Lesson Learned From Providence Game

[Candyman]

What happens when teams realize all we have is guys who can attack and play zone? PC did it last night and the team looked lost.

 

[tcf15]

Is there any possible way a replay of this game?? Missed it due to work and really want to see how the players looked for the first game...

 

[upstater]

Vital and Adams. 2 players on the team have played in games together.

The other 11 guys are new to playing games with the Huskies.

Only Larrier has seen any practice time alongside Vital and Adams.

So that's 3.

Everyone else including Gilbert and Diarra have only spent a few weeks practicing with them. College players are not going to learn offense and defense in that time.

Kentucky does this every year, practically. Sometimes they're the 9th seed, sometimes they are the 2nd. Between the two, it is all about Calipari's ability to coach, and the players' ability to learn.

I was surprised at the selfishness of play last night. Much less surprised by the confusion on defense and the lack of offensive sets.

 

[jibsey]

Vital and Adams. 2 players on the team have played in games together.

The other 11 guys are new to playing games with the Huskies.

Only Larrier has seen any practice time alongside Vital and Adams.

So that's 3.

Everyone else including Gilbert and Diarra have only spent a few weeks practicing with them. College players are not going to learn offense and defense in that time.

Kentucky does this every year, practically. Sometimes they're the 9th seed, sometimes they are the 2nd. Between the two, it is all about Calipari's ability to coach, and the players' ability to learn.

I was surprised at the selfishness of play last night. Much less surprised by the confusion on defense and the lack of offensive sets.

LOL. And since our players are as talented as Kentuckys’ 20 McD’s everything should work out fine.

 

[Travelman6]

Sometimes I feel like there are a lot of armchair coaches on this site.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Dunno what I'd do without you TCF...thanks man, made my afternoon

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Dunno what I'd do without you TCF...thanks man, made my afternoon

Watch the tape first.

 

[Kitaman]

Sometimes I feel like there are a lot of armchair coaches on this site.

Sometimes?

 

[Kitaman]

Jalen can hold his own against anyone. Our guards better take note and go to school. He's a junior and already has what it takes.

 

[uconnell]

Is there any possible way a replay of this game?? Missed it due to work and really want to see how the players looked for the first game...

No you don't

 

[Bagel&Cheese]

It’s teaching or lack thereof. Too many seasons with different players to think it’s poor execution. And if it is continually poor execution that goes back to crappy teaching. Either way the buck stops with the multi million dollar a year coach.

Agree that it's lack of teaching or lack of understanding offense. Ollie couldn't put the ball in the ocean when he played but was smart enough to get it to the person(s) that could shoot.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Watch the tape first.

Haha. So I decided to stop watching once PC was up by about 20 early in the second half. Not because I was frustrated with Uconn's lackluster mistakes, but just because I only wanted a small taste of what the individual players looked like and just got bored watching a blowout exhibition that holds very little importance.

With that said I'm not at all surprised with the play I did see. Terry had an abysmal game, but did show flashes of what we should expect from him once he's in mid-season form. Not surprising the ill-advised shots and bonehead turnovers he made with the amount of in-game experience he's had the past few years; think we can all agree with that. But I feel the majority of shots he did take and missed he'll ultimately make down the road, and the amount of shots he took was by design to get his confidence and rhythm back up to snuff. He will be a volume shooter for us and we're going to need him to make any noise in the AAC, so better to have him get a feel for that volume, make them or not, in a meaningless exhibition.

The first half, which I watched entirely, I honestly thought we looked pretty good given the circumstances. Gotta give it to Providence they made some tough shots, and we missed some bunnies.

Cobb has a lot to learn but if he works hard and puts it together he could be a player for us. Also really like Carlton, Jalen was Jalen, Alterique showed glimpses of what he can be down the road, and I liked Anderson's on ball defense.

Overall it has to be accepted that it wasn't a game Ollie put much importance on winning, which obviously is a big reason for exhibitions in the first place. He subbed a lot to get a feel for different lineups and spread the in game experience.

 

[Burnsbros23]

I feel like I shouldn't watch this.......

 

[upstater]

LOL. And since our players are as talented as Kentuckys’ 20 McD’s everything should work out fine.

The point flew right over your head. I was saying, sometimes massive #s of newcomers results in them never gelling, sometimes they do gel. No one said these kids are going to be national champions.

 

[Austin316]

JC 2.0 ?

 

[Jluc]

Can't believe the amount of times I've seen people on here saying Polley should get more of larriers minutes. It was one freaking exhibition game. My god.

 

[Danzz]

These announcers are useless. Just constant blabber while the game is going by. Just announce the friggin game idiots.

 

[Palatine]

Clearly Ollie has given Larrier the green light shoot whenever he wants. He got the ball he shot, covered or not.

Maybe KO should rethink that approach.

 

[MadDogRevival]

I was hoping that the "first thread" this year would be chatting all about positive first impressions, new look, that guy looks ready to rumble, energy, commitment to D. I'm now hoping that the "second thread" this year ends up with at least one of those.
Huskies - not to be too selfish here, but I need this.

 

[Candyman]

Larrier will get better not sure his shot selection will. The three games he played last year his shot selection was not very good but he made some of them so no one remembers.

I did like his reverse layup he made and then he missed a layup he should have dunked and threw some bad passes at on a couple of fast break opportunities we had. The long jumper with just inside the three point line which he took 5 times has got to stop.

 

[champs99and04]

What's more relevant is what was said after we got him as a transfer.

His rate stats at VCU were awful, but people overlooked that and chalked it up to youth and a quirky system under Shaka, claimed that we just landed a stud top 40 recruit (a lot of these same people still viewed Purvis as a Top 20 recruit, despite disappointing at NC State).

The most recent data is the most relevant, and it's apparent so far that many on this board over-hyped Larrier badly. That said, the season hasn't officially started and he still has a chance to rise to that level over the next few months. I'm doubtful, but hope it can be done.

Wouldn't the most recent and relative data be that he tore his ACL 11 months ago? I wasn't his biggest fan either and tried to caution folks that his absence alone didn't explain what happened last year, but people are seriously going to need to be patient. I know science and medicine are a lot better, but that's still a monumental injury and just because some guys have come back from it doesn't mean it isn't still a toss-up in a lot of scenarios.

He was bad at VCU because most freshman are bad (yes even ones as highly regarded as him, seriously look it up). Last year in the three games he played before injury he averaged 17 ppg on 48% shooting, which is again more recent and relevant data than what you're referring to. It's even hard to make the "transfers are transfers for a reason" argument when his coach left for Texas. People are making real leaps here.