USC Gamethread

[eepstein0]

What sense does a 2:00 pm game make on a Monday?

Who came up with that brilliant idea?

[eepstein0]

On this game neither of these three teams play much D

[Corporal Funishment]

Despite the score, we're playing pretty well. USC is going to miss some jump shots.

edit: USC has about 4 guys who I dislike on the basis of their haircuts

[eagle9903]

Garland Owens is almost entirely responsible for USCs lead.

[eepstein0]

Garland Owens is almost entirely responsible for USCs lead.

Dennis Clifford is 50% responsible.

The talent gap out here is absolutely massive.

[eepstein0]

Despite the score, we're playing pretty well. USC is going to miss some jump shots.

edit: USC has about 4 guys who I dislike on the basis of their haircuts

First half was good, second half brutal.

Christian is also getting a free lesson tonight from the USC coach

[Corporal Funishment]

Yeah the level of play in this second half has been pretty poor. Refs have decided they're going to get their money's worth too.

[eepstein0]

Remind me again why Jackson plays?

[eepstein0]

Yeah the level of play in this second half has been pretty poor. Refs have decided they're going to get their money's worth too.

We've been worse than the refs

[eagle9903]

Yeah the level of play in this second half has been pretty poor. Refs have decided they're going to get their money's worth too.

We've been worse than the refs

It doesn't matter if they don't do other self inflicted stuff like the coaches let margarity and Clifford guard novacic one on one or brown lose Elijah Stewart but the sequence where heckmann gets his arm slapped midway between hand and elbow on a break with no call then batten gets blocked with no call on a drive while all sorts of ticky tack shit is getting called on the other end to put us in the double bonus was terrible one sided bullshit. At least we got the too little too late make up call after they tackled batten, scored on the resulting breakaway and put the game out of hand.

[Logitano]

Garland Owens is almost entirely responsible for USCs lead.

Garland did not seem to understand this was not a pickup game at the plex. Brutal game for him. Huge swing at the end with Aaron missing the front end of the 1-1.

[BC923]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

[eagle9903]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Really? Odio is enormously frustrating overall but I thought he was one of the few bright spots in the second half. Good help D and energy. Maybe I missed something bad but he wasn't even on my radar of pissed offness

[eepstein0]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Odio and Owens, in spite of being great athletes, have 0 idea how to play basketball.

Also, aren't all you Lonnie Jackson defenders so glad he came back to give a jolt to our offense? I was nearly courtside today and witnessed him throw up two wide open bricks along with his usual dribbling off the foot.

[eepstein0]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Really? Odio is enormously frustrating overall but I thought he was one of the few bright spots in the second half. Good help D and energy. Maybe I missed something bad but he wasn't even on my radar of pissed offness

Odio rebounded well and didn't chuck any ridiculous 3s. He was fine

[claver2010]

Thought Odio hurt more on the offensive end in the 2nd half.

His inability to do anything offensively outside of putbacks hurt us when USC went zone. Offense completely stagnated without a 4 who could shoot (thank God Odio didn't try to shoot today)

While Clifford's presence helps, his feet are so slow.

All in all, off night for the best players, frustrating.

[eepstein0]

Thought Odio hurt more on the offensive end in the 2nd half.

His inability to do anything offensively outside of putbacks hurt us when USC went zone. Offense completely stagnated without a 4 who could shoot (thank God Odio didn't try to shoot today)

While Clifford's presence helps, his feet are so slow.

All in all, off night for the best players, frustrating.

I thought JC coached a crappy game. Our zone offense was terrible and we kept trying to run man offensive sets against a zone.

[twballgame9]

I'm glad football was on TV

[sparky]

one thing i am wondering about after seeing this team play a few times: what's the deal with that kid who wears the eye black and sits courtside for all the games?

[durkcal]

I think Hanlan just missed again

[jbrooks58]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Odio and Owens, in spite of being great athletes, have 0 idea how to play basketball.

Also, aren't all you Lonnie Jackson defenders so glad he came back to give a jolt to our offense? I was nearly courtside today and witnessed him throw up two wide open bricks along with his usual dribbling off the foot.

So Jackson misses two shots he's awful but what about Hanlan missing 15? Sorry but your logic just got destroyed lol

[DavidGordonsFoot]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Odio and Owens, in spite of being great athletes, have 0 idea how to play basketball.

Also, aren't all you Lonnie Jackson defenders so glad he came back to give a jolt to our offense? I was nearly courtside today and witnessed him throw up two wide open bricks along with his usual dribbling off the foot.

So Jackson misses two shots he's awful but what about Hanlan missing 15? Sorry but your logic just got destroyed lol

[Mike_S]

This was a horrible game to watch for much of the game, no flow at all. Also I don't know what was wrong with Hanlan but his touch was way off.

That said, this was the first home game I've been able to see this year, and maybe I missed it, but how has nobody really commented yet on the new home court ? Totally surprised me. Didn't look all that great on my tv, and I'm wondering about others' impressions...

[eepstein0]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Odio and Owens, in spite of being great athletes, have 0 idea how to play basketball.

Also, aren't all you Lonnie Jackson defenders so glad he came back to give a jolt to our offense? I was nearly courtside today and witnessed him throw up two wide open bricks along with his usual dribbling off the foot.

So Jackson misses two shots he's awful but what about Hanlan missing 15? Sorry but your logic just got destroyed lol

Wow...well done I am speechless

[TobaccoRoadEagle]

since we were favored by 6.5 does that make this a wtf loss?

[2014 Eagle]

That said, this was the first home game I've been able to see this year, and maybe I missed it, but how has nobody really commented yet on the new home court ? Totally surprised me. Didn't look all that great on my tv, and I'm wondering about others' impressions...

I actually think it looks quite nice in person. It is modern with the two-tone style, but not gaudy like some of the other "modern courts"



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[BC923]

I like the new court. It looks less dated, but is still understated.

[Logitano]

I like the new court. It looks less dated, but is still understated.

This!

[Eaglekeeper]

I don't care about the floor, but I would like to see more talented people attempt the half time shot from mid court for $600!
JC was pathetic against SC, no defense, no press, no stopping the ball, he looked like a CYO coach.

[jbrooks58]

Eddie Odio is abysmal at positional defense. How did no one put an elbow into that white asshole's face on USC?

Odio and Owens, in spite of being great athletes, have 0 idea how to play basketball.

Also, aren't all you Lonnie Jackson defenders so glad he came back to give a jolt to our offense? I was nearly courtside today and witnessed him throw up two wide open bricks along with his usual dribbling off the foot.

So Jackson misses two shots he's awful but what about Hanlan missing 15? Sorry but your logic just got destroyed lol

Brooks, look up straw man argument. What a terrible argument you just presented.

Edit: Piss Poor Your Argument= Because hanlan misses a couple of shots he must not be good because when jackson misses a few shots people dont think he is good.....

No no, jackson isnt great and hanlan only had an off night. Just because hanlan missed some shots doesn't mean that his talent is on the level of, or remotely close to, jacksons.... simply not the case.

I wasn't arguing anything so I wasn't presenting any type of argument. Man you look smart now. I was pointing out the flaw in his logic. Jackson missed two shots and that makes him awful how?