Basketball @ UNM
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No, I didn't think so. UNM catching UTEP flat footed all night in transition. UNM's Dent catching UTEP off guard with his great passing which gave UNM a big lead, but UTEP did honorably fight back to cut it to two late.
So what are the thoughts on the new players? And others that didn’t see much playing time last season?
Barnes did ok, but it appears UNM size was too much.
My expectations for Bynum coming in were to high, he shot poorly.
This was no slouch team UTEP played but Dent dicing up all our guards like a back alley switch blade fight was concerning given Golding's aggressive approach to cutting off passing lanes.
My expectations for Bynum coming in were to high, he shot poorly.
This was no slouch team UTEP played but Dent dicing up all our guards like a back alley switch blade fight was concerning given Golding's aggressive approach to cutting off passing lanes.
Contenders for conference along with Boise.
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Great road experience. This team will win games this season. Go Miners!
I'm not wanting to go down the rabbit hole from a previous thread but UNM is primed and ready to go going into regular season tip off with two exhibition matchups against Santa Clara and UTEP and regular season start against Nichols. UTEP chose to do the cross border game and UNM and tip off against Sul Ross. Nichols is two steps up from Sul Ross.
I was only able to listen on the radio (didn't find a live stream), so that makes it tougher to evaluate how they did. A couple of things are pretty clear though. First, playing small ball against a longer team like UNM is going to be a problem rebounding (no shock there). UTEP's run in the first half to get back in the game was done mostly by and against reserve players by forcing a bunch of turnovers. UTEP's late run (when they had gone down 14 with about 4 minutes to play), was due in large part to Frazier catching fire offensively. For UNM, Dent and Washington were solid. Dent is really good and is probably one of the best guards UTEP will play this year. I do think UTEP's depth will be better this year. Camper needs to be more impactful. He's a guy who can do alot on both sides of the ball, and from listening in, you hardly knew he was on the court.
What we lack in rebounding prowess, we make up for in creating turnovers. And the points probably come easier from turnovers due to some of them coming in transition. A possession is a possession is a possession.
Agree lil_train, Camper has to make himself more of an impact. Like you said, one hardly knew he played last night.
I know it was just one game, but I have this horrible feeling that this team isn’t gonna be any better from deep than any of CJG’s other teams. If adjustments were made by limiting the attempts from 3, and the focus was more on a mid range and inside game, maybe there’d be some hope.
Agree lil_train, Camper has to make himself more of an impact. Like you said, one hardly knew he played last night.
I know it was just one game, but I have this horrible feeling that this team isn’t gonna be any better from deep than any of CJG’s other teams. If adjustments were made by limiting the attempts from 3, and the focus was more on a mid range and inside game, maybe there’d be some hope.
Dent made a big dent in any UTEP D that got them back in.
"The Lobos had a +26 rebounding advantage and their 56 rebounds were more than any game last season"-golobos.com
Haskins is having a fit with St Peter right now. Poor St Peter.
