The upset win over the Seminoles, the pre-partying tipoff time of 5:30 and the settling in by the students from their holiday break should produce much better attendance on Saturday for the game against Miami (a very winnable game to build future momentum with student-attendance). Mark markets MBB more than any other head coach in recent memory while receiving zero support from Cal Athletics' marketing department (if it even exists in reality). I am more worried about the huge amount of empty bench and chairback seats that need to be filled with new season ticket holders (and hopefully future donors). Cal may be giving away some of those tickets for free to market them in the future which makes the deficit even larger than eye balling the problem. At least the sidelined courtside seats are filled by regular season ticket holders and donors as a foundation upon which to build.
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Bearsandgiants, Andrej has a deal with converse and they collaborated on this deal to get his teammates shoes for free - Andrej did not buy it.
And Andrej is a great teammate if you ask all of the guys, perhaps maybe the most likable out of all of them.
And Andrej is a great teammate if you ask all of the guys, perhaps maybe the most likable out of all of them.
we are better with Andrej
I think Madsen did a masterful game plan adjusting the offense and defense for his absence
Our offense doesn't have shooters or a major post offensive player, but we do have slashers who can get into the paint and finish or get fouled. We have a tough, strong rim protector that is also a very good rebounder, especially on the offensive side, and he also puts pressure on the defense and scores on rebounds and hustle plays
Our players played with heart and locked down on defense. A huge part of that was Rytis.
This was no accident. We didn't get lucky. We played smarter, with more heart, teamwork and grit.
Even the FSU coach said that
I think Madsen did a masterful game plan adjusting the offense and defense for his absence
Our offense doesn't have shooters or a major post offensive player, but we do have slashers who can get into the paint and finish or get fouled. We have a tough, strong rim protector that is also a very good rebounder, especially on the offensive side, and he also puts pressure on the defense and scores on rebounds and hustle plays
Our players played with heart and locked down on defense. A huge part of that was Rytis.
This was no accident. We didn't get lucky. We played smarter, with more heart, teamwork and grit.
Even the FSU coach said that
Johnfox said:
Bearsandgiants, Andrej has a deal with converse and they collaborated on this deal to get his teammates shoes for free - Andrej did not buy it.
And Andrej is a great teammate if you ask all of the guys, perhaps maybe the most likable out of all of them.
Oh, that's awesome! I was hoping that was the case. His return might just add even more spark to what felt like a turning point in the season. Thanks for setting me straight.
Tonight is a must win.
Tonight would also be a good night to give away free tickets to all students, in addition to that donut.
What's interesting here is that I tend to agree you, but at the same, give JW, DJ, and JOJ a decent three point look and they're all fairly accurate.HoopDreams said:
we are better with Andrej
I think Madsen did a masterful game plan adjusting the offense and defense for his absence
Our offense doesn't have shooters or a major post offensive player, but we do have slashers who can get into the paint and finish or get fouled. We have a tough, strong rim protector that is also a very good rebounder, especially on the offensive side, and he also puts pressure on the defense and scores on rebounds and hustle plays
Our players played with heart and locked down on defense. A huge part of that was Rytis.
This was no accident. We didn't get lucky. We played smarter, with more heart, teamwork and grit.
Even the FSU coach said that
We have guys that can shoot 3's, but not a 3 point specialist or a so called shooter. Instead, we have to shoot 3's as a committee if we want to reach the total makes that all the other teams get
We should theoretically be an okay to decent 3 point shooting team, but so many guys besides JOJ are underperforming. DJ was 40% last year, Rytis 35%, Blacksher has had multiple 40% seasons on decent volume. Part of it is the step up in competition, part of it is our offense doesn't lead to a lot of good looks.RedlessWardrobe said:What's interesting here is that I tend to agree you, but at the same, give JW, DJ, and JOJ a decent three point look and they're all fairly accurate.HoopDreams said:
we are better with Andrej
I think Madsen did a masterful game plan adjusting the offense and defense for his absence
Our offense doesn't have shooters or a major post offensive player, but we do have slashers who can get into the paint and finish or get fouled. We have a tough, strong rim protector that is also a very good rebounder, especially on the offensive side, and he also puts pressure on the defense and scores on rebounds and hustle plays
Our players played with heart and locked down on defense. A huge part of that was Rytis.
This was no accident. We didn't get lucky. We played smarter, with more heart, teamwork and grit.
Even the FSU coach said that
Andrej and JOJ are shooting their career averages and both coincidentally (or not) came from power conferences.
Agree. The biggest surprise to me is Rytis's poor shooting. He didn't score that many points there throwing up airballs. I think part of it is in his head, and that he is capable of being a solid catch and shoot playerconcernedparent said:We should theoretically be an okay to decent 3 point shooting team, but so many guys besides JOJ are underperforming. DJ was 40% last year, Rytis 35%, Blacksher has had multiple 40% seasons on decent volume. Part of it is the step up in competition, part of it is our offense doesn't lead to a lot of good looks.RedlessWardrobe said:What's interesting here is that I tend to agree you, but at the same, give JW, DJ, and JOJ a decent three point look and they're all fairly accurate.HoopDreams said:
we are better with Andrej
I think Madsen did a masterful game plan adjusting the offense and defense for his absence
Our offense doesn't have shooters or a major post offensive player, but we do have slashers who can get into the paint and finish or get fouled. We have a tough, strong rim protector that is also a very good rebounder, especially on the offensive side, and he also puts pressure on the defense and scores on rebounds and hustle plays
Our players played with heart and locked down on defense. A huge part of that was Rytis.
This was no accident. We didn't get lucky. We played smarter, with more heart, teamwork and grit.
Even the FSU coach said that
Andrej and JOJ are shooting their career averages and both coincidentally (or not) came from power conferences.
Andrej is not surprising. He is now the focus of the defense compared to be a 4th option on his stanford team
But being a son of an elite shooter who obviously is involved in his basketball, I think his shooting will improve. When it does he will be off to the NBA
What I've been surprised with Andrej is his ability to get to the rack, and his shot blocking ability
agree with you on JOJ
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