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Anyone know the link to the tribe board.

They're not happy, but they haven't been criticizing us much, which is nice.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-767814-page-12.html

Nichols injury looked bad...it was the only negative on the day

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Hofstra had 5 turnovers, and only 2 turnovers in the last 36:22. It was the fewest turnovers Hofstra had at home since at least 2005-2006. The last time Hofstra had 5 or fewer turnovers was when they had 4 turnovers at Appalachian State last season.

William & Mary led for 20:12. I wonder if that's the biggest margin of defeat this season for a team who led the majority of the game.

Late in UNC Wilmington's win at Drexel, there were five play stoppages where a combined 3.8 seconds came off the clock while it should have been stopped, and nobody noticed.

Edit: In the second half, Hofstra made more three-pointers (9) than William & Mary made field goals (8). Green's field goal percentage went from .397 to .410, Tanksley's went from .405 to .411, and Bernardi fell behind them by going from .408 to .394. William & Mary had 9 players attempt free throws, and only 2 of them made more than half.

Edit again: Hofstra's field goal percentage went from .441 to .444, and their opponents' field goal percentage went from .442 to .441, so Hofstra now has a better field goal percentage than their opponents. Hofstra has made 1 field goal fewer than their opponents. Hofstra has made 25 more three-pointers than their opponents and 106 more free throws than their opponents.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400861752 is the Associated Press recap titled "Green leads Hofstra to 91-63 win over William & Mary."

MIssed the game because of shoveling duties but thrilled to see this result. I was actually in the car for the last few minutes and listened to the post game interview with Coach Farrelly. Haven't heard him speak to much because Im usually at the game or watching on TV/internet but was pretty impressed with him. He mentioned Tanksley wanted to hit the gym and throw up shots after the JMU game.. Glad to hear that and he has bounced back nicely from 3 in the last 2 games shooting 3 for 5 in both. Now it's Bernardi's turn to take some heat because he's definitely in a slump. He's still above 40% from 3 for the year, I think he'll figure it eventually. With Green playing out of his mind right now and Tanksley returning to form, once we get Bernardi playing at the level he is capable of at the same time, can this team lose?

Also, if anyone can find out anything on Nichols, please post. That could be a huge blow and goes back to my issue at the start of the season with redshirting Robinson.

Especially given the circumstances -- 99 minutes in his previous two games (when most starters might have played around 70 in that time), including 55 minutes and a bus ride back from Boston on Thursday night -- the game that Juan'ya Green played today was one of the best I have ever seen a Hofstra player have.

30 pts
10/16 fg
6/9 from 3
4/4 ft
8 reb
7 ast
4 stls
NO turnovers (which might be the most amazing thing of all). To do all he did after the minutes he played coming in, you'd expect simple a few TO's just from plain fatigue. But he does not get tired. Just an incredible performance.

Rokas had a slow start and still finished with 18 & 11 and shot 8/12, and even 2/3 at the line.

Tanksley is back. Bad couple of games, but much better in Boston and again today.

Koon was a nice factor again after all of those minutes and being a huge help in Boston.

Despite going 0/4 and 0/3 from 3, Buie played 15 minutes with 4 assists and no turnovers. Actually, overall they only had 5 TOs (season low maybe?) and 18 assists. And they forced three times as many (15) turnovers.

The only negatives were that Bernardi remained in a really bad funk for a third straight game (which given his history, means he's due to break out with a couple of good shooting games soon) and Nichols' injury. On that, Hofstra just says it's a leg injury. Can't know more at the moment until they get a doctor report back. Seems like his knee though, which could be bad. Hopefully, he'll be alright.

Wags wrote: Actually, overall they only had 5 TOs (season low maybe?) and 18 assists.

I already posted that it was their season low in turnovers. Green had 17 field goal attempts, not 16 like you said.

Green had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. He's the first Hofstra player since at least 2005-2006 to do that. He also had 4 steals, 0 turnovers, made two-thirds of his three-pointers, and made all his free throws. Since at 1985-1986, no NBA player has had the combination of points, rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, three-point field goal percentage, and free throw percentage that Green had today!

Edit: http://gohofstra.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=6997 is the box score. Although I doubt there were that many people there, the official attendance was 894. http://gohofstra.com/news/2016/1/24/MBB ... ath=mbball is Hofstra's recap titled "MBB: Strong Second Half Lifts Hofstra Past William & Mary."

Hofstra has already had three pairs of consecutive games with at least 90 points each. The previous time Hofstra scored at leasr 90 in consecutive games was a loss at Towson on January 12, 2006 and a triple overtime win hosting UNC Wilmington on January 14, 2006. The time before that was at Brooklyn and at Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) in the last two 1991-1992 games before the ECC Tournament. The time before that was at Stony Brook and hosting Virginia Wesleyan early in 1982-1983. Therefore Hofstra has any many streaks of 90 point games this season as in the 33 seasons from 1982-1983 to 2014-2015 combined. All-time, Hofstra has had 16 streak of two or more games with at least 90 points each, excluding three games in 1954-1955 that Hofstra doesn't know the score of. 2 of the streaks were three games and the rest of the streaks were two games.

EvanJ wrote:Green had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. He's the first Hofstra player since at least 2005-2006 to do that. He also had 4 steals, 0 turnovers, made two-thirds of his three-pointers, and made all his free throws. Since at 1985-1986, no NBA player has had the combination of points, rebounds, assists, turnovers, three-point field goal percentage, and free throw percentage that Green had today!

THIS!!

Great win.. I thought we could pull the game out, had no idea it was going to be this easy.. Hofstra poured it on in the second half.. Need more games like this.. Very pleased with the results..

Green was lights out today, really showed why he was name PCPOY
Gustys was awesome again
Bernardi though.. Man.. I would love to see JWF logging more minutes.. Bernardi is atrocious at this point..

Sucks at MN.. Hoping for the best, but while watching it, I could have sworn I heard the tell the trainer "pop".. So who knows.. would be a big loss..

Roll Pride!!!!

Between the 92-58 win at Towson and today's 91-63 win, we've now seen twice within the first 8 conference games what this team can do when it puts it all together, and it's scary for the rest of the league.

Obviously, they're not going to win quite like that often, or even again this season. But if they just maintain a decent level of consistency from this point on, they can and should win the CAA regular season and tourney titles. Of course, if Nichols is lost for the season or any significant amount of time, that could throw a wrench into those plans.

Will be real interesting to see how a win like this might propel them, especially with 2 of the next 3 at home, and the one road game in that stretch at Drexel.

Wags wrote: Between the 92-58 win at Towson

It was 90-58.

http://www.tribeathletics.com/news/2016 ... 61630.aspx is William & Mary's recap titled "Men's Basketball Falls at Hofstra."

Edit: Hofstra tied their team record with 37 three-pointers attempted. They attempted 36 at Charlotte on November 11, 2006 and broke that with 37 attempts on February 4, 2015 at Delaware. Today was Hofstra's most three-pointers ever attempted at home.

This was a strange game. We started out slow and let W&M build a 9-point lead, but recovered to take a one-point lead at the half. Then we blew them out in the second half to register nearly a 40-point reversal.

Two plays I liked: Buie's steal and Gustys' block in the second half that sent the ball and the shooter out of bounds. I hope they make the highlight reel.

I think Bernardi may benefit from a rest. Why not start Buie and have Bernardi come off the bench again Elon? I saw an interview with a player -- don't remember the sport -- who said that subbing in a game gave him a chance to study the opponent and make him more productive. Maybe that approach would help Bernardi.

Jojogunne wrote:This was a strange game. We started out slow and let W&M build a 9-point lead, but recovered to take a one-point lead at the half. Then we blew them out in the second half to register nearly a 40-point reversal.

Two plays I liked: Buie's steal and Gustys' block in the second half that sent the ball and the shooter out of bounds. I hope they make the highlight reel.

I think Bernardi may benefit from a rest. Why not start Buie and have Bernardi come off the bench again Elon? I saw an interview with a player -- don't remember the sport -- who said that subbing in a game gave him a chance to study the opponent and make him more productive. Maybe that approach would help Bernardi.

Probably wasn't this one since he remained a starter, but Melo had said that after sitting out the second half of last year, he was able to see the game in a different way, and he is obviously a different type of player which is serving the Knicks' needs much better this season.

I think with Bernardi, it's different. He's not going to change the type of game he plays. He's primarily a perimeter shooter. That's his role and that's fine with the roles others fill on the team. He may just need to do what Tanksley did recently after his own struggles, which is to just get in the gym and put up a bunch of extra shots until he finds his rhythm back again.

LIsten to JAM's comments in the post-game about playing time and the team being tired, starting at around a minute and a half in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3PGZ6LB3cs

Very nice convincing win! Many contributors today.......which is great to see. And not to take anything away from anybody, but this really is turning into the Green/Gustys show.

Jojo that player you eluded to was Dion Neismith who played for us as a grad student last year.

BOOM now T H A T is what I'm taking about - 1 game, but a HUGE one and it feels fan-friggin-tactic - I want a BEATING on them every single time

I don't know that Green is an NBA guy, few too many disappearing acts, but my goodness did that young man put on an absolute CLINIC today!!!! Go Green Go Baby!! And that's the exact team I want to see him go off on - if he continues to play strong enough for the final stretch and through the CAAT, he MAY be able to play himself into the league even if he's missing something - hot play on a big stage = more than a look - pulling for him

With all due respect to a quality WM program, the little napoleon fans can chew on their trip to the woodshed tonight - the refs?!?!? PLEASE, get off it, HU has had so many poorly officiated games this yr it's not even funny, and if either team can claim favoritism in this conf it DEF ain't Hofstra - even mentioning that is a JOKE

Here's what happened: the tribe got their butts handed to them in the 2nd half by the better team, period. And the refs had very little to do with it.

I'll take revenge like that all day - and I want it AGAIN on THEIR floor. And any and every time they play.

Kudos to Tank for working hard to get on the right track, and to Rok for yet another big boy game - watching a STUD grow right before our eyes - and also Koon with a solid showing, thank God, he needs to make up for some things

I know BB is struggling but he WILL absolutely break out of it, no doubt in my mind - he works too hard and really has too much shooting ability to stay down - I'll take it now with him becoming unstoppable when it matters most!

This team for as much as it lacks depth does have a strong starting 5/6 where any guy can go off at any time and often at the same time - that's what makes this team dangerous

Good to see JWF and still believe he needs a bit more when BB is off - 1-2 / 50% ain't bad he should and does have the green light, get that young man just a few more mins - I don't think he'll disappoint - excited for his future

Buie best TRUE PG on team, will be top of league in assists very soon - however he MUST improve his scoring - there is no reason for any point to have 0 with a decent amount of shots like he had - don't expect him to be JG but absolutely has to be able to put up 8-10 if you're going to take a starting role - I know Powers can and we'll likely see him a lot too next yr

As for PT/rotation/etc, look I know this season rides on the starters - some of you are really misunderstanding - I know they're young and tough, they proved that in the triple OT, but there are def times when they also either need a breather OR they need to take a quick break to kill off some bad flow - I still believe it is a must to have quality backups at key spots who can come in and perform in a big spot in a big game to win 3 in 3 in the CAA - I happen to love this staff and think they are doing a great job and are right to lead this program, but for goodness sake, that doesn't mean they're too good to develop depth, too good to improve, to adjust, etc.

Some of you get your panties all in a bunch when anyone dares to question the all powerful JM - like, give me a friggin break - let's not be so dagone sensitive that no one can offer differing opinions on a friggin message board - we all love this team staff and program, but NO ONE is above improvement or constructive criticism ESP when it's PAID STAFF - so, relax. We are all on the same side, I promise you.

Moving on, JMU looking real good, and prob the best team at this point if we're being honest, but obviously HU is right there with a couple others - like HUSID said, I have to agree, this conf is a b!tch! CAAT is going to be a WAR.

SUPER proud of this group tonight, onward and upward!

Polito wrote: Moving on, JMU looking real good, and prob the best team at this point if we're being honest, but obviously HU is right there with a couple others

Been saying that I thought UNCW was a darkhorse this year, but I thought they'd get better later on and be a dangerous out in the tourney. They're already playing that well a little sooner than I thought.

I think at this point, the three we see tied for first right now will continue to separate themselves. I think UNCW will prove to be the third best team and that whoever wins the HU at JMU game will ultimately win the league, with the loser of that game finishing second. Right now, I have a feeling that HU will find a way to win that game based on the effort given at NU and the way HU has now shown on two different occasions (at Towson & today), that when it's all finally put together, no team in the league can touch them. I know JMU's good, but I like the make-up of HU -- the POY bow playing like it at PG, the complementary scorer (in AT) finding his game again, the very damaging big man in the middle, the additional do-a-little-of-everything scorer and rebounder in Koon and if Bernardi can be a little more consistent, the 3-point specialist. That's a real nice mix, provided the D doesn't fall apart again. The wild-card to all of that, however, is the length of time Nichols might be out.

I was not impressed at all with how little fight W&M showed down the stretch today and the three straight losses at home for NU is alarming for them. I think each of those teams will remain tough, but will each take a step back into the 4/5 spots by the end of the regular season, after we pretty much all thought they'd be tougher than that this year.

The wise thing is to still expect a lot of movement, but I just don't feel that high anymore on W&M or NU and feel like JMU, HU and UNCW have all found their games and will for the most part continue to do so. From HU's standpoint, not a lot wrong with 6-2 with a home game vs. Elon next to wrap up the first half of the CAA slate.

Jumping in late to the convo, but there's no way I can't comment on this awesome victory!

This was a strange game that ended in a complete victory. Had all the makings of a close finish, but we dusted William and Mary in the last 10 minutes. W&M struggled moving the ball inside in the second half, and started settling for some poor three attempts. We hit every shot late, our shot selection was excellent, made some nice defensive plays, and did not allow any second chances.

Overall great team effort. Obviously Juan'ya went off, masterpiece game, but it was just a great, unselfish performance from the team with solid performances on both sides of the ball.

Rok was amazing again, he abused all of their forwards, particularly Sheldon, who was visibly frustrated by the end of the game. Rokas' game has become refined so quickly, I thought we may see this type of play when he was a senior, but he's taken it to the next level in conference play. He's a great passer from the post, and that's gotten him a lot of isolations where he's made quick work of his opponent. Defensively, he's playing very smart right now, he's been playing aggressive, but clean defense, and has stayed out of foul trouble. The guy is a throwback, and the perfect F/C for our system.

Tanksley, DK, and Bernardi played really smart basketball today. Tanksley has seemed out of sync since that neck injury at Towson, but he didn't force anything today and hit some crucial shots. He's playing like he was earlier in the year against Bonnies and La Salle, which is really good news for our offense. Sometimes I think Koon plays too many minutes, but today was a perfect matchup for his skillset and I thought he had a great two-way game today. Bernardi is definitely struggling with the perimeter shot right now, but his shot selection was really solid, they're going to start falling again soon.

On Nichols Instagram page, he just wrote "don't count me out yet be back sooner than later(with many of emojis scattered in that sentence)," hopefully a good sign, because that looked like a nasty injury. He was having a great game to that point with 8 boards and a really solid defensive performance. I love the dynamic Nichols brings off the bench, losing him for the season would be a tough blow.

This was a champion's performance today, exactly how you want to see the team perform off the epic win on Thursday night. William and Mary is a good team who plays a similar style of basketball, we just played it a lot better today! We got the mojo back, let's ride this all the way into March!

Unfortunate injury to MN....guess AW will get some minutes after all...let's see if he is up to it?