Cincy vs Uconn

[Shuathelete]

An old big east matchup in the zombie AAC league.

Great game, Cincy pulled it out after being down 5 with 30 left.

Uconn ran a play for Purvis for the final shot, but Gibbs was selfish and took a contested shot and they lost.

He also had another dumb play diving on a guy for a loose ball.

In other news, good to see Cronin is doing well!

 

[HallB]

Saw that last play, Len Elmore couldn't stop talking about how it looked like the play called for Purvis and Gibbs wouldn't pass him the ball. And it wasn't like it was a broken play situation...interesting.

 

[statenman]

I watched 2 minutes in the first half and Gibbs hit 3 3pts from the parking lot, and I watched the final minute where Gibbs didn't pass the ball while purvis was open with his hands up. It was enough for the announcers to bring it up, but honestly on replay it looked like at the moment Gibbs looked at purvis there was a Cincinnati player right in between them. He had an opportunity to hand it back to him after inbounds and another chance while he was driving to the hoop, but ended up taking a shot with 2 guys on him.
If Ollie called for Gibbs to give it back, then that would certainly cause locker room issues. And based on purvis reaction, that was the play.

 

[Vegas pj]

If Ollie called for Gibbs to give it back, then that would certainly cause locker room issues. And based on purvis reaction, that was the play.

Never would that happen in a million years.

 

[mjs428]

George Washington lost to Richmond at home. Ugh.

 

[SHUSource]

I really doubt any kid on that roster has a major issue with Gibbs taking the final shot of a game, given his history of clutch buckets. If they do, that's on them.

 

[anon_4htvdezyfe7k9]

Did he get a good look at least? What was Purvis' reaction?

 

[TomD82]

Len was all over Gibbs for not passing the ball. He did say it wasn't a bad shot, but that it was a contested shot and how Purvis was wide open.

 

[SHUSource]

Len was all over Gibbs for not passing the ball. He did say it wasn't a bad shot, but that it was a contested shot and how Purvis was wide open.

I didn't see it, so I can't say at all, but kids can't always see what kind of shot every other kid has, especially if he does have someone in his face. Again, Sterling has canned enough game-winners in his life to spend a little capital on this one.

 

[HallB]

If I'm a Kevin Ollie and the played called for purvis to get the ball then I'm not happy with Gibbs regardless of how much capital he has. I think Kevin Ollie's rings say otherwise.

 

[AFRPIRATE]

What Elmore said it was obviously a play for the ball to be passed back to Purvis, who in bounded the ball, that purvis was calling for the ball and purvis actually had his hands extended for the ball and that purvis was wide open.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I'm rooting against Gibbs and UConn all season

 

[hallgrad80]

Mick Cronin is a damn good coach and recruiter. When Joe Quinlan was our AD Cronin was one of the highest rated coaches on his list to replace Orr but Cinn grabbed him immediately . In his fourth year there he took them to the NIT. In Cinncinatti's remaining three years in the old BE he took them to the NCAA's getting to the third round in year 5; the sweet sixteen in year 6 and the second round in year 7. In the first two years on them being in the AAC he took them to the NCAA's to the second round and last year he took them to the third round . And get this, his salary is $1.5 million a year under a contract that runs thru 2017.

 

[Seton75]

I didn't see it, so I can't say at all, but kids can't always see what kind of shot every other kid has, especially if he does have someone in his face. Again, Sterling has canned enough game-winners in his life to spend a little capital on this one.

I get what you are saying, but you cannot possibly believe it is OK for him to override the play the coach called to take a tough shot. I didn't see the game. But based on what I am reading, that is what I think happened.

 

[SHUSource]

I get what you are saying, but you cannot possibly believe it is OK for him to override the play the coach called to take a tough shot. I didn't see the game. But based on what I am reading, that is what I think happened.

It's definitely not OK to disregard the coach, but it's being assumed here that Ollie called for that play. Purvis may have just felt he was open or had the better shot, which may be true. I didn't see the game either, so I can't offer much more than that.

 

[hallgrad80]

It's definitely not OK to disregard the coach, but it's being assumed here that Ollie called for that play. Purvis may have just felt he was open or had the better shot, which may be true. I didn't see the game either, so I can't offer much more than that.

A coach may call a play set up for a particular player but I'm fairly confident that the player with the ball is given an option that if the player who is to take the final shot is not open then he can take the shot or look for another option.

 

[radecicco]

Gibbs looked like IW at the end of the Nova game. Drove into the paint, tough shot, contested, makable but Purvis was open. Plus Gibbs at 6'1" was in among the trees.

 

[Shuathelete]

He took a contested shot and missed when the guy who the play was drawn for was wide open. they lost the game. wrong decision.

 

[hbkmyr]

FWIW..."I was trying to get a penetration and get a foul,"Ollie said. "I thought we got a foul, they didn't call it. … I thought Shonn got fouled as hard as Clark got fouled."