GAME THREAD - MBB @ Marshall - Thurs 12/29 7pm

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[311neers]

Thank goodness for boykin or we wouldn’t have scored 40. He’s our best scorer. Not sure where we go after him and gregory. Pitiful effort but got the 1 conference loss out of the way. 17-1 confirmed rest of way. Haha.

Almost february men, kermit’s got the beav looking good and the players hungry for wins.

[BambooRdApp]

Gregory was 1-7 with a few TOs. Mantis was 2 -9. Huntley was 1-6. This combined with not being very good defensively (Herd shot over 50%) is the ballgame. We are not fluid on offense in order to get open shots. We may have good athletes...but Marsha has a good team. Their offensive movement was impressive and passing off the ball screens will have them in upper tier in the league. If we had ball movement like Marsha, we would be upper tier. Although difficult to say, I was impressed by Marsha. Never watched one Marsha game in my life until last evening.

[The Rock]

We did not make them hate playing App State. They were the aggressors, they were quicker, they played tougher.

[WVAPPeer]

Marshall home attendance is head and shoulders better than ours. I don’t know much about Huntington as a city but there’s no reason Boone and Watauga county population doesn’t support App the same way.

Huntington population is 46,842 and sits in two counties of combined pop of around 134,000 and the metro area is 361,000. On top of that their river port is the second busiest inland port in the country. Maybe they are shipping 'em in to watch the game.

Boone is 19,000, Watauga is 54,000 and from what I can tell the county is the same as the Boone, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area. Is W. Jefferson, N. Wilkesboro or Lenoir close enough to add attendance much? Some, maybe, but not much in my view? The ASU-Hickory campus might help us bring in more of the Hickory area, but that is still a 45 min drive and that is years into the future. Are those students going to be paying athletic fees?

And the metro areas of Charleston are less than a hour away - surely many alums live in very reason driving distance

[Saint3333]

On Saturday games shouldn’t we draw 4k?

App basketball - full of excuses since forever.

[appgrad95&97]

On Saturday games shouldn’t we draw 4k?

App basketball - full of excuses since forever.

Is it an excuse if you're consistently in the bottom third of DI basketball teams?

[bigdaddyg]

Not the most incredible statement ever but it's really amazing how much better one team can actually be versus another. We initially have looked much improved with what appears to be a good roster yet we have looked completely inept on offense. Last night it was a challenge to simply get the ball across half court and once again free throws and gimme shots were difficult. You can't win at a higher level without size and shooting but you can hustle, box out and play defense to help overcome lack of size and shooting. How many games have we played in which the other team has simply looked better on offense?

[Saint3333]

On Saturday games shouldn’t we draw 4k?

App basketball - full of excuses since forever.

Is it an excuse if you're consistently in the bottom third of DI basketball teams?

There are excuses for that too, that’s my point.

[ah59396]

Not the most incredible statement ever but it's really amazing how much better one team can actually be versus another. We initially have looked much improved with what appears to be a good roster yet we have looked completely inept on offense. Last night it was a challenge to simply get the ball across half court and once again free throws and gimme shots were difficult. You can't win at a higher level without size and shooting but you can hustle, box out and play defense to help overcome lack of size and shooting. How many games have we played in which the other team has simply looked better on offense?

Which is funny considering this Marshall team lost to Queens College of Charlotte.

[hapapp]

Not the most incredible statement ever but it's really amazing how much better one team can actually be versus another. We initially have looked much improved with what appears to be a good roster yet we have looked completely inept on offense. Last night it was a challenge to simply get the ball across half court and once again free throws and gimme shots were difficult. You can't win at a higher level without size and shooting but you can hustle, box out and play defense to help overcome lack of size and shooting. How many games have we played in which the other team has simply looked better on offense?

Which is funny considering this Marshall team lost to Queens College of Charlotte.

Not to deflect from your point, but it is Queens University of Charlotte. Has been since 2002.

[Cro-Magnon App]

We were beaten by Campbell and they just lost to Presbyterian.

[Stonewall]

We have two guys that can shoot the ball and neither contributed much last night.MU looked to have 6 or 7.We lose big.

[appfanjj]

Marshall is a big deal in West Virginia.
Only two big D1 schools in the state.
They have a large and engaged fan base.
Very similar type school to ECU here in NC.
Pull a lot of fans from eastern KY and Ohio.
Number of D1 programs in NC is ridiculous.
The Herd has a lot of things in their favor.

[pop5app]

Looking at the schedule and at how we are playing, can we win another game?

[goapps]

On the bright side, at least we won't have to worry about losing our coach next off season.

[AppDub]

Marshall only has about 12k students. With the support in their gym last night, one could think they were a larger school. Great support not only from their alumni, but the surrounding community and state.

[AppDub]

Looking at the schedule and at how we are playing, can we win another game?

Oh yeah, we will win a few more.