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Date Posted: 17:07:11 02/09/03 Sun
Author: Stagman
Subject: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74

Didn't catch the game but it looks like the boxscore is pretty even EXCEPT that Niagara went to the line 38 times.
I'd love to hear some eyewitness reports.

I sure hope the team isn't going into a fade like it did in TOT's first year. That team started 11-7 and finished 12-15. Three weeks left in the regular season. No time to go into hiding.

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[> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- Skip, 17:33:27 02/09/03 Sun

I was at the game. It looked like the Stag teams of yesteryear not the powerhouse we've shown many times this year.

Maxwell kept us in the game during the final two-three minutes with two or three clutch shots; then he was taken out and replaced by Delfico. Thompson was brought in for Todd. These two substitutions were when we needed offense most. Michael Bell had a few minutes and attempted several shots. He missed two free throws.

Niagara had well conditioned players who were smart and who appeared to be well coached. However, I believe we could have beaten them if we were smarter and if we had respected their quickness. At the beginning of the game they stole it from us at least two times down the court. They came out ready to play, and as has been the case this year, we started slowly.

Finally, I'm wondering about the impact of McLeod's departure on the team.


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[> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- 79er, 18:03:51 02/09/03 Sun

We lost to Siena with RM on the bench and nearly lost to Canisius with the guy ostensibly still a coach. let's not start cannonizing this guy.
We lost today because we missed our foul shots and Niagra made its attempts.
We also lost because of the recurring problem and our main weakness as a team, a lack of consistent permiter scoring. Teams have been following the lead set by Siena, they pack the paint and dare us to shoot over them We don't do that well. Perhaps Bell will help some, but I think this is likely to be a sore point for us the rest of the way.


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[> [> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- RayS, 19:32:20 02/09/03 Sun

If other teams are packing the paint why aren't our gds. shooting more? According to the box score our gds. Todd, Sogadzi, Goode & Bell had 15 attempts out of a total of 63 or about 23% of the attempted shots. If the other teams are now daring us to shoot from outside shouldn't we take them up on it & be prepared to crash the boards for off. rebounds & a possible putback?


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[> [> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- Eagle, 19:39:20 02/09/03 Sun

Seems to me that Niagara may have caught Fairfield sleeping and that the distraction of McLeod's departure could have been a factor. Having said that, giving up 38 FT's (maybe many came at the end of the game, I don't know) is hard to overcome, especially when a very poor free-throw shooting team liek Niagara hits 79% of its FT, way above their average.

See you in Buffalo.


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[> [> [> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- stag 02, 19:42:30 02/09/03 Sun

The refs were terrible and gave us nothing, none the less many of those fouls were at the end of the game.


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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- Running Man, 20:23:07 02/09/03 Sun

Our biggest roblem, in my opinion, was our inability to prevent Niagara's point guard Alvin Cruz from controlling this game. Although he did not score much, he dissected our defense with the expertise and precision of a thoracic surgeon. His lookaway passes both to open guys inside and on the wings led to Niagara baskets. Goode and Todd tried to harass him all game long but were ineffective. I don't remember his turning the ball over once. Meanwhile on our offensive end we seemed to be working overtime trying to get a good look. Our strategy was to get the ball inside, and with our dearth of outside shooters, one can understand why.

Cruz ,who is a soph, was a guy whom we recruited but ,as the story goes, offered to another guy. If true, bad move!


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- RayS, 20:34:50 02/09/03 Sun

I still don't understand why we didn't attempt more from outside. If they're concentrating on interior defense our gds. should have been getting some open looks. Even if they miss if our strength is our front line we should be able to grab some off. rebounds & get some easy baskets that way. Why keep trying to force it inside if they're defense is taking that away???


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Seems to me the game plan is always pound the ball inside -- JCM, 00:07:35 02/10/03 Mon

Everygame I go to the stags try to force ill-advised passes inside. In the first half against siena in albany, we must have had 12 turnovers trying to force the ball down low.

In my opinion, a pivotal part of our comeback were points by Ajou Deng from the perimeter. We lose the cansius game if not for outside shooting by KS.

I think the game plan against the stags is simple. Pack in the d and the stags will force the ball in and turn it over. They will pass up the outside shot. Unless we adjust the season is over. We loose all of our remaining games except loyola. This offense set is too easy to defend.


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[> Re: Niagara 85 Fairfield 74 -- bounder, 01:19:06 02/10/03 Mon

thsy can;t fade too much, the MAAC is awful - just 2 tough games left at manhattan & at niagara, the rest are real weak teams, so the worst would be 2 more loses.


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[> [> The MAAC is awful? Purquoi? -- Eagle, 08:51:22 02/10/03 Mon

The MAAC is awful?

How long have you been following the MAAC? College ball?

The MAAC is the strongest it has been in years with a plethora of quality big men at a number of schools, including Fairfield, Niagara, Manhattan, Siena and Iona. St. Peter's has elevated it's program, Canisius is very good and Marist is re-loading. The only school failing to find direction is Loyola and that may change at the end of the year.

No, the MAAC is very strong, young and the future bodes well.


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