SFA (4-1) vs. Florida A&M (1-4)

WHERE: NAC; WRJ
WHEN: NOV. 26; SUN. 2:00 P.M.
TV: FACEBOOK LIVE

The Rattlers have been blown out in all 4 of their losses, most recently to Mississippi State 48-79, but they are coming off their first win of the season at home against division II foe Albany State 77-59.

A&M plays @North Dakota State and @Green Bay on the 22nd and 24th before making the trip to Nac on the 26th. They are a traveling road show as they play only 11 home games for the season at Lawson Center.

SR:4
JR:4
SO:5
FR:3

Jacks by 15+

Hopefully, their road travels this week will help to wear them down a bit before they get here.

Question:

Ty Charles has missed a lot of games the past two years, is there any chance to some type of medial hardship/redshirt we can use to have him back?

I mean, Jalan West is in his 7th year at NWst.

MasterAxe said:

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I mean, Jalan West is in his 7th year at NWst.

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Jalan West has to be pretty close to Dr West at this point right?

MasterAxe said:

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Question:

Ty Charles has missed a lot of games the past two years, is there any chance to some type of medial hardship/redshirt we can use to have him back?

I mean, Jalan West is in his 7th year at NWst.

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Unfortunately, to get a medical hardship waiver one has to have a season ending injury. Ty's injuries while being significant haven't been enough to end his season. Jalan West is defying the odds with his injuries by not only continuing to have season ending injuries, but also by getting the NCAA to extend his time clock (which usually only extends five years). Not unprecedented, but definitely unusual. I don't know what the ceiling is on Ty's playing career, but he's definitely going to need to show out this season if he wants to have any slim chance of playing past this season.

Florida A&M fell to Green Bay last night 57-51 after leading at the half 31-25. The Rattlers are now 1-6. Leading the Rattlers was 7' Jr. C/F Isaiah Martin with 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Their margin of loss is steadily getting smaller. I might need to rethink my prediction.

The actual attendance today might not break 1000 despite what the final numbers may say. Thanksgiving has taken its toll.

Strong defense to get started; now just need some offense.

Going full second team after first media break. Must not have liked what he saw.

Yep. Totally sloppy so far. Does it feel like a practice so far? No intensity, real forced schemes with random lineups.

One team appears to have come to play.

No-look wouldn't dance with the dance cam on him.

This is embarrassing.

What is the crap we are putting out on the floor ?

Ugh. Ugly. Not very good when it turns into a half court game.

Ok. So it just shows how bad they are that we're down 1 at the half. Finally found some rhythm in the last two minutes.

Nacluth, I feel more Loki throwing up than dancing. Lol

I'm feeling a 71 point surge myself.

Ha. I need 62.

Kevon just looks sad. We need the fire. They need to watch Des' 4 point play on repeat during halftime.

Occasionally Walkup's last 3 against West Virginia needs to be thrown in there.

Equaled our first half production in 10 minutes

INiedrauer said:

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45 point second half coming up.

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You were way off, Isaac... 50.

This game was honestly really unspectacular, but not in a bad way. We didn't do too many bad things or too many good things. It was just like a slow start that went into us kind of coasting.
Good win. Now hopefully we get our intensity back.

I just want to say that i could actually watch the live stream on Fb, so . The game definitely was rocky for the entire first half, and another super long scoring drought. We break that up with some baskets and we could of blown them out in the second. The defense was very SFAish. I believe that team defense and forcing TOs will be key to avoiding scoring droughts. This team needs to find ways to get easy buckets and take advantage of all these TOs we are forcing.

I'd chalk it up to it being a meh non conference matchup in front of an awful home crowd.
It wasn't a bad game. Just a meh game.

What I thought was interesting, even in the first when we couldn't buy a bucket, was the ball movement. I thought it looked really good. It wasn't just the same ol' round the arc or main guy in the high post. It looked more like an Underwood motion offense. People were driving and dishing with quick looks. It was the best movement I've seen yet. We telegraphed too many passes - especially early, but we got better. Anyway, just worth noting I think.