Official UCF Sports Thread - Basketball: NIT Bid? Football: Spring Practice Underway

Post #501 » by **craig01** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 11:01 am

Alabama was taken to the woodshed last night.

The Clemson d-line was relentless and everyone else extremely good.

I was kind of shocked actually. Never expected a blowout by the Clemson side.

Congrats!

drsd · Post #502 » by **drsd** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 11:13 am

UCFJayBird wrote:Knights need to capitalize this month. Looking ahead at the schedule and it gets considerably tougher as the season gets into February. Our toughest game in January (@Memphis) is arguably our easiest in February (vs Memphis).

UCF is currently #35 in the AP poll and #30 in the Coaches poll.

UCF wrote:Alabama beating UK helps our SOS.

In the AP Alabama actually has more votes than UCF (7 to 6). That's hilarious!

In the only "poll" that matters, NET, UCF is currently 31 (and Alabama is 52; which is what happens with a loss to Northeastern).

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drsd · Post #503 » by **drsd** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 11:58 am

From ESPN:

No. 19 Houston beats Houston to improve to 15-0

That is an incredible feat !!!

(what actually happened was Houston beat Memphis)

Post #504 » by **UCF** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 2:08 pm

Final AP poll is out... we finish ranked at #11. I believe this is the first year we’ve been ranked every week of the season.

Post #505 » by **UCFJayBird** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 2:14 pm

UCF wrote:Final AP poll is out... we finish ranked at #11. I believe this is the first year we’ve been ranked every week of the season.

Dang. Would've liked to have finished another season in the Top 10. What a great year though.

drsd · Post #506 » by **drsd** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:13 pm

Fall currently is shooting 80% from the field AND 28% from the stripe. This must be the biggest ever discrepancy in NCAAB history.

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Post #507 » by **craig01** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:12 pm

drsd wrote:Fall currently is shooting 80% from the field AND 28% from the stripe. This must be the biggest ever discrepancy in NCAAB history.

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Fall is now shooting freethrows with one hand only. Nice for a drill to teach the motion and release, but his misses during a game can be really bad. He nuts to put the left hand back on the ball.

If he's going to go this far outside the box he should just do the Rick Barry underhand style.

Post #508 » by **UCF** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:33 pm

Game day vs ECU. We’re #1 in the league at the moment but have also played less games due to an early bye week.

Post #509 » by **UCFJayBird** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:46 pm

craig01 wrote:
drsd wrote:Fall currently is shooting 80% from the field AND 28% from the stripe. This must be the biggest ever discrepancy in NCAAB history.

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Fall is now shooting freethrows with one hand only. Nice for a drill to teach the motion and release, but his misses during a game can be really bad. He nuts to put the left hand back on the ball.

If he's going to go this far outside the box he should just do the Rick Barry underhand style.

Looks like Tacko has gone back to using both hands, not that it helped tonight. I think he was 2/10. They look better just still not going in.

Good win tonight vs ECU, who upset Cincinnati a few days ago. Score was a lot closer than it should've been though, UCF dominated most the game but ECU just hung around enough to make it just slightly interesting down the stretch. BJ with an unusually quiet game. Aubrey was quiet in the 1st half and then had a great 2nd. He needs to be more aggressive all game. I feel like he could dominate if he wanted to.

Post #510 » by **UCF** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:52 am

Tacos free throws looked a lot better tonight. Just didn’t go in today.

Not a pretty win tonight but still keeps us in 1st place in the AAC.

Post #511 » by **craig01** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:31 am

Tacko' ft's are bad enough, but the team performance at the line is awful too.

Especially down the stretch of games when the 1-1's start happening.

Seems like every year, Ucf just plain blows at the ft line.

drsd · Post #512 » by **drsd** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:38 pm

UCF wrote:Not a pretty win tonight but still keeps us in 1st place in the AAC.

These ranked teams have one or more losses over the last week:
Auburn, North Carolina, Florida St., Mississippi St., NC St., Ohio St., Houston, Iowa St., Indiana, Oklahoma, St. John's, and TCU.

There is a good chance the Knights is ranked in the AP later today!

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Post #513 » by **UCF** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:22 pm

craig01 wrote:Tacko' ft's are bad enough, but the team performance at the line is awful too.

Especially down the stretch of games when the 1-1's start happening.

Seems like every year, Ucf just plain blows at the ft line.

If we made a free throws we would have blown them out of the arena. As a team we’re terrible.

drsd · Post #514 » by **drsd** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:55 am

UCF is effectively #31 in the AP poll and #29 in the Coach's poll. The Knights actually slid to #33 in NET, the only poll that matters.

Nemesis21 · Post #515 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:51 pm

You guys get the Notre Dame transfer QB Brandon Wimbush.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25769275/brandon-wimbush-transfer-notre-dame-fighting-irish-ucf-knights

silent1900 · Post #516 » by **silent1900** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:11 pm

Nemesis21 wrote:You guys get the Notre Dame transfer QB Brandon Wimbush.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25769275/brandon-wimbush-transfer-notre-dame-fighting-irish-ucf-knights

Not that excited about him, truthfully. Always nice to have competition and depth at that spot, but nothing he has done really impresses me.

Post #517 » by **UCF** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:16 pm

He’s at least a capable backup at worst.

Post #518 » by **craig01** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:28 pm

It could be a great addition, and might not be.

He was miscast in that offense, so we will see what happens at ucf.

I like it just for the depth, and not being forced to rush others that may not be ready yet.

Optimus_Steel · Post #519 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:39 pm

Why doesnt Tacko or other big man try shooting free throws off the backboard? Why don't they try to bank it in? I never understood that.

Post #520 » by **UCFJayBird** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:40 pm

Depth was desperately needed. Competition at the QB spot is always great. I'm sure he believes he'll start. I'm rooting for Mack, hoping that he takes the next step and Wimbush winds up being a great backup in case Mack gets hurt. However it's nice to know we have an experienced QB who has played in some big games coming in to challenge for that starting spot.