Its finally here.....
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Yeah, sloppy so far. First game. Playing down to competition. NM Highlands chunks everything from the cheap seats so second chance points coming frequently.
Also, if there is anything to compliment NMH on, it’s their in your face, full court press. Definitely makes it difficult to get into any kind of offensive rhythm.
Sloppy game, but Miners were playing with their "food" the game was not in doubt. They will need to play much better, to beat NMSU though. a loud Don, will help for sure! 1-0!!!!
Hats off tO NMHU. They drank monster energy drinks and went raining 3's like no one's business to start second half. Wow! That was unreal.
Their D1 transfers got hurt and fouled out but what an effort!
Vila, EO and Edwards are the real deal. Their rebounding and composure was what makes the difference from calm play and scrappy park ball that NMHU tried to play in second half. Vila and EO are rebounding machines.
Their D1 transfers got hurt and fouled out but what an effort!
Vila, EO and Edwards are the real deal. Their rebounding and composure was what makes the difference from calm play and scrappy park ball that NMHU tried to play in second half. Vila and EO are rebounding machines.
Grades: My two cents worth
Edwards - A-
Boum - B+
Williams - B
Lathon - B-
Odigie - B-
Vila - C+
Stroud - C+
Verhoeven - C
Tarke - C
Edwards - A-
Boum - B+
Williams - B
Lathon - B-
Odigie - B-
Vila - C+
Stroud - C+
Verhoeven - C
Tarke - C
Sloppy sloppy game. Vila C+?. He rebounded extremely well and because he can play outside he took their big man out of the paint to set, defend or rebound.
Their player that dislocated his shoulder you could see the bone almost sticking out.
Anybody else think it was cold inside the Don? I was looking at the banners on the rafters and those things were blowing around
Still way, way to many turnovers. We will need to cut that number down significantly to beat good teams. Overall grade in my opinion was a C minus.
Yep. Maybe a B if I’m being generous. Vila rebounded ok. He was usually the tallest guy on the floor by several inches. He should have had a few more boards but he has a weak grip. Shot about 35% from the floor. Not knocking him. Just wasn’t impressed with him tonight in his 30 minutes. He took his man out of the paint but it wasn’t even necessary because their 7’3” guy sucked and played so sparingly and their 6’10” guy wasn’t any better. Vila only hit one of his outside shots. Maybe next week he gets an A. Tonight, meh.
Wayyyyyy too many.
Wish we would have attacked the press rather than just endure it. When we did attack it towards the end of the second half, we looked good. Half court offense looked slow and sloppy much of the time.
It’ll get better.
Toward the end of the second half was when boum ran the point. He did a much better job breaking the press, imo. Was much quicker and more decisive with the ball than Lathon
Busting the press was good experience for UTEP. I'm sure NMSU will take note.
I agree. Boum looks decisive and comfortable with the ball in his hands. He pushes it up the court. I like that stop and pop he has from about 10-12 feet out.
Vila also started attacking the rim after the press was broken, rather than pulling the ball back out to the arc. He had a couple nice feeds to Williams. This is where he could excel in my opinion. He has that creativity that is common with the European players. I think he had 6 assists tonight.
Did you get to watch? Should’ve realistically been a 30+ point beating but as others have alluded to, NMH went unconscious and hit like six 3s in a 3 minute stretch. It was kind of surreal for a few minutes.
it could have been closer to a 50pt blowout, but NMHU really did go on a miracle run for a bit. They hit some pretty wild shots that would normally be VERY low %. I don't think many teams will do that to us this year...
That’s true in fact he lost games like this.
I didn’t watch it. Honestly I’m only going based of scoreboard and box score.
I didn’t think we played well, but up until a year ago, a game like this wasn’t even a given.
Agree. The perimeter defense was poor, especially in the second half. We also fouled a couple of times at the three point line in the first half. I did think we did a decent job of anticipating the drive, and stepping in for some charging calls. Lots of areas to work on before it gets real in a week.
I was there and had high expectations. My consensus is that there is not the depth that I thought we had. I can see why Vila plays ahead of Tarke. Tarke and Stroud hopefully will make strides as the season progresses, but not ready yet. Williams is as advertised. Edwards is the perimeter shooter we needed and I suspect Boum will share that role eventually. Lathon looked more at ease than last year and was steady. Efe!!!! He looked like a new man. Nice post moves and stronger than ever. Played strong "D" most of the first half and rebounding, FG and FT shooting was above par.
I'm still holding on to my expectations. The Aggie game will be an early test and will reveal a lot.
I'm still holding on to my expectations. The Aggie game will be an early test and will reveal a lot.
Yeah, we only went 9 deep tonight and two of those guys only got 5 and 9 minutes each. That’s more of a 7 man rotation. Hopefully Tarke and Verhoeven gel with this team and find more court time. Would be really good if Archie is as good as I’ve been told he is. 10 deep Would be a good thing.
Anyone else disappointed in what they have seen from tarke?? From all that was made of him coming in ... not what I expected . season is very young and it could change but looks a bit lost out there...I was counting on him being a decent contributor this year and he still maybe...
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He is trying way to hard. A player like him should just let the game come to him. Second, he was the team at NJIT. He may being trying to adjust to a more potent roster.
Can't be disappointed with a player who has played in three exhibitions, RELAX ya'll lol RELAX.
Wait till December to pick things apart.
And we were short Nigel Hawkins, so he'll add a little more guard depth when he returns to the court.
True its early, but Tarke has been here more than a year and practicing with the team. There was no inclination that he would not be a starter or struggle this much in his transition to SF.
At this point I wonder if maybe he could get more time backing up Williams (since Terry already seems to favor Stroud over Tarke). Tarke is an older guy on the team so this is it.
At this point I wonder if maybe he could get more time backing up Williams (since Terry already seems to favor Stroud over Tarke). Tarke is an older guy on the team so this is it.
CRT was saying good things about Tarke some weeks ago. I really think he just needs to settle down. Two fouls early in a game are self destructive.
