UNLV Game Thread

[molly jabali]

1. Credit their D but ours won the game for us
2. Thought GM did a good job with substitutions
3. Thought all our bigs defended pretty well
4. ZB's best all around game
5. Wish BW would forget point blank head fakes, go up strong and hammer it home
6. MM got back doored early but played well after that
7. Nice timely offensive rebound by SM followed by nice assist

#2...I SALIVATE over the option>....all this WITHOUT Landry and Anton...

[ShockerFever]

On Sports Daily, a caller called in and said he was listening to the UNLV play-by-play. Apparently, they whined through the whole broadcast that UNLV should have never been sent to WSU by their conference. They also were constantly questioning Connor's eligibility and how he was supposed to play Utah at the earliest.

So, you have douchy radio guys. You had UNLV players talking all game. You had UNLV fans behind the bench becoming so agitated that the sheriff's department had to get involved. And then you had the parade of douche fans over here whining over everything and listing every excuse in the book.

Is there a douchier program out there? Wow.

[shockerfanmas]

1. Zimmerman is crazy talented, but kind of a whiney lil b!tch in spots.

2. Didn't care for the officiating, very uneven.

3. Best press we will see all year.

4. If you were there in person, Wessel's value sparkled like a diamond up a goat's azz.

5. HCGM loves those kind od games more than I do.

6. Kelly has slid down the pecking order a bunch, huh?

7. Monday night I shall call in and pose the free throw question.

8. Every time I see Fred go to the rack, I swear he can't do that again.

9. Baker really doesn't have to score to have a fantastic game.

10. Just slam the damn thing two-handed!!

The whole UNLV team seemed to be whiney bitches for most of the game. I was appalled at some of the sportsmanship they showed.

Officiating definitely favored the Shox last night, not too often that seems to happen. Usually some of those tough, head scratching calls and no-calls go against us.

[Anthroshock]

Sports radio should be fun today in Vegas. I might even call in.
There will be all sorts of complaints about being scheduled, hostile environment, the officiating. The local guys are pretty good about squashing bullshit. One of the hosts was raving about FVV on the Twitter all night.

The main show of the day starts at 1pm DooDah time.

http://www.lvsportsnetwork.com/

[ShockBand]

I was also blown away by that basket, so I made a gif. Here's the link.

Here's another drive from later in the first half: Link.

But according to Goatlube, FVV can't drive the lane. He is such an idiot.

[shockerfanmas]

On Sports Daily, a caller called in and said he was listening to the UNLV play-by-play. Apparently, they whined through the whole broadcast that UNLV should have never been sent to WSU by their conference. They also were constantly questioning Connor's eligibility and how he was supposed to play Utah at the earliest.

So, you have douchy radio guys. You had UNLV players talking all game. You had UNLV fans behind the stands becoming so agitated that the sheriff's department had to get involved. And the you had the parade of douche fans over here whining over everything and listing every excuse in the book.

Is there a douchier program out there? Wow.

Yes, there is actually. At least 1 that comes pretty darn close. It's about 2 and a half hours northeast of us, in Lawrence. Maybe not so much the players, but their fans definitely come close.

[ShockTalk]

+1 with a couple of add ons. However good you thought Fred was, he was better. He's so good, so much better than you think. The young man DOMINATED the game until fatigue set in. He was unreal in the first 20 minutes.

I'm not sure if Antoine stopped in with actual smoldering embers but the play angry was back. Team defense was final four worthy. It's hard to find a B defensive performance. Baker was A+++++++

Not worried about FTs.

Really almost felt bad about the crowd cheering Conner so much...too much pressure, and Fred deserves that kind of response EVERY time he comes in and out of a game.

Speaking of Conner, good game. Shots didn't go down, but that's ok. They will. Fred wants him to be more aggressive. If I were UTAH, I'd look out. If I were another Valley team, and nobody else won at home tonight (wtf) I'd be very very afraid. Dude's going to go Steph Curry on someone and it might not turn off for a long time.

Shaq's energy was fantastic. Very well done young man.

I thought Nurger's energy was great. Big Bush was solid. Now I'm only talking defensively but that's all that matters. The scoring WILL come.

I said before that the days of beating a good team by holding them in the 50s were over.....well I didn't remember this D.

Hats off to the Rebels as well. They played hard. They ARE poorly coached, but you aren't going to recruit (successfully) those players without the promise of showcasing 1 on 1 skills. You live by showboating, you die by showboating. But they played hard.

I thought their ability to press was going to turn us over a lot? 9 Rebels, 19. They are LUCKY we aren't healthy, because OUR press would have blown them out.

"Going to need a better effort"? I have to question that...better output? Ok...I'll buy that because we have to score more, but the effort was there, zero question about that.

It's nice to have those scorers but we didn't win because we shot better we won because we had significantly more possessions than UNLV. We came up with a lot of loose balls, offensive rebounds, etc. led by Evan. Don't discount his important contributions.

Most here know that I question the amount of time Evan sees on the floor when we are in need of scoring. I love his hustle, spark, and showin' the youngins how it's done. Once or twice a game, he'll be flying on floor getting a loose ball, but that may only add a couple of points to his couple of points. That's may not be enough for 25+ minutes on the floor.

Last night was different. He wasn't different, but he was a difference maker! At least 5 or 6 times he got to balls on the floor or on rebounds/tips that got us those 5 or 6 extra possessions we needed to win. On top of that, Evan doing these heroics throughout the game, not just once or twice, kept the team (particularly the newbies) on a high defensive/high hustle alert. With those extra possessions, he was worth more than a few points. More like 7 or 8 points plus his own 2. He was special last night against a very athletic opponent.

[1972Shocker]

On Sports Daily, a caller called in and said he was listening to the UNLV play-by-play. Apparently, they whined through the whole broadcast that UNLV should have never been sent to WSU by their conference. They also were constantly questioning Connor's eligibility and how he was supposed to play Utah at the earliest.

So, you have douchy radio guys. You had UNLV players talking all game. You had UNLV fans behind the stands becoming so agitated that the sheriff's department had to get involved. And the you had the parade of douche fans over here whining over everything and listing every excuse in the book.

Is there a douchier program out there? Wow.

Creighton.

[ShockerEngineer]

I thought the Alabama fans last year were about as obnoxious, but I was on the opposite side (therefore closer to them) for that game.

[shockerfanmas]

Creighton.

That works too. So ShockerFever, now you have 2 answers to your question. :)

[Dave Stalwart]

3. Best press we will see all year.

Any press that can stop Van Vleet twice in a game literally is the best press. I don't think I've ever seen him actually get trapped into a turnover before and it happened twice down the stretch. That's no knock on Fred or his bum leg or anything. That's UNLV having a great press.

Dare I say THIS UNLV team has a better press than the 1991 squad? That'll make someone's head explode.

[shockerfanmas]

Any press that can stop Van Vleet twice in a game literally is the best press. I don't think I've ever seen him actually get trapped into a turnover before and it happened twice down the stretch. That's no knock on Fred or his bum leg or anything. That's UNLV having a great press.

Dare I say THIS UNLV team has a better press than the 1991 squad? That'll make someone's head explode.

That's kinda what I was thinking. That's about the first time I've ever seen FVV out of control with the ball. But, as much as I credit UNLV's press for that, I also think there was some major fatigue going on by FVV. He just didn't look quite as sharp in the 2nd half. That combined with the injury. I'm not saying it wasn't a good press, I just think FVV breaks it without a problem if he's 100% healthy.

[ShockerFever]

Creighton and JoCo Bubble State are the obvious answers. But that's a lot of douchiness in a short amount of time. Not a good first impression.

It's too bad because I was a fan of the old UNLV teams and certainly didn't mind them handing it to the big boys. Now, I just don't think I could bring myself to root for them ever again. I mean we aren't talking just fans here, we're talkng play by play guys, players, etc.

[Dave Stalwart]

That's kinda what I was thinking. That's about the first time I've ever seen FVV out of control with the ball. But, as much as I credit UNLV's press for that, I also think there was some major fatigue going on by FVV. He just didn't look quite as sharp in the 2nd half. That combined with the injury. I'm not saying it wasn't a good press, I just think FVV breaks it without a problem if he's 100% healthy.

The other thing is I'm pretty sure he would have just called a timeout in previous years. We can't do that anymore.

[ShockerFever]

The other thing is I'm pretty sure he would have just called a timeout in previous years. We can't do that anymore.

Marshall can't, but the players can.