Nicholls State at UCA

BearsFan52 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:45 pm **Posts:** 2575

Nicholls State (15-10/8-4)
UCA (9-16/2-10)

Colonels 2nd in SLC East by 3 games over McNeese

Last meeting...

Nicholls...6 road wins on season....

L at Texas State by 71-66
W at SELA by 52-50
W at Sam Houston by 60-59

UCA......7 home losses.....only 2 by less than 10....

L at UTA by 87-73
L at home vs Northwestern State by 79-77
L at UTSA by 88-79

By all measures Nicholls should win this game......if Bears play well they might catch Colonels napping since NWSU is almost certainly tourney bound.....this game and McNeese are best chances for wins.....SELA is also on a 7 game skid and could be in a funk when we get there on Sat....play hard and smart and good things happen....

joshuca · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:08 pm

UCA lost a very close on...
58-60

Game tied with 24 secs left then a foul by Brooks Taylor with 9 secs left and Nicholls makes both FTs and we miss a 3 to win...

BearsFan52 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:45 pm **Posts:** 2575

FINAL

Nicholls State 60
UCA 58 (9-17/2-11)

Stats:

Nicholls Central Arkansas
20-39 (51.3%) Field goals 15-41 (36.6%)
4-12 (33.3%) 3-Point FGs 5-15 (33.3%)
16-24 (66.7%) Free throws 23-28 (82.1%)
19 (5-14) Rebounds (Off-Def) 35 (15-20)
13 Steals 5
5 Blocks 1
11 Assists 8
14 Turnovers 22
0.79 Assist/turnover 0.36
20 Pts off turnovers 17
8 2nd-chance points 12
12 Bench points 19
26 Points in paint 18
4 Fast break points 0

Bears had their chances inspite of 36% shooting....excellent night at charity stripe but not quite enough.....lost steals. blocks and TOs.....won rebounds by 35-19.....Colonels have now won 3 straight road games by 2 or less....

Got to keep your heads up after a close loss to 2nd place team.....

joshuca · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:26 pm

It is promising to see the Bears battle back after leading most of the game and then going down by 10, but battle back to tie. That is encouraging...just need a couple extra gears and this would not have even been a game!
Also, noticed that Chris Brown is not listed in the stats as having played!?

bizzarobear · **Joined:** Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:03 pm **Posts:** 345

joshuca wrote:

It is promising to see the Bears battle back after leading most of the game and then going down by 10, but battle back to tie. That is encouraging...just need a couple extra gears and this would not have even been a game!
Also, noticed that Chris Brown is not listed in the stats as having played!?

He also was not on the bench. Has he quit the team??? Anyone know. I asked because even when he was hurt, he sat on the bench.

Purple Pride · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:44 pm

joshuca wrote:

It is promising to see the Bears battle back after leading most of the game and then going down by 10, but battle back to tie. That is encouraging...just need a couple extra gears and this would not have even been a game!
Also, noticed that Chris Brown is not listed in the stats as having played!?

Oh come on. Battle, battle, battle = choking again.

This is getting real old.

joshuca · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:05 am

joshuca wrote:

Also, noticed that Chris Brown is not listed in the stats as having played!?

[url=http://www.thecabin.net/stories/030309/spo_0303090016.shtml]Chappell said 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Chris Brown, who missed both of last week games, is serving an indefinite disciplinary suspension.

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Honey Bear · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:42 pm

Battling back and still losing is not a sign of anything but another loss. I just heard on the radio that 184 teams will be eligible for three post season tournaments..........and we ain't gonna be one of them. I think that's pretty sad.

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:45 pm

Honey Bear wrote:

I just heard on the radio that 184 teams will be eligible for three post season tournaments..........and we ain't gonna be one of them. I think that's pretty sad.

to be fair, we wouldn't have been eligible even if we were undefeated this season! :lol:

But smartassness aside, I see your point! Just thought I'd inject some humor once today! :wink:

Honey Bear · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:49 pm

The NIT and CBI have restrictions?

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:51 pm

heck if I know..maybe they dont...I would assume they would, but maybe they wouldnt. That would be interesting to check into actually, I never thought of it like that...

Honey Bear · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:55 pm

Go put your headphones on and just tell us what you're seeing. Leave the thinking up to the rest of us :!:

Bear Fan 101 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:57 pm

I can do that...but even that hasnt been pretty all the time :!:

Honey Bear · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:59 pm

It's nap time. We'll jaw later. :wink:

Beary Manilow · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:08 pm

Honey Bear wrote:

I just heard on the radio that 184 teams will be eligible for three post season tournaments..........and we ain't gonna be one of them. I think that's pretty sad.

As far as I can tell, it's only 129 in four tournaments (65 NCAA, 32 NIT, 16 CBI and 16 CIT). 129 teams is barely over a third of the Division I teams in the country.

As a transitional D-I team in the Southland Conference, I don't think it's reasonable to already expect us to be among the top third of teams in the country. The state of the program might be sad, but not because we're not in a postseason tourney.

We should expect to be better than we are, yeah, but I don't think a national postseason tournament should really be our standard right now. Being competitive in the league would be a good start. Being .500 in the SLC and/or making the SLC tournament (once we're eligible) would be fantastic, even if that doesn't equate to a national postseason tournament appearance.

Of course that's just my opinion, which – from time to time – varies from yours ever so slightly.

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