sioux2013 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Sunday's opponent is 6-13 Longwood. Longwood just played and beat South Dakota last night 85-82. Alot of shots were being fired up by both teams with little defense. Looks as if Longwood likes to run and gun with their players. Will be a very good test for our guys with the quickness Longwood has. Tallest player for Longwood is 6'8" and 3 of their top 4 scorers come from the guard position. Go Sioux Quote
SiouxCrew11 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 This game is a great benchmark for us. Game is at home, which seems to be a slight advantage for us. Longwood is a D1 team much like us size-wise. They score 75.9 ppg and allow 85.7 ppg. Both are significantly more than our 59.4 scored and 65.4 given up. Being a 6-13 independent team this is a game that is winnable and that I personally need to see the Sioux beat to prove that Coach Jones is making progress. We are playing a better offensive scheme this year and have better players (attributable to Huff, Webb, & Anderson). However I'm not convinced that there is any other improvement other than that. Ken Pomeroy RPI (the most statistically complete RPI system on the internet - much like sabermetrics for baseball) has UND winning this game by 4 pts. I sure hope that will be the case. http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=North%20Dakota I personally think we need to put up 70+ pts against a team that gives up an average of 85+ per game. To do that we need to get out and run and shoot better than the 28% we put up against a big and physical Nebraska squad. GO SIOUX Quote
darell1976 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 This game is a great benchmark for us. Game is at home, which seems to be a slight advantage for us. Longwood is a D1 team much like us size-wise. They score 75.9 ppg and allow 85.7 ppg. Both are significantly more than our 59.4 scored and 65.4 given up. Being a 6-13 independent team this is a game that is winnable and that I personally need to see the Sioux beat to prove that Coach Jones is making progress. We are playing a better offensive scheme this year and have better players (attributable to Huff, Webb, & Anderson). However I'm not convinced that there is any other improvement other than that. Ken Pomeroy RPI (the most statistically complete RPI system on the internet - much like sabermetrics for baseball) has UND winning this game by 4 pts. I sure hope that will be the case. http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=North%20Dakota I personally think we need to put up 70+ pts against a team that gives up an average of 85+ per game. To do that we need to get out and run and shoot better than the 28% we put up against a big and physical Nebraska squad. GO SIOUX RealTimeRPI.com has UND winning 88-74. That sounds better but can UND really score 88 points? http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_445_Men.html Quote
SiouxCrew11 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 RealTimeRPI.com has UND winning 88-74. That sounds better but can UND really score 88 points? http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_445_Men.html I'm very partial to Ken Pomeroy: http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=North%20Dakota Scoring 75 seems much more realistic. We don't score 88 unless we absolutely shot the lights out from 3. This is a game that Coach Jones really needs to win in my opinion. Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 9 North Dakota 9 Longwood 15:55 1st half Brekke gets the start and is playing well...... Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 9 North Dakota 17 Longwood 14:06 1st Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 14 North Dakota 21 Longwood 10:53 1st Quote
SiouxCrew11 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 9 North Dakota 9 Longwood 15:55 1st half Brekke gets the start and is playing well...... Love the Brekke start by Jones. Good adjustment. Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 32 North Dakota 25 Longwood 4:00 1st Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 44 North Dakota 33 Longwood Halftime Webb hits a 3 at the buzzer........... Quote
sioux2013 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 Great move to start Brekke. 4 freshmen start and all are playing very well. Keep it going the second half. Go Sioux Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Hopefully they don't have their quasi-trademark slow second half start..................... Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 53 North Dakota 41 Longwood 15:00 2nd half Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 65 North Dakota 48 Longwood 11:32 2nd half Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 73 North Dakota 55 Longwood 7:55 2nd Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 82 North Dakota 61 Longwood 6:00 2ND Sioux shooting 56% from the field Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 88 North Dakota 70 Longwood 3:30 2nd Sounds like the fans that showed up are getting treated to some pretty exciting up-tempo play................... Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Anderson to Huff with an apparent ferocious alley-oop & dunk...............2nd of the game... Sioux up 90-71 Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 90 North Dakota 74 Longwood Final Nice job Sioux! Quote
dakotadan Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 I was only able to catch the last few minutes, but it is great to FINALLY see the guys put up some offensive numbers. I never would have guessed that they would have scored 90 points in any of the remaining games this season. Hopefully they can carry some of this offensive momentum and confidence forward through the rest of the schedule. Quote
sioux2013 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 Schuler 21, Huff 15, Mitchell 13 and Brekke 10. Four players in double digit scoring and 3 freshman. Impressive win starting 4 freshmen and playing against a senior laden D1 team. Quote
MGSD Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Looks like a pretty good win, especially considering that Longwood beat a good USD team. Quote
GeauxSioux Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Anderson to Huff with an apparent ferocious alley-oop & dunk...............2nd of the game... Sioux up 90-71 It was pretty. Sioux looked good tonight. Still stretches of undisciplined play, but, hey, they're young. With about 7 minutes left one of my kids asked if they ever get to a 100. I said "sometimes, but they won't this game". When they had 90 with about 3 minutes left, I thought I was going to have to eat my words. I think the guys tried to get there (100) and maybe tried a bit too hard. Nice win. GO SIOUX!!! Quote
the green team Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Wow! That was a positive. Brekke, getting the start, I like what he is showing as a freshman. 2 huge alley oop dunks (Anderson to Mitchell & Anderson to Huff), the Sioux out running the break. Schuler leading the way scoring, despite not hitting a 3. A lot to like about tonight...now build off of it. Extremely entertaining. Quote
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