WVU vs. Marshall: MAPOG - Da'Sean Butler

by 5th Year Senior on Jan 21, 2010 2:02 PM EST in Mountaineer Basketball

The annoyance that is Marshall College has been smacked down again. While it was not pretty, we got the win and broke the heart of all 3 Marshall fans in attendance. Just like football, you are just not at WVU's level. Nice try, see ya next year.

Another cold shooting night, left me shaking my head as I exited the Civic Center. This time, however, the misses came from two inches away from the rim. I have never before seen a team miss that many lay-ups and put backs in my life. It left us vulnerable and needs to change very quickly if we are going to move back into the Top 10.

A bright spot for the 22 minutes he was actually on the floor was, Da'Sean Butler. He scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal. That is not a great stat line, but for only playing 22 minutes it is not too shabby.

That brings me to my last point. Does any "star player" in the nation get more cheap fouls called on him than Da'Sean Butler? He had two horrible calls that would never be called on a Harangody or Scottie Reynolds. Granted, if he stopped showing up the refs after every call, they would probably give him more.

Either way, the refs sucked last night. I'm just glad we came out with the W. After all, getting the win, is all that matters!

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D-rock

5th year, I agree with you. In fact, I would go as far as saying the entire team has been very complacent following foul calls all year. I am not a fan of bickering with the officials, you look like a whiny baby, and as a former official I know that they do remember who is a pain and who just “plays the game” (see Rasheed Wallace, Ron Artest).

I was not fortunate enough to watch the game last night, thank you very much Comcast, but I hope these shooting woes stop soon. I would love it if we had a HUGE day against tOSU, because if something doesn’t click soon I can feel my blind faith in this years basketball squad fading… fast.

by WVU_BILLS on Jan 21, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions

I agree, in a way.

But on the other hand, we got a ton of national attention from it. And national attention, at least in those terms, is always a good thing, even if you don’t live up to it. Because recruits see your team mentioned as a Final Four team and take notice.

by Country Roads on Jan 21, 2010 11:03 PM EST reply actions

They still need to sort out a few issues.

Namely, our Offense. We have to much talent to play so poorly on the offensive end. We can score in spurts, but game flow has been nearly non-existent since the Purdue game. Also, we just have to take care of the ball. Way to many unnecessary turnovers. We get those issues taken care of, and we are a Solid lock for the Sweet 16.

"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie

by ---Cole--- on Jan 22, 2010 11:29 AM EST reply actions

We have issues on offense – no center, 2 guard, or point guard; we dont shoot well and we cannt create or penetrate; rely too much on jump shooting and dont get any transition points.

We have issues on defense – too many lapses lead to easy layups; we’re suseptible to talented and tall big men and dribble penetration.

we seem to have issues with chemistry and cohesiveness, too.

But, we’re still really good, and these problem can be overcome, and even played through. We’re in a very good position, in that, with all of these problems, we’re still a top 15 team. You want to be in a position that you expect so much that any problem looks glaring and to play poorly means still being top 15.

by The 25314 on Jan 22, 2010 11:42 AM EST reply actions

agreed

Despite it all, we are a legit top 10-15 team. Just seems silly that all of our problems are so obvious, yet we haven’t really shown progression through the season towards fixing them. I hope Huggs can light a fire and get this thing shored up. He makes a few adjustments and we will be playing deep into the tournament.

GO EERS!!!!!!

"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie

by ---Cole--- on Jan 22, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

Agree

Our cold shooting has to get better. There is no way in hell that we continue to shoot it this poorly. While we won’t shoot it over 50% much, we need it in the 42-50% range.

After the game Huggs talked about playing the point drop a lot more when we face teams similar to Marshall. Georgetown and Nova come to mind. We shall see but little by little I am seeing improvement.

Hell, even Mitchell looked competent on D against Marshall.

Leave no doubt tonight! Leave no doubt tonight! No doubt! They shouldn't of played the Old Gold'n Blue.

by 5th Year Senior on Jan 22, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions