I don't like saying anything "mean" about our guys, but in DGL's case, if he's not bringing energy, intensity and a boost.....he doesn't do much for us. He's bad offensively and they're going at him defensively. He gets bullied a bit and Hummel touched on it last night.
A bad Miami team lost to Duke by 37 last night.
Regular minutes he averages like 3.2 points and 2.9 rebounds. We have actual data when he plays regular minutes…lol…
I mean, this is the pot calling the kettle jet black…is this your first week on Loyalty?
Why did the players see the needed adjustments but your d-coordinator didn’t?
I did in my dancing post...........I really really did.....................
The same reason that in game thread when Boswell misses a shot seemingly 5 or more people jump on to point it out and how bad he is. Every fan base with every team each year has its whipping boy(s). Not saying Ben doesn’t deserve much of the criticism, but any mention of a success doesn’t have to be met with things like, “yeah but he can’t hit a 3.”
This comment will be hated by many but Tomi reminds me a bit of Hunter Dickinson. Lefty shot, smart passers and defenders. Tomi isnt as good in the post but he has flashed more post game and just needs to finish like he did agaimst Iowa.
Good question, but also you can't take away too much from soundly beating a weak team. Iowa is in the bottom of the conference, and they are without their best player. Being without that best player led directly to some of the ease by which Tomi was able to score.
Healthy Trey too. He attacks and gets fouled. He is a physical dude going to the hoop and we need more of that. Like Hummel said guys hate going up against physical guys like Bozwell and Trey is physical too.
Yesterday he did…in his limited role. He should never start another game again and play no more than 10 minutes to give Tre a breather (barring foul trouble or injury)…
Riley’s game has improved because it appears he is learning to take contact. I saw multiple times yesterday where he initiated the contact. This is completely opposite of earlier in the year where he shied away from contact, resulting in his struggles. He appears to be figuring out the NCAA basketball level.
I think Ben was extremely efficient on offense as a limited possession player. He got two good looks and made them. And in fairness to Ben, I think he's been the best on the team in getting himself quality 3pt looks all season, he just hasn't hit them. Outside of that though, he only actively participated in 6% of the possessions he was on the court for, which again is fine for a limited possession high efficiency role player, but the reason people on that end would think he played well is he made his open shots going 2 for 2. For example, had he missed those shots, I don’t think people would still say he played well offensively. Yes, that's obvious, but when you are a low active possession player, your makes and misses become more obvious. So on offense I personally didn't see all that much difference from him offensively other than making his open shots.
I'm not sure about his NBA future due to his limited mobility and general athleticism, but his skill level at that size is really remarkable.
I like the low key shade here that we can’t run sets anymore because Gentry is sitting on a sideline in Spokane and there is no possible way our current coaches know how to practice this exotic art.
I am definitely not an Iowa fan. but I have watched them often because the way they play offense.
Obviously, that is a depressing spot for our program given the high level it has sustained over the last five years or so, but I suppose you have to reevaluate everything given the immediate context. Beating Purdue to make it a 3-game winning streak and getting to 20 wins would officially give me hope again, especially if we are getting these wins by truly playing well and consistently. If we somehow win the next two, then I think you are truly *gearing up for March* again, and we can all get excited about the BTT as a fresh start to a new season with a healthy team. For better or for worse, given our current pedigree, we will likely get a Quad 1 opportunity on day one of the BTT.Right after that we can have them pronounce Puyallup, Quinault, and Sequim.
