Brew's Clues - Temple

[JustbrewitMan]

Even without Jalen getting hurt (and let's hope the MRI shows nothing bad tomorrow), it was gonna be tough to beat Temple tonight. They were much quicker/athletic at the 1-4 positions, blew by us all night, and decided to hit just about every shot from all over the court.

Thoughts:
--Carlton continues to be a BIG positive and welcome surprise for the last half of the season. He (and Cobb, too) absolutely abused Temple down low.

--If you want a template to beat the Owls, we showed people tonight. Have a strong inside game (and also have Temple shoot "normal") and go to it all night long until they're forced to double/triple team (then freeing up your guards big-time)

--Temple is really, really, really quick. Very nice, crisp ball movement in their offense, as well

--Temple scouted us well. We are suckers for the ball fake and over-commit to getting out on players. They used it and abused us with it all night long

--CV continues to be a very bright spot and brings it every night.

--Sid showed some signs of putting things together again...moreso in the 2nd half.

--Polley was an unfortunate no-show on offense and defense.

--I hate the moral victory thing, but we played a much better 2nd half and the fact that we managed to outscore them (even with them shooting so hot all night), outwork them, and outhustle them on the boards is a testament to gradual culture change continuing.


Double IPA Award - Josh Carlton
IPA Award - Cobb
Session IPA Award - CV
Imperial Stout Award - Don't recall a dunk all night? We'll give it to Josh for working the offensive glass like a madman in the 2nd half
Sour Farmhouse Ale Award (tie) - (1) The breakaway windmill dunk from Pierre-Louis should have never happened. Surprised CV's arm is still attached to his body after that hack/"steal". (2) Jalen's injury

 

[3rdbass]

Even without Jalen getting hurt (and let's hope the MRI shows nothing bad tomorrow), it was gonna be tough to beat Temple tonight. They were much quicker/athletic at the 1-4 positions, blew by us all night, and decided to hit just about every shot from all over the court.

Thoughts:
--Carlton continues to be a BIG positive and welcome surprise for the last half of the season. He (and Cobb, too) absolutely abused Temple down low.

--If you want a template to beat the Owls, we showed people tonight. Have a strong inside game (and also have Temple shoot "normal") and go to it all night long until they're forced to double/triple team (then freeing up your guards big-time)

--Temple is really, really, really quick. Very nice, crisp ball movement in their offense, as well

--Temple scouted us well. We are suckers for the ball fake and over-commit to getting out on players. They used it and abused us with it all night long

--CV continues to be a very bright spot and brings it every night.

--Sid showed some signs of putting things together again...moreso in the 2nd half.

--Polley was an unfortunate no-show on offense and defense.

--I hate the moral victory thing, but we played a much better 2nd half and the fact that we managed to outscore them (even with them shooting so hot all night), outwork them, and outhustle them on the boards is a testament to gradual culture change continuing.


Double IPA Award - Josh Carlton
IPA Award - Cobb
Session IPA Award - CV
Imperial Stout Award - Don't recall a dunk all night? We'll give it to Josh for working the offensive glass like a madman in the 2nd half
Sour Farmhouse Ale Award (tie) - (1) The breakaway windmill dunk from Pierre-Louis should have never happened. Surprised CV's arm is still attached to his body after that hack/"steal". (2) Jalen's injury

Disagree about Sid. I thought he was abysmal and really needs to work on his handle. Otherwise a good summary.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Imperial Stout Award - Don't recall a dunk all night?

Can the award go to the best dunk by a UConn recruit? I thought at one time NPL wanted to go to UConn.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Disagree about Sid. I thought he was abysmal and really needs to work on his handle. Otherwise a good summary.

I do agree about his handle. Way too loose. He also telegraphs way too many of his passes. I was thinking more of him hitting a nice 3 and making some decent drives to the hoop (in 2nd half). But yea, he still didn't play a great game.

 

[3rdbass]

I do agree about his handle. Way too loose. He also telegraphs way too many of his passes. I was thinking more of him hitting a nice 3 and making some decent drives to the hoop (in 2nd half). But yea, he still didn't play a great game.

Especially coming after a decent performance against ECU. He tried to force things which isn't his strength right now. His 2 turnovers when we were down 18 were really embarrassing. It was right back up to 25 in no time.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Can the award go to the best dunk by a UConn recruit? I thought at one time NPL wanted to go to UConn.

It could.

If he had done a clean strip of CV before the nifty windmill dunk, I might have considered it...but the fact that he did his best Ash Williams impersonation to get the ball from CV negates that possibility.

 

[tcf15]

Can the award go to the best dunk by a UConn recruit? I thought at one time NPL wanted to go to UConn.

Yeah believe so. Visited UConn three or four times.