cole256 17,039 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, jluvah said: Other than staying hurt and playing soft under the basket, what has he done? 5 star my foot! Obviously you can't see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,039 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Mikey said: Factoid: We get behind Kentucky by 16 points after 25 minutes of play. Bryce Brown has barely taken a shot. Brown starts to get shots, we close the gap, take the lead briefly and only lose by two. Similar, but less remarkable gaps in the South Carolina game. Tonight, the score is 70-70 with 8 minutes left. Brown doesn't get another jump shot the rest of the game. Eight minutes without our best shooter getting a jumper! Our defense was painful to watch true enough, but we need to run more sets that get jump shot opportunities for Brown. I know having your best shooter shoot more seems a novel idea to some, but when we go long stretches without Brown getting a chance to do his thing we hang another L on the scoreboard. That's Brown's limitation, doesn't have the size, handle, or athleticism to create his own shot making him easy to guard. Him being our best shooter is arguable. I'd say when he gets squared up he may be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,641 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 At the very least Wiley gives you a body that's a bit smarter with playing without fouling in the paint, even with his physical limitations. That sentiment just cant be shared for the other bigs at this moment. Not to mention the threat of having someone who's at least decent with finishing around the rim and through contact has to be accounted for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowebb11 9,309 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 We’ve quickly gone from ‘are we an NCCA tournament team’, to ‘are we an SEC tournament team’. MSU with about 10 consecutive unopposed windmill dunks late in the second half. How did we get here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 17 minutes ago, Gowebb11 said: We’ve quickly gone from ‘are we an NCCA tournament team’, to ‘are we an SEC tournament team’. MSU with about 10 consecutive unopposed windmill dunks late in the second half. How did we get here? Yep....that is what was hard to understand....defensive collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auhud08 596 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 We arent making the tourny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noso113 4 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I can’t expect anything more from a 3 star kid who shows up and gives you 20+ a night in conference play. 49% from 3, 47% fg. And 21-22 ft. And I don’t see the limitations in him getting his own shot, he does that fairly well. That dunk he had against kentucky made me realize he’s more athletic than I thought he was. You shouldn’t have to work and create almost every shot. Your supposed to have designs similar to MSU with that double pin down in the corner for Quindarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilli13 600 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 46 minutes ago, Gowebb11 said: We’ve quickly gone from ‘are we an NCCA tournament team’, to ‘are we an SEC tournament team’. MSU with about 10 consecutive unopposed windmill dunks late in the second half. How did we get here? We dont play fundamental defense at all. We are lazy as s***. Bruce has had this issue with many of his AU teams. Last year, he got the defense to start playing descent fundamentally for a time. Once that happened, with our scoring and extremely active hands on d, we blew up. This year, we suck again fundamentally, except now we have zero inside rebounding presense without Wiley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, noso113 said: I can’t expect anything more from a 3 star kid who shows up and gives you 20+ a night in conference play. 49% from 3, 47% fg. And 21-22 ft. And I don’t see the limitations in him getting his own shot, he does that fairly well. That dunk he had against kentucky made me realize he’s more athletic than I thought he was. You shouldn’t have to work and create almost every shot. Your supposed to have designs similar to MSU with that double pin down in the corner for Quindarry. JMO but the fact that BB can't create his own shot is an issue about coaching and the offense style...that does not work to get one of its best shooters open. The goal of coach and team should be to maximize BB's abilities , not leave it to BB to play a one man offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,139 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Tiger Scout said: Mcormick is no Harper either. He makes to many mistakes. You did see that Harper had 6 turnovers against MSU. No senior point guard should make that many mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, around4ever said: You did see that Harper had 6 turnovers against MSU. No senior point guard should make that many mistakes. Didn't see that game but got the impression that many of the AU turnovers were pretty much unforced......which was the case in previous game....mishandling the "shake and bake" plays and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 29 minutes ago, around4ever said: You did see that Harper had 6 turnovers against MSU. No senior point guard should make that many mistakes. He is the most senior PG but he is actually a JR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, aujeff11 said: He is the most senior PG but he is actually a JR. seems like he's been here forever.....and yet another year to go.....that's a good thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, AU64 said: seems like he's been here forever.....and yet another year to go.....that's a good thing... Yep. He should definitely come back next year. Needs to improve his down low finishing moves. Every swinging dick on our roster needs to come back actually. I’m about to create a thread about potential departures probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,569 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Maybe we look back on this as a mid season slump when it’s all said and done. The next game is pivotal to the survival of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KolchakAU85 430 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 To me, the most telling stats of the MSU loss were: - MSU made 10 3-point shots in the 1st half. - MSU made 10 easy dunks in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, KolchakAU85 said: To me, the most telling stats of the MSU loss were: - MSU made 10 3-point shots in the 1st half. - MSU made 10 easy dunks in the 2nd half. some might call that "over-compensation" by the defense after halftime adjustments..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 4 hours ago, autigeremt said: Maybe we look back on this as a mid season slump when it’s all said and done. The next game is pivotal to the survival of this season. I hope so. It's one thing to lose but we just don't seem to be improving. We don't seem to have that one guy that can consistently give us a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,039 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 7 hours ago, around4ever said: You did see that Harper had 6 turnovers against MSU. No senior point guard should make that many mistakes. I wrote that I expected him to be playing better than he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,064 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 8:46 AM, around4ever said: You did see that Harper had 6 turnovers against MSU Too many minutes I think. I was worried this might be a problem when Mitchell left. JMO, but I think you'd see Harper's level of play higher if Mitchell was giving us 10-15 quality minutes per game. I think Pearl is playing McCormick as little as possible because he doesn't trust him....and why would he? He's lightning fast but totally out of control 90% of the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,818 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, fredst said: Too many minutes I think. I was worried this might be a problem when Mitchell left. JMO, but I think you'd see Harper's level of play higher if Mitchell was giving us 10-15 quality minutes per game. I think Pearl is playing McCormick as little as possible because he doesn't trust him....and why would he? He's lightning fast but totally out of control 90% of the time.. Nailed it And he's not physically built to take all of those minutes on while keeping his play at a high level ESPECIALLY against bigger guards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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