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uneblinstu's postgame chatter : vol 17; ed 2 - Bethune-Cookman


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They should be embarrassed after that “effort.”

 

This team isn’t “bad,” (I don’t think anyways…) - but boy do they do some atrocious things. We’re gonna get the brakes beat off of us by Creighton and St. Mary’s.

 

Brice Williams needs to check the attitude/ego at the door. His body language is such shit. It’s clearly all about him out there, and if he doesn’t have it he’s checked out. 
 

Braxton Meah is not a good basketball player, and if he can’t figure out how to be 7’1” with a 20ft wingspan then he will be riding pine. 
 

I asked after the scrimmage, “does this team have mono?” And I’m starting to wonder if either I was onto something, or they all just hate each other. Definitely looks like 2 or 3 different teams depending on the line-ups. And certain guys play different when other guys are on the bench. 
 

Last thing I’m going to say - all I’ve heard is how smart of an offensive mind Fred Hoiberg is - when have you ever said, “damn Fred really dialed up some stuff tonight?” I can’t think of one game. His hot potato 5-out weave offense is so ridiculously easy to guard. These guys never space the floor and let actions happen/develop. No one knows how to draw two and kick, then use it. They never get solid kick-out 3’s (and if they do it’s to the wrong guys). 
 

I’m pretty fed up with what I’ve seen from this crew the first few games. Lazy, uninspired, too-cool-for-school basketball. Zero team chemistry. 
 

Get it figured out fellas 

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Good: We had a season's worth of bricks from inside 5 feet, so maybe we got it out of our system.

Bad: I'll give B-C credit for playing hard, but I'd argue that's one of the 10 worst opponents we've ever played at PBA.

Ugly: This kind of game kills our NET, but without major, major improvement, at least we won't have to worry about it.

 

Horrible on so many levels. 

 

 

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8 minutes ago, B1G Red said:

A bunch of new guys on the squad, many of whom are objectively good at basketball. Perhaps we should give them the noncon to gel before we start passing absolute judgments.  

In theory I agree with you. In reality they are well further behind where they should be, new guys or not.  

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About the only positive I have from tonight is defense. I think that side is really clicking. Few missed rotations, but overall very happy with that end. 

 

Offense, nothing really was good. Probably my biggest gripe was Brice and his aggressiveness. He can't have 6 shots any game no matter who the opponent is. I expect more from him honestly. 

 

Lid seemed to be on the basket on short shots tonight and from 3. Throwing the ball to cutters who weren't there at least twice. To be expected with a essentially new team, but need to work it out very very quickly. 

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That was one very Fugly basketball game.  Goodness, it reminded me of a cat who caught a mouse and simply wanted to knock the mouse around rather than simply kill and eat it.

Okay, I am not close to being in a panic mode at this point; but for a mature team we do a lot of bad things.  Bad passes, forcing penetration, defensive breakdowns, failure to box out, et al.  Everything is a tick too quick or a tick too slow.  Frustrating to watch.

I trust the staff and players will have a light bulb moment and figure this out.  

So am I concerned, yes.  Am I in a panic no.

 

We did win.

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1 hour ago, B1G Red said:

A bunch of new guys on the squad, many of whom are objectively good at basketball. Perhaps we should give them the noncon to gel before we start passing absolute judgments.  


In the portal era, this is probably 90% of teams though. Have to be able to figure it out sooner now days. There are teams playing much harder schedules with just as many new guys.

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1 hour ago, thrasher31 said:

About the only positive I have from tonight is defense. I think that side is really clicking. Few missed rotations, but overall very happy with that end. 

 

 


We might not have the shooters or offensive threats to take nights off on this end. So, this better always be a positive or we’re cooked.

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some thoughts
 

Berke- timid shooting 3s. Can see why after he attempted a couple. I think back to his games over seas this summer and thought he shot the ball considerably better. If he can’t have confidence to make the 3 then we might have to look elsewhere. I do like him on boards. 
 

Sam Hoiberg- had a couple wide open 3s and couldn’t hit. Missed his FT at end of game. Just doesn’t appear to have the same energy he did last year. I know him and keisei were tight so maybe him being gone is part of it or maybe even his injury. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

Brice-couple bogus charge calls felt like it took him out of his game. Saw this some last year where his body language is just bad. Saw him get beat on a couple defensive rebounds as well. Need more energy from him

 

meah-was actually pretty dang good inside tonight but once again him on perimeter is a disaster

 

rollie-  yikes he struggled with just about everything tonight. Hopefully just an off game

 

uhlis- was pretty happy with his play tonight. Think he might of had one bad turnover but other than that he was solid

 

Gavin- played pretty well. Had a nice pass for an easy score. Doesn’t force things

 

Connor- need him to hit his 3s. Did have a couple nice drives for some buckets. Made his FTS which were big.

 

morgan-  surprised but don’t believe we have seen him shoot a 3 yet..  needs to improve his defense and rebounding. I think those two factors led to him not playing as much tonight

 

gary-  was great defensively tonight but man he has to finish at the time better. Left way to many points out there.

 

i hate to say it but man I’m just not seeing it from this team. Hope they can get things figured out but scoring seems to be so difficult either way these guys..  I do watch body language out there and guys do seem to get along good which is a good sign.  Really miss Mast if you ask me. He was just the perfect 5 in this system and these guys we got are too hesitant to shoot the 3.  Berke had an open 3 but put ball on floor and traveled.  Got to shoot it!!

 

im headed up to SD next week and am a little worried..

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Our bigs. 

Meah - I was worried from the very first possession of the first game, when he missed that dunk. Got fouled (mayble), but should've made the dunk. But that alone didn't bother me. After the missed dunk, he lazily/nonchalantly walked around the paint for a bit, smiling and laughing, before he made his way to the free throw line. Then clanked two free throws. That whole scene was a microcosm of years 1-3 of Fred here at Nebraska. Last night, he did the "too small" gesture after dunking on someone a foot shorter than him. We were losing to Bethune Cookman at that time. Read the room, guy. He also had Brice laughing on the court last night. If there's one player you want to be locked in at all times, it's Brice. He's prone to losing focus, and is much better when he doesn't. I want Brice pissed off when we're not playing well. All these things are signs and symptoms that remind so much of Fred's first three teams and it worries the heck out of me. Culture matters, and Fred's timeline here is proof of that. 

 

Morgan - isn't a very good defensive rebounder, which I suppose is to be expected. He wasn't a very good rebounder at NDSU either. Doesn't have the vision or passing ability to play the Mast role. The staff thought he could stretch the defense when they brought him on, but he has only made 17 threes in his entire college career. And we haven't ran anything to get him a perimeter set shot, like we did with Mast. Just more of a traditional post player. Can definitely still have a role in the rotation, but there's a reason he isn't starting or getting starter's minutes. 

 

Berke - Does have the natural vision and passing ability to play the Mast role. The handful of times he's been in that spot, he's looked pretty damn good. Kind of surprisingly, he looks like our most sound interior defender, as well. Meah has long arms and will block some shots, but he gave up at least 4 layups last night. Berke has a wide base, long arms and defends without fouling in the post. He looks much more comfortable as the 5 on both ends of the court. He looks bigger than Mast to me. Certainly longer and more athletic. I hope we don't continue to insist on playing him at the 4 for 22 of his 27 mpg. 

 

Our "finisher lineup" is Rollie, Connor/Sam, Brice, Juwan, Berke. Yet I'm pretty sure we didn't see that group play together at all in the first 37 minutes. If that's your best group, how does that make sense? I suppose Fred didn't expect a barn burner with Bethune-Cookman. It's pretty clear to me that our best five is that group, with Connor in the 2 spot. Connor only playing 14 minutes in that game is inexcusable. I don't care that he went 0-fer from three. Still had 8 points in those 14 minutes and he's the ONLY player on our team that constantly makes the defense work with his off-ball movement, similar to Keisei. He's also our best shooter - can be hard for a shooter to get into a rhythm coming off the bench playing spot minutes (see Connor's freshman vs. sophomore seasons). I know Fred doesn't want to go small with Gary at the 4 in conference play, but I think we're going to have to.

 

We can still be a good team. Can still go up to Sioux Falls and beat St. Mary's. But we have a lot of work to do. 

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