Florida - Report Card

[RayRay34]

Alex Karaban
39-Min. 13-Pts. 2-Reb. 1-Ast. 1-Stl 2-Blk.
Typical lunch pail game, productive and efficient. A nice second half play where he blocked Lee and then hit a three. Made big plays at the right time as he always seems to do. #Legend
Grade: B+

Solo Ball
34-Min. 19-Pts. 1-Reb. 2-Ast 2-TO
Played to the level of the moment. HIs mid-range game is a beautiful weapon. 3-8 on threes, aggressive to the rim and had a nice first-half dish in the paint to Reibe. BIG three late in 2nd half, to put us up 6 and hit enough FTs at the end to seal it. BBIQ wavered sometimes.
Grade: A-

Silas Demary Jr.
20-Min. 6-Pts. 3-Reb 1-Ast. 1-Stl 1-TO
Brought some first half aggression, maybe too much as he only played 8 first-half minutes due to foul trouble. Made some big FTs under a minute and looked good getting to his spots but we need more minutes and production from our lead guard.
Grade: C

Jaylin Stewart
23-Min. 7-Pts. 4-Reb 1-Ast. 1-Blk Seems to always show out for the big games, brought some good energy and put himself in position for some good looks. Most of his damage done in the first half. He oozes talent and when I think of the quintessential basketball player, the way he moves and plays matches it.
Grade: B+

Eric Reibe
15-Min. 9-Pts. 2-Reb 1-TO
Flashed some good hands and a powerful dunk followed by a three in the first half. Was tough on the boards against some tough FL bigs. Productive usage.
Grade: A-

Malachi Smith
22-Min. 5-Pts. 3-Reb. 9-Ast. 1-TO
Ok first half and made mistake a Senior guard shouldn’t make in turning it over and then fouling for an “and-one”. Played like a champion in the 2nd half. Beautiful drive and dish to Reibe, and a crazy Euro-step for a bucket late in the game. Made enough FT’s to help win it.
Grade: A-

Tarris Reed Jr.
24-Min. 12-Pts. 1-Reb. 2-Ast. 1-Stl 2-TO
The Bear is back! Got involved instantly on offense and was mucking it up on the boards on both ends. Good defense forcing UF to a shot clock violation late in the second followed up by a powerful take down low. Looked more agile than against KU.
Grade: A-

Braylon Mullins
11-Min. 6-Pts. 2-Reb 1-Ast.
Only played 2-minutes in the 1st half due to foul trouble. Showed his talent and athleticism in a productive stint before fouling out with 3-miuntes left. That needs to be cleaned up, he’s too important to be on the bench.
Grade: B-

Jayden Ross
12-Min. 0-Pts. 2-Reb 1-TO
Kept Lee in check after a hot first half. His only real statistical stamp on the game was an untimely TO.
Grade: C+

Overall - B+ A little ugly, but played tough. Credit to UF, they’re better than their record.

Game Balls - Solo Ball, Malachi Smith, and Coaching Staff for having these guys ready for a fight.

 

[UC0NN]

Way too high scores, Uconn shot the ball really well.

Outrebounded by double digits. That will partially get cleaned by some by a healthy Tarris. Too many fouls leading to free throws.

 

[RuffRuff]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

 

[AllHusky]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

The bigger the moment, the more you'll see Ross revert to who he is/was. Until he has 2 or 3 games in a row where he makes "all the right moves", he's gonna be like a Box of Chocolates

 

[JustbrewitMan]

This game was an early XMas present for the Ross bashers. Enjoy the moment. Be sure to fire up the recency bias fireplace and ignore those timeout-inducing dagger 3's, clutch layups, and great D that he had in previous "big moment" situations.

 

[QDOG5]

Reed is just coming back from injury but going forward he can’t play 24 minutes and have one rebound. I had Ross slightly ahead of Stewart but I’m flipping back to Stew>Ross. As Ruff stated the TO late and the pass to Smith were panicky. Solo missing two free throws late AND going in for a one hand dunk late were not clutch plays. If we are going to win a championship Silas has to play much better and on a consistent basis. His early fouls are troubling. Good job @ RayRay34

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

Come on man. I forget who was guarding Condon (Karaban, I think). He had the lane sealed at the time.

You don't drop down from above for a double to seal off the lane. You go for a steal/trap. Ross went for the ball. Condon made a great play/fake to make that shot. An experienced big-boy lane move.

You love to nitpick without really thinking. Gotta support your narratives at all costs.


All that said, I agree with the C+ grade. He can do better. We've seen it in a bunch of big games so far, and we'll see it even more as the season progresses.

 

[Inyatkin]

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

So there are some things he's good at? Huh. Coulda sworn I heard differently

 

[QDOG5]

That was Reed who went for a steal. That was not Ross’ fault.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

So there are some things he's good at? Huh. Coulda sworn I heard differently

It's fairly clear that Ross/Stewart minutes and performance going forward will hinge a lot on matchups we have.

Florida's roster better fit what Stew can offer up vs. Ross. To his credit, Stew brought it and was a net positive last night.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

That was Reed who went for a steal. That was not Ross’ fault.

You're thinking of the play where Reed and Mullins were double-teaming on the blocks. Reed went for the steal, leaving Mullins in front of a tree.

 

[Inyatkin]

It's fairly clear that Ross/Stewart minutes and performance going forward will hinge a lot on matchups we have.

Florida's roster better fit what Stew can offer up vs. Ross. To his credit, Stew brought it and was a net positive last night.

I don't know, I read a whole bunch of posts about how Stewart doesn't do anything well and doesn't fill any needs for us. Not sure how to square that with the player who showed up last night. So confusing!

 

[DW1361]

Love your assessments RayRay. I think you were a bit tough on Karaban and generous with Mullins. I thought Karaban held his ground well on the defensive end and those clutch threes were winners. The guy was so important to getting the W that he played 39 minutes in a physical contested game. He wasn’t perfect, but well deserving of an A-. Mullins a b-? This was a bad game for him. He will learn from it. At best I would give him a C, but probably give him a D+. He is a great player. He did very little last night to show that.

 

[Scottzer]

I’m still not worried with Demary - guy is playing with full effort and he’s still learning the offense and not being selfish. T Newt had 41 assists and 27 turnovers in his first 10 games - and that team was still rolling. Silas is at 51 assists, 18 turnovers. Their game score averages were about the same through those stretches, with Silas edging out Newton.

I love this team - they haven’t seemed like they’ve nailed the offense just yet, but I love seeing that they play hard, and defend.

 

[NickDanger]

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Reed is just coming back from injury but going forward he can’t play 24 minutes and have one rebound. I had Ross slightly ahead of Stewart but I’m flipping back to Stew>Ross. As Ruff stated the TO late and the pass to Smith were panicky. Solo missing two free throws late AND going in for a one hand dunk late were not clutch plays. If we are going to win a championship Silas has to play much better and on a consistent basis. His early fouls are troubling. Good job @ RayRay34

He had five rebounds, not one.

 

[Spaceman213J]

I know Ball had 19, but for their roles, I think Stewart had the better game. He had 0 turnovers, played tough defense and brought some energy early on when the looked asleep for a few minutes. I love Solo, but even with 19 an 'A-' is high. Florida made things tough for him, but he also had a few plays that he shouldn't be making and should no better by now.

Condon also got Reed & Mullins with the faking like he was going to pass the ball out and rotated back on his pivot foot to foul Mullins out of the game.

Demary is reminding me a little bit of Newton when he first got into Big East play. Newton would drive and drive to the rim and get no calls. It took him a while, but he eventually made the adjustment. I think Demary has the lane jumper and could really punish defenses by getting into the paint and pulling up. Also, the team has to keep moving when the ball hits his hands. Sometimes, the start to sit and watch expecting him to take the ball and drive.

 

[QDOG5]

H

He had five rebounds, not one.

My bad

 

[GHSWolverines]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

"Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-."
He indeed oozes with potential and talent. However, he always seems to disapear after the first half.

 

[Mike Honcho]

On Silas, you wrote: "Brought some first half aggression, maybe too much"

I think this is spot on. He plays with energy, but it needs to be corralled. Too often he picks up 2 quick fouls and then sits the remainder of the half. And against Kansas, he picked up his 3rd seconds into the second half.

We remain fouling machines.

 

[RuffRuff]

Come on man. I forget who was guarding Condon (Karaban, I think). He had the lane sealed at the time.

You don't drop down from above for a double to seal off the lane. You go for a steal/trap. Ross went for the ball. Condon made a great play/fake to make that shot. An experienced big-boy lane move.

You love to nitpick without really thinking. Gotta support your narratives at all costs.


All that said, I agree with the C+ grade. He can do better. We've seen it in a bunch of big games so far, and we'll see it even more as the season progresses.

Was Karaban. You recall the play? Ross played to his outside shoulder verus his inside, fell for a fake pass that Ross bit on and then Condon just rotated into the lane for an easy bucket. IDK - on top of the other really knuckleheaded plays, this felt poorly played.

 

[Palatine]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

Hurley disagrees. He thinks Ross is responsible for settling the defense down when he put him in. And that was a key move in the game. Hurley trusts him and sees value you do not.

 

[Devland]

We seem a lot more organized and in control when Alex is on the floor. He will be missed a lot next year.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Come on man. I forget who was guarding Condon (Karaban, I think). He had the lane sealed at the time.

You don't drop down from above for a double to seal off the lane. You go for a steal/trap. Ross went for the ball. Condon made a great play/fake to make that shot. An experienced big-boy lane move.

You love to nitpick without really thinking. Gotta support your narratives at all costs.


All that said, I agree with the C+ grade. He can do better. We've seen it in a bunch of big games so far, and we'll see it even more as the season progresses.

Ross did a heck of a job on Lee in the second half
He was part of the lineup that Hurley wisely put out there at the under 12 that lead to huge defensive stops.

Why do we ignore all the good stuff in deference to plays that are the easiest to criticize? I will probably hear "we are allowed to criticize the bone head in bound turnover" true, but you cant ignore how he handled lee. LEE was abusing us like that kid from NM state.

Ross is one of our top 3 defenders and the staff seems to agree.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Ross on the inbounds panicking and dribbling into the sideline was a bit of what we saw last year. Then I saw a play where he came in to help double Condon from the outside, and instead of cutting off the lane, he fell for a pump fake outlet pass and let Condon rotate into the lane for an easy bucket. I made no sense. Just when you think he's coming around, you see the same poor decision making and frenetic qualities that makes him hard to trust. He also pinned a bounce pass to Malachi on the baseline in traffic where Malachi had no where to go. I'd give him a D for this one. He did play some decent defense on Lee in the second half but it was otherwise rather ugly on his end.

Jaylin had a very good game, I'd lift to an A-.

Solo was not great other than the shot making.

Just quoting your post because I just watched that inbounds play again on the replay link on YouTube.

This is just more of a confirmation post with video replay that we need to be better on late game inbounds plays.

We're out of timeouts. This was the only time Alex did a quick inbounds instead of the delay tactic of giving it to the Ref first. I think this was because we had gotten a delay warning an inbounds or two before (though the announcers first said on UConn, then said on Florida...so I'm not sure)...so wanted to avoid a possible technical foul.

At any rate, Florida deliberately leaves Ross most open since he's the weakest guard available (Demary & Smith are also in the frontcourt) and also the closest player to a corner trap.

Alex quickly obliges and gives a perfect delivery of the ball to Ross in the Coffin Corner. Oof.

Demary & Smith basically are stationary as Ross gets the ball and the trap comes. Fland drops off Ball and guards the possible outlet pass back to Alex. Ball is wide open after this but really out of the field of vision for Ross as he attempts to dribble out of the double down the sideline. We know what happened next.

Ross definitely looked nervy there in the corner trap. Most role players will be. We see it all the time. But he got hung out to dry with no TOs. The same thing happened to Demary, but luckily Hurley was able to bail him out with a TO.

 

[HooperScooper]

So there are some things he's good at? Huh. Coulda sworn I heard differently

Only from 1 guy who likes to hastily post everything that comes to his mind all day long. 😀