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Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: January 4, 2018, 10:22 am
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> I thought during the "Good SBU" stretches they did a nice job
of...I guess I'll use the word "establishing" an inside presence
first before taking outside shots. As COB noted, I do think we
have a platoon of players who can be effective inside (for the
AE), Yeboah being the primary force (and I wish Sturdy would
plant inside rather than roaming around the 3, which makes me
nervous every time he touches the ball). SBU did well the first
ten minutes or so running a set offense while appearing to
look/throw inside first before kicking out for some open shots.
>
> From where I sit, leadership appears to be lacking. Boals
seems to still be experimenting with combinations on the floor,
and when a game shifts/goes south as they always will SBU
players seem like they look to each other for someone to do
something. They toss up 3's hoping a couple will stop the
bleeding and they over-rotate on defense leaving guys open for
shots. I don't know...I guess this is still a "young" team
despite the first-year players not playing much recently? It
seems natural that a ball handler should take on a leadership
role. We had a pretty long run of
Dougher/Coley/Jackson/Tre/Woodhouse players who, better or
worse, handled game management. This SBU team has a lot of
talented, athletic guards but I don't see anyone taking a
leadership role, yet. (note Calixte played all 40 mins for
Maine, a steady, aggressive leader all game).
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> Four obvious candidates in Cornish, UC, Almonacy, Mac. Playing
time among this group has fluctuated wildly this season, and I
don't know if a platoon of these guys is going to cut it in
terms of making a serious run in March. I think someone has to
develop or step up as *the* guy to lead the team.
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> What a wacky ending to this game and a head-scratching loss by
UA on the first night (speaking of shooting, Hartford went 50%
from the field including 3's and 100% from the foul line). I
couldn't keep track of what happened with that potential 5-point
play by Maine. I thought the 3-pt shot went up after the
whistle, but I guess he was in the process of shooting? I have
no idea what happened with the foul call on the opposite side of
the shot. Crazy. And then was Calixte tripped at the end or did
he just fall down? That 2.5 seconds felt like it lasted two
minutes with him weaving through SBU players at breakneck speed.
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> Based on last night it feels now that even without Lamb UVM
will go undefeated in AE, but no doubt things will swing wildly
in some other direction in a week. Maybe everyone goes 8-8 this
year?
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I thought the same thing about Calixte's mad dash at the end –
how has the buzzer not sounded?!?!? – but learned afterward that
they'd bumped the clock up to 4.2 seconds. There wasn't a lot of
contact, but there was enough to make you worry about two free
throws at the end to beat us. Calixte's a nice player; we don't
have anybody who takes charge like that.
The minutes and substitution patterns have been near impossible
to predict. If you take out Yeboah, there really isn't a huge
gap in ability from 2 through 8 or 10, but still, it feels like
it's a different five on the floor down the stretch of every
game. It's almost like a closer-by-committee situation, which
always make me uncomfortable.
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Re: Game 15: vs. Maine 1/3
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: January 4, 2018, 10:41 am
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Small consolation but UNH lost last night at UMBC . I kind of
see our team right now as group of guys showing to play in the
gym with no real leadership and no real hussle. I am concerned
about our new guys with the exception of Cornish and maybe
Olaniy there isn't much motivation .
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