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brfrad

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  1. I'd sit Tom and Roby down and say I am starting Nana and Tanner. It's nothing against Tom or Roby. I want some bench points. I go to Nana, and tell him the number of minutes you play tonight is totally up to him. I give him the best offensive player on the team and shut him down. If you can't do it, I will get Harris. I think we need our best athletes playing and stop assigning their best offensive playing to Glynn or James. Could you imagine the starting lineup of Glynn Nana Palmer Copeland Tanner Then, the under 16 time-out You have Glynn Nana Palmer Roby Brady (4) Go to zone at the under 12 Tom Palmer Cope Roby Tanner (8) Back to the under 8 to Glynn Tom Nana (12) Cope Roby Under 4 to Glynn (16) Tom (12) Palmer (16) Cope (16) Roby (16) Adjust to shooting, foul trouble, and defense. The key is shutting down the 3 or making more 3's We are allowing conference teams to shoot at .356 and we are shooting at .323. And, then get to the free throw line, and make them when we get there. And, none of this BS of being like we just need to beat team A and B because it will help us make the dance. How about just rolling the ball out, and say "we know we're better than you, so we're going to kick your ass?" Tim, you made them soft.
  2. OSU NET 29 probably ends as a Q2 W WIS NET 16 probably Q1 @ Ill NET 112probsbly ,q2 must win Mary NET 18 q1 @ pur 14 q1 @ PSU 76 q2 must win Pur 14 q1 @ mu 6 q1 @ msu 4 q1 Iowa 22 q1 Just finishing with home wins and must win that gets us to 21 - 9 and 11 - 9 in conf That's 6 - 8 against Q1. 6 - 1 against q2. We need to start defending better and playing better. Maybe have Thomas and Roby come off the bench
  3. I haven't watched any PSU home games this year, but they had one of the worst to listen to on TV. I swear they had someone yell into the crowd mic non stop when PSU was on defense.
  4. I think we match-up well with Indiana. They don't have much of a post presence. They aren't the best offensive rebounding team. It still is going to take one of our better efforts of the year, but we can win.
  5. Yesterday was unique. Roby was playing a great game. So, you didn't want to take him out of the game. Nana missed two practices because of illness. Amir is just coming back from illness. Worried about wearing those two out. Don't play until Monday. I think if Amir had played, he gets some minutes in the 2nd half, and if Nana was healthy, he gets some minutes in the 2nd half.
  6. Indiana is 12-3 3-1 in conference Conference games : Northwestern at home W 68 - 66 Penn State away W 64 - 62 Illinois home W 73 - 65 Michigan away L 63 - 74 Not a great FT shooting team (65.0%), a decent 3 point shooting team, that defends the 3 well. Shooting 36.0 %. Opposing shooting 29.4 %. In conference play, a little better from free throw (70.2%) but worse from 3 (30.9%). Still defend the 3 well (26.8%) Their best player is true freshmen Romeo Langford (probably only time we will see him unless we meet in the post season) Avg. 18.2 PPG 5.7 RPG. Palmer will have his hands full. Langford is 6'6". Does not shoot the 3 well at all. 22.6 % from 3.
  7. I've been thinking about minute distribution Here's the ideal minute distribution by brfrad PG - Watson (30) Amir (10) SG - Allen (28) Palmer (10) Nana (2) SF - Palmer (22) Copeland (10) Nana (8) PF - Copeland (23) Roby (15) Nana (2) C - Roby (15) Tanner (15) Brady (10) If that's the plan Watson 30 Allen 28 Palmer 32 Copeland 33 Roby 30 Amir 10 Nana 12 Tanner 15 Brady 10
  8. Part of the reason we struggle rebounding is we have 3 guys go for a block. That leaves 2 guys to box out 4. We got to be more disciplined. Roby and Watson played great. We can beat anyone with Palmer, Copeland playing up to their level, along with Roby and Watson playing like tonight.
  9. They struggled to put Illinois away at home. So, much like we struggled to put PSU away. NU 72 Indiana 76
  10. Nana was sick, and Amir was just coming back after a month off. Palmer needs to turn it around. He played poorly the first 4 or 5 games, and then played well until the last few games. Get Palmer going with Copeland and Roby.
  11. Better yet, hand the ball to the Marquette player guarding the inbounder, as long as he's inside the 3 point line.
  12. Creighton should have just bounced it under the Marquette basket. Even if Marquette gets the ball they have no time to get a 3 off.
  13. Marquette made a lay-up with 0.8 seconds left. Creighton throws it the length of the court, but forgot to touch the ball. Marquette inbounded under their own basket. Drained a 3 just as the buzzer sounded to force OT.
  14. I think maybe the Minnesota game and not going to zone probably cost them the game. Other than that I agree, he's done a decent job. We desperately need a win over PSU. (basically need to play like Creighton). We have a chance to reel off 7 straight wins after that. @ Indiana is a winnable game (much like Maryland), MSU is a winnable game at home. @ Rutgers I will be disappointed if we lose. OSU and Wisconsin at home should be wins. @ Illinois like Rutgers will be disappointed in a loss. Maryland at home should be a win. Heck, even @ Purdue is a winnable game. Then, we get Minnesota and Northwestern at home. @ Penn State, another disappointment if we lose. Purdue at home is winnable. About the only 2 games left, @ MSU and Michigan will be super tough. Iowa at home should be a win. 12 - 4 in that stretch is very achievable. 23 - 8 with a win in the Big 10 tourney (24 - 9) gets us a 3, 4, or 5 seed in the dance. It all starts with playing well against PSU tomorrow night.
  15. I went off of warrennolan, which had Michigan with an rpi of 39. Tier 1 home games are top 30. Clemson is 54. Road games are top 75. They play in a good conference. I think they should stay there.
  16. Here's some good news. We are still 15th in the NET. Here's our remaining games. Current NET in parenthesis. PSU 2 x (76) possible tier 1 road game @ indiana (20) tier 1 MSU 2 x (7) tier 1 x 2 @ Rut (135) OSU (29) possible tier 1 Wis (17) tier 1 @ Illinois (125) Maryland (32) possible tier 1 Purdue 2 x (22) tier 1 x 2 Northwestern (56) @ Michigan (3) tier 1 Iowa (35) possible tier 1 Minnesota (38) possible tier 1 We have a possible 12 games remaining with tier 1 teams. We have a good chance at going 8 - 4 in those games. That would give us 9 wins. Last year we had 0 tier 1 wins. We were 5 - 10 in tier 1 and 2 games. We have a great chance of having only tier 2 games remaining. PSU home game and Rutgers road game are only 2 games that would drop to tier 3. Let's say we finish 12 - 4. That would give us a 10 - 4 record in tier 1 and 2 games. We are 1 - 4 in tier 1 games and 3 -0 in tier 2. Right now, 4 - 4 in tier 1 games (5 - 8 overall) 6 - 0 in tier 2 games (9 - 0 overall) 14 - 8 in tier 1 and 2 games. Last year, we were 5 - 10, and 0 - 9 in tier 1.
  17. Jacobson still plays the post for Iowa State. They start him and 4 guards.
  18. I would say it totally depends on how we end up the season. If we tank and go 6 - 14 in conference and 16 - 16 overall. The new coach would have a chance to keep almost all of the recruits, and players. They would understand. If we go 10 - 10 in conference 20 - 13 overall with a 1st round exit in the NCAA tournament, it will be more difficult. We probably lose a ton, as they think Miles got a raw deal. Plus, the coach we attract is more difficult if we fire a coach, who made 2 NCAA tournaments in 7 years. Especially when we made 6 NCAA tournaments in 30 prior years.
  19. Or maybe, they did improve. Petteway and Palmer were 1st team all conference. If playing time were an indicator, everyone that played more would be all conference. Yes, players have better numbers when they play more. There are numerous examples of players improving. White was not any better for Syracuse than Nebraska. Does that mean Boeheim is terrible at developing players?
  20. Last year, we passed the eye test, but failed the computer test. This year, we pass the computer test, but we fail the eye test *as of now. I would rather pass the computer test.
  21. I think it will do us good to get a home game, and get some confidence back.
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