tournament is being streamed through Team1sports as well and the quality has been very good. It is not a Team1Sports issue so it has to be the WLU streaming quality issue in their arena. All the other MEC schools broadcasts have not been fuzzy and out of focus like last weekend's WLU vs WJ games.

[CelticCoach]

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Boat- I believe that was thru WLU-TV that you could watch live stream thru website,

[boatcapt]

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I know a few years ago the quality of the video for football was real good. This was thru the school website and production and announcing was decent.

Seems like the production value and announcing are the same, what has suffered is the quality of the video coming out of Team1. I agree...put it back on the school website if posting it through Team1 is capable of putting out a good product or they want to charge an arm and leg for sufficient bandwidth.

[CelticCoach]

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I know a few years ago the quality of the video for football was real good. This was thru the school website and production and announcing was decent.

[FlyHawk98]

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West Lib needs to get this fixed. We took a step backwards with this stuff. If we can do a better job in house then we should just do it ourselves. I didn't even watch the game because it was terrible quality.

[boatcapt]

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BoatCapt:
Was the bad video the Wheeling Jesuit game on 2/24? I had heard that the Game at Notre Dame had terrible video. That is why I am asking.
Thanks

It was both. I would imagine that WLU has contracted for a package with Team1 and that package includes X amount of bandwidth per game. For most games, that is sufficient to allow for relatively good picture quality and stability. But for a high interest game like WJ, there were probably more people trying to watch the game than the bandwidth could handle. Don't know why the Notre Dame game would have pulled a lot of eyes...maybe it was a cold night and lots of people stayed home...maybe NDC has a lot of alumni who happened to want to tune in...who knows.

[boatcapt]

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The rest of the MEC's switch to BlueFrame Technologies or Team1 has resulted in much better quality across the board...watching a little bit of yesterday's WJU-WLU men's game it is a bit less quality than the majority of the other league broadcasts, except for Glenville which seems to make you dizzy with always switching from end cameras and missing a good bit of the action.

I think (don't know but have been told) that part of the problem with these services is bandwidth. The more people that are watching (or trying to watch), the more degraded the signal for each consumer becomes. National program like WLU is going to have more people watching than a typical MEC school...Throw in an opponent like WJ and that probably drove even more eye's to the broadcast. What these services do is sell a "basic" package at a ridiculously low price and for teams that don't get many people trying to look at their games, that is sufficient. However, for high profile teams like WLU were a comparative lot of people might try to watch, the cost's to get sufficient bandwidth rise very quickly.

Several years back (3...4??) WLU went to all HD cameras for their game broadcasts and the difference was stunning! Then soon after that they went away from "in house" web broadcasts over to UStream and the games (football and basketball) have not had anywhere near the same picture quality.

[Columbuseer]

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Problem started when they went to UStream and is even worse under Team1. WLU used to broadcast their games directly to the web but since they went to these third parties, the video quality and stability has been VERY questionable! The production quality of the games is still high and the equipment used is still top notch but these third party companies just aren't living up to their end of the deal.

BoatCapt:
Was the bad video the Wheeling Jesuit game on 2/24? I had heard that the Game at Notre Dame had terrible video. That is why I am asking.
Thanks

[pennbraz]

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The rest of the MEC's switch to BlueFrame Technologies or Team1 has resulted in much better quality across the board...watching a little bit of yesterday's WJU-WLU men's game it is a bit less quality than the majority of the other league broadcasts, except for Glenville which seems to make you dizzy with always switching from end cameras and missing a good bit of the action.

[boatcapt]

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Yeah, that video feed was borderline unwatchable.

WLU used to be a leader in game production/broadcast. If that is the new standard on the hilltop, jesus.

Problem started when they went to UStream and is even worse under Team1. WLU used to broadcast their games directly to the web but since they went to these third parties, the video quality and stability has been VERY questionable! The production quality of the games is still high and the equipment used is still top notch but these third party companies just aren't living up to their end of the deal.