Best game of the year?

by **hot nuts** » February 21st, 2012, 9:43 pm

Wow, a great Evansville v Creighton game! What has been the best so far? The games that immediately come to mind for me:

Evansville at Creighton, Creighton at Northern Iowa, Evansville at Illinois State, Northern Iowa at Evansville, Wichita State at Drake, both Evansville/Indiana State games, Creighton at Missouri State.

I'm sure I'm missing some....wow, what a season.

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by **shocktheheart** » February 21st, 2012, 9:46 pm

hot nuts wrote:Wow, a great Evansville v Creighton game! What has been the best so far? The games that immediately come to mind for me:

Evansville at Creighton, Creighton at Northern Iowa, Evansville at Illinois State, Northern Iowa at Evansville, Wichita State at Drake, both Evansville/Indiana State games, Creighton at Missouri State.

I'm sure I'm missing some....wow, what a season.

WSU at Drake has to be the winner, it went to 3OT. Only loss this calendar year for WSU.

by **BirdmanBB** » February 21st, 2012, 9:48 pm

best game of the year....

Probably after tomorrow when the redbirds beat the shocks by 20.

...I am kidding. I like Shocker fans. :buddies:

by **shocktheheart** » February 21st, 2012, 9:48 pm

BirdmanBB wrote:best game of the year....

Probably after tomorrow when the redbirds beat the shocks by 20.

...I am kidding. I like Shocker fans.

We like you too! Keep that talk up and we will drill you by 20 though!

by **WooHoo** » February 21st, 2012, 9:50 pm

Would have been the best game of the year minus the D-League officiating crew. Easily the best individual performance of the year, maybe even nationally. Ryan was sure fun to watch. I don't understand why he shot a 23-footer down by 1 at the end though.

by **hot nuts** » February 21st, 2012, 9:53 pm

WooHoo wrote:Would have been the best game of the year minus the D-League officiating crew. Easily the best individual performance of the year, maybe even nationally. Ryan was sure fun to watch. I don't understand why he shot a 23-footer down by 1 at the end though.

Can I assume your team lost? Seems to be the opinion of every losing team.

by **WooHoo** » February 21st, 2012, 9:57 pm

hot nuts wrote:
WooHoo wrote:Would have been the best game of the year minus the D-League officiating crew. Easily the best individual performance of the year, maybe even nationally. Ryan was sure fun to watch. I don't understand why he shot a 23-footer down by 1 at the end though.

Can I assume your team lost? Seems to be the opinion of every losing team.

Not an Evansville fan and am insulted that you would think as such. :buddies:

Just an honest observation. I thought the game was really good but there were some questionable calls, especially at the end, that seemed to go in one team's direction. That is all.

by **hot nuts** » February 21st, 2012, 10:15 pm

Fair enough..... :Cheers:

by **Ace Dad** » February 21st, 2012, 10:22 pm

WooHoo wrote:Would have been the best game of the year minus the D-League officiating crew. Easily the best individual performance of the year, maybe even nationally. Ryan was sure fun to watch. I don't understand why he shot a 23-footer down by 1 at the end though.

Here is what I think:

Ryan did not want to penetrate because he knew the referee was not going to call a foul, even if the foul was obvious.

Ryan did not want to put the ball on the floor and dribble drive because he did not want to lose it.

I believe he was within his range and believed that with the space he had, go for it.

Of course, he does not have time to think about all the options

by **Kyle** » February 21st, 2012, 10:24 pm

A deep three also has the potential for a long rebound and thus a second chance opportunity in the event of a miss.