Let the kids play!

[deedougie]

When it looked like the game was a lost cause Hurly put the kids in there and it was exciting to watch.

Disappointed on another loss but its great to see that finally we are turning the last pages on the Ollie days.

Brighter days are ahead and I hope we see more of those lineups in the games to come.

 

[ucawn]

Liked the young guns lineup with Vital as a leader. Loved seeing Akok and Sid in the front court. Gaffney and Bouk played well and so did Adams

 

[AdamaNation]

When it looked like the game was a lost cause Hurly put the kids in there and it was exciting to watch.

Disappointed on another loss but its great to see that finally we are turning the last pages on the Ollie days.

Brighter days are ahead and I hope we see more of those lineups in the games to come.

Except the embarrassing loses.

 

[GHSWolverines]

Three freshmen and two sophomores brought us back. At this point let the young guys play the majority of minutes for the rest of the season. Out with the old guard and in with the new.

 

[Palatine]

No. Try to win. Learn to win.

Just playing young guys will result in even worse losses.

 

[buddy]

They need to build some muscle. The opponents all look stronger to me.

 

[Rico444]

No. Try to win. Learn to win.

Just playing young guys will result in even worse losses.

Did we watch the same game today?

 

[Huskybass]

Bouknight had 16 points on 11 field goal attempts.

Gilbert and Vital had 16 points on 22 field goal attempts.

Better days are ahead.

 

[HooperScooper]

I didn't get to see the game because I was at my son's basketball game and I was doing the book. Noticed Carlton had a 2nd straight bagel. Is Hurley phasing him out? Whaley didn't play much either. I don't think Akok is going to be able to play the 5 against most centers. And Javonte Brown Ferguson doesn't look like he's ready for next year. So what is Hurley going to do at the 5?

Igbanu had 28 points off the bench. Who guarded him?

 

[Palatine]

Did we watch the same game today?

Yep. I watch very game. Have for years.

 

[Rico444]

Yep. I watch very game. Have for years.

I saw a game where we were uncompetitive until we put a lineup with 3 freshmen and 2 sophomores into the lineup and then we made a run, even took a lead.

Gaffney and Bouknight need to get an opportunity to play significant minutes in each game. If they're struggling, I'm fine with sitting them down, but they're the future and at this point may even be our best chance to make a late season run to the NIT.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Kids aren’t going to learn on the bench behind Gilbert n co.

 

[deedougie]

I didn't get to see the game because I was at my son's basketball game and I was doing the book. Noticed Carlton had a 2nd straight bagel. Is Hurley phasing him out? Whaley didn't play much either. I don't think Akok is going to be able to play the 5 against most centers. And Javonte Brown Ferguson doesn't look like he's ready for next year. So what is Hurley going to do at the 5?

Igbanu had 28 points off the bench. Who guarded him?

Igbanu unfortunately torched both Carlton and Whaley. Whaley just couldn't body him and fell for Igbanu's pump fakes and pick up fouls. Carlton was too slow. He did have one good play at the end (after giving up two baskets in a row defending Igbanu) by fronting him and deflecting the pass into the post.

Akok had better luck but is still a bit thin. Their best defense was to double Igbanu and force him to pass. Looking forward to see how Hurley adjusts the defense in their next game agains Tulsa.

And, yes, I am excited to never, ever, have to watch a Tulsa team again after this season.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Yep. I watch very game. Have for years.

Try to pay more attention then.

 

[Devland]

You can't give Bouknight too many more minutes. Players are only given 5 fouls.

 

[AdamaNation]

I didn't get to see the game because I was at my son's basketball game and I was doing the book. Noticed Carlton had a 2nd straight bagel. Is Hurley phasing him out? Whaley didn't play much either. I don't think Akok is going to be able to play the 5 against most centers. And Javonte Brown Ferguson doesn't look like he's ready for next year. So what is Hurley going to do at the 5?

Igbanu had 28 points off the bench. Who guarded him?

Springs??

 

[Doctor Hoop]

I didn't get to see the game because I was at my son's basketball game and I was doing the book. Noticed Carlton had a 2nd straight bagel. Is Hurley phasing him out? Whaley didn't play much either. I don't think Akok is going to be able to play the 5 against most centers. And Javonte Brown Ferguson doesn't look like he's ready for next year. So what is Hurley going to do at the 5?

Igbanu had 28 points off the bench. Who guarded him?

Nobody guarded Igbanu most of the time. Surpassed his career high by 10.

 

[YoungFree]

Except the embarrassing loses.

Pretty sure there have only been 3 embarrassing losses out of the 9....last year that would have been 6 and the year before 9.

 

[UCLJ0211]

You can't give Bouknight too many more minutes. Players are only given 5 fouls.

When he’s on the floor he’s proven to be one of, if not our best, scorers. If he could just limit the 2 quick fouls early on in these games that take him out of the game for extended periods of time, we’d have a more reliable go-to option on offense. The guy scored 16 in like 22 minutes today.

 

[HuskylnSC]

You can't give Bouknight too many more minutes. Players are only given 5 fouls.

i.e., Bouk has to give himself more minutes.

 

[HuskylnSC]

Except the embarrassing loses.

Only really embarrassing loss was St. Joe's.

 

[jbdphi]

USF and Cincu were both pretty ugly.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Bouknight, Akok, Gaffney and Adams were a combined 8 of 16 from 3! I'd say let the kids play!

 

[mauconnfan]

Bouknight had 16 points on 11 field goal attempts.

Gilbert and Vital had 16 points on 22 field goal attempts.

Better days are ahead.

This is great you pick one game? I mean I get it we all want the future to show up and be the savior. He's been a ghost in many games and gaffney was crapping his pants in many games. Hey I'm not at all in favor of the continuous BS that CV and AG put us through game after game, sick of it to. But can everyone calm down on the "the kids". One game and 12-0 run 19 games into their freshman year, about time huh? I mean if they were practicing better and playing better when given minutes we would've seen more. OT they weren't too good but I guess we had a moral victory at the 12-0 run so let's throw everyone else to the dogs.

Crazy place here. Let's see it again for the next 11 games and I will be as excited as everyone. But until then let's try to remember CV, AG and JC are Huskies. Criticism is well deserved for each of them but these threads booting them out is uncalled for, the "I can't wait until the Ollie guys are gone" is crap!

 

[polycom]

This is great you pick one game? I mean I get it we all want the future to show up and be the savior. He's been a ghost in many games and gaffney was crapping his pants in many games. Hey I'm not at all in favor of the continuous BS that CV and AG put us through game after game, sick of it to. But can everyone calm down on the "the kids". One game and 12-0 run 19 games into their freshman year, about time huh? I mean if they were practicing better and playing better when given minutes we would've seen more. OT they weren't too good but I guess we had a moral victory at the 12-0 run so let's throw everyone else to the dogs.

Crazy place here. Let's see it again for the next 11 games and I will be as excited as everyone. But until then let's try to remember CV, AG and JC are Huskies. Criticism is well deserved for each of them but these threads booting them out is uncalled for, the "I can't wait until the Ollie guys are gone" is crap!

it’s certainly called for. It might be harsh but it’s certainly called for. In the same thought people should also be holding Hurley accountable as well.He can’t have his best coaching game in late January...

 

[mauconnfan]

it’s certainly called for. It might be harsh but it’s certainly called for. In the same thought people should also be holding Hurley accountable as well.He can’t have his best coaching game in late January...

No it's not, no way not at all. It's not harsh it's wrong. Criticism is harsh and maybe well deserved but the boot, it's BS. Minus this game Gaffney and Adams have done squat suddenly the saviors. And they sucked in OT we didn't win, not sure if anyone saw the final or the OT?

 

[KembaStepback]

My issues with some upper classmen are shot selection and decision making. Sometimes that make the right play and I think they've turned the corner...then I'll see a heat check 3 or a crazy drive into the trees. It's really getting frustrating.

 

[Rico444]

This is great you pick one game? I mean I get it we all want the future to show up and be the savior. He's been a ghost in many games and gaffney was crapping his pants in many games. Hey I'm not at all in favor of the continuous BS that CV and AG put us through game after game, sick of it to. But can everyone calm down on the "the kids". One game and 12-0 run 19 games into their freshman year, about time huh? I mean if they were practicing better and playing better when given minutes we would've seen more. OT they weren't too good but I guess we had a moral victory at the 12-0 run so let's throw everyone else to the dogs.

Crazy place here. Let's see it again for the next 11 games and I will be as excited as everyone. But until then let's try to remember CV, AG and JC are Huskies. Criticism is well deserved for each of them but these threads booting them out is uncalled for, the "I can't wait until the Ollie guys are gone" is crap!

The big difference here is that Gaffney, Bouknight, and Sid are freshmen or sophomores. They are expected to improve. Gilbert has been around for 4 years now, Vital the same, and Carlton 3. If they're not showing the ability to compete at this level now, it's not prudent to keep throwing them out there for significant minutes and hope they break out of it.

The NCAAs are pretty much out of reach now barring a conference tournament run, but the NIT isn't. I would rather give the young guys more burn so they can grow into players that will eventually bring us back to the NCAAs. Going with Gilbert, Vital, and Carlton the rest of the way doesn't give me much optimism that we're getting to the NIT. At least giving the young guys more playing time on a game-to-game basis will give us a higher ceiling. And if one of the kids doesn't have it that day, then play the older guys more minutes. We just can't keep going like we have.

 

[Padutch5]

Igbanu unfortunately torched both Carlton and Whaley. Whaley just couldn't body him and fell for Igbanu's pump fakes and pick up fouls. Carlton was too slow. He did have one good play at the end (after giving up two baskets in a row defending Igbanu) by fronting him and deflecting the pass into the post.

Akok had better luck but is still a bit thin. Their best defense was to double Igbanu and force him to pass. Looking forward to see how Hurley adjusts the defense in their next game agains Tulsa.

And, yes, I am excited to never, ever, have to watch a Tulsa team again after this season.

Apparently the Tulsa fans are also exited to “never, ever watch a Tulsa team”. I cant remember a game, men or women, with fewer fans from the opposing team.

 

[mauconnfan]

The big difference here is that Gaffney, Bouknight, and Sid are freshmen or sophomores. They are expected to improve. Gilbert has been around for 4 years now, Vital the same, and Carlton 3. If they're not showing the ability to compete at this level now, it's not prudent to keep throwing them out there for significant minutes and hope they break out of it.

The NCAAs are pretty much out of reach now barring a conference tournament run, but the NIT isn't. I would rather give the young guys more burn so they can grow into players that will eventually bring us back to the NCAAs. Going with Gilbert, Vital, and Carlton the rest of the way doesn't give me much optimism that we're getting to the NIT. At least giving the young guys more playing time on a game-to-game basis will give us a higher ceiling. And if one of the kids doesn't have it that day, then play the older guys more minutes. We just can't keep going like we have.

Hey if we're not going to win I'm all in for the frosh/sophs to play. Bouk is a no doubter. Gaffney hasn't shown much until a run yesterday. Sid has been earning minutes I agree on that and Adams played better yesterday made a couple of 3's but also got lost on D in the OT for a critical backdoor. And no one played well in the OT.

Hey we're not winning games with whomever but if we start them or play them more and are don 20 at halftime does that make us better for next year? Let's see what they do if given more time before we close the door on ther others because I still want my team to compete as they have been.