The men's team is now 8-4 overall this season with a 5-4 record against DI opponents.
Outside of a lower-division home game on 1/13, all the rest of the games will be Summit League matchups.
Like I often do with football, I thought I'd be interesting to check out stat rankings for the team currently.
#1 team in DI for fewest fouls with only 164 total
#16 in defensive rebounds per game (29.5)
#19 in FG percentage (50.5%)
Brandon Gilbeck is #4 in DI in FG % (70.4%) and #22 in total blocks (37).
Full stat ranking available here.
This week we have two conference road games:
South Dakota Coyotes
Vermillion, SD
Wednesday, January 3 at 7 PM
Live Stats, Game Preview
South Dakota is currently 13-4 overall with a 10-4 record against DI schools. Losses were to TCU by 5, Northern Colorado by 1, then #1 ranked Duke by 16, and UCLA by 3. In the Summit League, they have an 82-71 win over Denver so far.
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Tulsa, OK
Saturday, January 6
Live Stats, Video should be available through ESPN3/WatchESPN.com
ORU is currently 5-11 and have a matchup with Fort Wayne on Thursday prior to our game with them. They have a 4-10 record against DI opponents with wins over Little Rock, Missouri State, Florida Gulf Coast, and Omaha.
at South Dakota, at Oral Roberts
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The Hagedorn Gilbeck matchup should be a good one to watch. I wonder who will get the pleasure of guarding Mooney tonight. Probably Duff my guess.
Update: Hagedorn has a little Daum in him. Boy likes to pop the 3 now and then. Shooting about 38% from beyond arc.
Update: Hagedorn has a little Daum in him. Boy likes to pop the 3 now and then. Shooting about 38% from beyond arc.
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First Row Sports is showing the Western at South Dakota game in their list:
http://firstsrowsports.tv/basketball
http://firstsrowsports.tv/basketball
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I think it is on CoyoteVision for free. Will find out shortly. Probably less malware this route.wiu712 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:06 pm First Row Sports is showing the Western at South Dakota game in their list:
http://firstsrowsports.tv/basketball
http://www.goyotes.com/watch/?Live=476&type=Live
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Yup, if you can stomach a USD video ad, then you can watch it live for free there.sealhall74 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:41 pmI think it is on CoyoteVision for free. Will find out shortly. Probably less malware this route.wiu712 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:06 pm First Row Sports is showing the Western at South Dakota game in their list:
http://firstsrowsports.tv/basketball
http://www.goyotes.com/watch/?Live=476&type=Live
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We are getting killed on the boards by a much more physical, not necessarily taller, team. Gilbeck picked up 2 fouls, one a moving screen, another one (technical variety) for mouthing off to official and had to sit a good part of the half. Running the weave around the perimeter is about all we can do without him on the court.
At the half, down 35-22.
At the half, down 35-22.
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Agree, our defense is definitely good enough to keep us in the game. Just have to find a way to score points.
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Final 62-50 Yotes.
We got close but they hit a lot of FTs at the end to ice it.
Not a great shooting game for either team.
On to T-Town.
We got close but they hit a lot of FTs at the end to ice it.
Not a great shooting game for either team.
On to T-Town.
Embrace the pace of the race.