805bear said:
I think Darius has made a "leap" over last year. He's worked hard in toning his lean frame and it show's in his quickness to the rack and in his increase in steals. His outside shooting is becoming even more consistent and bb IQ is improving in his choice of shots. Justice S. is just a "cool hand" and wise beyond his years. No sophmore jinx for these guys. So I see "leaps", although maybe not quantum, in some of our returning players already. Go Bears.
Sueing and McNeill are both progressing, but I'd like to see them both continue to round out their overall game.
I was glad to see Sueing rebounding last weekend. He needs to be more of a "glue guy". My sense is that he has the hoops IQ, but how committed is he to doing the little things -- even if it's "dirty work" --that help a team win?
Good for Darius on the steals and he's also taking the ball to the hoop better and shooting a bit more consistently from beyond the arc (heck, he's our best 3 pt shooter). I'd like to see him improve his asst-TO ratio and ratchet up the rebounding and physical D.
When you look at our porous defense, here are two guys who need to get after it more. Neither of them are freshmen now and they both have decent athleticism and length for their respective positions. I'm not sure to what extent they're implicated in our defensive woes, but even if they're not, they need to lead the way and get the other players into the right spots. (That's my opinion on our defensive problems: We need more intensity and we're often 1/2 step out of position. This is besides our lack of a rim protector, which we can't really help right now.)