It wasn’t an effort issueThankfully depaul sucks. We will get blown out by nova with that effort. And Martin still airballs over 50% of his layups
When Cole and Sanogo left together at the 12:28 mark for awhile in the second half, the rest of the guys weathered the situation and didn’t fold. Progress.Glad Cole came to play and glad Depaul's best player Javon
Freeman-Libert didn't play and bring his 21.1 pts 7.4 reb and 3.1 ast with him.
Agreed. Sometimes I think people on this board don't understand competitive basketball. The other team is trying to win too. It is REALLY hard to win games at this level. Big East win on the road. Take it any day. Some people are never satisfied. We were losing to Tulsa a few years ago.It's a Q2 win. It's a good win.
Exactly. No team clicks on all cylinders every game. Best to have a clunker against DePaul and still get the W. We can and hopefully will play better against upcoming better opponents.Agreed. Sometimes I think people on this board don't understand competitive basketball. The other team is trying to win too. It is REALLY hard to win games at this level. Big East win on the road. Take it any day. Some people are never satisfied. We were losing to Tulsa a few years ago.
Jackson was following suit this game. I guess he is going to the same school to learn the art of going up soft and losing the ball that Martin has learned. Those guys are too athletic to be going so weak to the basket.Thankfully depaul sucks. We will get blown out by nova with that effort. And Martin still airballs over 50% of his layups
I thought we looked tired, but I I was actually quite impressed with DePaul, defensively. That was one of the tightest on-ball man defenses I've seen. They seemed well-coached, and a much better team than their record would indicate. Add Freeman-Liberty into that lineup, and I think they could pull some upsets going forward.Thankfully depaul sucks. We will get blown out by nova with that effort. And Martin still airballs over 50% of his layups
They should just try to dunk everything. But Martin forgets to jump half the timeJackson was following suit this game. I guess he is going to the same school to learn the art of going up soft and losing the ball that Martin has learned. Those guys are too athletic to be going so weak to the basket.
Thankfully depaul sucks. We will get blown out by nova with that effort. And Martin still airballs over 50% of his layups
I notice when Sanogo is fed down low, the other players stay on the outside watching. Some of his shots were taken and Depaul had 3 players at the glass ready to grab the board. AJ will try and crash looking for a miss, but the others are spectators. Also I never understand why Whaley is way out on the perimeter where he poses no threat.Nova won’t let RJ do that for one thing and we lose by 30 against them with that effort. We lose this one with Freeman Liberty as no one besides RJ was any good. AJs 13 boards aside he wasn’t very good but scary enough our second best.
First score of the game Whaley backed down his guy and scored fairly easily. Did we try that again since they were doubling down on Sanogo? Nope we forced it into him and watched a bunch of fadeaway jump hooks not go in. Need to run better offense as well as take care of the ball so much better. Never mind against Nova they need to be a ton better versus Creighton as well.
True but that wasn't my point. I wanted, just me a bigger victory with much better stats over a team missing their best player. I still can't really put my finger on how good we are.When Cole and Sanogo left together at the 12:28 mark for awhile in the second half, the rest of the guys weathered the situation and didn’t fold. Progress.
Absolutely agree. Any team that plays good defense will give us problems. How many turnovers will have against Nova, probably alotThankfully depaul sucks. We will get blown out by nova with that effort. And Martin still airballs over 50% of his layups
Yep, that is on the coaching. They are hard to watch sometimes, but we shall see what we do coming up because tough games coming up.I notice when Sanogo is fed down low, the other players stay on the outside watching. Some of his shots were taken and Depaul had 3 players at the glass ready to grab the board. AJ will try and crash looking for a miss, but the others are spectators. Also I never understand why Whaley is way out on the perimeter where he poses no threat.
I'd like to see cutters when Sanogo is fed, to reduce the double team but also to be nearer to the basket for clean-ups.
Just saying we need to step up our inside game, including constantly attacking the basket. With our bigs we could easily create foul problems for opponents.
The answer to your whole first paragraph is that's all intentional. If you have guys in the paint next to Sanogo it makes it infinitely easier to double him without any risk. I wouldn't mind seeing more cuts but keeping guys spotting up from 3 is a very good strategy as well to a Sanogo double teamI notice when Sanogo is fed down low, the other players stay on the outside watching. Some of his shots were taken and Depaul had 3 players at the glass ready to grab the board. AJ will try and crash looking for a miss, but the others are spectators. Also I never understand why Whaley is way out on the perimeter where he poses no threat.
I'd like to see cutters when Sanogo is fed, to reduce the double team but also to be nearer to the basket for clean-ups.
Just saying we need to step up our inside game, including constantly attacking the basket. With our bigs we could easily create foul problems for opponents.
With three of the four losses coming when we were short personnel and the fourth loss in in OT in our first game back after a big Covid pause.15 - 4. We’re pretty good.