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Butler Postgame Thread

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I seriously don’t know what to make of this team in mid-February. The great record is undeniable, but many of these Big East performances have been total head scratchers.

On a positive note, Solo looked great offensively. Reed redeemed himself in the second half. On a not-so-positive note, another no-show from the bench. Three baskets in a combined 39 minutes of action.
 
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I like it when we win.
Tarris had some dominant stretches and passed it well
Solo looked like last year Solo
Our bench has just become non-existent
Some awful D, especially on ball, at times
I’m usually not on the whiny ref trip, but holy crap some of the calls were insanely late and dubious.
 
We have zero PNR threat on this team. Remember this same offense got us 2-3 easy lob dunks a game with Sam/Cling? Riebe could develop into that, but Tarris is the worst we've had at this. People ask why the guards don't drive? Everything is cluttered and contested. They have nobody pulling the defender away.

Tarris obviously did have a better passing effort, mediocre rebounding. The decisive version of his post game is all he should be doing. One dribble and go, or one dribble and pass.

Braylon and Silas had pretty bad games on defense, and we had zero adjustments to their pick and roll. It was incredibly easy, and no doubt that tape will get passed around on us.

Solo had a high ceiling game.
 
Two guys with double doubles.
Night and day by Reed from first half to second half. Played much more physical in the second half and used his power and strength to his advantage.
 
Championship caliber teams don't lose back to back games. Showed a lot of character responding to every Butler run.

Still really disappointing the play we are getting from the bench. Not going to cut it in March.
 
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Tough to watch at times due to some poor interior defense. Reibe has regressed some IMO. Ball shot 50% from three. Must be his new shoes. I noticed he wasn’t wearing the orange ones. AK’s early foul trouble affected his game.
 
Gutter King said:
We have zero PNR threat on this team. Remember this same offense got us 2-3 easy lob dunks a game with Sam/Cling? Riebe could develop into that, but Tarris is the worst we've had at this. People ask why the guards don't drive? Everything is cluttered and contested. They have nobody pulling the defender away.
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Reibe actually has shown pretty well in P&R, just not with lob finishes.

They should run this more during his minutes. Guards just need to dump off vs lob because neither Reed or Reibe can jump.
 
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Our elite defense that helped us not stumble through bad games in January has not been so elite recently. Not sure what has to be fixed there.

3 point shooting seemed good - but damn, it seemed like we missed some easy ones.

Not feeling like a final four team right now, but feeling like we could get there. But it's mid February. Time to clean this up and beat teams like this by a larger margin.
 
campcalhoun2009 said:
Reibe actually has shown pretty well in P&R, just not with lob finishes.

They should run this more during his minutes. Guards just need to dump off vs lob because neither Reed or Reibe can jump.
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That's what I mean....he has a ton of potential there, just isn't going to get enough opportunities. He's going to be very deadly with an offseason.
 
Happy for Solo but let's see him become more consistent besides teams like Butler. Smith is almost unplayable and he didn't even play good D. Kind of sad to see. Glad Tarris had a monster 2nd half. Need to keep feeding the beast and no more floaters for him hopfully. LOL! Demary was tough and made some big shots. Mullins had a great first half and good to see he scored 15 in his homecoming. Tough place to play and decent win after much better 2nd half. Defense is starting to worry me a little as teams are penetrating on us pretty easily.
 
Gutter King said:
We have zero PNR threat on this team. Remember this same offense got us 2-3 easy lob dunks a game with Sam/Cling? Riebe could develop into that, but Tarris is the worst we've had at this. People ask why the guards don't drive? Everything is cluttered and contested. They have nobody pulling the defender away.

Tarris obviously did have a better passing effort, mediocre rebounding. The decisive version of his post game is all he should be doing. One dribble and go, or one dribble and pass.

Braylon and Silas had pretty bad games on defense, and we had zero adjustments to their pick and roll. It was incredibly easy, and no doubt that tape will get passed around on us.

Solo had a high ceiling game.
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I don't think you can expect Tarris to do anything that requires intuition.
CTBasketball said:
We struggle mightily with strong athletic 4’s. It’s making me not want to play Houston at all.
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Tugler isn't much of an offensive threat. This Houston team is entirely guard driven offensively. Very diff than most KS teams.
 
When Reeds locked in and his head is in the game, he’s almost unstoppable.
Guards need to be better at stopping penetration at the top, leading to easy roller dump offs. I know some of this is to run teams off the three point line, but the defense off the penetration is bad.

We saw a bit of where Mullins needs to work on D in the start of the second; Matta did a great job of getting a Finley/Ajayi screen three times in a row and getting Ajayi on Mullins, where Ajayi feasted. A great NBA play call by Matta.

Love seeing solo find his shot, he’s looking more confident and seems to be shooting with more verticality and less looking to get fouled.

Would love to see the bench do anything, but Mali continues to be a weak point. Wasting 10 seconds at least every play pounding the ball into the ground, and has some truly terrible over commits on Finley that let him drive easily into the lane.

A win is a win, and a currently Q1 road win matters a lot. Let’s keep taking care of business
 
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