Men's Basketball at College of Charleston on 1/7/2016

[EvanJ]

The game is at 7:00 P.M., and I couldn't fit that in the topic title because the message board doesn't let titles be too long. http://gohofstra.com/news/2016/1/3/MBB_ ... ath=mbball is Hofstra's preview, which mistakenly says Green has "92 assists per game." http://gohofstra.com/documents/2016/1/5 ... game15.pdf is the Game Notes.

[ProudofPride]

Any word on Green and Tanksley? This is a big game, Charleston seems to be a much different team than they were last year, so we need both players available and at full strength. And speaking of injury, CofC's leading scorer and the CAA's leading scorer, Canyon Barry, is most likely out for tomorrow due to a shoulder injury. Last I saw, he'll be a game time decision.

[ProudofPride]

Fun little twitter exchange between the HofstraMBB and JetBlue twitter accounts. JetBlue actually responded to the #RoarWithPride hashtag roar in the following tweet, and knew that we're playing Charleston tomorrow night.

Hofstra Basketball ‏@HofstraMBB
Headed on another @CAABasketball business trip. Thanks to @JetBlue for taking us there. Go Pride! #RoarWithPride https://twitter.com/HofstraMBB/status/6 ... 8118281216
JetBlue Airways @JetBlue
@HofstraMBB ROAAAAAAAAR!!! #HappyJetting
https://twitter.com/JetBlue/status/684829981072080901
Hofstra Basketball @HofstraMBB
Go Pride!
https://twitter.com/HofstraMBB/status/6 ... 1131102215
JetBlue Airways ‏@JetBlue
@HofstraMBB We'll be expecting a tweet declaring your big victory over the College of Charleston tomorrow night! #GoPride
https://twitter.com/JetBlue/status/684832604835713024
Hofstra Basketball @HofstraMBB
I think #Hofstra and @JetBlue are now best friends.
https://twitter.com/HofstraMBB/status/6 ... 0470533120

There are more tweets on the MBB twitter account, that's just part of the conversation. There's a picture of the plane, JetBlue also asked for a picture of the team, and more. The HofstraU account also got involved.

[HUSID80]

Did not hear anything on the status of Green and Tanksley....what's up????

[Cards]

Have no update on JG or AT. Could be a break for HU if Canyon Barry is out with injury. He has improved over the last few years and has become quite an offensive player. And besides, without him on the court, CoC loses a lot of good basketball genes!

[HUSID80]

ESPN has us as 4 pt favs...

[Polito]

jetblue thing is cool

expecting a very good game, tough battle - CofC looks to be well coached and playing well as a team

I'm actually hoping Barry does play... rather play their best now to be better prepared for the CAAT just in case, but if not, then HU definitely needs to exploit that - either way I think these teams match up well from a size standpoint, so that's a plus for HU

go get 'em fellas!

[RollPride15]

I'd prefer if Barry doesn't play, for the sake of our conference record. I want that regular season CAA chip.

[Flying Dutchmen]

So amped for this game, the most for a CAA game in a long time.

Barry or no Barry, this is a must win. I want to see C of C at full strength honestly, but if we're -4, it looks like Barry might be out. CoC picked up two excellent freshman starters, Pointer (PG) and Brantley (PF) which have seemed to make a huge impact so far this year, from a team I thought wasn't as bad as their record in '15. I only saw one Charleston game this year, against the U, they played well early and hung for about 25 minutes, but fell apart late and got blown out.

I have a feeling this is going to be a big game for Rokas, lots of dimes from Green and Buie tonight. We just have to hit our shots, if we shoot 45%, we're going to win this game going away. Charleston does not shoot the ball particularly well, so we might have a lot of success in our zone D. I think this team has FOCUS after the Towson game, which could be very bad for the CAA, hopefully we jump on Charleston sans Barry early, and get to see a more JWF and Walker again tonight.

[Dooku25]

Canyon Barry was just downgraded to doubtful for tonight's game. I still expect a tough game. We struggled down at their place last year and they are a much improved team this season.

[EvanJ]

ESPN has us as 4 pt favs…

The betting line is normally close to the Sagarin, but not tonight. The Sagarin and its components all have College of Charleston (hereafter C of C) winning because they are at home:

Overall: C of C by 1.16
Predictor: C of C by 2.02
Golden_Mean: C of C by 1.06
Recent: C of C by 0.30

Also notable is that C of C leads the CAA in RPI in 55th but is in the bottom half of the CAA in the Sagarin in 129th.

http://www.cofcsports.com/ViewArticle.d ... M_ID=14800 is titled "Cougars Host Hofstra In League Home Opener." http://www.cofcsports.com/pdf9/4331407.pdf is C of C's Game Notes.

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=105779&a=1 will have statistics.
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/charl ... M_ID=14800 will have video.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... e/20160107 will have the CAA scoreboard.

Edit: Hofstra is starting Green, Tanksley, Gustys, Koon, and Bernardi. C of C is starting Payton Hulsey (guard), Jarrell Brantley (forward), Cameron Johnson (guard), Marquise Pointer (guard), and Nick Harris (forward).

[ProudofPride]

Canyon Barry is not in the starting lineup, and is supposedly in street clothes on the bench. Looks like no underhanded free throws tonight.

[EvanJ]

The online video hasn't started yet. If it doesn't start, I will listen at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/hofst ... Type=audio

Edit: https://twitter.com/StephenGorchov/stat ... 091072?p=v says Bernardi is one of two players with a free throw percentage > 90%, a three-point field goal percentage > 45%, and a field goal percentage > 40%.

Edit: With 10:37 left in the first half, Hofstra leads 18-15. Green has no assists and Bernardi has not attempted a three-pointer. Tanksley has 8 points.

[ProudofPride]

Tie game with 4 minutes left, 28-28. Neither team is playing great defense, we're shooting 54% and CofC is shooting 50%. Hofstra still doesn't have an assist, but they do have 7 turonvers, 3 charged to Koon. All 7 HU players that have seen action so far have scored.
Charleston's play-by-play guy is awful. He's completely monotone and emotionless, and can't pronounce Gustys' name correctly.

[RollPride15]

Andre spotting!

[Cards]

I lost the sound to the video. Anyone else???

[Flying Dutchmen]

37-35 Dutch at half.

Sloppy play, you can't get your pocket picked 6 times in a half, 9 turnovers overall. Let's go 1-3-1 in the second, keep challenging their young guards to make poor decisions with the ball, Charleston had 8 turnovers themselves.

Yes, I lost the sound too, here's the audio link, which is nearly in sync with the video:

http://portal.stretchinternet.com/hofst ... Type=audio

[ProudofPride]

We need to defend the 3, and make a few of our own

[ProudofPride]

We're literally handing the game to Charleston with all of these turnovers. So far there's been absolutely no adjustments after half time.

[Flying Dutchmen]

Would it kill Juan'ya to look at the hoop when he's shooting? He's killing us so much today.