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twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Thank god for Rahon. And Anderson showing up for the end of the game.

I think those 2 bailed them out this time.

So, can someone tell me what Donahue was doing from the 5 minute mark that makes this his fault? I'm honestly asking; I have to follow the game tracker while I do work and it looks like it was a string of fouls, turnovers, and missed threes that gave them a 13-0 run in a little under 3 minutes. What were they doing, just playing footsie and trying to waste time?

Al Skinner called that inbounds play.

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Thank god for Rahon. And Anderson showing up for the end of the game.

I think those 2 bailed them out this time.

Agreed. I have been a huge Rahon fan since the first time we saw him play, but he has all the PG skills. Legit. Like that it moves Hanlan to SG, too, despite the hoops nitwits.

Just how they drew it up!

Nice to see the team get a win. Not a performance that suggests they'll win anything more than 5 games in the ACC however.

I am sticking to my prediction of wins against Wake Forest, Maryland, and GT to get to 5-13 in conference.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Thank god for Rahon. And Anderson showing up for the end of the game.

I think those 2 bailed them out this time.

Agreed. I have been a huge Rahon fan since the first time we saw him play, but he has all the PG skills. Legit. Like that it moves Hanlan to SG, too, despite the hoops nitwits.

When Rahon is healthy (seems like he is today) he's a really good player

Iggle {l Wrote}:So, can someone tell me what Donahue was doing from the 5 minute mark that makes this his fault? I'm honestly asking; I have to follow the game tracker while I do work and it looks like it was a string of fouls, turnovers, and missed threes that gave them a 13-0 run in a little under 3 minutes. What were they doing, just playing footsie and trying to waste time?

From the 12 minute mark they started working clock. Instead of being aggressive, they were aggressive with 6 seconds left on the shot clock. It worked a couple of possessions, but then it got exposed for what it is: bad, chickenshit strategy.

gaelfu {l Wrote}:Nice to see the team get a win. Not a performance that suggests they'll win anything more than 5 games in the ACC however.

I am sticking to my prediction of wins against Wake Forest, Maryland, and GT to get to 5-13 in conference.

Meh, they already should have 4-5 wins with decent coaching and some free throws. I think they can get 4 or 5 wins more. It's not good, however, they should have gone .500 in this conference.

Good win confidence wise. Too bad we play at Miami next.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

Iggle {l Wrote}:So, can someone tell me what Donahue was doing from the 5 minute mark that makes this his fault? I'm honestly asking; I have to follow the game tracker while I do work and it looks like it was a string of fouls, turnovers, and missed threes that gave them a 13-0 run in a little under 3 minutes. What were they doing, just playing footsie and trying to waste time?

From the 12 minute mark they started working clock. Instead of being aggressive, they were aggressive with 6 seconds left on the shot clock. It worked a couple of possessions, but then it got exposed for what it is: bad, chickenshit strategy.

Alright. I'm never ever a fan of burning time; I've seen it bite teams in the ass too many times. With a team like BC, players playing so many minutes, weird FT problems, it's an especially poor strategy. Hopefully this put a little scare in Donahue not to try it again.

Iggle {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

Iggle {l Wrote}:So, can someone tell me what Donahue was doing from the 5 minute mark that makes this his fault? I'm honestly asking; I have to follow the game tracker while I do work and it looks like it was a string of fouls, turnovers, and missed threes that gave them a 13-0 run in a little under 3 minutes. What were they doing, just playing footsie and trying to waste time?

From the 12 minute mark they started working clock. Instead of being aggressive, they were aggressive with 6 seconds left on the shot clock. It worked a couple of possessions, but then it got exposed for what it is: bad, chickenshit strategy.

Alright. I'm never ever a fan of burning time; I've seen it bite teams in the ass too many times. With a team like BC, players playing so many minutes, weird FT problems, it's an especially poor strategy. Hopefully this put a little scare in Donahue not to try it again.

In fairness, we're not in this position much frequently

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

gaelfu {l Wrote}:Nice to see the team get a win. Not a performance that suggests they'll win anything more than 5 games in the ACC however.

I am sticking to my prediction of wins against Wake Forest, Maryland, and GT to get to 5-13 in conference.

Meh, they already should have 4-5 wins with decent coaching and some free throws. I think they can get 4 or 5 wins more. It's not good, however, they should have gone .500 in this conference.

Twballgame post!

Donahue needs to get at least one big man to go along with Owens in this class. They have absolutely zero inside presence and it is killing this team. I realize Clifford being hurt doesn't help much but you need a banger down there.

A w is a w and is better than these "moral victories" we had earlier in the conf schedule

For all the shit I have given Odio, kudos to him today. Just stop shooting 3s

Some big shots by Anderson but should've never gotten there.

FT shooting, W T F

And at this stage, just shut Clifford down. It's doing more harm than good and has been for a while now

I counted 22 students there. Better known as 0.2% of the undergrad total.

Clemson bench side about 5 minutes into the game

sorry for the blurriness stupid phone

claver2010 {l Wrote}:A w is a w and is better than these "moral victories" we had earlier in the conf schedule

For all the shit I have given Odio, kudos to him today. Just stop shooting 3s

Some big shots by Anderson but should've never gotten there.

FT shooting, W T F

And at this stage, just shut Clifford down. It's doing more harm than good and has been for a while now

Shutting Clifford down would be good. Its pointless for him to play 2 minutes.

Cadillac90 {l Wrote}:Donahue needs to get at least one big man to go along with Owens in this class. They have absolutely zero inside presence and it is killing this team. I realize Clifford being hurt doesn't help much but you need a banger down there.

Owens is. 6'5 bull of a SF. He does not qualify as a big

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

Cadillac90 {l Wrote}:Donahue needs to get at least one big man to go along with Owens in this class. They have absolutely zero inside presence and it is killing this team. I realize Clifford being hurt doesn't help much but you need a banger down there.

Owens is. 6'5 bull of a SF. He does not qualify as a big

I don't think Cadillac was calling Owens a big...just saying we need a big in this class to go along with Owens.

few things,

Likes:
I like that they won, February is going to be absolutely brutal and they really needed this one, also blowing that lead would have been psychologically devestatting;
I like Odio's contributions (most in the first half, but he did some nice things all game long), if he can play like this and join the "ACC player" grouping that's awesome;
This is the good Rahon that I think can be special, the one a lot of assholes on here pretended wasn't a thing;

Dislikes;
Donahue's lack of timeouts during Adonis Filer's singlehanded run, we had three at one point during the middle of that run, just to break up the flow would have been worthwhile in my opinion.
Obviously the lack of depth, Teddy's thinks Donahue "took the pedal of the gas" I didn't see this, I saw sloppy play and guys getting blown past by larger, stronger, fresher (albeit less talented) Clemson players, which struck me as tired players. Some notable sloppiness during the run would be that awful circus pass by Anderson early on, the uncharacteristic Hanlan cross court pass to break the press which was intercepted.

Other- it seems like Clifford is more or less done for this year now whether that means he suits up and plays miniscule minutes or doesn't suit up.

I am really glad to see Rahon have another great game, especially in ACC play. He's has such a poor last few games, I think it's a big part of why the team started to look worse and worse. Having Clifford be essentially done really significantly lowers the already lower ceiling of this team. I'm praying they manage to beat the 4 ACC wins from last season and that Clifford gets enough rest to come back healthy next season.

Iggle {l Wrote}:I am really glad to see Rahon have another great game, especially in ACC play. He's has such a poor last few games, I think it's a big part of why the team started to look worse and worse. Having Clifford be essentially done really significantly lowers the already lower ceiling of this team. I'm praying they manage to beat the 4 ACC wins from last season and that Clifford gets enough rest to come back healthy next season.

They need to find a way to beat WF and GT at home. The rest will be tough. Perhaps a fifth win could come @Clemson or home against UVA or Maryland.

I hate our students. In fairness, I think some of them sit in non-student sections so it's tough to get a real count, but probably under 100.

This game was Penn State part deux, but at least they won...

Bravo to the hard working young team on their win today.

bluefishskip {l Wrote}:Bravo to the hard working young team on their win today.

Seconded!

bchockey04 {l Wrote}:

eepstein0 {l Wrote}:

Cadillac90 {l Wrote}:Donahue needs to get at least one big man to go along with Owens in this class. They have absolutely zero inside presence and it is killing this team. I realize Clifford being hurt doesn't help much but you need a banger down there.

Owens is. 6'5 bull of a SF. He does not qualify as a big

I don't think Cadillac was calling Owens a big...just saying we need a big in this class to go along with Owens.

This

commavegarage {l Wrote}:I counted 22 students there. Better known as 0.2% of the undergrad total.

I was there and counted 27, not including the big cardboard heads leaning against empty seats. Disgustiad. I'm just gald they didn't lose seeing how they blew the 20 point lead with less than 10 min. left.

h2o {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:I counted 22 students there. Better known as 0.2% of the undergrad total.

I was there and counted 27, not including the big cardboard heads leaning against empty seats. Disgustiad. I'm just gald they didn't lose seeing how they blew the 20 point lead with less than 10 min. left.

Goddamn those nerds, every one.

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:

h2o {l Wrote}:

commavegarage {l Wrote}:I counted 22 students there. Better known as 0.2% of the undergrad total.

I was there and counted 27, not including the big cardboard heads leaning against empty seats. Disgustiad. I'm just gald they didn't lose seeing how they blew the 20 point lead with less than 10 min. left.

Goddamn those nerds, every one.

I guess espn3 isn't enough exposure for the attention whores to do all their attention whoring. Apologies accepted.