[JJJ]

Some uncorroborated observations:
American turned up their defensive intensity when they came within 5 or so, like they were smelling an upset. That subsided as our lead grew in 4Q.
The refs seemed iffy--many in the stands (I use that term liberally) were not happy on both sides.
We really should've had the 4Q kind of lopsidedness all game long, but the the point-blank shots and the good looks just weren't falling in for us.
I would be exaggerating if I said there were more than 100 fans there (outside of friends/family of both teams).
Hopefully, there will be a bigger showing vs UH tomorrow.
First time to see a game in person in years, and I was more favorably impressed than watching on TV. This team is going to do great things. But Dodson and Carrington just jumped out as being bigger/faster/fiercer than anyone else. And Lacie Hull and Wilson deserve kudos for taking one (or more) for the team.

JJJ, since you were there, what did our offense look like it was doing in quarters 1-3?  The announcer said that American was playing man at first.  Did they switch to zone or stay in man?  Were we running the Princeton against it?  (Did you see players shuffling themselves, cutting diagonally through the key, running baseline, passing from the elbow, etc?)

I ask because we have been getting a lot more practice and success playing against the zone this year, while the Princeton, which we only use against man, seems not to be super effective.  It is a reversal from previous years, almost.

Gosh, great questions and sorry not to be observant enough. I believe we were in the Princeton most of the game but wasn’t really paying attention to it other than in the context of rooting for our team to score. We just had many mistakes in Q1-3 due to ill-advised passes, missed bunnies, poor FT, etc that kept American in the game. I believe you’ll be able to watch today’s game. I’ll be wearing cardinal. :)

[JJJ]

Some uncorroborated observations:
American turned up their defensive intensity when they came within 5 or so, like they were smelling an upset. That subsided as our lead grew in 4Q.
The refs seemed iffy--many in the stands (I use that term liberally) were not happy on both sides.
We really should've had the 4Q kind of lopsidedness all game long, but the the point-blank shots and the good looks just weren't falling in for us.
I would be exaggerating if I said there were more than 100 fans there (outside of friends/family of both teams).
Hopefully, there will be a bigger showing vs UH tomorrow.
First time to see a game in person in years, and I was more favorably impressed than watching on TV. This team is going to do great things. But Dodson and Carrington just jumped out as being bigger/faster/fiercer than anyone else. And Lacie Hull and Wilson deserve kudos for taking one (or more) for the team.

JJJ, since you were there, what did our offense look like it was doing in quarters 1-3?  The announcer said that American was playing man at first.  Did they switch to zone or stay in man?  Were we running the Princeton against it?  (Did you see players shuffling themselves, cutting diagonally through the key, running baseline, passing from the elbow, etc?)

I ask because we have been getting a lot more practice and success playing against the zone this year, while the Princeton, which we only use against man, seems not to be super effective.  It is a reversal from previous years, almost.

Gosh, great questions and sorry not to be observant enough. I believe we were in the Princeton most of the game but wasn’t really paying attention to it other than in the context of rooting for our team to score. We just had many mistakes in Q1-3 due to ill-advised passes, missed bunnies, poor FT, etc that kept American in the game. I believe you’ll be able to watch today’s game. I’ll be wearing cardinal. :)