UMES Post Game Thread | Page 3 | The Boneyard

UMES Post Game Thread

jorge34 said:
Ross had a very nice game. Weak competition, but he filled the stat sheet, and can play some D.
Expand ...
Ross got smoked on defense several times. His athleticism and teammates bailed him out more than once. He can’t just rely on one or two highlight reel plays per game.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Can you be unimpressed by a 50+ point win? We went almost seven minutes in the first half without scoring and missed something like nine straight threes. McNeeley’s shooting isnt as advertised so far. Diarra with dumb fouls. Reed was a beast, but against poor competition. Honestly the only I took away from this was Abraham needs more minutes.
Expand ...
I don’t think McNeeley is 100% yet. He grabbed at his hip a couple of times.
 
I wasn't able to watch but was able to listen to most of the game. I think Seth Greenberg said we started the season with four exhibition games, and I guess this was the fifth and final. Sure it was nice to get a win but against a 360 Ken Pom team I don't think it means much. I actually wonder how much these games help the team versus hurt them. You play what looks like great defense by holding a team to scoring in the 40's or 50's or whatever, until you play much better teams and realize the defense that was effective for 4 or 5 games is a step or two too slow.
Why 5 buy games??? I hope they don't plan on doing this again next season.

Anyway, this game aside, I think there is some encouragement in that despite all the negatives in the games against Memphis and Colorado, they lost by a total of 3 points. Clearly, against Dayton they appeared somewhat demoralized and I think just plain mentally and physically tired.

I believe Wednesday this team will have flushed out everything from the Maui trip and even this game, and will hopefully be reset and laser focused, and possessing that winning mentality. I would say they need to play to their identity, which was one of Hurley's mantras over the past couple of seasons, but I think they've not quite determined what their identity is.
 
Was the XL Center floor totally full of dust or condensation tonight?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the players cleaning off their shoes as much as I witnessed tonight. Also, the floor sweepers were running the whole length of the court during every break.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Can you be unimpressed by a 50+ point win? We went almost seven minutes in the first half without scoring and missed something like nine straight threes. McNeeley’s shooting isnt as advertised so far. Diarra with dumb fouls. Reed was a beast, but against poor competition. Honestly the only I took away from this was Abraham needs more minutes.
Expand ...
If Abraham fouls like he did tonight, not many more minutes are available to him.
 
HooperScooper said:
I'd hold off on that take. What were your expectations for him? Before today's game he was 13-32 (40.6%) from three. Tonight was a very bad shooting night for him. But he'll be fine. I promise.
Expand ...
I just expect him to make the open ones. He really hasn’t done that consistently. Mind you, we don’t come back against Memphis without him. But he missed a lot of shots today I am used to our shooters making.
 
I thought a lot of the guys who had question marks stepped up which I'm very happy with. Mahaney was much improved and made some really good passes. Ross looked more engaged on defense than I remember seeing him and ended up with a double-double. Stewart and Nowell both did about what I expected from them, in a good way.

McNeeley got 16 on a rough shooting night, but was perfect (7/7) from the line. He can shoot no question about it, the 3s just haven't been dropping since the Colorado game; gotta think that hip is still bothering him a little

My only real criticism was the number of fouls. Solo and Hass both had 3 very early in the 2nd half. Diarra in particular had some that I don't love seeing from our most experienced player.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
I just expect him to make the open ones. He really hasn’t done that consistently. Mind you, we don’t come back against Memphis without him. But he missed a lot of shots today I am used to our shooters making.
Expand ...
Yeah tonight wasn't good. Not to make excuses for him but as someone above said it looks like that hip he injured in Maui was bothering him.
 
It seemed we were overplaying on defense and were able to cut down the numbers of blow byes..........maybe wishful thinking I know but we'll find out more on Wednesday.
 
3rdbass said:
Maybe we watched different games but Mahaney was still bad on D besides a couple deflections and Ross was pretty good and was very active on D. I do agree on Ball. LOL! I did like that Mahney was attacking the basket.
Expand ...
I said Aiden wasn’t as good as some here thought, but I must say, I like it when he drives, he’s actually better than I thought at it he just hasn’t been able to finish yet, but they look good. I think he’s on to something. I feel like he will find his niche on offense but defensively I’m worried. But honestly Cam and Joey looked bad on D when they first got here so who knows.
 
This was a throw away game. Not sure what you learn against this caliber of talent, feels like the Washington Generals and that may be insulting to the Generals. It doesn’t train the right types of muscles (both mental and physical) to go up against real teams. Intrasquad scrimmages infinitely more valuable.

What’s important now is that this team finds a way to win a couple of the next 3 OOC games, starting with what is a crucial Baylor game for this early in the season. Otherwise the resume will be really flimsy come March. There may just not be enough on the BE slate to get much traction back unless we sweep the couple teams making any noise in OOC play. BE/B12 showdown coming up of which I’m not holding my breath on, but crossing fingers.

First NET coming out Monday. I might open it with one squinted eye.
 
Stew Crew said:
Ross got smoked on defense several times. His athleticism and teammates bailed him out more than once. He can’t just rely on one or two highlight reel plays per game.
Expand ...
Check back in a month, see where he is. Then check back a month after that. I’ll bet you’ll be smiling.
 
AllHusky said:
Check back in a month, see where he is. Then check back a month after that. I’ll bet you’ll be smiling.
Expand ...
If it takes a month for any of these guys we may be a bubble team.
 
superjohn said:
Guy on TNT said scary news from the game today with Alex Karaban banging his head with 2 minutes left in the game and being rushed to the hospital.
Expand ...
Excuse Me Reaction GIF by One Chicago
 
Was this our first Peacock game? I missed it how was the broadcast?
 
uconnever said:
I said Aiden wasn’t as good as some here thought, but I must say, I like it when he drives, he’s actually better than I thought at it he just hasn’t been able to finish yet, but they look good. I think he’s on to something. I feel like he will find his niche on offense but defensively I’m worried. But honestly Cam and Joey looked bad on D when they first got here so who knows.
Expand ...
Can't compare Cam. He is was much more physical players and can use his body. Joey C thought is a good comparison but actually think Joey was quicker than him.
 
Abraham needs more minutes. Team is too slow and not very athletic and it shows, especially on defense. Abraham brings much needed physical play

Baylor game is huge. Fans are running out of patience.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Online statistics

Members online
211
Guests online
1,639
Total visitors
1,850
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Share This Page

Forum statistics

Threads
164,105
Messages
4,382,357
Members
10,184
Latest member
ronmk


.
..
Top Bottom