LaxTV Forums | A Forum About The MCLA

In Atlanta, there are people waking up to this news saying to themselves, "Well, we beat Cumberland by more!"

i would loved to have watched this game, although i would be yelling WHERE IS THE DEFENSE! over and over.

Is this really worse than the 90-ish to 30-ish scores you sometimes see in DI preseason games?

Yes, it is worse. This was horrible sportsmanship, plain and simple. Who gained from this display? It wasn't the fans, it wasn't the losing team, and it wasn't the players on the winning team. First, I blame the coach who has a responsibility to teach his players good sportsmanship. What was he doing pressing a clearly inferior team all night? Why was his top shooter taking 3s or even in the game for that matter? I also blame the refs for not taking control of the game when they saw that Lincoln was running up the score.

This game was a travesty and I hope that at least one of the talking bobbleheads on TV can stop laughing at his own jokes long enough to realize it.

So just because the winner's score topped 200, this example is worse than when, let's say Duke, wins by a factor of 3X against an over matched opponent?

It's not just the score, though it is eye popping, it's about how you play the game. I've played basketball my whole life and played in a system just like the one played by Lincoln. Our coach never would have allowed such a display. He would have taken off the press, put in the end of the bench (me), and dictated when we could and could not shoot. From what I read Lincoln's coach did none of these things and even seems to have encouraged his "hot" shooter to keep shooting. It is reminiscent of that West Virginian football player who ran for 600 yards. I think that coach needs to stop patting himself on the back for coaching a 200 point team and start thinking about how the other team scored in the 70s. As the TMQ would say, "Ye basketball gods will exact vengeance for this display".

Actually he did clear the bench and his "hot shooter" had those 21 three in 24 minutes. That doesn't mean he only played 24 minutes but I bet it was close to that. And just to play devil's advocate when he cleared the bench he should have those guys playing just as hard because its good practice against something other than themselves. But in the end I can agree 200 is a bit excessive and that 70 is something he need to concentrate on.