Ament will improve

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Berry4Heisman14 said:
How did he look yesterday? I was busy
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A little sloppy with TOs (he had 4), but offensively, he looked as engaged and assertive as he's looked all year. 23 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts, 2 blks.

Back-to-back games where he has really played well. Over the past two games, he's had 40 points, 11 rebs, 3 assts, 3 blks. He also has hit 14-17 FTs. Still not very efficient shooting the ball (11-27 shooting, 2-8 from 3), but he's being more aggressive.
 
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Yesterday was the first time Ament didn't look like a deer in headlights and shot all of his free throws confidently. Hopefully it lasts and he'll be able to be consistently counted on.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Just as a point of clarification, Ament’s 4 credited TOs were all on him, individually, as they took place on the floor. The inbound 5-sec violations do not count as individual TOs, rather they are considered "team" TOs.

Additionally, the first inbound 5-sec violation was entirely on Ament. He stood in place like he thought it was a dead-ball out of bounds instead of running the baseline to help get someone open. To add to that, he has to have an internal clock going and he has struggled with that. The second two violations were a collaborative effort of not getting a TO called and no one getting open. Having a freshman tasked with that inbound role isn't the best idea against a team like A&M.
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That first one was about an 8-second count and he still didn’t get it in.
 
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AllMidSouth65 said:
The first half turnovers attributed to him had more to do with the inbound recipients not cutting to get ball or not using screens effectively. Clearly TN had not prepped for that kind of pressure on the inbounds. IMO and I don’t know that I have ever criticized Barnes or staff on here before fwiw
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They did work on it. Barnes talked about it post game.
 
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The worst part about the inbounds is he is the guy you want to inbound the ball to, not the one you want inbounding the ball. He's 6'10" and can handle it reasonably well.
 
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I am a little disappointed that Gillespie doesn't work very hard to get open on those
in bounds presses.
 
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cncchris33 said:
A little sloppy with TOs (he had 4), but offensively, he looked as engaged and assertive as he's looked all year. 23 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts, 2 blks.

Back-to-back games where he has really played well. Over the past two games, he's had 40 points, 11 rebs, 3 assts, 3 blkve s. He also has hit 14-17 FTs. Still not very efficient shooting the ball (11-27 shooting, 2-8 from 3), but he's being more aggressive.
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I have been pretty rough on his play for a couple of weeks; expecting more than he was giving, especially in his ball handling. However, , especially in the last game, he played much more aggressivelyon both offense and defense. he had a couple of turnovers, but kept the team in the game and won in 2 overtimes. We would not have won that game without him. I truly believe that game was a difference make for him this season. I believe his play in the future will continue to improve and we will put a better team on the floor than we saw in December and early January.
 
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volsarelife1 said:
This right here is the best summary and way to explain Ament in my opinion. Barnes is to fault some here for the expectations on Ament with the way he talked him up.

Then his defense has really been just bad. And when he's sucking on offense like he has to go along with bad defense, he's become more of a liability than anything at the moment. Still time for him to turn this around, but so far it's been rough.
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Aged well
 
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We’re going to go only as far as Ament takes us. Barnes is going to have to consider force feeding him 20+ shots a game and see what happens IMO

I feel the same about JP and Barnes should consider force feeding him minutes and making him play through mistakes. He can be our 3rd scoring option as the only guy we’ve got who can make his own shot in the paint.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
If you think Ament is going to dramatically improve by February then I’ll sell you some beach front property in Idaho.

Also, in your words - please elaborate on his talent. Everything he does Ok is relative to his height. If he was 6’8 he would hardly be a D1 player.
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Deeds in the mail yet?
 
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