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It definitely has an effect on the assist number but even with 3-4 more assists the ratio is still bad. Rollie's turnovers have just seemed sloppy so far and again I'm going to trust in his track record at this point that it will correct itself. Rollie and Ulis had a 23/17 minute split last game as direct replacements and that needs to move to 32/8 going forward in my opinion. The +- above supports that as well. If the turnover issues become chronic then you have a viable back up but I don't see how the offense can get in a rhythm with that minutes split.

I think the body language concerns are overblown at this point. When shots are going in everyone is happy and when they aren’t, it looks bad. Effort and selfishness haven’t been the major concerns of mine through two games. At the end of the day you have to take care of the ball and make 3s to win in today’s game. -Rollie was close to 3:1 assist to turnover ratio and at the top of the PAC 12 in that stat. So far he has 5 assists to 8 turnovers which has to change. I will put more stock in his two years over two games but no offense looks good with your PG having those stats. - 3 point shooting. We currently sit at 25% which again is not a winning level. I don’t hate the shot selection overall but Griffiths/Berke/Gary/Brice have to shoot a better percentage if we are to be successful. I’m more concerned about this one long term than the above point. Those guys have some track record of good shooting but outside of Brice not a long history of high percentages.

I noticed the same thing. The music was louder for the final warm up lines and then they seemed to turn it down for starting line ups.

Cross showed a few good things and maybe with a good offseason he can develop a role but right now he looks like a prime candidate to lose minutes to Stevenson next year.

Based on my understanding the options are 1. waiver is granted and last year is his redshirt so he is a Sophomore this year. 2. Waiver is denied and last year was his sophomore year so he redshirts this year instead of wasting the junior year on a meaningless half season and starts next year as a junior. The waiver is for the additional year it isn’t a cut and dry 2 years. Guessing they have to substantiate why the 4 games at Pitt shouldn’t count which is the hold up. Not as clear cut as the injury to Cope.

Knowing this season isn’t about wins and losses I’m trying to keep the perspective on focusing on 1. What areas can we really improve on throughout the year? 2. Which guys can be big contributors going forward on a tourney level team? 1. The defense improved game over game and I’m confident Doc will keep them moving in the right direction. The shooting is my biggest concern. How many guys would you feel confident can shoot 35%+ in conference play? It’s probably zero for me right now. The mechanics just don’t suggest many of these guys will all of a sudden improve significantly. Free throw percentage is a decent indicator of overall shooting ability and we have failed miserably through 2 games. 2. My list right now would basically just be Mack and Yvan. I’m not sure what the ceiling is with Yvans touch but at a minimum I think he will be a solid rotation guy by next year even with additions. Hopefully this list grows but as of now no one else has shown enough to really make me feel confident.