Wofford pt 2

[elonpride]

Sorry for the abscence. My wife and I had our first child last week!

Huge game tonight down in Spartanburg. Though Wofford is not the team of recent years, they are still pretty well coached and have some talent.....as seen in Alumni Gym. Wofford's is on a 3 game losing skid, including a loss to the Citadel.

The team is gaining confidence, so what do you think we should expect tonight?

I'd like to see us put a little more distance on the North division lead!

[elonfirefighter]

The North is still a little close for comfort we need every win we can get and cannot slip up. Should be a good game tonight we have been hot lately.

P.s congrats on the new child.

[bhill483]

A win tonight would be really big - a road win with the potential to push out the North Division lead, which is already at 2.5 games. Western plays at Davidson, Samford takes on CofC and App State is at GSU - so all of those are tough games for the teams right behind us.

[elonfirefighter]

remember ranking this year is total conf not division, except for the top two teams. So we are fighting with everyone for our placement. Though if all those teams loose, we do move forward in securing the top north spot.

[bhill483]

Yeah, that is what I was referring to and with a 2.5 game lead in the North Division right now we are in good shape going down the stretch

[Deleted]

Very disappointing. 37% shooting, 28% 3 pointers and 41% free throws. I thought this team was more mature. Also out rebounded. Very, very disappointing!

[fc97]

Better to have disappointments now rather than later in the season....

[fc4life]

Couple things worry me...

* We continue to live and die by the three.
* Our bench play is brutal. Two points from bench players.
* The team talked about being out-hustled and had the game taken to them. This is how you are supposed to play on the road as the visitor. I'm worried about a team of juniors that have played almost every game in their careers still not getting it.
* Our future is really bleak after next year. I don't see any of the guys after this great junior class being able to handle the load. Samson is pretty good - but that is it. Hamilton will be a question mark the rest of his career due to the knee.

I really like Matt. However, if you are really honest and look deep - there are lots of questions.

I'm pulling hard for this team. However, we need some serious work.

[elonpride]

OMG......the team is 7 games above .500 (where not many thought they would be at this point), and people are bitching!
Matheny is building the program. Yes, the bench wasn't very good last night, but Samson and Winters were the only two to really see good PT. Even on other poor shooting nights this year, the defense has been able to step in, force turnovers and win games. Yes, last night sucked, but I think we should have known that Wofford matches up well with us.

As for after next year.....Sabato will probably be pretty good, Samson will be good and there's a PG coming in next season that supposedly is lights out. These players are young....

I keep telling others the team as a whole is a year away. We've seen vast improvement in the program since Matt arrived. The school needs to figure out how to keep him for the long term.

[fc4life]

Since you are trumpeting the progress of the basketball in year four of Coach Matheny's tenure will you give Swepson four years?

[Deleted]

1. Matheny has made consistent improvement in the team and program since the instant he came here. 2. He has done so with the most lacking facilities in the SoCon. Now what did you say about football?

[Deleted]

BTW, I was just disappointed in the game. Not the season. Chill.

Beat Furman!