Terrible Basketball Phrases

[huskiesNhoos]

ESPN is currently infatuated with "hoop and the harm" when everyone knows it's an "And-1"...just awful...unless alliteration is your thing

 

[UCLJ0211]

 

[UCFan1513]

Raw

 

[TheChamps990411]

ESPN is currently infatuated with "hoop and the harm" when everyone knows it's an "And-1"...just awful...unless alliteration is your thing

The one that really, really, i mean REALLY annoyed me was a few years ago when one of those tools started to refer to Uconn as "The Conn"

 

[HuskyFich]

“ Two 20 Minute Halves”

 

[AtlantaHusky]

On the deck

 

[Stinger92860]

They wanted it more

 

[Lefty2one]

ESPN is currently infatuated with "hoop and the harm" when everyone knows it's an "And-1"...just awful...unless alliteration is your thing

This phrase pre-dates "And-1"...it's been around forever.

Nothing drives me crazier than Doris Burke's "dribble drive". How the hell else are you driving?

 

[MTBingNinja]

Rock fight.

Need to get a poll going on this once all the phrases are stated.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

This phrase pre-dates "And-1"...it's been around forever.

Nothing drives me crazier than Doris Burke's "dribble drive". How the hell else are you driving?

You can drive without putting the ball on the floor.

 

[aburks41]

“ Two 20 Minute Halves”

Halves are so much more appealing than quarters. Maybe it's just a mental thing, but 2 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter feels way different than 12 minutes to go in the 2nd half. I hope they never change it in the mens game.

 

[Vancat]

High hedge?

 

[80shusky]

Syracuse.

 

[Mister P]

Hard hedge and high hedge

I think this is more BY related on my end. A person may hear these words in a phrase once on a broadcast at most but on the BY it seems that there are never ending comments with these words in it and on how, why or if this tactic should be used.
Its like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

 

[Mister P]

High hedge?

Ha, you beat me to it. I posted right after you about this.

 

[buckley503]

"Score the ball."

 

[Vancat]

Left his feet

 

[Hey Adrien!]

'An offensive set' sounds like a lot of standing around.

 

[husky429]

Hard hedge and high hedge

I think this is more BY related on my end. A person may hear these words in a phrase once on a broadcast at most but on the BY it seems that there are never ending comments with these words in it and on how, why or if this tactic should be used.
Its like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

Half the problem is people don't really understand what they mean, because most of this board likes sports but doesn't understand a lick of modern basketball strategy. Our pizza game is on point though.

A lot of people on this board just call any hedge a high hedge, but by most coaches (and our coaches) definition it isn't really a hedge at all unless you come to the level of your teammate or higher. Anything without your feet being even is different intensities of drop coverage.

When I talk about Sanogo pulling off a "high hedge" it means he's extending his defense higher than his teammates to influence a ballhandler to the sideline... it's completely ignoring the roll man and relying on your teammates to cover him.

 

[tykurez]

“I’m not a big gay guy” - Rick Majerus

 

[Palatine]

The rapture and the rupture.

 

[bluestreak]

Anything that Dickie V says more than once in a lifetime.

 

[LIuconn]

"off the bounce" gets used so much now

 

[Hype Cat]

Rock fight.

Need to get a poll going on this once all the phrases are stated.

I’m still digging rock fight, esp if there is one. It’s better for my heart than cardio.

 

[UCFan1513]

When I talk about Sanogo pulling off a "high hedge" it means he's extending his defense higher than his teammates to influence a ballhandler to the sideline... it's completely ignoring the roll man and relying on your teammates to cover him.

I'm pretty sure that's how most here use the phrase as well - it's pretty clear as day when you see it. No need to get on a high horse about it

 

[Jaydumo20]

High Basketball IQ




Though it may be a real thing, whenever someone says it it always sounds douchey

 

[vtmikeb]

Though you don’t hear it as much any more, “over the back”.
No, that’s wasn’t “over the back”. Your player is vertically challenged, standing there like a statue, while my player is actually making an effort to grab the rebound.

 

[husky429]

I'm pretty sure that's how most here use the phrase as well - it's pretty clear as day when you see it. No need to get on a high horse about it

There is a substantial group of folks on this board who have absolutely no idea what a high hedge is. When looking at the game chats, it seems like it must be well over half. Because of that, communicating about the merits of it on this board go to hell and a handbasket quickly.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Optics.

 

[husky429]

Though you don’t hear it as much any more, “over the back”.
No, that’s wasn’t “over the back”. Your player is vertically challenged, standing there like a statue, while my player is actually making an effort to grab the rebound.

Over the back isn't a foul anyways. If Donovan reaches over some 6'2 guard to grab a rebound, it isn't a foul. If he elbows the crap out of his head... that's a foul.