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11-20-2017, 09:26 PM | #661 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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That's one of those games where it seems like everyone sucked but really they didn't.
Robertson and Barnett just sucked badly enough to almost lose it for them. When the opponent is playing zone and your shooting guard and swingman can't hit an open look, you're gonna have a bad time. The 2 or the 3 has to hit some jumpers to punish that zone and they couldn't throw a ball into the ocean. |
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11-20-2017, 09:29 PM | #662 |
Banned!
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Have to make open shots. Period. Do that, and it's an easy win. With this team, that is much easier said than done.
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11-20-2017, 09:31 PM | #663 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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The three is here to stay, and teams that cannot shoot the three will not win. Abandoning the three is only going to cause teams to pack the lane, which will make it impossible to actually work the ball into the paint. The Wing-T and Maryland I are dead and buried in football, and for good reason. |
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11-20-2017, 09:32 PM | #664 |
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Luckily Tilmon, Jontay, and I can’t believe I’m including him with those two, Nikko, battled their asses off tonight. Nikko has been serviceable so far this year.
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11-20-2017, 09:34 PM | #665 |
The talking stonehead
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Watching Kassius Robertson force that terrible shot when we were up by two in the final minute with over 20 seconds left on the shot clock pretty much summed up the game. How does a college senior not understand that situation?
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11-20-2017, 09:41 PM | #666 |
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Dreams of daggers danced through his head.
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11-20-2017, 11:36 PM | #667 |
Inmem 2.0
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Why do schools schedule games like Emporia State? You gain nothing by winning and if you lose its a disaster.
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11-21-2017, 08:00 AM | #668 |
The 23rd Pillar
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11-21-2017, 09:47 AM | #669 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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Last night, however, against a team that couldn't hang with them underneath at all and was giving up 6-8 inches per player, they could've (would've) won that game by 20 without shooting a single 3. Shooters shoot - I get it. Robertson was bound and determine to shoot his way out of that slump, as was Barnett. But it damn near cost them what amounted to a glorified scrimmage. They just didn't know how to deal with that zone. Harris seemed to have an idea, but he was the only one. He was constantly pushing it on a miss and trying to get down there before Emporia could get into their zone, but invariably he'd have nobody underneath before they could get back. If he had anyone running with him (Barnett and Puryear would've been the obvious choices), he'd have been able to get it to them underneath quickly and set up for easy buckets. If you can't hit a jumper against a zone, you're gonna struggle. So you have to push to get them out of whack; too many guys on that squad last night seemed to have little interest in pushing the tempo. Eh, like I said, I think the 'suckage' last night was a little overblown. They continued to turn the ball over WAY too much, but if their top 2 scorers could've done anything at all to actually score the ball, that game is as lopsided as it should've been. It's hard to win games when the 2 guys you most depend on for buckets can't buy one. Barnett could've helped things a little more by moving without the ball better; he seemed content to just stand in the corner and wait for a 3-ball. |
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11-21-2017, 10:35 AM | #670 |
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11-21-2017, 12:53 PM | #671 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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11-21-2017, 01:18 PM | #672 |
Inmem 2.0
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MPJ needs back surgery out 3-4 months.
Sorry Mizzou fans. |
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11-21-2017, 01:20 PM | #673 |
Wasted away again...
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11-21-2017, 01:20 PM | #674 |
Wasted away again...
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Awwwww, ****!
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11-21-2017, 01:22 PM | #675 |
In Search of a Life
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