Halftime: Rutgers 31 - Eastern Michigan 4
- Thread starter hailtoyourvictor
- Start date
Damn, that's worse than when UK held UCLA to 7 points recently. I didn't think that would be beat, but here were are.
Last edited:
I posted this on the other thread:
At the end of the 1979 season, the Tar Heels hit the road to face rival Duke, in a game that set the game of basketball back to about five minutes after Naismith put up the first peach basket. North Carolina had defeated Duke 74-68 earlier in the season. Yet in the rematch in Durham, Smith's troops held the ball. And held the ball. Then held it some more. Duke scored after gaining the tip, surging to a 2-0 lead. The Tar Heels held the ball for the next 11 minutes. The reason? Smith wanted Duke to come out of its 2-3 zone. The Dukies finally deflected a pass but after inbounding the ball, North Carolina held it for two more minutes, before turning it over. Mike Gminski hit a free throw to make it 3-0 with 5:43 remaining.
The Blue Devils added a pair of field goals before the buzzer and went into halftime leading 7-0. North Carolina took two shots in the first half, including a half-courter at the buzzer. Neither hit the rim. The first, by Rich Yonakor, led to the Duke crowd chanting "airball." Basketball historians who specialize in such trivial matters, believe that's the first time a crowd chanted "airball." Considering the Tar Heels entered the game ranked fourth in the nation, it should have also turned into the first game where a crowd chanted "overrated."
In the second half Carolina played a real game, but still lost, 47-40.
At the end of the 1979 season, the Tar Heels hit the road to face rival Duke, in a game that set the game of basketball back to about five minutes after Naismith put up the first peach basket. North Carolina had defeated Duke 74-68 earlier in the season. Yet in the rematch in Durham, Smith's troops held the ball. And held the ball. Then held it some more. Duke scored after gaining the tip, surging to a 2-0 lead. The Tar Heels held the ball for the next 11 minutes. The reason? Smith wanted Duke to come out of its 2-3 zone. The Dukies finally deflected a pass but after inbounding the ball, North Carolina held it for two more minutes, before turning it over. Mike Gminski hit a free throw to make it 3-0 with 5:43 remaining.
The Blue Devils added a pair of field goals before the buzzer and went into halftime leading 7-0. North Carolina took two shots in the first half, including a half-courter at the buzzer. Neither hit the rim. The first, by Rich Yonakor, led to the Duke crowd chanting "airball." Basketball historians who specialize in such trivial matters, believe that's the first time a crowd chanted "airball." Considering the Tar Heels entered the game ranked fourth in the nation, it should have also turned into the first game where a crowd chanted "overrated."
In the second half Carolina played a real game, but still lost, 47-40.
The 2nd team Duke has broken this season.
They held them to 2 points until the 5:36 Mark of the first half. That might be crazier.
Honestly, kind of surprising. EMU has experienced guys like Paul Jackson, James Thompson, and Elijah Minnie. In the MAC Preseason Basketball Poll, Eastern Michigan was predicted to win the West Division. Not sure why they're sucking so much.... they seem to turn the ball over a lot.
Eh, you're probably right. It's probably more to Rutgers playing well than EMU playing poorly.
I don’t know about the EMU team that well but they just seemed to lack any length. I was watching on my phone while multi tasking so can’t completely break it down but it was like we were always a step ahead on defense by the basket and they just had to chuck it up because one of our big guys just had dominate position down low
Combine that with just historically bad luck shooting (some should accidentally go in) and it totaled 4
Combine that with just historically bad luck shooting (some should accidentally go in) and it totaled 4
I remember when UVA held Rutgers to 26 points (8 in the second half) a few years back. Glad to see we rubbed off on you guys.
