Gonzaga Post Game Thread

[Peacefrog]

good defensive adjustments at halftime. Watson didn't do much in the second half and Nembhard was snuffed out after hurting us in the first half

 

[temery]

w/minutes

 

[nomar]

I was wondering the same thing. It looked like a clear 2 to me in real time

Shulman called it an eighteen-footer!

 

[UCann]

Great game, not too much to complain about. Would have maybe liked to see a little more from the freshmen - Ball had a quiet night and Steph we know can play a little better. Energy kind of dipped in the second half. But we beat a top 10 team on the road and it wasn’t ever close. We’re so good!

 

[nomar]

They beat us up on the boards and got to the line more, and we missed our last 9 threes — and it was never close.

 

[EricLA]

This team is legit. And seriously fun to watch.

 

[Mister P]

Great way to go into BE play and with only 1 loss that could have been a win.

We were out rebounded by 6 with only four ORB’s but when you control the tempo, move the ball unselfishly and shoot 55% you’re going to win games.

 

[Huskyforlife]

If you had to nitpick.

Got sloppy at one point. Coulda gone ugly against a better team.

Guys didn’t feel like rebounding today. Was extremely noticeable with Don out.

Diarra is probably our 5th best player right now, Castle seems rusty. This will probably alleviate with time.

 

[superjohn]

w/minutes

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Clingan always seems to get shortchanged on blocks. He had at least 3 blocks tonight.

 

[KembaSlice]

So impressed with Karaban. He's a ninja, stealth 11 points, but such a high basketball IQ, understand when and how to attack the hoop.

A lot of guys on this team knows their roles. Fun to watch. Great game

I could do without the forced shots in the 2H

 

[spudzj6]

Outrebounded and it showed. Rewound on most missed defensive possessions...simply did not box out. Johnson numerous times started the box out and came off to jump straight up. Gotta push back and explode to the ball. We didn't do the work early enough when the ball went up

 

[ucp990411]

Am I bugging or was the Watson 3 that stood as their lone 3 for quite some time well within the 3pt arc? Was it reviewed during a timeout and does college do that like the NBA?

I thought the same thing. He clearly had a foot about 8” inside the arc

 

[BigFanCT]

We are good. Really good. Nothin else needs to be said.

 

[Marat]

 

[GHSWolverines]

Also, Diarra is a dog.

Don't you mean junkyard dog

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

If you had to nitpick.

Got sloppy at one point. Coulda gone ugly against a better team.

Guys didn’t feel like rebounding today. Was extremely noticeable with Don out.

Diarra is probably our 5th best player right now, Castle seems rusty. This will probably alleviate with time.

One more nitpick, why didn’t Newton give the ball to Stewart at the end there?

It’s not a big deal but it kind of bothered me.

 

[BoukofJames]

Clingan always seems to get shortchanged on blocks. He had at least 3 blocks tonight.

If they had the equivalent of football’s “QB hurries” stat, Clingan would probably average 10+ per game

 

[temery]

Outrebounded and it showed. Rewound on most missed defensive possessions...simply did not box out. Johnson numerous times started the box out and came off to jump straight up. Gotta push back and explode to the ball. We didn't do the work early enough when the ball went up

'They got more offensive rebounds because they missed more shots.

 

[giddyup]

Nice win with some really crappy play during big stretches. This team is so good they can get away with being very sloppy and turn it on when they need to. I expect they will get caught with their pants down at some point in Jan or early Feb which might actually be good to get them re-dialed in going into March.

 

[Mets8692]

Diarra has very much surprised me with his improvements this year. Didn't see him being more then what he was last year. He had a great 2nd half i thought.

 

[spudzj6]

'They got more offensive rebounds because they missed more shots.

Math checks out. And they still had zero issue taking this wire to wire.

But honestly, 14 offensive rebounds against any Hurley coached team is atrocious. Especially seeing it was a lot of lack of focus on execution. That's even with the scouting report having Zags as a good offensive rebounding team.

 

[Drame]

Diarra was our second best player tonight.

Anyone still think Samson Johnson is better than Clingan? LOL

Yeah hes better than Clingan at some things.. And vice versa.

 

[Durks07]

Show me the updated Kenpom numbers cowards!

 

[superjohn]

Newton was our fourth or fifth best player tonight and we coasted in basically a road game against Gonzaga. When your first team all-American candidate is hardly noticeable in that kind of game it shows how good a team you have.