Cook destroyed us

[jdb50]

Why did Carlton sit most of the night? I wanted to see Cobb and Carlton on the floor at the same time but we never did that. No one had the physicality to stay with Cook but I would have liked to see Jump give it a try. Polley, Yakwe and Smith got punked trying to stop him. Putting in B Adams did nothing to help our defense. The refs killed us all night. Yeah I said it.

 

[spudzj6]

Why did Carlton sit most of the night? I wanted to see Cobb and Carlton on the floor at the same time but we never did that. No one had the physicality to stay with Cook but I would have liked to see Jump give it a try. Polley, Yakwe and Smith got punked trying to stop him. Putting in B Adams did nothing to help our defense. The refs killed us all night. Yeah I said it.

I saw Tarin pick him up at half court once. That resulted in a turnover and fast break points. Not saying it would work every time, but Smith is a stronger guard who could stay with him outside the lane.

 

[HuskyBoi]

im sorry but nobody is matching Cook in the big ten, or anywhere, we fell victim to him. hes gonna be a monster, period. sometimes, we just have to accept the fact that the other team has a guy who will outjump and outpower us aerially and we just have to deal with it.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Why did Carlton sit most of the night? I wanted to see Cobb and Carlton on the floor at the same time but we never did that. No one had the physicality to stay with Cook but I would have liked to see Jump give it a try. Polley, Yakwe and Smith got punked trying to stop him. Putting in B Adams did nothing to help our defense. The refs killed us all night. Yeah I said it.

Not the physicality. No one had the size and foot speed besides Cobb to stay with him. Garza was an issue too. We’ve always had problems with this. I’m sure Hurley will address with going forward with recruiting

 

[Jay-Bone]

We will struggle guarding mobile bigs all year long. We have no swing forwards, except maybe Sid? Polley and Tarin were way over matched. Polley in toughness and foot speed, Tarin in size.

 

[Palatine]

I think Whalley would have been the best match up on Cook.

But Cook is a good player who had a good night.

 

[auror]

We will struggle guarding mobile bigs all year long. We have no swing forwards, except maybe Sid? Polley and Tarin were way over matched.

Sid weighs less than Polley.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Sid weighs less than Polley.

Yes, but is he quicker? So does Tarin. All our bigs belong under the basket. Nothing in between.

 

[jibsey]

Not the physicality. No one had the size and foot speed besides Cobb to stay with him. Garza was an issue too. We’ve always had problems with this. I’m sure Hurley will address with going forward with recruiting

Correct.

 

[Huskybass]

Cook is a beast. Big, strong and fast with a decent handle. He is going to have lots of big nights.

 

[jdb50]

Good points but why no Carlton and Cobb? Try something. We were in 4 guards most of the night and it was not working as we could not make threes tonight which really hurt.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Cook is the type of player we have no answer for this year at the 4. Even Diarra, who may be the best suited to play someone like him based on size would have gotten killed.

 

[Horatio]

He was aiight

 

[UConnSwag11]

Cook is the type of player we have no answer for this year at the 4. Even Diarra, who may be the best suited to play someone like him based on size would have gotten killed.

On offense they always got what they wanted. It’s as if they’ve played together with this coach for years.

 

[Huskybass]

He was aiight

He was way better than aiight. That kid looked like Precious out there.

 

[tcf15]

Cook is what you hope our frontcourt looks like in two years or so after recruiting efforts and workouts with Sal.

 

[Horatio]

He was way better than aiight. That kid looked like Precious out there.

I said he was Aiight!!!!! Allow me to be bitter
Please. We just lost.

 

[Walker11]

Cook is basically what I thought Brissett was going to be last night.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yes we struggled to defend Cook and Garza. Most teams will. They are good. But we also missed open look after open look. As good as we were last night we were absurdly unlucky shooting the ball tonight. And I counted 4-5 times our own guys batted rebounds away from each other, to Iowa.

 

[husky429]

We have no answer for a strong, physical 4 right now. Sid is not that guy. Diarra could be.

 

[Huskybass]

We have no answer for a strong, physical 4 right now. Sid is not that guy. Diarra could be.

I think Diarra would foul out in about 12 minutes. I dont think we have anyone who could contain Cook.

 

[AdamaNation]

Doesn’t majority of top 100 teams have either a high flyer or mobile/large big? I feel this will be an issue game after game.

 

[amsterdamjade]

Cook is basically what I thought Brissett was going to be last night.

Taken right from Fraschilla.

 

[superjohn]

We have no answer for a strong, physical 4 right now. Sid is not that guy. Diarra could be.

The reality is we have no answers for a physical 4 or 5 this year and we haven't for several, that's why we desperately need to get the frontcourt guys we are recruiting. Cobb is the only one who shows he can rebound and score against these guys and he's gone after this season.

 

[jibsey]

The B1G gets so many players like this and every team has a couple of them. Do they have a tree out back that they grow them and pick them off of?