I liked our option not the play .

[On the Heup Train]

Last night was not the night to put it in Aments hands with 20% shooting and 7 turnovers. Thats basically giving the opponent 15 possessions, assuming we don’t get the OReb, in a game that came down to 1 possession. Unacceptable. I know hes young etc but there is a lack of intensity that has bothered me since day 1. Soft. First play of game was a great set and at 6 freaking 10 get up and send a message but he went in soft, got it blocked then screwed up on the other end. His defense is awful. The Durant comparisons are out of line. Durant was a flat out dog. Ament isn’t. It is what it is. I know if I was his pg, he’d hate me on the court because I’d be in his face yelling at him all game.

I think Rick will address this.

 

[Redheads]

Wow. The 2H started out with 1 on TN to 5 on SU iirc. Not the most consistent crew I’ve seen ref a game.

It might be a good idea for them to take a class on what is and isn’t a charge. That “block” on Boswell giving him his 3rd foul early in the 2nd half was disruptive to executing a game plan.

 

[Redheads]

When was the last time you saw a game where one team had 3 offensive fouls called on them? Zero since they changed the rule. 2 on Ament and the block on Boswell were horrible.

 

[Jax_Vol]

We even got a clean look w .5 SEC and clanked it.

Basically we missed two bunnies to finish the night.


If we want to beat the Fighting Illini, we will need to make 90% of our bunnies

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

We even got a clean look w .5 SEC and clanked it.

It was open, but it was also rushed. I think it was 0.4 after the refs checked the film and whether it was .4 or .5 that’s a very difficult shot to convert.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It was also after a missed free throw. Mike Keith said we could run the baseline but that was a mistake. The length of the court with less than a half second left? It’s amazing that SU was so bad that they failed to defend the attempt.

BTW, that was some unusual form on his shot by the SU free throw shooter.

 

[esarmstrong]

Ament suffers from a lack of physical strength. He gets pushed around too much against these more physical teams and it impacts the quality of his shots. It is also contributing to his turnovers, imho. I don't know if it is something that can be improved this season.

 

[rdk4121]

I was thinking that they might have drawn up a 3-point look. It was awfully crowded around the rim. Looked like SU was expecting Carey to get the attempt.

We airballed more 3s than we made last night. Not sure i wanted that to be the attempt either.