The Odds: Western Kentucky

[Red Rooney]

Gut wrenching loss. Was watching with my son and he was calling for the Hens to foul up 3 with 4.5 seconds. I hate that move and that’s why. MI said he told them to foul in the back court and instead they foul in the front court on the shot that was almost definitely going to be a miss and Hens win.

Overtime was even more heartbreaking. Hes not making that shot with under 1 second off balance 20 feet away on a loose ball. But i also dont think thats a foul and Hens should have won. They deserved to win that game.

Houser has been playing so well. Really hope somehow he is OK.

I haven't posted in a while but ill get this off my chest. How do we still not play any bench guys with only 7 available?! Taylor should get some minutes. For 10 years this has been my biggest beef. MI just has too short a rotation for my liking.

But the team has been fun to watch the past month. Really would have been nice to get 4th in a row. Damn.

[Hens79]

Don't remember ever walking out of the BOB that upset

Me either. I got to the railing and let the refs have it as they ran off the court. They should be disciplined for the end of the game and OT.

[UDan]

"Sour grapes" can be the reply all that someone wants,

but

it's worth the ask whether Conference USA will publicly address the ending to the game. The end of OT. Review the officiating and either back them publicly or apologize and possibly issue discipline. Just show you're paying attention. There are players on both sides, and particularly Delaware's side with the circumstances, putting themselves on the line/in harm's way, so much so that it is incumbent on the league to show it's paying attention. Accountability could be shown by affirming a right adjudication at end of OT or acknowledging a missed call.

[hoopster]

Not blaming refs but the amount of fouls called over the last 2 mins of the game and during OT was crazy.

Delaware paying the piper now due to no bench. Who knows if the houser injury wasn’t due to fatigue. Dam shame as he was playing his best ball. We win that game if he doesn’t go down

No doubt the Hens win this game if Houser was in. Houston Emory does very little to help this team. His defensive skills and lack of offense are killers. His foul near the end of regulation on the and one play was brutal. It’s clear why he doesn’t get a lot of minutes.

[GVHen87]

There is plenty of blame to go laid for this one, but I am so infuriated right now that I gotta vent. Never in my years/decades of watching sports have I witnessed a team that had a game stolen from them by the refs as this one. And that is saying something from a diehard Philly fan! I do feel truly bad for the team and especially Tyler right now. More later.

[Brookside kid hen]

I could almost justify the foul call at the end of regulation, didn't like it but it was at least close. The OT foul call was an abomination to the sport of basketball, and the fact that they reviewed the play and obviously saw their mistake on what was a clean steal of the ball, requires some form of discipline from the conference. I know the rules say that they can't change a foul call on a review, they certainly need to change a call that is so egregiously wrong and the rule should be changed. Absolute robbery.

[UDan]

Picking on Houston is a bizarre choice. There's actual controversy and confusion about the OT ending, and instead we got comments crushing Hou. I thought he flashed a little actually last night. It's pretty evident who could earn the right to be picked on last night and it wasn't players.

[DaveB]

Nothing wrong with identifying a player who made some errors or didn’t get the job done. Tough spot for him to be thrown in and he may end up needing to play a lot more down the road.

Hopefully Kebe is not done for the year and we have a 3 headed rotation of H Emory, Taylor and Kebe to take Housers spot if need be .

Further makes the guys who are refusing to play look bad

[UDan]

Houston Emory does very little to help this team. His defensive skills and lack of offense are killers. His foul near the end of regulation on the and one play was brutal. It’s clear why he doesn’t get a lot of minutes.

I'm sorry, but this is so wack to me. This is one of a precious few players healthy and able/willing to play. Older player who hasn't complained with limited time on the floor. No one's making the all-conference campaign for him, but this is out of bounds to me. I'm not board police, just expressing disagreement. I don't get how this is a primary takeaway from last night's game.

[UDHoops]

Totally understand calling out negative moments, but Houston also had multiple tip backs offensively to extend Delaware offensive possessions late and defended Teagan Moore on a miss near that rim without fouling at the end of OT before the jump ball/loose ball/foul sequence. Also got the rebound and made his second FT to extend the game to 2 possessions before the and-one foul. I agree the game changed from the injury but he also made plenty of positive plays being thrown into the fire.

[Fightinghens2025]

Does anybody know why Taylor didn’t see any minutes until he “had too” he went through some pretty extensive warm-ups over on the side on the bike and stretching before he even came in. Anybody think he might be a little bit injured or do you think we just were playing Him? Very frustrating because the more experience the better I would think especially on a team that has little to no depth.

[UDJoe]

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Does anybody know why Taylor didn’t see any minutes until he “had too” he went through some pretty extensive warm-ups over on the side on the bike and stretching before he even came in. Anybody think he might be a little bit injured or do you think we just were playing Him? Very frustrating because the more experience the better I would think especially on a team that has little to no depth.
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I understood that he was nursing an injury.

[Cluck U]

Able and willing to play...without complaining? Are we giving participation trophies out at the college level for showing up and not beyotching?

And, "precious?" Gollum, is that you?

At least UDHoops provided some good observations to support some of the player's positive impact.

hoopsters' post wasn't solely focused on last night's game...it included his overall assessment (3 of the 4 sentences were not a primary focus on last night's game, by the way...perhaps someone is focusing too much on something for some reason?) of the player's ability to contribute.

Facts versus feelings:

19 games. 7.4 minutes per game. .09 points per game. .09 rebounds per game. 7/12 shooting...great %, but how does a guy take only 12 shots in 19 games? 4-10 on free throws for the season. 4 assists...in 19 games. 23 fouls, 7 TOs, 6 STLs and 11 blocks.

In the end, hoopster is correct. If a player is on scholarship and being paid to perform and is having a difficult time producing, then folks shouldn't lose their minds and have a snit if a fan points out the lack of production.

[BlueHenBill]

Historically going back to 1971-72 in all sports UD has frequenlty been screwed by officials. What gets me is when UD is the Home team and still gets screwed. I have seen many homer calls at away UD games that are rarely or ever seen at UD.