There were a ton of things we could have done to win. Playing hard is not enough, playing smart and/or making adjustments are important too. We do a lot of good things, but we are just not quite there yet. Let's hope this team keeps improving.
Oh for sure. More Jones and Camper for me.
We're not a good outside shooting team, and we didn't get transition baskets like we did against Cal, Bradley played good defense have to hand it to them as well.
I don't know how many minutes Jones had, but not near enough. Would like to hear Golding's explanation. Don't think he had much time Monday either.
This! Transition points will be plentiful, but we’re going to lose games because of our lack of true shooters.
Yeah the defended the paint which is our bread and butter. When we took it in we got blocked, turned it over or didn't get the foul call. I do like how aggressive some of those slams were towards the end though!
19 turnovers, shot 37% shot terrible from the 3 and still had a chance against what will probably be a 25 win team this year and challenge for the Missouri Valley which is probably as good or better than CUSA.
Jones was on the floor for a mere 14 minutes and was 3 for 4. I really think Golding needs to explain why when they obviously needed shooters, he didn't use him.
Agree. The way we got worked inside, Jones held his own while he was in and I question why he didn’t get more court time. Plus, like you alluded to, he can hit the 3, maybe at the very least pulling one of those 3 dudes that go 6’9” plus out to the perimeter and opening the lane a bit. I really like Golding, but unless his intention was to work through some things, I didn’t think he used his subs wisely, nor did he call up anything specific for our true scoring threats when coming out of a timeout at 10 points down. WTF was it Dos Anjos jacking up a 3 at that point? Somebody on here gave him credit as going 1-3 from deep. He was 0-3 and he’s shooting 20% from beyond. He is maybe the last guy who should’ve been shooting at that time.
Miner Mambo made that statement on Dos Anjos, but you need to read it again. He was saying if he would have gone one for three from the three point line and a few other things go our way, then we could have won.
Exactly. This team plays so hard, but can be real sloppy on offense when facing tough D. It's gonna be up to Golding to help guide the offense based on how guys are playing and how we are matching up. Bradley packed the paint on our drives, so where was the adjustment to create some better shots on the perimeter from guys who can make shots? That being said, Frazier and Camper can't go 0-5 from downtown either.
I agree Kalu has played much better. He just needs to maintain better positioning on defense and be MUCH MORE DECISIVE when he gets the ball in the paint.
Yep, there was a play, where he didnt try to dribble and just went up… and scored! He needs to do that more.
