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Re: New bellarmine thread
Cook is officially back and will play Monday, as BU will try to keep its streak going:
http://www.wave3.com/story/37073004/...winning-streak
http://mycn2.com/spectrum-sports/bel...est-win-streak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBz6y-E5Xs8
https://www.courier-journal.com/stor...eak/956875001/ (wow, the C-J acknowledges Bellarmine for once)
http://www.whas11.com/sports/bellarm...ball/500187770Comment
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Outstanding first 10 minutes of basketball tonight. Can't remember when I've seen a BU team play better than that. Cook is back and raring to go. He was so active and aggressive and "amped up" tonight that some of his passes had way too much pace on them. He was calling for the ball every chance he had. Didn't hear why Jenkins wasn't dressed - was it an injury from practice or the flu or something like that? With Bach playing the way he is its hard to put him on the bench for very long and there are four other guards that deserve playing time. Good problem to have.Comment
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Sure is nice to have Cook back. The squad so far this season hasn't lacked for much, but it could use some more athleticism, and Cook fills that void quite nicely.
P.S. http://www.wdrb.com/story/37095917/l...raight-at-homeComment
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Originally posted by BGrad1971 View Post
Jenkins reinjured his shoulder, originally hurt when Ray Spalding fell on top of him during the UL exhibition game. Hopefully, the layoff will help him heal.Comment
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Re: New bellarmine thread
Eric Crawford's take:
http://www.wdrb.com/story/37096827/c...le-moyne-79-59Last edited by #1KnightFan; 12-19-2017, 07:14 AM.Comment
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That game reminded me of the win over Colorado Mines last year in the elite eight. Complete game. This team is going places. The only question in my mind is what teams in the GLVC represent the biggest challenge.Comment
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I honestly think there are two: Southern Indiana and Drury. I know the USI folks on here will talk that down because of (insert any number of reasons mentioned in that 'USI Eagles' thread), but they look to have a decent talent pool that could absolutely put it sustained run together. Drury, meanwhile, is a relatively young team that, while they will have some stumbles (cough, McKendree, cough), they have a lot of talent as well who I think will only get better and better as the year goes along.Originally posted by Knightmoves View Post
William Jewell, to me, is a flash in the pan right now -- only two wins against D2 teams with a winning record (Davenport and Maryville). But, their schedule the rest of the way is pretty beneficial (BU, USI, UIndy all at home).Comment
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Agree with you on Jewell. They may be pretty good, but their schedule has not been particularly illuminating. They will be playing Bellarmine in the most ideal situation for Jewell. BU has a Thursday night home game against a much improved Maryville and then a Saturday afternoon game at Jewell after the longest bus ride of the year for the Knights. This is by far the deepest team in Davenports tenure, however, so the team is well suited to deal with physical/mental fatigue.Originally posted by TSU_Mike59 View Post
It seems clear that some of the former also rans in the conference, Jewell, McKendree, Maryville, UMSL, UIS are improved, but I'm not sure to what degree. I did catch the end of McKendree's win over Drury and was fairly impressed with how they played down the stretch.Comment
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There isn't a team this year in the GLVC that is even close to competing with Bellarmine. The gap in talent is as wide as ever.
Originally posted by Knightmoves View PostComment
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Originally posted by Knightmoves View Post
The biggest challenge for Bellarmine this year is Bellarmine. It is difficult to come focused and ready to play your best consistently. Even the 2011 championship team had that problem losing to St Catherine In late December.
The key, in my opinion is the defense going forward. If they can continue to play defense as a team with the same energy as the last 3 games, they should be fine. Key stats to watch are limiting opponents offensive rebounds and FG%.Comment
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Great win. This team is special and going places. Cook looked ready to play. Scotty had a big grin on his face when he tried to avoid Moves question about when Cook will be starting after the game last night. Took a friend of mine to the game who has not seen this team before. He was blown away when I told him Cook was playing for the first time this year. Then he saw that alley oop dunk and was utterly amazed Cook is playing only in d2. He is going to be a very special player.
Heard a different reason for Jenkins missing last night. He has some kind of illness, not a contagious variety, hence he was on the bench in street clothes. Hope he recovers quickly. He is a tough defensive player along with being a very clutch offensive player. Although this team has an abundance of good guards, I still like him to have a good senior season when healthy.Comment
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Congrats on the evangelism. As has been discussed on the board umpteen times, the unenlightened get so hung up on the D-I label -- drives me bananas. For those types, I often have to explain that Bellarmine is a de facto D-I program, with better talent, support, etc. than many of the low D-I programs.Originally posted by KnightStalker View Post
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If you want to see the Cook alley oop dunk it is at 8;29 in the first half. It was a bit of a sneak attack.it looks like Scotty put him in at that time to specifically run that play. It was run to perfection.
I may have preferred the sequence when Cook blocked a shot and ran down court and got a nice feed while sprinting to the hoop for the hard driving lay in. (10:30 second half?)Comment
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Re: New bellarmine thread
Quick clip of that Cook alley-oop:
https://twitter.com/BUKnights/status/942915114092679169Comment
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