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Butler Postgame Thread

A lot of things I didn't like about that game but we won by 10 on the road.

I'll focus on the two things I loved about it, Solo finding his three point shot and Tarris fully engaged in the second half and dominating. Those are two things we haven't seen in a long time.

Hurley is refreshing with how candid he is. He has a bromance with Thad and then tells the court reporter he loves Thad and something like he's one of the best coaches in college basketball back when it was real college basketball.
 
Robbie Hummel was awful tonight. Keep Big 10 guys on Big 10 games. Kept saying we are a work in progress.. what does that make 99% of the rest of the field? We’ve won 23 games and deserve some respect for that. Winning is hard and we do it well.
 
LetsGoUC said:
Solo shot well!
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If solo starts rolling, just need someone too join him and then look out. However. Defense really needs to step up.
 
Pros: Solo getting into a rhythm in the last month is exactly what we need to see.

Reed dominant 2nd half

Mullins continues to just be insanely fun to watch.

Clamped down on TOs finally.

Cons: We have a big bench problem. Stewart is unplayable at this point. Every time he steps on the floor it’s like an 8-0 run the other way. He hasn’t gotten any better since he stepped on campus.

Hurley seems to have finally realized that Malichi’s minutes also need to be severely limited, which is good.

We still get caught with dumbfounding lineups for a good 8-10 mins a game. Cant have multiple non-Reibe bench guys on the floor together ever pretty much.
 
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superjohn said:
A lot of things I didn't like about that game but we won by 10 on the road.

I'll focus on the two things I loved about it, Solo finding his three point shot and Tarris fully engaged in the second half and dominating. Those are two things we haven't seen in a long time.

Hurley is refreshing with how candid he is. He has a bromance with Thad and then tells the court reporter he loves Thad and something like he's one of the best coaches in college basketball back when it was real college basketball.
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Hurley often talks about how he doesn't have many relationships with college coaches because he didn't grow up with them as a college coach, often mentions just Shaheen.
 
RuffRuff said:
I don't think you can expect Tarris to do anything that requires intuition.

Tugler isn't much of an offensive threat. This Houston team is entirely guard driven offensively. Very diff than most KS teams.
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Haha I don't. It's Feb. He picked a guy for Silas at the 3pt line and literally just parked it. I mean...that can't be what he's taught to do. Your 5 at the 3pt line while your PG is attacking. Smh
 
Got to love Solo's shot coming around. Tarris with 7 assists, Silas with the double dub.

Our bench did squat.

This team still feels like it's missing something. BUT, Michigan is playing a bad NW on the road and down 9 at the half. Road games midweek......
 
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Not bad
7-9 ft’s
Good observation about Reed cluttering lane at times
TO’s still bad
D 1/4 step too slow
Reibe needs to be tougher, quicker
I think we still have a lot of room to grow, the question is, can we do it? Part of it is on the coaches, continuing to tweak the offense, but really harping on defense as well
 
The Good
  • Welcome back Solo Ball! What he did do (24 points on 6-10 three point shooting) overshadows what he didn’t do
  • Tarris came alive in the second half. Really solid passing. Low key triple double watch?
  • Silas had some bad turnovers but overall a double double, 5.0 AST/TO, 3 steals, and the dagger 3 to cap the 10-0 run
  • Speaking of, this was a pretty close game until a 10-0 spurt in a couple minutes late ended it. That is the potential of this offense
The Bad
  • Aside from that elite 10-0 stretch, the remaining 38 minutes was a pretty back and forth affair against a bottom tier BE team. Woof
  • Pick and roll defense and off ball defensive rotations took a major step back today. How many wide open dunks did we give them on bad rotations?
  • We played 4 guys off the bench and none of them inspired much confidence
But a win is a win. Feels like the defensive gameplan was good. Bizjack and Ajayi had 12 points on 4-16. Elabor and Traore shoot <20% from three and each hit one. The guys who we dared to beat us had pretty good games, credit to them for that

Let’s go Huskies!
 
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Defense was just awful, TO reared their ygly heads early but seems to have been cleaned up later, ross and to a greater extent Stewart seemed to have lost that confidence they found before st John's. I think Mullins was trying too hard at times leading to the foul trouble but still managed to have a good game. Solo looked like the solo of old noticed the wrist tape was gone tonight maybe the wrist is finally starting to feel better. Tarris though he got lost on defenses too many times he did play well on offense and hut his FTs.

Gotta get the bench going somehow can't go to the bench up 8 and then 2 minutes later need to bring the starters back in because nobody can or wants to score.
 
RuffRuff said:
I don't think you can expect Tarris to do anything that requires intuition.

Tugler isn't much of an offensive threat. This Houston team is entirely guard driven offensively. Very diff than most KS teams.
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Tarris made some great looks from the post espcecially his pass to karaban so I wouldn't go that far.
 
A lot to clean up defensively, way too many wide open looks at the rim.

But we shot the lights out from deep. Solo finished 6/12 from 3. Reed had 16 points, 9 boards and 7 assists. Mullins wasn't efficient overall but had some really nice shots as always.

10 point road win that was Q1 coming in. Don't think it holds after tonight but it is still borderline Q1/2 so I'll take it.
 
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campcalhoun2009 said:
Pros: Solo getting into a rhythm in the last month is exactly what we need to see.

Reed dominant 2nd half

Mullins continues to just be insanely fun to watch.

Clamped down on TOs finally.

Cons: We have a big bench problem. Stewart is unplayable at this point. Every time he steps on the floor it’s like an 8-0 run the other way. He hasn’t gotten any better since he stepped on campus.

Hurley seems to have finally realized that Malichi’s minutes also need to be severely limited, which is good.

We still get caught with dumbfounding lineups for a good 8-10 mins a game. Cant have multiple non-Reibe bench guys on the floor together ever pretty much.
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Good points, especially with some of the odd line-ups with only two shooters on the floor at times. Our bench needs to get serious and play tough, look to score.
 
willie99 said:
Nice win

I like Ross to get more run

We need Smith, he's a big concern right now

I'm not worried about freshmen, I expect Reiba to improve

We're on to Georgetown
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We put Smith in during key situations and we usually stumble when he’s in. He’s becoming borderline unplayable.
 
Bizjacks wrist/forearm is definitely broken based on that replay
 
boog204 said:
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.
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HEY! Don't say we played awful D, you're just being negative!

You're right, but you can't say it in a post game thread. People get upset.
 
campcalhoun2009 said:
Pros: Solo getting into a rhythm in the last month is exactly what we need to see.

Reed dominant 2nd half

Mullins continues to just be insanely fun to watch.

Clamped down on TOs finally.

Cons: We have a big bench problem. Stewart is unplayable at this point. Every time he steps on the floor it’s like an 8-0 run the other way. He hasn’t gotten any better since he stepped on campus.

Hurley seems to have finally realized that Malichi’s minutes also need to be severely limited, which is good.

We still get caught with dumbfounding lineups for a good 8-10 mins a game. Cant have multiple non-Reibe bench guys on the floor together ever pretty much.
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Stewart still gives us D and is a bigger body than Ross so matches up better with bruisers down low. His offfens is off right now but I wouldn't call him unplayable. Smith though right now I'm wondering if he is injured as he just looks off compared earlier to the year.
 
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