{"id":7439,"date":"2014-12-30T07:50:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T12:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2014-12-30T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T13:00:18","slug":"reliving-the-awful-loss-to-valpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7439","title":{"rendered":"Reliving the Awful Loss to Valpo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JMU lost to Valparaiso 79-52 last night in the Convo. The Dukes didn&#8217;t just lose, it was more like they got completely run off the court and embarrassed. They scored 16 points in the first half. That&#8217;s right, 16 lousy points. For the game the Dukes were a miserable 13 for 55 from the field. That was good for 23.6%. It was in a word, awful. For some reason I actually stuck with it and watched until the end. Rather than recap the massacre in detail, let&#8217;s go back and relive it through the magic of Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Nation getting his second start of the season tonight. Will it be the spark that gets him going? Sure hope so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549717561504706560\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Act one, in which a blogger expresses some optimism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Here&#8217;s the full list of JMU players who look to have the hot hand from long range thus far: .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549720101159981056\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The optimism started to fade early.<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>JMU is 1-7 from long range and 1-8 from inside the arc. Hope that doesn&#8217;t encourage anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549721386579939330\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t really shooting as much as it was throwing the ball in the general direction of the basket.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>I&#8217;m the only person watching this game, aren&#8217;t I?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549723141652893696\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lonely tweet.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>All the Dukes need to do to win is score more points than they have the entire game so far and keep Valpo from scoring. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549733226412261376\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I channeled my inner coach and created a foolproof gameplan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Valpo scored. So scratch our previous gameplan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549733491534233600\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I swear it would have worked if the players executed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Not a big &#8220;moral victory&#8221; sort of guy, but I&#8217;m encouraged that JMU&#8217;s last few shots have hit the rim. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoDukes?src=hash\">#GoDukes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549736901411106816\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shoot me.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>JMU currently on a 36-62 run.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549738751799615489\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>The referees are so bored with this game they&#8217;re actually addressing the fans&#8217; complaints. JMU trails 62-36 in the 2nd half.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David DeGuzman (@ddeguzmanWHSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddeguzmanWHSV\/status\/549738801942503425\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Breaking news live from the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Can&#8217;t tell if he&#8217;s cleared the bench, or if Brady hasn&#8217;t figured out the rotation yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549743192124719104\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a joke. Or maybe it isn&#8217;t. All I know is that there were 5 guys on the court wearing JMU uniforms at that point.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>It&#8217;s a final. 79-52 Valpo over JMU. Ugly loss for the Dukes should provide plenty of motivation heading into CAA play.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JMU Sports Blog (@JMUsportsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUsportsblog\/status\/549743600658317312\">December 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At least it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7439&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU lost to Valparaiso 79-52 last night in the Convo. The Dukes didn&#8217;t just lose, it was more like they got completely run off the court and embarrassed. They scored 16 points in the first half. That&#8217;s right, 16 lousy points. For the game the Dukes were a miserable 13 for 55 from the field. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6534,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6534","url_meta":{"origin":7439,"position":0},"title":"Curry Three Lifts JMU Over Drexel in OT","date":"February 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU avenged an 18 point loss to Drexel two weeks ago, with an exciting 63-61 overtime win over the Dragons last night. The win moves JMU to 11-17 and 6-8 in the CAA. Drexel is now 14-12 and 6-7. 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