PonyFans.com

edwa wrote:the only thing i didnt like tonight was agu, hes clearly still suffering from his injury but we played him because of fouls, hope he gets better and we contest for the AAC title.

Not an injury issue - he hasn't practiced in two months. It will take a while to get in game shape now that he is cleared...

He looked slow and couldnt keep up, cant help nut feel it was a lingering issue wwhen he happened to play 3 minutes while out 2 feosh bigs were in trouble. if it wasnt then hopefullyhe gets better with practice with the team.

Charleston Pony wrote:

SMU_Alum11 wrote:Maybe it’s just what I’ve seen so far but I feel like Chargois has been a non-factor. Is that what y’all feel as well? I feel ray has been great.

and right on que...

Giggle

This just might have been the greatest defensive performance in SMU History-we were giving up 4-5 inches inside to talented big men but the intensity and determination was outstanding. Jankovich coached the pants off Sean Miller. The Thanksgiving Miracle-the night when Ben Emelogu took down the No. 2 team in the Country. Sure most of his Offense was in first half but his energy was infectious when most of the team seemed intimidated. Redemption-got to love College Basketball when you see a kid work so hard and improve beyond your widest dreams.

Stallion wrote:This just might have been the greatest defensive performance in SMU History-we were giving up 4-5 inches inside to talented big men but the intensity and determination was outstanding. Jankovich coached the pants off Sean Miller. The Thanksgiving Miracle-the night when Ben Emelogu took down the No. 2 team in the Country. Sure most of his Offense was in first half but his energy was infectious when most of the team seemed intimidated. Redemption-got to love College Basketball when you see a kid work so hard and improve beyond your widest dreams.

Where's the like button?

And Jarrey’s defensive effort against Ayton (a likely top 3 pick in next year’s draft) was incredible.

SMU's offensive boards and Arizona's turnovers were a huge part of this win, giving our guys a tremendous shot advantage to help overcome the poor shooting. I do like the way this team is protecting the ball. As a TEAM, these guys are approaching a 2:1 assist:turnover ratio with Foster and Gu at 3:1 and Whitt and Shake, who are doing most of the handling at 2:1. In limited minutes, Landrun has 6 assists and only 1 turnover. Have to like what you are seeing form this very unselfish team.

Great night for Landrum. I really hope he still gets minutes when McMurray plays.
Shake and jarrey will have some tired legs this morning. Landrum can help some with that.

edwa wrote:He looked slow and couldnt keep up, cant help nut feel it was a lingering issue wwhen he happened to play 3 minutes while out 2 feosh bigs were in trouble. if it wasnt then hopefullyhe gets better with practice with the team.

He had some complications so yes technically it was an injury. He get in better shape over the next couple of weeks and be back to normal imo as long as their are no reoccurrences of the complications.

Stallion wrote:This just might have been the greatest defensive performance in SMU History-we were giving up 4-5 inches inside to talented big men but the intensity and determination was outstanding. Jankovich coached the pants off Sean Miller. The Thanksgiving Miracle-the night when Ben Emelogu took down the No. 2 team in the Country. Sure most of his Offense was in first half but his energy was infectious when most of the team seemed intimidated. Redemption-got to love College Basketball when you see a kid work so hard and improve beyond your widest dreams.

Well at least one of the best in history. Let’s hope Zona beats Purdue so the won’t drop out of the top 15 or 20.

Rebel10 wrote:

Stallion wrote:This just might have been the greatest defensive performance in SMU History-we were giving up 4-5 inches inside to talented big men but the intensity and determination was outstanding. Jankovich coached the pants off Sean Miller. The Thanksgiving Miracle-the night when Ben Emelogu took down the No. 2 team in the Country. Sure most of his Offense was in first half but his energy was infectious when most of the team seemed intimidated. Redemption-got to love College Basketball when you see a kid work so hard and improve beyond your widest dreams.

Well at least one of the best in history. Let’s hope Zona beats Purdue so the won’t drop out of the top 15 or 20.

Yep. Big Zona fan going forward. Really hope the beat Purdue.

Our game agaisnt WKU will be interesting. WKU has played two good games this tournament it seems and is shooting well.

What a game last night. Wanted to watch because I am intrigued by the possibilities with this team as they develop. My best case was to see flashes of elite play against good competition, take a lead in the first half and keep it close at halftime. A lot of fun to see something special that you aren't expecting.

Also the funniest image last night was when Will Douglas was asked to guard D. Ayton. And yet props to Douglas, he did a decent job fronting him during that stretch.

This offense is going to frighten everyone once McMurray joins and guys like Douglas have the light come on, so to speak.

I kind of wish Douglas had taken that shot from 18 feet after the great ball movement and the great head fake got his man in the air. Instead, Homeless Man's Shake Milton got off a mediocre shot and missed.

#183 WKU

Per KenPom:
Offense: #175 (102.5 points per 100 possessions)
Defense: #196 (104.3 points per 100 possessions)

#25 SMU
Per KenPom:
Offense: #33 (112.4 points per 100 possessions)
Defense: #20 (93.5 points per 100 possessions)

PonyFan32 wrote:Also the funniest image last night was when Will Douglas was asked to guard D. Ayton. And yet props to Douglas, he did a decent job fronting him during that stretch.

This offense is going to frighten everyone once McMurray joins and guys like Douglas have the light come on, so to speak.

I kind of wish Douglas had taken that shot from 18 feet after the great ball movement and the great head fake got his man in the air. Instead, Homeless Man's Shake Milton got off a mediocre shot and missed.

I agree Douglas should have pulled the trigger on the three and on the pull up after he shot faked. Both were better looks than Shake’s. Shake did get an ok look but just couldn’t make on that day. Douglas just needs his confidence to click, because I think he is likely the best pure shooter of the freshmen.