Top 10 +/- in Country

[Palatine]

The stat is misleading, because against decent teams Polley and Carlton can't stay on the floor between foul trouble and incompetence. So this unit gets lots of minutes together when we're blowing out flotsam, and fewer minutes together when we're struggling to beat good or even decent teams.

But what if Yakwe and Diarra were healthy? That has played a role on our poor front court performance.

This year he blow outs are us blowing bad teams rather than good teams blowing us out.

 

[billybud]

I don't understand the stat's relevance, I guess.

Virginia's best combination scores only a 54

Duke's best is a 77

Tennessee's best is 53

And I see why FSU has problems in conference...best +- squad is at 30

 

[Kenny11]

Tarin Smith is coming off the bench sometime after the first TV timeout no matter the foul situation.

He should not be. He should play but that rotation can't be rote.

I wish Brendan Adams got those minutes. He is going to be here for a while (I think) and has some skills, size and athleticism that would be more apparent if he was a little more comfortable knowing that hes in the rotation. Plus, BA is a 2 so that could allow Jalen to play some point guard again if BA comes in for Alterique.

 

[Excalibur]

I would buy this if Hurleys sub patterns changed without quick fouls.

They dont.

My big gripe with KO the last few years was sub patterns. I still have that issue this year.

Ollie's substitution patterns were nonexistent, and without rhyme or reason. Hurley's are overly rigid.

 

[J187Money]

The stat is misleading, because against decent teams Polley and Carlton can't stay on the floor between foul trouble and incompetence. So this unit gets lots of minutes together when we're blowing out flotsam, and fewer minutes together when we're struggling to beat good or even decent teams.

What about jetsam?

 

[businesslawyer]

What about jetsam?

Other than Syracuse, we haven't beaten a team good enough to have both flotsam and jetsam.

 

[billybud]

Other than Syracuse, we haven't beaten a team good enough to have both flotsam and jetsam.

I feel the pain...but you can fall fast in basketball....look at FSU...from top 15 to unranked to out of the tournament...in not much more than a week.

 

[UofCT]

Ollie's substitution patterns were nonexistent, and without rhyme or reason. Hurley's are overly rigid.

We don't have the personnel to be competitive. Brought this up in another thread but Drummond, Napier, Lamb, Oriahki, Roscoe, Giffey, Olander, and Boatright were an 8-seed bubble team.

 

[August_West]

Ollie's substitution patterns were nonexistent, and without rhyme or reason. Hurley's are overly rigid.

Ollie did the same thing with the rigid after 1st time out sub patterns.

later in the game he was all over the map no doubt.


I prefer that the game is "felt out" more with starters (provided no foul issues) before getting rote. These kids can handle the minutes.

 

[BuffaloHusky]

The plus/minus tonight was dramatic which makes AG’s possible injury that much more depressing. The starters dominated on offense and defense. We can only hope AG is okay.