To be honest:
Our offense is very stagnant and dependent upon one-on-one players for now, needs to stop have to run a semblance of offense.
We have 3-4 players we can rely on to score the basketball, that's where they need to be setting screens and making the plays.
Our bigs were outplayed dramatically last night - Carlton work hard but was outmanned, David plays hard but has no offensive potential clogs the middle on that end, Diarra is lost has a long ways to go, Whaley wasn't physical enough to go against that line yet and we could have used Cobb no doubt - wouldn't have made a huge difference but would've checked the big guys a bit better.
Don't think KO should've given up on Polley last night he came out nervous but I thought we needed his length on D and he can rebound it too. Also when Vital came out nervous too why not try Tyler again?
Jalen played ok but missed some bunnies and forced some shots, a couple ugly ones to boot. He's our guy but needs to be a calming force during these games, he's not there yet. Still needs to be a lot better on defense he's a wanderer and that needs to stop. Never wanders when we need him to, like leaving Watson open for a late game because he didn't leave his man. Hate to say it but he's a bit lazy on that end until he needs to be.
Gilbert was solid on both ends, made some nice offensive moves but we can't have hm taking lots of 3's in key parts of the games. Couple excellent steals. He's getting there I pray for all of our sakes he stays healthy.
Anderson had a rough game I thought for him as he's been good so far, was due to be a little off.
Vital went back to his ways thus far came in they there whim the ball opposite corner guy ruhing his to defend in his face but he just needed to chuck it up - came out fast right after he dropped a pass OOB's. Needs to bet back to basics and let things happen naturally he's not that 30 point scorer he was the other night.
Larger shot it well in the 2nd half, he's our only shooter who looks like he's going to make shots I'm afraid - when it comes out of his hand it usually looks good not so much with the others. He needs to defend and rebound a lot better for me a little lax in those area's if wants to be complete. They look to him and he needs to show them he's working as hard to stop his guy and box him out as he trying to create a shot. So far I don't see that.
Team needs a bit more pride too. I mean Winston was laughing at them the last 4-5 minutes and they took it. No one stepped up and guarded him in his face or even physically to let him know it's not always going to be fun you little . Didn't like that he was open or getting lay ups a lot the last 2 minutes. I also wonder how he even goes to the rim up 20 with 40 seconds left but that's up to Izzo - guess he doesn't like the 0-2 record prior vs KO.
Long way to go with this team but they need more physical people out there no doubt. Recruiting needs to be better as mentioned but think it's going in the right direction already just may be too late for this year. MSU is good but not unbeatable so 20 point loss not really acceptable to me guys need to be better. Arkansas will tell us a lot more although I really hope we don't run up and down the court with them, they have the horses we don't for 40 minutes of that havoc.
