SHU vs Butler game thread

[NittanyPirate]

Let's Goooo!!!
Was looking forward to this all day...

 

[Bluebeard]

Watching from Atlanta or I would be there.

 

[NittanyPirate]

Whitehead has 2 threes... tied at 6

 

[SHUMAN]

Whitehead has 2 threes... tied at 6

missing some layups. 9-8 Butler after SHU transition dunk

 

[NittanyPirate]

Butler is playing very aggressive defense and taking some chances. We need to exploit that by keeping the dribble alive, pump faking, and using backdoor cuts.

 

[mjs428]

Some bad bounces. Poor d also.

 

[mjs428]

Gordon with maybe his worst mins of the year

 

[Shuathelete]

Rashed "Mike Davis" Anthony

 

[NittanyPirate]

Here comes Gordon and Rodriguez!!

 

[SHUMAN]

Here comes Gordon and Rodriguez!!

whitehead with his 4th three!!!

 

[NittanyPirate]

Does Whitehead have 4 threes? Looking like Terry Dehere out there.

 

[Ferreri22]

Have gotten away with Carrington's terrible play during this win streak, but at some point he has to get his head out of his ass. Terrible on both ends

 

[SHUMAN]

Does Whitehead have 4 threes? Looking like Terry Dehere out there.

no, whitehead has 5 threes. 17 points. on fire. let's play some d boys.

 

[Stevie_H]

Whitehead is el torch torch tight now. Few too many silly turnovers and defensive a lapses for the good guys so far.

 

[NittanyPirate]

Carrington has got to revert back to attacking the rim instead of missing outside jump shots.

 

[thepirate2008]

We arent boxing out or rebounding at all

 

[hbkmyr]

A pretty bad half masked by IW being insane.

 

[NittanyPirate]

WHITEHEAD POPPIN!!!!

sorry

 

[thepirate2008]

Holy sh@@ Whitehead

 

[Jerry1992]

Team will need to play very well in second half to beat Butler tonight. Whitehead has been incredible but others need to step up. Wow. Whitehead is amazing tonight. Just hit another.

 

[bigraym]

Wow, if we can just take care of the ball & play a bit of defense, IW will carry us home!

 

[Stevie_H]

Nice half IW...

 

[SHUMAN]

Nice half IW...

Some of those threes were from downtown. 7/7!!! Channeling some Dehere-Hazel

 

[garyshu71]

Except for IW the team is looking very flat. Standing around on offense and lacking aggression on defense and the boards.

 

[NYC Pirate]

38-38 at the half. IW closes the half with 2 threes.

Let's consider ourselves fortunate. Great teams have great players and IW is keeping
the team in this one. You would bet that Butler will change their defense and you can't expect
this shooting to continue.

Go back to the formula and let IW distribute and shoot when it's there. The defense is OK, but the rebounding
is not up to speed tonight. Most important less turnovers and the other guys have to contribute on the
offensive side.

 

[Ferreri22]

IW has 7 3's, Jones and Dunham have 1 basket combined.. and we're tied. Basketball IQ at its best. Butler gets whatever they want on offensive end

 

[bigraym]

Getting beaten bad on the boards and no defensive intensity, lets hope team wakes up in 2nd half

 

[williaza01]

This is having a bad feel to it. I am even more unimpressed with Butler than before the game and yet were still loosing. Not good.

 

[NYC Pirate]

Butler and Xavier beat us the same way. Aggressive forwards to the rim. Our frontcourt
has to help get some stops.

Hall down 6 under 15 minutes at 49-43

 

[pirated]

Willard needed to get these guys playing harder and make some adjustments at half. He did neither. To be expected.

 

[williaza01]

Willard needed to get these guys playing harder and make some adjustments at half. He did neither. To be expected.

This is a bullshit post

 

[williaza01]

This one looks like its going to get out of hand. Frustrating loss because they're not that good

 

[hbkmyr]

Defense is a throwback to years past.

 

[Jerry1992]

Fire Williard posts are coming. amazing. I expected this to be a loss. Not shocked. Still like our team but we are not unbeatable. Hope they come back tonight but will not be easy. Either way, we are in good position to dance.

 

[shupat08]

We are not winning this game.

 

[Piratz]

We have such trouble with Butler. Every year.

 

[williaza01]

Im tired of hearing about Dunham. He is NOT why they're beating us. He is slow and liable on defense. He is an amazing college 3ball shooter period.

 

[NYC Pirate]

Guys take it easy. Lol.

Its a tough matchup for us in the frontcourt.

 

[williaza01]

"Butler Flat wanted it more" this is where I loose respect for announcers

 

[Bluebeard]

The trolls will disappear as so as the Pirates win this game.