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Bouk went 13 for 24 while carrying the offense. The three bigs, not asked to do much, combined for a competent 6 for 10.

The other 5 perimeter players (Cole, Gaffney, Adams, Martin, Jackson) shot a combined 5 for 33 from the floor. Five for friggin 33. Fifteen per cent.

The remarkable thing is we should have won the game in regulation. I give Cole credit for his D, and Martin for his rebouding, but if no one but Bouk can throw the ball into the Connecticut River from the dock this is going to be a tough season.
 
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Huskybass said:
When I opened this thread, I expected to see only 9 assists on 74 points. We simply have to pass the ball better and get some better looks. We also sorely need some more fast break points.
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Creighton’s bread and butter is getting back on D and not giving up easy looks
 
We need to be like a gritty low possession team that destroys everyone on the boards and gets a bunch of second chance points. Bouknight can play that style extremely well too. This is what our roster says we are with guys like Martin, Sanogo, Carlton, Whaley. We just don’t have the shotmakers outside of Bouk.
 
Just watching Marquette Xavier Seton Hall and Providence today as well as Creighton we are not going to destroy anyone on the boards in this conference. Everyone plays good defense. Gaffney and Cole had better get better at hitting open shots and free throws. And we have to hope Polley can get back to being a better threat from 3. Bouknight will be a marked man and teams will dare the rest to make a play.
 
jdb50 said:
Just watching Marquette Xavier Seton Hall and Providence today as well as Creighton we are not going to destroy anyone on the boards in this conference. Everyone plays good defense. Gaffney and Cole had better get better at hitting open shots and free throws. And we have to hope Polley can get back to being a better threat from 3. Bouknight will be a marked man and teams will dare the rest to make a play.
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Polley was horrible in the last two games and was a no show in todays game. He has to be one of the biggest disappointments thus far along with Ajax who looks absolutely lost out there.
 
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businesslawyer said:
Bouk went 13 for 24 while carrying the offense. The three bigs, not asked to do much, combined for a competent 6 for 10.

The other 5 perimeter players (Cole, Gaffney, Adams, Martin, Jackson) shot a combined 5 for 33 from the floor. Five for friggin 33. Fifteen per cent.

The remarkable thing is we should have won the game in regulation. I give Cole credit for his D, and Martin for his rebouding, but if no one but Bouk can throw the ball into the Connecticut River from the dock this is going to be a tough season.
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And you would think that we’d consider running some offense to get the ball inside to Whaley, Josh, Sanogo and Martin. We do it it a couple of times a game, and instead pull them outside for useless ball screens. The defense just ignores them and sits back.

This team should not be launching 20+ 3s a game. I really don’t get it. We can present mismatches inside with size against almost everyone. While I want us to run as much as possible, when in half court we need to play inside out.
 
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businesslawyer said:
Bouk went 13 for 24 while carrying the offense. The three bigs, not asked to do much, combined for a competent 6 for 10.

The other 5 perimeter players (Cole, Gaffney, Adams, Martin, Jackson) shot a combined 5 for 33 from the floor. Five for friggin 33. Fifteen per cent.

The remarkable thing is we should have won the game in regulation. I give Cole credit for his D, and Martin for his rebouding, but if no one but Bouk can throw the ball into the Connecticut River from the dock this is going to be a tough season.
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This stat is the story of the game for sure. Not much else to discuss. Cole’s missed free throws were also critical. I like Martin, but must get more scoring from that position to compete with top 10 teams.
 
HooperScooper said:
I think I read they could go to the gym and shoot in groups of two.
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I thought the group of 2 at a time was during quarantine but since they got back to practice last Sunday, they could have full practice with masks.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Creighton’s bread and butter is getting back on D and not giving up easy looks
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That was why we looked better playing a slightly slower game. We weren't getting the points of the break. We did best with a "hurry but don't rush" pace.
 
HuskyHawk said:
And you would think that we’d consider running some offense to get the ball inside to Whaley, Josh, Sanogo and Martin. We do it it a couple of times a game, and instead pull them outside for useless ball screens. The defense just ignores them and sits back.

This team should not be launching 20+ 3s a game. I really don’t get it. We can present mismatches inside with size against almost everyone. While I want us to run as much as possible, when in half court we need to play inside out.
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This. If no one but Bouk can get shots they can make in this offense, we need to play inside out a lot more. We didn't do it a lot, but were competent when he ball got into the low post. It has to happen more.

I don't want be too harsh. We feel just short against a good team after not just a 17 day break between games but our second total practice shut down of the season. I would have expected rust somewhere. But having said that, the shooting by everyone other than Bouk was scary.
 
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Brendan Adams was awful. Martin was less awful. Gaffney was even a little less awful. Cole redefined awful.

Jackson get an incomplete. He did not get enough playing time to really be awful.

The goal for the next game is to realize that there is an NBA lottery pick on the roster and a front court full of capable individuals and to concentrate on getting those players the ball.

We do not need hero ball from the backcourt.
 
Fishy said:
Brendan Adams was awful. Martin was less awful. Gaffney was even a little less awful. Cole redefined awful.

Jackson get an incomplete. He did not get enough playing time to really be awful.

The goal for the next game is to realize that there is an NBA lottery pick on the roster and a front court full of capable individuals and to concentrate on getting those players the ball.

We do not need hero ball from the backcourt.
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It’s really this simple.
 
No one was awful. We played a team ranked (as of today) #9.
Shooting overall was awful. Defense was really good. Zeg held to 11 pts in 42 min. His avg is 14.

I don’t disagree that we need more scoring options.
Whaley 3rd highest with 7 pts in 19 foul plagued minutes.
As much as this game was winnable we have a few guys that can shoot but could not get going today against a good team.
We need a consistent game and practice schedule to get everyone back into game shape and on target. Not something Dan Hurley can control but this is where we are.
 
businesslawyer said:
Bouk went 13 for 24 while carrying the offense. The three bigs, not asked to do much, combined for a competent 6 for 10.

The other 5 perimeter players (Cole, Gaffney, Adams, Martin, Jackson) shot a combined 5 for 33 from the floor. Five for friggin 33. Fifteen per cent.

The remarkable thing is we should have won the game in regulation. I give Cole credit for his D, and Martin for his rebouding, but if no one but Bouk can throw the ball into the Connecticut River from the dock this is going to be a tough season.
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When you can't shoot for a decent percentage you can't expect to win. Those were dreadful numbers. I'm not sure if the focus is wrong in practice or what the problem is. The announcers talked about some kind of a slogan that applied to what coach Hurley has been focusing on during the off time. Nowhere in that description did the word shooting come up. We'd better figure out some kind of shooting drills that can get these guys ready to be productive in game situations. It's not impossible to improve your shooting and we need to make it a priority on this team. Figure it out.
 
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