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Butler is trashing DePaul right now, up 18 at the half, 35-17.Creighton is beatable if they play like they did the other day against Butler.
Butler is trashing DePaul right now, up 18 at the half, 35-17.Creighton is beatable if they play like they did the other day against Butler.
agree. but (regardless of coaching) we can't always be that pathetic around the rim, on driving the lane, and free throws. if we were even acceptable in one of those, it was a win.The fact is, Bouk can create his own 3 or shoot quickly after receiving a pass. Polley can shoot quickly with a guy on him, and can move a bit and create space with his height and high release.
Every other 3 point shooter on the team - Cole, Gaff, Adams, Martin - need to have space to shoot an acceptable percentage.
That, in a a sentence, is the great weakness on our team, which St. John's exploited beautifully. Bouk is out, so they only had to worry about one guy hitting tough 3s - they took Polley out with some great defense.
For some odd reason, they gave Cole a bunch of clean looks early. Later? Not so much.
Further, only Martin has the ability to penetrate and get a shot off, but, as we've seen, he's just not a top-tier scorer who easily finishes at the rim (love the guy, though).
The result against a team that is dedicated to playing tough D and taking away Polley's open 3s?
2nd half of the St. John's game.
Not going to lie . . . I'm worried that St. John's laid down a pattern that future teams will copy. Not sure that other teams will have the intensity and D to pull it off, but the pattern is there, and I know that neither Cole, Gaffney, nor Adams is suddenly going to develop a great driving game.
Bouk would have eaten St. John's alive from the line.![]()
Yea and we also won @ Butler easily without Bouk. Every night is an adventure in the Big EastButler is trashing DePaul right now, up 18 at the half, 35-17.
that win against USC on a neutral court looks good. They are currently 11-2, and 5-1 in the PAC 12.
Yea this has been an awful 36 hours for UConns resumenot a good loss for USC![]()
Oregon State 58-56 USC (Jan 19, 2021) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Oregon State Beavers vs. USC Trojans NCAAM game from January 19, 2021 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.www.espn.com
Bouk had 40 and Creighton seemed to have a nice flow in their game. Everybody seemed to score. We had our chance in game 1. We needed the St. Johns win. Trying to be realistic here. Doesn't look good. I wish at the end of the game I stick my foot in my foot, and get called out. Who is going to make up the 40 points? Now if Polley goes off, well it is going to be a thriller.Bouk had 40 against them, we lost. Never say never but really would've been nice to be 8-1 is all I can say.
We also hadn't played in 16 days.Bouk had 40 and Creighton seemed to have a nice flow in their game. Everybody seemed to score. We had our chance in game 1. We needed the St. Johns win. Trying to be realistic here. Doesn't look good. I wish at the end of the game I stick my foot in my foot, and get called out. Who is going to make up the 40 points? Now if Polley goes off, well it is going to be a thriller.
Agreed. Just don’t see enough scoring to beat Creighton unless we force >20 TOs and go crazy on the boards on both ends.Bouk had 40 and Creighton seemed to have a nice flow in their game. Everybody seemed to score. We had our chance in game 1. We needed the St. Johns win. Trying to be realistic here. Doesn't look good. I wish at the end of the game I stick my foot in my foot, and get called out. Who is going to make up the 40 points? Now if Polley goes off, well it is going to be a thriller.
I know it's just a figure of speech, but that doesn't even seem physically possible.Bouk had 40 and Creighton seemed to have a nice flow in their game. Everybody seemed to score. We had our chance in game 1. We needed the St. Johns win. Trying to be realistic here. Doesn't look good. I wish at the end of the game I stick my foot in my foot, and get called out. Who is going to make up the 40 points? Now if Polley goes off, well it is going to be a thriller.