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[QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 3219992, member: 720"]
Didn't read all of this thread, but wow do I think that there is a lot of misplaced blame being thrown onto Buddy here. Yes he has his defensive limitations and yes he can have stretches where his offensive game is baffling, but the reasons that we lost that game on Saturday had mostly nothing to do with Buddy. Basically all of the numbers were even (or we had a slight advantage) except for rebounds (including 13 offensive rebounds for Gtown to 5 for us) and fouls (partly officiating, partly our weak defense).

I'd say that yet again, our biggest problem is that we got big-boyed down low. There's a reason why we've been able to pretty easily handle every lower level team that we've played while getting manhandled by every P5 we've played (minus GTech). When your frontcourt is comprised of a converted SG and two forwards/centers that weigh less than most high-level high school big men, you're gonna have major issues. We have absolutely zero inside presence on either end of the court, and it forces our backcourt to do more than they should have to.

Buddy is averaging 15 ppg and shooting 39% from three on the year against a schedule in which half of the teams that we've played have been P5, and yet people on here are saying he should be playing for Colgate. Asinine. The past few years, everyone on here has been complaining that all we do is recruit guys for the zone who don't have any shooting ability. Now everyone is complaining that we have a kid that can shoot but isn't a great defender. Can't win.
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