diggerfoot
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A couple years ago I started a feature called POP, or Pointing Out Positives, in the face of increasing negativity on the board because we were actually losing multiple games in the same season. Well, I for one don't see a loss coming this year except at the hands of Baylor and even that is not a given. Plus it is fairly obvious after all the jubilation over a lousy exhibition game that we have a problem of too much optimism around here. I now provide a PON feature, or Pointing Out Negatives, so that the Boneyard might aspire to a little more balance.
KML - Everyone is going crazy over her six 3s but she took twelve of them for crying out loud. That's only 50%. And 31 minutes in an exhibition game? She's going to lose her legs by the end of the season.
Faris - Fill up the stat sheet this, fill up the stat sheet that. It escaped the attention of many that she only got 5 rebounds. Last year she was often the second leading rebounder in a game, if not the first. In this first exhibition she only was tied for third, with Dolson no less.
Banks - did not get a single offensive rebound. People are bound to excuse her for being a perimeter player, but look at how many offensive rebounds KML got. There is no excuse.
Stewart - This one's too easy. Only 1 - 5 from three point land? You don't see that kind of stat line from EDD.
Tuck - her first play is a turnover? That's not UConn basketball.
Jefferson - PG of the future? Her A/T ratio of 1.5 was the worst of all the guards. She's obviously a poor decision-maker.
Team notes - Did I read the box score right? IUP assisted on 80% of it's made baskets (8-10)? Our defense won't allow us to win many games if even a DII team can have that type of offensive efficiency against us. We are supposed to be the ones with the best teamwork.
I know this is only our first exhibition game but I don't see how we are going to beat Baylor by 20 points this year if we don't start shaping up.
KML - Everyone is going crazy over her six 3s but she took twelve of them for crying out loud. That's only 50%. And 31 minutes in an exhibition game? She's going to lose her legs by the end of the season.
Faris - Fill up the stat sheet this, fill up the stat sheet that. It escaped the attention of many that she only got 5 rebounds. Last year she was often the second leading rebounder in a game, if not the first. In this first exhibition she only was tied for third, with Dolson no less.
Banks - did not get a single offensive rebound. People are bound to excuse her for being a perimeter player, but look at how many offensive rebounds KML got. There is no excuse.
Stewart - This one's too easy. Only 1 - 5 from three point land? You don't see that kind of stat line from EDD.
Tuck - her first play is a turnover? That's not UConn basketball.
Jefferson - PG of the future? Her A/T ratio of 1.5 was the worst of all the guards. She's obviously a poor decision-maker.
Team notes - Did I read the box score right? IUP assisted on 80% of it's made baskets (8-10)? Our defense won't allow us to win many games if even a DII team can have that type of offensive efficiency against us. We are supposed to be the ones with the best teamwork.
I know this is only our first exhibition game but I don't see how we are going to beat Baylor by 20 points this year if we don't start shaping up.
