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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 2059466, member: 37"] He gave AB quick hooks throughout the game. He's settled on keeping AB at the end of games to minimize opposing guards from driving into the lane and scoring. If you watch Steve, he plants himself in the post, seldom moving his feet to block shots. The result is either a foul or an easy layup by opposing quick players. This was arguably Amida's worse game this season and that includes those games in which he fouled out quickly. It's a shame because this was a winnable game. But he wasn't alone. Pretty much everyone outside of Steve played below their average game particularly on offense. They had a lot of decent looks that they missed. Part of it is the pressure they put on themselves. This was an important game. Part of it is they have the type of personalities that tend to struggle when things start going wrong (except Vital imo) and a good part of it is fatigue both mental and physical. I don't care what age we are, stress applied to our bodies impacts the bodies ability to perform and it's cumulative. It just the older we get the quicker the impact. But there is a threshold for everyone. Look at Nadal or Tiger. They were young when the stress caught up with them. These kids have played a lot of minutes. They've had to travel a lot. The argument regarding SMU having only six players is valid only if you conveniently overlook that those six players are above average for the positions they play. The primary six KO has to utilize are not of equal caliber. As good as Christian and Vance have been, and as good as the experience both are getting to help them in the future, I believe that if those two had season ending injuries instead of Terry and Alterique, the results would have turned out better this season because they are better players. I strongly believe Jalen would not be as tired at this point of the season if Alterique was available as opposed to Christian. I'm obviously conjecturing and I want to make it clear that I love a player like Christian who is the epitome of gritty and plucky, but he is a back up type player and Alterique came in with star quality. [/QUOTE]

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