uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 13; ed 1 - McNeese St.

Great participation by the fans for a 'No Sit Wednesday'.

Not only are we 1-0 but we are 1-0 ATS, for those of you that follow that sort of thing.  What a great start to the season - therapeutic after last year!  We're way more athletic and long and we should be much improved, especially defensively.  The multitude of offensive weapons will make us tough to defend.  We should be a much tougher out this year.  Bring on the Wolfpack and 2-0!

Oh, and if Bryce Mcgowens is more athletic than Trey, holy smokes that family has good genes!!!

The team had 19 assists to 10 turnovers.   That's good.

The team shot 50% overall.  That's good.

The team shot 41.7% from 3.  That's good.

The team shot 69% at the FT line, which is improvement. 

The team won.  That's great!

No explanation at the moment for where Eduardo Andre was.

Wonder if it was either Covid or he's been captured and we're negotiating a ransom payment.

Maybe he tested positive and they are waiting on a retest. 

Nevada will be a good test.  But this was fun.

We’re not going to be a circle win for anyone this year.  Sorry Big10.

Many, many positives:  shooting, athleticism, size.  Team chemistry seemed very good.

Some things to work on and improve:  post defense, free throw shooting.

Generally pleased overall - hard to determine what this game means going forward, but it is reassuring that they beat the tar out of a team they were supposed to beat the tar out of.  That has not happened very often over the last several years.

Norm Peterson on Twitter: "@mabde33 Would it be inappropriate to include in our prayers that we be up 20?" / Twitter

Current Thread on Rutgers message board: “Nebraska will not be easy.”

Way more positives than negatives on this one. I am super happy to be watching Husker hoops again and look forward to watching this team grow. It was a lot of fun today - the length and active hands on defense stood out to me as much as anything. 

Heading into work, but overall great opening start. I'm going to go rewatch tonight to pick out a few things. 

You can catch Nevada vs NDSU here 

https://bit.ly/37bgFJF

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

You can catch Nevada vs NDSU here 

 

https://bit.ly/37bgFJF

It's up and going.

There were a lot of positives. A LOT of positives.

• The ball movement, particularly early on, was spectacular. A lot of sharing and making that extra pass.
• These guys really push the ball in transition.
• Rebounding is so much better than a year ago
• Our defensive length really caused McNeese problem. We have a lot of guys with active hands getting into passing lanes and disrupting things.
• Length, athleticism, skill, depth have all upgraded over a year ago.

Not everything was good, however. And I hate to single anyone out, but ... Yvan was 3 for 12 from the floor, basically all at point-blank range. His first dunk made me think he had really improved from a year ago when he wouldn't have been able to catch an entry pass, gather himself and get up for a dunk, before the defense has a chance to react and get in position, like he did that first basket today. But second half he reverted back to 17-year-old Yvan. He was indecisive and slow and didn't go up strong. Off-balance, no touch or feel on the ball. He did hit 3 out of 5 FTs, which is good because he's probably going to get fouled a lot.

I wanted to see Eduardo. He's apparently tested positive for COVID, which I think means he'll be out for 3 weeks. I think our weakness is going to be inside, and since we don't have Derrick until January or February, it's going to be up to Lat and Yvan to be our presence in the paint for awhile.

29 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Current Thread on Rutgers message board: “Nebraska will not be easy.”

Why does a team with no fans have a message board?

Norm, I thought at first you meant there had been a lot of positive COVID tests! 

10 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

There were a lot of positives. A LOT of positives.

 

• The ball movement, particularly early on, was spectacular. A lot of sharing and making that extra pass.
• These guys really push the ball in transition.
• Rebounding is so much better than a year ago
• Our defensive length really caused McNeese problem. We have a lot of guys with active hands getting into passing lanes and disrupting things.
• Length, athleticism, skill, depth have all upgraded over a year ago.

 

Not everything was good, however. And I hate to single anyone out, but ... Yvan was 3 for 12 from the floor, basically all at point-blank range. His first dunk made me think he had really improved from a year ago when he wouldn't have been able to catch an entry pass, gather himself and get up for a dunk, before the defense has a chance to react and get in position, like he did that first basket today. But second half he reverted back to 17-year-old Yvan. He was indecisive and slow and didn't go up strong. Off-balance, no touch or feel on the ball. He did hit 3 out of 5 FTs, which is good because he's probably going to get fouled a lot.

 

I wanted to see Eduardo. He's apparently tested positive for COVID, which I think means he'll be out for 3 weeks. I think our weakness is going to be inside, and since we don't have Derrick until January or February, it's going to be up to Lat and Yvan to be our presence in the paint for awhile.

I agree regarding Yvan. Like you, I hate to single him out but despite him reshaping his body his ceiling will continue to be limited due to his hands. He has no touch around the hoop and lacks a feel for the ball in general. He will need to work on this in the off season, but for now he needs to focus on doing the things that will help the team win like rebound and defend.

Otherwise, yes, there were a lot of positives on the floor today. Let's hope we don't hear about more positive tests tomorrow.

44 minutes ago, Bill Self's Toupee said:

I hope quite a few B1G message boards end up with that sentiment.

Definitely turned some heads on other boards.

58 minutes ago, thrasher31 said:

Heading into work, but overall great opening start. I'm going to go rewatch tonight to pick out a few things. 

How do you rewatch the game? I wasn’t able to watch and it’s killing me. 

Highlights

Postgame presser

41 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

Yvan was 3 for 12 from the floor, basically all at point-blank range.

I am as about as high as one could be on this kid, but I was perplexed by this. Not because I thought he was gonna fill it up on the offensive stat sheet. Dude had rock hands last year. They got a little better. Still brings the ball down a lot or gets small when he has the ball in a scoring position. I was perplewed because he shot so much. To be fair it was point blank, but that only confirms he probably shouldn't be shooting it much. But I did like what I saw on D and rebounding. Last year he got bumbed and backed down. He used his body better today. Much stronger. Got from the paint to the top of the key back down to the paint quick. Held people up enough for help D. I think he'll hold his own this year on D. Doesn't need to worry about offence because man o man does it look like we got some dudes that can score!

6 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

I am as about as high as one could be on this kid, but I was perplexed by this. Not because I thought he was gonna fill it up on the offensive stat sheet. Dude had rock hands last year. They got a little better. Still brings the ball down a lot or gets small when he has the ball in a scoring position. I was perplewed because he shot so much. To be fair it was point blank, but that only confirms he probably shouldn't be shooting it much. But I did like what I saw on D and rebounding. Last year he got bumbed and backed down. He used his body better today. Much stronger. Got from the paint to the top of the key back down to the paint quick. Held people up enough for help D. I think he'll hold his own this year on D. Doesn't need to worry about offence because man o man does it look like we got some dudes that can score!

Yvan is it as a traditional "big" until at least mid-December (Andre) and possibly late January (Walker). That's the only real negative I see at this point. If both Walker and Andre were available, I'm guessing Yvan's minutes drop considerably.