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Toughest part about watching from courtside is the lack of replay. There was one stretch where we got called for a foul about four times in a row and it wasn't clear to me it was a foul.
I thought we were lucky to be in the game late. We hit some threes down the stretch to get it close, but we lost this game on D because we couldn't get two stops in a row.
We gave up multiple wide open threes. They drove to the rim often and easily. We fouled constantly. Rodney committed a foul in frustration at a point late.
BUT.
I don't put too much weight in this loss, and it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Syracuse's zone is probably the best we'll see, but we won't see it in the tourney. They were tall, quick, and athletic at every position. We got the first loss out of the way.
Regarding the players, as concise as I can be, I'm very surprised and happy with Purvis, Hamilton is a lottery pick and the difference between second weekend and NIT, Gibbs and Miller are solid contributors with limitations, Brimah is still in the process of refinement, but from my perspective, he looks to body up on most rebound opportunities and will continue to improve. He looked bad on several dump offs and alley oops, but Syracuse was putting a lot of pressure on the ball handler, and the deliveries were not as exact as in prior games. That ball pressure and defense were also apparent in Rodney's drives, where multiple lay in attempts were taken at odd angles.
Love Omar hitting threes in a huge game. Same with Sam in last game. Those two hitting open threes makes us very dangerous.
Adams showed his freshman inexperience. He looked a bit overwhelmed out there.
All in all, great learning experience and it will pay dividends down the road.
I expect that we'll come out strong today, and that that will be the mark of the great team that I hope we will be.
I thought we were lucky to be in the game late. We hit some threes down the stretch to get it close, but we lost this game on D because we couldn't get two stops in a row.
We gave up multiple wide open threes. They drove to the rim often and easily. We fouled constantly. Rodney committed a foul in frustration at a point late.
BUT.
I don't put too much weight in this loss, and it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Syracuse's zone is probably the best we'll see, but we won't see it in the tourney. They were tall, quick, and athletic at every position. We got the first loss out of the way.
Regarding the players, as concise as I can be, I'm very surprised and happy with Purvis, Hamilton is a lottery pick and the difference between second weekend and NIT, Gibbs and Miller are solid contributors with limitations, Brimah is still in the process of refinement, but from my perspective, he looks to body up on most rebound opportunities and will continue to improve. He looked bad on several dump offs and alley oops, but Syracuse was putting a lot of pressure on the ball handler, and the deliveries were not as exact as in prior games. That ball pressure and defense were also apparent in Rodney's drives, where multiple lay in attempts were taken at odd angles.
Love Omar hitting threes in a huge game. Same with Sam in last game. Those two hitting open threes makes us very dangerous.
Adams showed his freshman inexperience. He looked a bit overwhelmed out there.
All in all, great learning experience and it will pay dividends down the road.
I expect that we'll come out strong today, and that that will be the mark of the great team that I hope we will be.
