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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: November 7, 2022, 7:57 pm
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Wow, wish I could share the optimism, but didn’t see a lot to
get excited about. Just launching 3’s indiscriminately.
Fitzsimmons not impressing me on either end. Sarvan looks like a
ball player in how he handles himself. Hope 2nd half is better.
Obvious major talent gap,
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 7, 2022, 8:00 pm
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[quote author=OldSeawolf link=topic=961.msg37408#msg37408
date=1667872642]
Wow, wish I could share the optimism, but didn’t see a lot to
get excited about. Just launching 3’s indiscriminately.
Fitzsimmons not impressing me on either end. Sarvan looks like a
ball player in how he handles himself. Hope 2nd half is better.
Obvious major talent gap,
[/quote]
Against this lineup with these athletes, who do you recommend we
pound the ball into? We are 3 for 11 from two.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: November 7, 2022, 8:02 pm
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Quality of shots is very poor imo.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: sbu1991 Date: November 7, 2022, 8:48 pm
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Not sure who was out tonight for SB, or when they'll be back,
but Sarvan and Fitzmorris both looked OK (despite possibly a
combined zero points in the paint). Frey will not need much
encouragement to shoot and brought a lot of effort. Not sure how
any of this will pan out in conference play, but nothing I saw
made me feel optimistic.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: sbupatriots Date: November 7, 2022, 9:02 pm
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About 10 points worse on offense than you would've liked.
Thought Sarvan and Frey looked like players. Policelli and TSM
played tough. NEED Clarke back. Toby needs a lot more experience
before he can play point guard against a power 5 (not his
fault). But if you look at a potential lineup of Clarke, Frey,
TSM, Policelli, Sarvan I think we have a chance to compete. Can
fitzmorris cut all those 3s out?
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: ry1nik Date: November 7, 2022, 9:03 pm
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A 36 point loss is what you would expect of a team at the bottom
of the conference. More of the same from last year,
unfortunately.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: Checkmate Date: November 7, 2022, 9:10 pm
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Less enthusiastic after that second half, but still, it was
Florida.
Positives:
- More movement without the ball
- As a result, better interior passing. In general, I saw better
team basketball rather than standing around waiting for a guard
to do it on his own, or oftentimes just chucking a three. Even
when they went in, it was bad offense.
- Frey will be good. It didn’t look like too big a spot for him.
For him to come out firing? I like it. He came flying off
screens and was ready to shoot. I think his long threes will be
typical threes in conference play.
- The announcers. I thought they were great.
Negatives:
- Interior presence. We got very little from Fitz and Sarvan
inside, on the glass or protecting the rim.
- TO has to look for his shot more. I thought he was fine taking
it up and getting into the offense, and he’s quick, but he has
to find a mid-range game. Maybe it’s there and just not tonight.
- Same for TSM. As much as the iso-heavy offense was painful the
last couple years, we do need some of it. I was hoping to see
TSM be more assertive offensively and be a 15 shot a night kind
of guy. Still possible.
- Fitz from deep. Yikes. I dunno, guys.
- In general, almost nothing from the bench beyond Frey. Roberts
the same, Pettway probably a spare part, Muratori made the
trillion club except for turnovers and fouls. Are we really
looking at being seven deep with Clarke?
I’m really eager to see us against the middle 75% of the country
rather than blue bloods or nobodies. I think we’ll have a better
idea of what things will actually look like.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: sbupatriots Date: November 7, 2022, 9:43 pm
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Some additional thoughts and questions: I think TSM showed
tonight he can be more of a Tykei Greene type than an Anthony
Roberts type, which I'm happy about. 9 boards is legit against a
big Florida team. I think you also saw that Policelli is willing
to take on the role of go-to scorer with 9 shots and 7 free
throws (can he make a few front-ends?). Sarvan looks more like a
stretch 4 than center. Can Fitz be a true 5 against smaller
competition? I didn't hate the minutes we got from Kaine tonight
but says a lot that Toby started over him. Only 13 tonight from
Castleton so maybe our newfound length at least had some impact
in the paint defensively? Do we think Frey has more of a Joe
Cremo or Bryan Sekunda upside?
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: OldSeawolf Date: November 8, 2022, 3:01 am
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Just one game against a very athletic, middle-of-the-pack SEC
team.......
Things we had under our control, which I didn't like:
- 6-28 from 3-land (a common theme under the Ford regime). Lots
of those were poor shots, IMO, with some launched from 25+ feet
out;
- 7-13 from the stripe (need to do better);
- Point guard play was poor, due to youth/inexperience, so we
really need Clarke (experience) in there;
- Our 2 big men didn't impress me much, but it's only 1 game,
and Castleton is a beast to play against;
Things I liked:
- Policelli a bit more assertive than usual.
- TO with 9 boards. He's a great leaper;
- Sarvan looks like he has a sweet shot, and handled himself on
the court well IMO. He needs to start.
As an aside, how did Policelli go from a Redshirt Junior last
year, to Graduate Student? Guessing this is his swan song year.
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Re: Game 1: at Florida, 11/7 8pm
By: Hammertime Date: November 8, 2022, 4:33 am
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[quote author=ry1nik link=topic=961.msg37413#msg37413
date=1667876634]
A 36 point loss is what you would expect of a team at the bottom
of the conference. More of the same from last year,
unfortunately.
[/quote]
Yup, it goes with the territory.
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