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Saturday's Edinboro-IUP game story: https://open.substack.com/pub/tonyco...meOnShare=true
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Men's game, IUP gave a good fight. Edinboro is right now just older, bigger, better and deeper. Easy equation. A Round 3 could be entertaining. But, IUP may not get invited. Lot of work to do.
Women's game was nuts. IUP's comeback was pretty epic. Great atmosphere and crowd.
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Originally posted by Ship69 View Post
So many teams live and die by the three-pointer now. That's why it was so weird to see Ship beat a West Chester team that made 15 three-pointers on Wednesday. That happened partially because the Rams had a better shooting percentage from the three-point line than they did on two-point shots. Another strange stat in that game is that Ship has a higher shooting percentage from the field than for free throws, missing 13 FTs. Free throws have been an adventure for the Raiders all year. As for IUP and UPJ, defense seems to vary wildly in the league from game to game this year. Funny thing is that Ship had its best free-throw game of the year against UPJ, making 15 of 16, and — UPJ made 17 of 18. They just didn't miss the night they played Ship. They are a team you have to guard.
I actually don't know why IUP just doesn't go to a basic zone the rest of the season. It's can't hurt. Joe's never had a team this bad defensively. That's usually the IUP bread and butter.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostWe're going to see what kind of character this team has tomorrow.
They aren't playing well. Edinboro hammered them last month.
However, IUP does play pretty well at home.
Joe is 9-2 in the KCAC. He's 2-10 away from it. That is a wild split.
There's no secret formula to this Scots' team. They launch. All game. Edinboro has the second-most 3-PT attempts in the league (674 in 23 games). That's just under 30 attempts per. They also make a whole lot of them -- hitting 36.5% on the season.
Like just about every team this season, they lit up IUP from the outside -- hitting a whopping 13 of 24 (54.2%).
It's real clear the nights they aren't hitting from deep -- they generally lose. The stats are clear as day.
Now, the conundrum, of course, is IUP is perhaps the worst team in the league at defending the 3-PT shot.
In the first meeting, Edinboro was getting clean looks with no IUP defenders within 6' to 8' of them.
Adding to the spice, IUP's defense in Johnstown was perhaps its worst ever under Joe Lombardi. Tony said he could have scored in that game against IUP. I think he'd have went for 12 points and 10 boards.
"Home" IUP and 'Road" IUP are very, very different teams. Joe's clearly a home dog tomorrow. I do, however, suspect Round 2 to be much closer. IUP is due for a good game. It's been awhile.
No sugar coating it ... they pretty much got b!tch-slapped in McComb. Let's see if they have a little fight in them.
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We're going to see what kind of character this team has tomorrow.
They aren't playing well. Edinboro hammered them last month.
However, IUP does play pretty well at home.
Joe is 9-2 in the KCAC. He's 2-10 away from it. That is a wild split.
There's no secret formula to this Scots' team. They launch. All game. Edinboro has the second-most 3-PT attempts in the league (674 in 23 games). That's just under 30 attempts per. They also make a whole lot of them -- hitting 36.5% on the season.
Like just about every team this season, they lit up IUP from the outside -- hitting a whopping 13 of 24 (54.2%).
It's real clear the nights they aren't hitting from deep -- they generally lose. The stats are clear as day.
Now, the conundrum, of course, is IUP is perhaps the worst team in the league at defending the 3-PT shot.
In the first meeting, Edinboro was getting clean looks with no IUP defenders within 6' to 8' of them.
Adding to the spice, IUP's defense in Johnstown was perhaps its worst ever under Joe Lombardi. Tony said he could have scored in that game against IUP. I think he'd have went for 12 points and 10 boards.
"Home" IUP and 'Road" IUP are very, very different teams. Joe's clearly a home dog tomorrow. I do, however, suspect Round 2 to be much closer. IUP is due for a good game. It's been awhile.
No sugar coating it ... they pretty much got b!tch-slapped in McComb. Let's see if they have a little fight in them.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Well, you're opening a can of worms.
All I can tell you is Joe is not retiring. Do I think he's 'checked out' of this season? Yes. However, he knows they are going to make a big push the next two years. He's A) not going out like this, and B) not walking away from what he'll have next November.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
Dude is crispy & fried. He doesn't care. I'm surprised he isn't just sitting in the chair staring at his phone during games. Maybe all the pacing gets him the steps he needs for the health insurance premium discount. If he didn't have the power he has, he'd be "retiring" at season's end.
Well, you're opening a can of worms.
All I can tell you is Joe is not retiring. Do I think he's 'checked out' of this season? Yes. However, he knows they are going to make a big push the next two years. He's A) not going out like this, and B) not walking away from what he'll have next November.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View PostSpeaking of quotes, in Tony’s article Joe said:
“I’m not upset with the loss at all,” Lombardi said. “I know some things we could have done better, but every coach has that after every game. We just didn’t make shots, but I don’t want to blame it on shot-making. There are a lot of fundamentals we don’t have secured yet on both ends of the floor.”
I don’t know what to think of it. I can’t say I’ve ever been in any competition as a coach or player when I wasn’t upset with a loss whether it was checkers or football. I think you can find ways to accept a loss and draw positives from it, but to not be upset with it is curious. I used to listen to Joe’s post-game interviews closely and frankly, I learned a lot from them. I don’t recognize what I’ve been hearing.
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Speaking of quotes, in Tony’s article Joe said:
“I’m not upset with the loss at all,” Lombardi said. “I know some things we could have done better, but every coach has that after every game. We just didn’t make shots, but I don’t want to blame it on shot-making. There are a lot of fundamentals we don’t have secured yet on both ends of the floor.”
I don’t know what to think of it. I can’t say I’ve ever been in any competition as a coach or player when I wasn’t upset with a loss whether it was checkers or football. I think you can find ways to accept a loss and draw positives from it, but to not be upset with it is curious. I used to listen to Joe’s post-game interviews closely and frankly, I learned a lot from them. I don’t recognize what I’ve been hearing.
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Originally posted by tonyc View PostThat was hard to watch, but Pitt-Johnstown played really well, although I might have been able to score against IUP's defense. I hope everyone is watching and turning down the sound and listening on the radio or internet. Radio/internet is always ahead of the stream so it's sort of like watching instant replay. Here's the game story: https://tonycoccagna.substack.com/p/...round?r=411ko9
“Ryan Smith might be the best offensive player in the league,” Lombardi said. “We didn’t find him early on and he got going and we got in a big hole.”
If you want to sum up this recent (dismal) stretch ... well, that about sums it up.
They didn't 'find' Ryan Smith?
It reminds me of when Lieutenant Dan Taylor asked Forest Gump if he'd found Jesus yet.
Gump answered, puzzled, "Well, I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him."
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That was hard to watch, but Pitt-Johnstown played really well, although I might have been able to score against IUP's defense. I hope everyone is watching and turning down the sound and listening on the radio or internet. Radio/internet is always ahead of the stream so it's sort of like watching instant replay. Here's the game story: https://tonycoccagna.substack.com/p/...round?r=411ko9
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostJoe getting hammered
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
Nice run by IUP to cut it to a one possession game after being down 17, only to give most of it back before going to the locker room down 12.
IUP is completely different based on which 5 are on the court. Apparently Joe still doesn't see it.
I'll leave it at that.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostJoe getting hammered
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