And why is that a downside? Coach tried it and it worked... I hope we see it again.
Made some bad plays with that ball tonight. Bad passes, picked up dribbles, took bad shots. Uncharacteristic poor foul shooting. Did have some great rebounds though.
Yeah his first half was bad but he was very good in the second half running the offense and playing great D. Plus Hurley has little choice but let him play as the other 2 guards don't play D(Ball) or are physically overmathed(Mahaney).
Next game it won’t work. Karaban will guard Kaluma or Stew will. Reed can’t hang with him outside the paint. Samson /Reed will be on Shedrick. Texas is much better than Colorado and probably Dayton. Kaluma or Shedrick in foul trouble and their backups aren’t good or play much.
Really? I thought he was great for us in the second half and was the only guard playing good D. He had 7 assists and 1 TO and was 7-10 from the FT line. Hassan isn't a shooter and anything he can give us is a bonus. I do agree his D was bad in the first half but he tightened that up in the 2nd half and was a great floor general with some great passes including the one to Samson for that big dunk in the 2nd half. There is a reason why he played a majority of the 2nd half. I still think Nowell is out best PG.
If he shoot’s over 45% for the entire season, I’ll eat my words. Not even Spencer could maintain that.
The coaching staff needs to tell Johnson that you box out with your ass, not your forearms.
Smacking the rim is basket interference, not goaltending (touching the ball on its downward flight).
Hass is pressing too hard trying to be, if not “the guy,” at least “a guy.” Way too many difficult shots, some at the end of the clock to be sure but others because he’s just too anxious to score. He needs to let the shots come to him on offense, rather than hunting for them. That’s what he did so effectively last year.
Next time we see a PF in the mold of Norchad Omier, I too wouldn’t mind. Not sure that’s this season though.
They do have a chemistry, easily seen after a great pass into Johnson on several occasions. Diarra can also back down an opposing guard to open up Johnson. Hope he develops that move with Reed as well. Reed has some highlight moves under the hoop.
I hear he’s playing for Michigan now
They weren’t great but calls went both ways so I’d say it was reasonably fair.
Yes we were insane!
If you watched Duke/Auburn or Creighton/Kansas last night, you would not be saying that Mahaney is our hope to reach the Final 4. Mahaney might well be our hope to have a 20-win season.
