Biorhythms for First Round NCAAT Game vs VCU: 6:50 Start

[superrific]

LOL speaking of selectively choosing what to believe ...in back to back posts no less. Bravo!

I didn't selectively choose anything. I read the fucking paper. The poster who posted it obviously did not.

Look, it is objectively true that "momentum" does not exist in basketball in any strong sense. To the extent it exists at all, it is marginal and shows up only over large sample sizes. That is a fact.

Another fact: coaches do not determine players FT abilities.

Again, the roster construction has been a problem all year. If you want to get on HD for that, fine. If you want to get on HD for the lack of bench, fine. But HD did not lose this game in the way people have been saying. The players played poorly.

 

[Bigs23]

The truth is Terrence Hill Jr. can get his shot vs anybody. Stevenson being on him wasn't any worse than anybody else being on him

 

[Heelsandeers]

 

[Bigs23]

VCU had better guards.

 

[Centerpiece]

Turn out the lights, the party’s over

 

[SnoopRob]

Turn out the lights, the party’s over

 

[1moretimeagain]

The cherry on top would be Penn beating Illinois, if it’s really gonna be that kinda day.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Whatever. The article is still completely uninformative and irrelevant. It has no thesis, analyzes no data, and sets forth no hypotheses.

It’s a review paper, probably an invited review, in a special topics issue of the journal.
There is clearly an effect of psychology on human performance in high stress/competitive situations. I think it’s wrongheaded to dismiss that. I mean, dealing with those issues is largely what coaching is about.

 

[StrangePackage]

VCU had better guards.

That by itself is cause for termination.

 

[Bigs23]

That by itself is cause for termination.

VCU has really good guards!

 

[shonuff]

Statistics know better than everyone.

North Carolina is now 48-2 when leading by 10+ at halftime in the NCAA Tournament.Both losses were under Hubert Davis. 2022 National Title vs Kansas 2026 Rd of 64 vs VCU

 

[Heelsandeers]

29 minutes and 3 points from the guard spot off the bench

 

[UNCatTech]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[1moretimeagain]

Kenny Smith was in studio, but no longer.

 

[SnoopRob]

Kenny Smith was in studio, but no longer.

 

[StrangePackage]

VCU has really good guards!

Whose responsibility was getting UNC's roster together?

UNC should not be getting dad dicked by VCU's back court.

 

[Bigs23]

Whose responsibility was getting UNC's roster together?

UNC should not be getting dad dicked by VCU's back court.

Evans and Bogie didn't live up to expectations.

VCU's guards are better than a lot of P5 backcourts.

 

[Heelsandeers]

Seth went from 82% FT shooting jr year to 67%

 

[superrific]

Seth went from 82% FT shooting jr year to 67%

That's probably because the 82% was fluky. Same as the one year he shot 42% from 3.

 

[finesse]

You're probably not going to like hearing this, but momentum doesn't actually exist in the way you suggest.

Momentum also doesn't affect long shots, short shots, layups and free throws. It also doesn't affect turnovers, defensive effort and bad passes that much. Yes, I'm totally disgusted by the outcome but that's only because , after it looked like our coaches had sat in on all the VCU meetings, we crapped the bed. One less turnover or one more made shot and we wouldn't be in this state.

Fwiw, if I was coach, had a 19 point lead less that 10 minutes to go and another game in two days, I'd have slowed the game down as well.

The other three people on the court made some unforced errors as well but, in context, not going there after our TEAM meltdown.