Trier has been a better ball handler lately. The Barcello experiment is on hold until next season. Doubt we ever go up enough to give him time the rest of the season.
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RondaeShimmy wrote:Who said Rawle should come off the bench? I'm starting to like the idea.
Need a spark from the reserves
yes, because all of our starters are offensive players and it would be better to put a role player with them. Give Dylan or Akot the 1st 3 minutes and put Rawle in.
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
By the way, I thought it was sorta funky how that loose ball was allowed to play out despite a WSU player clearly hindering our ability to get control of the ball...
qwertyus wrote:By the way, I thought it was sorta funky how that loose ball was allowed to play out despite a WSU player clearly hindering our ability to get control of the ball...
yeah kinda comical that ayton picks up foul #2 the way he did, but then that play is no foul on wsu
It's long past time to bring this back to the court, let's do it with a small update:
Wazzu cannot guard us. At all. I think every 3 we took was an open look. Having Alkins on the floor really changes things against a zone D. Then again, it's hard to gauge because Wazzu simply has nobody inside as a rim protector. As long as we play smart and take good shots, we should push 100 tonight.
qwertyus wrote:By the way, I thought it was sorta funky how that loose ball was allowed to play out despite a WSU player clearly hindering our ability to get control of the ball...
You literally can't use any of your base, natural strength as a big man in the Pac-12. Leverage and verticality aren't considered...only who falls on the floor.
You also notice how the network is already whitewashing that embarrassing display of officiating against Utah. No, P.J., if we had seen free throws on that last possession, those officials would have had to have left McKale under police escort.
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qwertyus wrote:By the way, I thought it was sorta funky how that loose ball was allowed to play out despite a WSU player clearly hindering our ability to get control of the ball...
yeah kinda comical that ayton picks up foul #2 the way he did, but then that play is no foul on wsu
Yeah, I know it isn't an obvious box out, but he lost control of the ball, then stumbled into Smith's legs/midrift, preventing him from getting a shot at the ball.
zonagrad wrote:Wazzu cannot guard us. At all. I think every 3 we took was an open look. Having Alkins on the floor really changes things against a zone D. Then again, it's hard to gauge because Wazzu simply has nobody inside as a rim protector. As long as we play smart and take good shots, we should push 100 tonight.
It boggles my mind that Ernie Kent has not zoned us for more than five minutes all half. He keeps going back to man-to-man and doubling the post. It's burying Wazzu.
In one single brilliant move by Miller our bench production problem is solved: make Rawle the bench. Why didn't we think of that?
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zonagrad wrote:Wazzu cannot guard us. At all. I think every 3 we took was an open look. Having Alkins on the floor really changes things against a zone D. Then again, it's hard to gauge because Wazzu simply has nobody inside as a rim protector. As long as we play smart and take good shots, we should push 100 tonight.
It boggles my mind that Ernie Kent has not zoned us for more than five minutes all half. He keeps going back to man-to-man and doubling the post. It's burying Wazzu.
It's a bold strategy Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.
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