But ... can you imagine if we won at #2 Michigan without Ayo?
Raftery is much more entertaining. ONIONSHow can ya` not love Billy Packer and that voice on live color play-by-play ?
I would say we need both Curbelo and Ace to have career games along with a strong game from Kofi to be in this one without Ayo.
We should be able to go 1-1 this week without Ayo. How rusty would he be when he comes back and to players who have picked up for him suddenly fall back? I think Ayo wants to play this week.
Assuming no Ayo, I actually wouldn’t hate a strategy of really upping our 3 point volume. We’ve shot the ball really well this year but tend to limit our attempts. Not maybe since the second half of @Northwestern have we been absolutely on fire from 3. I think we are due for a game where we shoot 13-27 or something from 3.
Agreed. I’m honestly not sure he’ll ever get that out of his game. But I’d settle for eliminating the at least one or two bad plays a game that you can literally see coming prior to them happening. In the Wisky game as soon as he got the ball on the sideline after a steal or rebound I could see he was going to try and make that half court length bounce pass to I think it was Giorgi. I was screaming noooooo at the TV before he even took a dribble and started winding up for the pass. That was the first of 3 straight TOs by the team that stalled our momentum early on.
I thought Dee was DPOY in 04-05. Also what was the issue in Trent's freshman year after the NW game?
We are going to be around 8 point dogs vs Michigan and probably 4ish vs Ohio State. How does that equate to we should be able to go 1-1? Going 1-1 would be fantastic, the odds say 0-2 is much more likely though.
If Curbelo could get a three point shot that teams have to respect defensively, that would be a huge help too. Team's just back off of him and pack the lane. If he can get defenders to bite with a shot fake, he's going to start embarrassing defenders.
I had the same reaction when I saw him wind up. It was something absurd, like a half-court bounce pass through multiple (3?) defenders to a moving target. It was a low percentage play, to describe it generously.
I feel like even a pull-up midrange shot would do wonders. I know it's not the most efficient shot, but make a few of them and defenders will have to start playing him a little tighter, and then we know he'll be able to make plays with more room to work in the paint.
You are correct. I'm using the Big Ten media guide and it clearly lists Dee as the BIG 10 DPOY but under each of the teams it only lists Randle, CFrazier and Egwu. Not sure what to think of the listings.
I agree that developing a 40% 3 point shot will yield the biggest improvement for him.
