SMU Game Thread - Page 3

tequila4kapp

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In reply to Big C • 1:07p, 1/30/25

There 100% is a corollary here. The Madsen offense with its heavy reliance on isolation dribble drives and kick outs is heavily reliant on beating people off the dribble. When we can't beat the other team off the dribble the entire thing can stagnate. We saw some of that last night.

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In reply to KoreAmBear • 2:22p, 1/30/25

KoreAmBear said:
MoragaBear said:
Big C said:

SMU seemed to shoot about as badly as we did, at least in the second half.

Yet they still held that 8-10 point lead. Very frustrating.
What is your sense why Mad Dog allows Blacksher to continue to play big minutes, be a volume shooter and not be an assist-first PG? Remember that 2 on 1 last night. He had another guy wide open on the wing and he had his head down forcing up a shot (he did draw the foul but it was a horrible play). I don't get it.

Not to mention his repeated drives to the hoop and once in the key he . . . stops and looks desperately for somebody to pass to. I guess this is better than being caught in mid-air looking for somebody to pass to, but not much.

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In reply to HoopDreams • 9:03a, 1/31/25

HoopDreams said:
Johnfox said:
Tucker has no ceiling and a very low floor. I don't know what happened to him
he's a good passer, but was trying to do too much today. not sure why he got 18 minutes (most of any non-starter). Probably because we were running all game and needed another guard and ball handler to keep that pace (Wilkinson cramped at the end)

surprised Ola-Joseph didn't play more ... only 14 minutes

I know they don't play the same positions, but in general I'm not sure why JOJ doesn't get more minutes, and why Jovan gets so many.

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In reply to KoreAmBear • 12:09p, 1/31/25

KoreAmBear said:
HoopDreams said:
Johnfox said:
Tucker has no ceiling and a very low floor. I don't know what happened to him
he's a good passer, but was trying to do too much today. not sure why he got 18 minutes (most of any non-starter). Probably because we were running all game and needed another guard and ball handler to keep that pace (Wilkinson cramped at the end)

surprised Ola-Joseph didn't play more ... only 14 minutes
I know they don't play the same positions, but in general I'm not sure why JOJ doesn't get more minutes, and why Jovan gets so many.

Pretty sure its the beard