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sadderbudweiser wrote:I saw a team that may look totally out of sync at times.... But will not quit!

I saw a team that both benefits from a great coach but also sometimes worries too much about what the coach will think. I think Markus Does NOT worry much about what LB thinks. Keith and Yanick won't scratch their nuts without permission.

Stallion wrote:Arkansas pounded us inside though with Bobby Portis getting 22 points. While they did hit 40% from 3 point line (6 for 15)-6 three point plays won't kill you.

Mustangsabu wrote:From everything I have heard from LB his focus is to shut down the inside. Make teams shoot the ball well to beat you. I am totally with him on that. There is not a team we have played this year (that I can remember) that would have beaten us if we had not turned the ball over a gazillion times. If we fix the turn-overs (and EM not coming through for us has set us back in this regard, Nic not being a true point), we can absorb a hot team from the 3 point line. We must NOT get away from our interior defense which is studly in the extreme just because a few posters start dribbling in their shorts when a team hits a few threes. Trust Larry. We will go as far as our turnovers let us. Fix that, we could go deep.

Keep the faith.

Mustangsabu wrote:If we fix the turn-overs (and EM not coming through for us has set us back in this regard, Nic not being a true point), we can absorb a hot team from the 3 point line.

LA_Mustang wrote:

Mustangsabu wrote:If we fix the turn-overs (and EM not coming through for us has set us back in this regard, Nic not being a true point), we can absorb a hot team from the 3 point line.

Where did the thought start that Nic is not a true PG?? I think Nic would be the first tell you he's had too many TOs this season and he can score like a 2 guard but he's absolutely a true PG.

Morris Code11 wrote:Guys a scorer man. There's no shame in saying it. Just because he dribbles really fast up the court doesn't make him a true PG. He can't even throw an entry pass to save his life. Too many TO's isn't like a slump he'll just snap out of, he's a bit out of position.

That in no way is a fault. He's an elite shooter, he's clutch as f*, and he single handedly won us multiple games last year. He's a stud.

LA_Mustang wrote:Temple beat Kansas three weeks ago by 25. Their only other loss at home was to Tulsa and they win that game if Cummings doesn't get injured.

ojaipony wrote:

Stallion wrote:Arkansas pounded us inside though with Bobby Portis getting 22 points. While they did hit 40% from 3 point line (6 for 15)-6 three point plays won't kill you.

Right, exactly. As I posted the teams that have 3 pt shooters and CAN compete with us inside are the only ones that have killed us (there are very few of those in college BB . . . Arky and Gonzaga are the only ones we've played that could IMHO). No one else on our schedule can from what I can tell.

LA_Mustang wrote:Get ready for threes next Wednesday because that's all Tulane's guards shoot. Last night their two starters shot 25 threes, making 13 of them.

sadderbudweiser wrote:

LA_Mustang wrote:Temple beat Kansas three weeks ago by 25. Their only other loss at home was to Tulsa and they win that game if Cummings doesn't get injured.

The significance of the Cummings injury can't be ignored. I compared it to us losing Nic: there is no real solution…an Achilles heel.

The Temple fans sitting around me last night were quick to point out that significance as well.


Temple is a good team. Their defense last night was VERY GOOD. They threw some amazing passes and moved the ball pretty well for a team without their point guard. They shoot hot and cold (sound familiar?)

I am thrilled with the road win, don't get me wrong. But we did not get them at their best. They will be very tough in Hartford.

sadderbudweiser wrote:

ojaipony wrote:

Stallion wrote:Arkansas pounded us inside though with Bobby Portis getting 22 points. While they did hit 40% from 3 point line (6 for 15)-6 three point plays won't kill you.

Right, exactly. As I posted the teams that have 3 pt shooters and CAN compete with us inside are the only ones that have killed us (there are very few of those in college BB . . . Arky and Gonzaga are the only ones we've played that could IMHO). No one else on our schedule can from what I can tell.

If you have both an inside game and solid three point shooters your team is stocked with 5-stars….and you are….ummm…Gonzaga? Kentucky? Arizona?

We can get there….