And that is perfect usage for Tarris. Give him 25-28. Johnson gets 12-15. This was a great game for Tarris and I agree he brings more than Samson. But he has been wildly inconsistent. He also plays really hard and needs break. When he gets tired, that’s when he starts receiving silly fouls on the offense side setting picks or defensively w the high hedge. We can’t have that:
He is also graduating in three years.
No he did not! He played 35 minutes. He has lost his legs. Too many minutes this season. Works his ass off..period.
Opposite for me, When I ignore the fact that we are playing, we have our biggest wins of the season. Marquette and Creighton to name 2. Good luck guys, see ya next at the parade.
But Mullins is a shooting guard, and Furphy is a wing...
to say he isnt a 5 is bizarre to me. You think he can defend the perimeter? in case you havent been watching, his trouble with the high hedge has to do with his slow footwork that you mentioned, and the reason he doesnt play as much as Samson at times. But yea, lets have him D up a wing. Barely any teams have back to basket 4's anymore. Why we could never do double bigs, not to mention the 4 out we run continually on offense, that he would muck up.
This statement is the one that concerns me:
Unless I missed something, only one basket was scored on him and it was a contested 3 off the dribble. I don’t know what he’s suppose to do there.
There was one 3 he took late in the 1st half where there was maybe 18 seconds left on the shot clock and he jacked it up from NBA distance....and barely even caught the rim. I don't know what happened, but his jumper is just broken right now. Thought maybe he showed signs snapping out of it at the end of the Seton Hell game, but obviously something is still off. Just hope he can figure his shot out before tourney time.
He is a 5. This isn’t 1992 NBA.
Well. To go from 6/47 to 40% he’d need to shoot 32 for his next 47 (68%).
I think his shot will return in the off season- I’m convinced his shooting woes are connected to his concussion, and it’s going to take some time yet for him to regain shooting.
Trying to remember, what was the Stewart turnover?
Sure, looks like other coaches also know what we do. Different looks like feeding inside resulted in a win last night. It also seemed to inspire our team. Our three point game has been largely missing in recent games.
It's not just our guards...it's the defense; teams are hedging on him to block the rim running. Keeps their big on the blocks so it doesn't cost them that much but it does help open up a 3 for us.
This. FEED REED.
Perhaps a coaching need to get Reed involved early and often. He seems to like the inside mess and has the body to deal with it. We settle for threes early in most games during the first five minutes of each game. Sometimes it's worked well............especially though Ball's handiwork but scoring balance hurts defense a lot. Make them play to our strength.
Zero chance of a 6th or 7th seed. If you thought the committee was tough on the Big East last year, wait until you see this year. Other than St. John’s improvement, how is this league not significantly worse. Nova’s season got immensely better once they got into league play. We have losses to Colorado and Seton Hall. UConn is closer to being an 11 than a 6.
There is definitely a chance at a 7th. If we beat StJ and Marquette we could easily secure a 7. Unlikely but possible.
Samson brings energy to the team? Um no. Samson is status quo.
Sounds like a plan. I’m in.
