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2023 NIT Tourney Thread

Media after last night's win:

Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/3/14/mens-basketball-buffs-vs-seton-hall.aspx

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Game Recap: Men's Basketball | March 14, 2023 | Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor

Buffs Slip Past Seton Hall In NIT Opener​

BOULDER — Colorado's Julian Hammond III hit a layup with 20 seconds remaining Tuesday night and the Buffaloes then came up with a big defensive stop to clinch a 65-64 win over Seton Hall in a first-round NIT game at the CU Events Center.

Tad Boyle's Buffs improved to 18-16 and will face the winner of Wednesday night's New Mexico-Utah Valley game in the second round.

Seton Hall ended its season 17-16.

The game featured 10 lead changes, with Colorado leading by as much as nine in the first half and the Pirates by as much as five in the second half. The Buffs then rallied to grab a six-point edge with just more than four minutes to play — only to see Seton Hall come back to take a 64-63 lead with 32 seconds on the clock.

But Colorado reaped the final bucket with 20 seconds remaining when Hammond took a pass in the paint from Jalen Gabbidon and cashed in the winning bucket. The Buffs then produced one more defensive stop in the final seconds for the win.

Ethan Wright came off the bench to lead the Buffs in scoring with 18 points — his best as a Buff — including four 3-pointers. Tristan da Silva scored 14, Hammond added 10 points and five assists, and Luke O'Brien had eight points and a career-high 14 rebounds.

KC Ndefo led Seton Hall with 18 points.

Colorado shot just 39 percent (21-for-54) but hit 10 of 18 3-point tries. Seton Hall finished 22-for-60 from the floor. CU had a 39-36 rebound edge as well as a 23-8 edge in points off the bench.

"You just knew it was probably going to come down to the end," said Boyle, who is now 89-7 in home non-conference games as CU's coach. "Seton Hall is a tough, hard-nosed team. It's great to win when you don't play your best and it's hard to do that in March. But I thought it was appropriate, the way we stress defense every day in practice, to win that game on a defensive possession."
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TURNING POINT: This one wasn't decided until the final seconds, when Colorado came up with a key defensive stop after tallying what proved to be the winning bucket with 20 seconds remaining.

WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs advance in the postseason and are now guaranteed a winning record for the 12th time in Boyle's 13 years in Boulder.

KEY STATISTICS: While the Buffs shot just 39 percent from the floor overall (21-for-54), they hit 10 of 18 3-point tries … Seton Hall finished 22-for-60 from the floor … CU had a 39-36 rebound edge as well as a 23-8 edge in points off the bench.

NEXT UP: The Buffs will play the winner of Wednesday night's New Mexico-Utah Valley game in the second round on either Saturday or Sunday. If New Mexico wins, the Buffs will travel to Albuquerque. If Utah Valley wins, Colorado will host.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2022-23/seton-hall/boxscore/16327





Every time I hear an interview with Ethan, the voice surprises me. Not at all what I would expect him to sound like.
 


So many suspects posting here, it's like the multiple endings in Clue: The Movie.

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Anyone still criticizing LL now is crazy in my mind. He is not perfect, but we will be easily having a losing season this year without LL.
 
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from the beginning, Tad has emphasized LL's potential. He should be 20% better next year. And, he doesn't have the physical strength he'd like to have, which I think shows in his hesitancy when shooting. If he could put on 25 good pounds, he'd be a horse.

I saw the post quoting his dad. Does anyone know how his dad is built?
 
I guarantee that he doesn't need to add one ounce of muscle to his body to get the average fan off of his ass. If he improves his hand strength and spends all summer with someone hitting him with a stick every time he lowers the ball below his shoulders, it will end 90% of the complaints about his play.

If we had our guards practice passing the ball into the post in a manner that didn't hit players in the shin, that'd be a nice bonus too.
 
There are a whole lot of complete trash/POS Buff “fans” who treat LL horribly during games at the CEC. It is rage inducing. Sad to see those assholes have the nerve to say something outside of that too. **** them.
Exactly, **** them. I like the improvement I've seen so far from him. You can tell he's been working hard on quite a few things. You've been watching, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Those same ones that are so quick to criticize will be the same ones to be praising you when you're balling, mark anybody's word. LL just needs to keep doing what he's doing, **** the outside noise. It's just harder to do when losers bring it to you.
 
This year was a disappointment, and we still got a 3 seed in the NIT. When I was at CU, the hoops team was so pathetic that the very thought of a NIT invite was considered ridiculous. So sure, let’s get rid of the one guy who was able to elevate the program from the the depths of generational mediocrity. Great idea. 👍
To me, very honestly, I loved to see Donnie Boyce rule our team live…and that was my major highlight during that era. I was devestated when he went down. I was equally excited when Chauncey joined the crew…saw him play at GW bec I, at the time, was living next door, and he was amazing in high school. Sooo…NIT was pleasantly good, w the Chauncey NCAA one game run amazing. I love this era, no matter how badly we disappointed this yr…sure I would’ve loved Allen to be for real (still think he’s by far much more interesting to watch compared to what we put on the floor), but we did have bad luck this yr. Let’s embrace and enjoy. Maybe Nique will bloom…who knows??
 
There are a whole lot of complete trash/POS Buff “fans” who treat LL horribly during games at the CEC. It is rage inducing. Sad to see those assholes have the nerve to say something outside of that too. **** them.
One of the loudest sits behind us and spews the most ignorant trash all game long. Motherfvcker.
 
I guarantee that he doesn't need to add one ounce of muscle to his body to get the average fan off of his ass. If he improves his hand strength and spends all summer with someone hitting him with a stick every time he lowers the ball below his shoulders, it will end 90% of the complaints about his play.

If we had our guards practice passing the ball into the post in a manner that didn't hit players in the shin, that'd be a nice bonus too.
Perhaps not at 416 MPH from 3 feet away would help as well.
 
I wonder if people are not noticing the vast improvements in LL's game.

He's getting more rebounds.
He's scoring more.
He's blocking more shots while fouling less.
He's looking so much more comfortable with FTs.

He also looks significantly thicker to me.

The guy is putting in the work off the court, plays his ass off on the court, and is on a trajectory with his game that will make him a force next season.

LL is a topic I'm ready to fight people over.
 
I guarantee that he doesn't need to add one ounce of muscle to his body to get the average fan off of his ass. If he improves his hand strength and spends all summer with someone hitting him with a stick every time he lowers the ball below his shoulders, it will end 90% of the complaints about his play.

If we had our guards practice passing the ball into the post in a manner that didn't hit players in the shin, that'd be a nice bonus too.
Hammond's back to back post entries near the end of yesterday's games almost killed me.

Practice post entries, guards, please god
 
I wonder if people are not noticing the vast improvements in LL's game.

He's getting more rebounds.
He's scoring more.
He's blocking more shots while fouling less.
He's looking so much more comfortable with FTs.

He also looks significantly thicker to me.

The guy is putting in the work off the court, plays his ass off on the court, and is on a trajectory with his game that will make him a force next season.

LL is a topic I'm ready to fight people over.
I mean, if people didn't notice the 8 million times that Seton Hall's guards couldn't get to the rim or had to shoot a floater, then they likely aren't noticing the other pieces
 
I mean, if people didn't notice the 8 million times that Seton Hall's guards couldn't get to the rim or had to shoot a floater, then they likely aren't noticing the other pieces
Lawson Lovering is so good at altering shots. It's so nice watching other teams have to deal with it.
 
I wonder if people are not noticing the vast improvements in LL's game.

He's getting more rebounds.
He's scoring more.
He's blocking more shots while fouling less.
He's looking so much more comfortable with FTs.

He also looks significantly thicker to me.

The guy is putting in the work off the court, plays his ass off on the court, and is on a trajectory with his game that will make him a force next season.

LL is a topic I'm ready to fight people over.
3/4 of the rebounds Clifford gets every game come from LL working against 2 dudes and tapping it out of the paint. Just sayin'.
 
3/4 of the rebounds Clifford gets every game come from LL working against 2 dudes and tapping it out of the paint. Just sayin'.
I didn't get into all the LL stuff that contributes to winning but doesn't show up in the box score. Screens, boxouts, tipped balls, deflections, altered shots, communication & orchestrating teammates - lots of stuff the avg fan may miss (and that's ok), but there's a lot that goes into him being a damn good player for us.
 
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Selfishly, I want UNM to win tonight so I would get to see our Buffs at the Pit this weekend. But damn are our chances of advancing a lot better if the next game was vs Utah Valley at the Keg.
 
I wonder if people are not noticing the vast improvements in LL's game.

He's getting more rebounds.
He's scoring more.
He's blocking more shots while fouling less.
He's looking so much more comfortable with FTs.

He also looks significantly thicker to me.

The guy is putting in the work off the court, plays his ass off on the court, and is on a trajectory with his game that will make him a force next season.

LL is a topic I'm ready to fight people over.
I noticed that about LL last night, he looks bigger. Even a little more weight wouldn't hurt him. Get where you're are comfortable and work on everything else. I like he's being more aggressive to the basket. Stop all the pump fake bull**** and go up strong, the other stuff will come.
 
Selfishly, I want UNM to win tonight so I would get to see our Buffs at the Pit this weekend. But damn are our chances of advancing a lot better if the next game was vs Utah Valley at the Keg.
My son and I were discussing going down for the game if the Lobos win tonight. Then we simultaneous realized it's ABQ and killed that idea immediately.
 
Selfishly, I want UNM to win tonight so I would get to see our Buffs at the Pit this weekend. But damn are our chances of advancing a lot better if the next game was vs Utah Valley at the Keg.
Advancing for this team has much less to do with who the next opponent is than which Buffs team shows up.

If we get a full game on defense, if we see a team that plays the offense that Tad has coached them instead of running around passing up good shots for bad, if we play smart not giving up unforced turnovers and not taking unnecessary fouls, then we can and should beat either of these teams.

If we get a lot of hero ball shooting poor percentage and turning the ball over then either team can beat us and beat us badly.
 
Advancing for this team has much less to do with who the next opponent is than which Buffs team shows up.

If we get a full game on defense, if we see a team that plays the offense that Tad has coached them instead of running around passing up good shots for bad, if we play smart not giving up unforced turnovers and not taking unnecessary fouls, then we can and should beat either of these teams.

If we get a lot of hero ball shooting poor percentage and turning the ball over then either team can beat us and beat us badly.
We pretty much suck at road games.
 
We pretty much suck at road games.
We have had a few home games this year that we didn't show up for as well.

We also have a few road games that we showed up for well.

You are right that home court is a much more likely win but I'll stick with the statement. Matters much more which CU team shows up against either potential opponent.
 
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