OFFICIAL GAME 8/9 THREAD: CSBF vs. SMU & Del St. vs. SMU

[mustangfan01]

It means he's about to confront the people talking [deleted] to him.

If he does, I bet his words rim out too.

[smupony94]

Hahaha

[RGV Pony]

How bout we just knock down some shots and we call it even? I don't have a pg that can handle the press

[RGV Pony]

Wait or maybe I do.

[ponyte]

I watched on ESPN 3 which is probably not as good as listening to the webcast. Was not impressed with the number of times we had 3 perimeter players holding their hands up for a pass. Looked like an 8th grader team. No movement and too much selfish 'throw me the ball' sedentary offense. I just don't see the offensive discipline we are use to.

Defense wasn't as bad as the last time I watched a game but not a shut down hard nose defense like we are use to.

Last thing, we miss some really talented players with maturity. We have talent, just not maturity at this point.

[gostangs]

maybe Gu should start thinking about how to help the team instead of posting crap. He had a terrible game. Our only chance was pulling him off the floor.

[PonyLawExpress]

I watched on ESPN 3 which is probably not as good as listening to the webcast. Was not impressed with the number of times we had 3 perimeter players holding their hands up for a pass. Looked like an 8th grader team. No movement and too much selfish 'throw me the ball' sedentary offense. I just don't see the offensive discipline we are use to.

Defense wasn't as bad as the last time I watched a game but not a shut down hard nose defense like we are use to.

Last thing, we miss some really talented players with maturity. We have talent, just not maturity at this point.

Yep. Our two seniors are who they are. They try to take over at times, but unless they are hot its just not their game. Both in their roles are really good, but when they start to push too much to make something happen they struggle. The problem is neither Shake (who I thought would) or Semi seem to be ready to take on the leadership/go-to-guy role.

Our bench is really going to hurt us later in the year if it continues. Will wear our guys down and in some games we will need them. Wilson doesn't play. McDowell barley does and hustles, but doesnt add alot. Gu I dont have to get into, we all know. I just wish some of our other players had his confidence to just keep shooting the ball miss after miss. Froling shows flashes of skill and had two big buckets tonight, but needs work and to shape his body. Hopefully he keeps gets it going more as the year goes on.

[LA_Mustang]

It is mind boggling why we don't push the ball after defensive rebounds. Kick the ball out, push it up the floor, attack the rim or kick it to someone spotting up. Then attack the offensive glass. We have athletes with a lot of skill on the roster......

[gostangs]

Shake needs to be quite a bit more aggressive - or he is not going to play at the next level at all. He needs to own this team at crunch time. He is way too mellow. I don't get him or Ben Moore just chillin out there. A little fire would be nice.

[Zman89]

Good to see the team get a win.

[Charleston Pony]

Shake has the ability to be "the guy" but we just haven't seen it yet. At least he stepped up at crunch time last night with a big 3 and FTs that helped put this one away. He and Sterling played 38 minutes after a tough west coast trip so let's see what these guys look like Sunday after they get a chance to get rested. As for Gu, everyone bashes him but he and Fro have been our only contributors off the bench and what's the story with Wilson? Is he hurt? I'd like to see Wilson and McDowell get more minutes to give Sterling and Shake more rest or we are going to burn those guys out.

[PonyLawExpress]

Shake has the ability to be "the guy" but we just haven't seen it yet. At least he stepped up at crunch time last night with a big 3 and FTs that helped put this one away. He and Sterling played 38 minutes after a tough west coast trip so let's see what these guys look like Sunday after they get a chance to get rested. As for Gu, everyone bashes him but he and Fro have been our only contributors off the bench and what's the story with Wilson? Is he hurt? I'd like to see Wilson and McDowell get more minutes to give Sterling and Shake more rest or we are going to burn those guys out.

100% agree. If we don't start using out bench by the end of the year our guys will start wearing down. I do understand why Jank doesn't want to because I guess Gu "contributes" defensively, but with his shooting percentage and offensive game is really washes out any overall contribution in my mind and likely Jank's since Gu's minutes have gone from 24 per game down to about 12 over the past few games. We get no contribution from the guards off our bench and it kills our already struggling offense when they come in. Either McDowell adds nothing offensively or Gu turns it over or bricks a bunch of shots. I'm not sure why Wilson doesn't get a look, probably because he has bad feet and needs to add 10+ lbs, but at least he can shoot.

I'm on the train that Gu's minutes over the next 5 games should go to Wilson and Mc Dowell to at least see what we have in them in extended minutes before conference play.

[lollaperuna]

This team is in serious need of some Larry Brown "practice".

[SMU_Alum11]

This team is in serious need of some Larry Brown "practice".

How much do you think we would need to pay him to come down and train?

[Junior]

I just prefer to focus on the positives:

The beer lines were short.