Cincinnat/Syracuse

by **Terry Webster** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:14 pm

Just got back from the UC/Syracuse game. Good game. SMU has a long way to go before we play on that leve. It is hard to believe that UC has a mid 90's ranking. I think that the one major difference with BE basketball is the intensity. Both of these teams were at each other the whole 40 minutes.

by **hoopmanx** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:06 am

Need a few bruisers and athletic slashers. we have talent, and our system will [deleted] off the Big East, but they are so much tougher physically and off the bounce right now. It needs to be addressed. '13 class is going to be huge

by **GiddyUp** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:36 am

We are going to get wiped every night

by **hoopmanx** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:31 am

Come on Giddy up, great conference but a little faith

by **Terry Webster** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:45 am

We can play with Cinci. I think that their recruits are pretty similar to ours. It is the intensity of play that we are going to have to match.

by **SMUer** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:36 am

Maybe it's our system but every single one of Cincinnati's players exuded a level of athleticism that I have yet to see from anyone on this team. Maybe we put our players on a leash but boy, the BE looks scary compared to what we are playing now.

by **hoopmanx** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:31 pm

SMUer wrote:Maybe it's our system but every single one of Cincinnati's players exuded a level of athleticism that I have yet to see from anyone on this team. Maybe we put our players on a leash but boy, the BE looks scary compared to what we are playing now.

There are better teams than Memphis in the Big East, but NO ONE has better athletes, or higher rated recruits. And yes, our system this year, tends to leash our athletes. It won't once they learn how to move with & w/o the ball, but its def a work in progress. We also need slashers and brusiers

by **mathman** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:36 pm

hoopmanx wrote:Need a few bruisers and athletic slashers. we have talent, and our system will [deleted] off the Big East, but they are so much tougher physically and off the bounce right now. It needs to be addressed. '13 class is going to be huge

I think that is the key right there. We have got to step it up a notch or two. The level of recruits we are getting is slowly getting better and better.

by **GiddyUp** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:49 am

until we get over being scared of the paint like it's a forbidden zone, we'll have lots of trouble. We have been a soft team for years and years.

by **hoopmanx** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:56 am

GiddyUp wrote:until we get over being scared of the paint like it's a forbidden zone, we'll have lots of trouble. We have been a soft team for years and years.

We've been soft for almost 20 years, incredible

by **GiddyUp** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:43 pm

hoopmanx wrote:
GiddyUp wrote:until we get over being scared of the paint like it's a forbidden zone, we'll have lots of trouble. We have been a soft team for years and years.

We've been soft for almost 20 years, incredible

yea for over a decade Pat Simpson soft (nice player but softy)