bleedingTNorange
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1. I know Ive said this would be one of our toughest games, and then I expected to lose, but man that one hurts. To lead for 39.5 minutes just to lose sucks, no way to spin it, and similar happened against UNC...this team should be 11-1 if not for about 60 seconds combined of completely falling apart...is that on Barnes or the players??
2. When it happened I said this is huge...Daniel pulled up for 3 wide open with a minute left, and a full shot clock, we were up 8. He missed, Arkansas hits a 3 and steals the inbounds and scores, now its a 3 point game with ~50 seconds left...I get he was wide open but I wouldve preferred we passed on that shot and bled the clock in that spot.
3. This team isnt the same without Schofield and Williams on the floor, however Williams shouldnt have fouled out...that 4th foul was a clean block, I usually dont comment on missed calls but that one really hurt us I felt, I think we win the game if that call is made correctly.
4. Bone had a very nice game 21pts 6rbd 5ast 1to against the pressure of Arkansas, hopefully this game along with the 2nd half of the WF game is a sign of things to come...really strong showing from him today.
5. This game sucks because it was a golden opportunity, we start out 1-0 with a road win and suddenly things look much better over the next 5 games...now you look at that 5 game stretch and really hope we can find a way to go 3-2, it wont be easy.
6. For all the talk about depth of this team and going 11-12 deep, its not there. Darrington is a year away, Fulk is struggling, Walker is coming along and probably deserves Fulks minutes, Pons/Kent/Johnson obviously arent there yet. That leaves 7 guys, which is what you saw today, we had 7 guys play 20+ minutes, and 3 guys 11 or less minutes. We need more from Walker or Fulk, one of those guys is gonna have to step up so we arent forced to play Schofield and Williams in situations we can avoid thus getting them into foul trouble.
7. This team handled UNC and Arkansas both for 39/40 minutes, this team has the potential to be top 15...but at this point they are not. How we respond will be big, yes this loss hurts but thats a damn good team and it wont look bad come March, dont compound this loss with a bad one. Again most said start the first 6 games 3-3 or 4-2 and theyd be happy, that is still on the table, gotta make it happen.
2. When it happened I said this is huge...Daniel pulled up for 3 wide open with a minute left, and a full shot clock, we were up 8. He missed, Arkansas hits a 3 and steals the inbounds and scores, now its a 3 point game with ~50 seconds left...I get he was wide open but I wouldve preferred we passed on that shot and bled the clock in that spot.
3. This team isnt the same without Schofield and Williams on the floor, however Williams shouldnt have fouled out...that 4th foul was a clean block, I usually dont comment on missed calls but that one really hurt us I felt, I think we win the game if that call is made correctly.
4. Bone had a very nice game 21pts 6rbd 5ast 1to against the pressure of Arkansas, hopefully this game along with the 2nd half of the WF game is a sign of things to come...really strong showing from him today.
5. This game sucks because it was a golden opportunity, we start out 1-0 with a road win and suddenly things look much better over the next 5 games...now you look at that 5 game stretch and really hope we can find a way to go 3-2, it wont be easy.
6. For all the talk about depth of this team and going 11-12 deep, its not there. Darrington is a year away, Fulk is struggling, Walker is coming along and probably deserves Fulks minutes, Pons/Kent/Johnson obviously arent there yet. That leaves 7 guys, which is what you saw today, we had 7 guys play 20+ minutes, and 3 guys 11 or less minutes. We need more from Walker or Fulk, one of those guys is gonna have to step up so we arent forced to play Schofield and Williams in situations we can avoid thus getting them into foul trouble.
7. This team handled UNC and Arkansas both for 39/40 minutes, this team has the potential to be top 15...but at this point they are not. How we respond will be big, yes this loss hurts but thats a damn good team and it wont look bad come March, dont compound this loss with a bad one. Again most said start the first 6 games 3-3 or 4-2 and theyd be happy, that is still on the table, gotta make it happen.