Right!!! lol. They were ready Luke McEldon info when Cam subbed in.
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Gritty win thanks to free throws and 3 pointers. Still taking too many 3 pointers. Tilly should not be dribbling at the top of key so much
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Was waiting to re-up my espn+ until this team showed something. I will gladly take this win and cannot believe we were +180 ML in Vegas.
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The effort is consistently there. If they can hit a decent percentage of unforced threes, make their FTs, and play with the energy they showed tonight, theyâll be fine.
Keep the ball moving and donât let the three be your first and last resort.
The difference between this game and the Stanford/NDSU games was more poise on the floor and at the line. Being bigger played an increasing role as well.
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did what they had to do, glad they got out unscathed. Keep stacking days
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A bit like the TCU win. Nothing exceptional about the performance but did enough to win.
The difference was the unglamorous stuffâŚrebounding and FT shooting. +10 on rebounds though we gave up more Off Rebs than desirable. And 18/19 FT shooting, 95%.
And Bryan was big in the 2nd half.
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Nice! I take another win.
No injuries please!
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The problem I saw was the turnover differential. We committed 15 turnovers the McNeese Stateâs 8.
The turnover problem dates back at least 15 years. I noticed it first under KK, and I really donât see much change save for the occasional clean game. Like most sports, sloppy possessions and negative turnover differential usually = losses.
Thankfully, in this game, free throw shooting differential (attempts and %) and rebounding (Cam especially, his rebounds/minute played was high) were the difference.
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Entertaining game, but as the adage goes, âyou play as you practiceâ.
I see a lot of 1v1 ball, standing around on the perimeter hoping to get passed to, and torero defense. With the exception of the in-bound play with 1 minute remaining, our defense needs a lot of work.
Quality screens paired with an actual offense that has continuous motion like Princeton/Flex/or whatever variants needed would be a good idea. Otherwise any team we play with comparable talent - which incorporates these elements into their game - will dismantle us.
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I donât have much to add except that Tyeree Bryan was really awesome in that game. Should he get the start over Bal next game?
Also, McNeese had a 20-game win streak at home which was just broken by Santa Clara. Thatâs pretty cool. McNeese is a pretty good team, and that will probably finish as a Quad 1 victory if McNeese can get back to where they ought to be. McNeese and SCU are having similarly ugly starts after high preseason expectations.
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Not a bad suggestion to have Tyree start over Bal and letâs have Cam start over OâNeil and put fire under both those guys.
All four are quality players. But letâs really make these guys fight for their position. Will make them all that much more aggressive.
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Maybe Tyree vs OâNeil. Here are the lineup ratings for starting Tyree. OâNeil is a good rebounder but his shooting has been âoffâ to be polite.
With OâNeil.
With Tyree.
Scoring and Turnovers have been issues. Tyree is good there.
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The eye test says both OâNeil and Bal should rise the pines for awhile.
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My take is Sendek is blinded by Balâs supposed potential rather than objectively weighing how he performs here and now. As such, unless Bal displays terrible effort and/or a bad attitude, Sendek will not pull him from the starting lineup.
For those he didnât notice the finishing lineup over the last several minutes vs. McNeese St. was mostly Till, Mahi, Bal, Bryan, Stewart. Make sense given the smaller but athletic McNeese lineup, allowed us to match up better is one of the most athletic lineups we can put on the floor at the 1 through 4 spots. And the way OâNeil has been shooting, you donât lose anything on offense anyhow.
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Do the coaches not tell OâNeil to try and find scoring from within the arc? Its baffling to watch him just stand on the 3 pt line as a 6â10" player. Its irrelevant whether he and the coaches think he is a âgood shooterâ or not, the results simply arenât there and we have enough of a sample size now.
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