Duck Soup Postgame Thoughts

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Todoubled23]

Sadly I missed the 2nd half...saw some of the 1st half and noticed the turnovers holding us back a bit.

Saw JJ hit a 3 and some nice hustle plays by the team overall. Generally liked how we closed out 1H! Quadir have a good game I take it? I love Judah...but even with the bad Quadir has been my favorite player this far into the season.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[721Comstock]

Q had 15 & 9, 5 dimes.
Plus a steal & a swat.

And an absolutely SICK spin cycle to a layup.

 

[CardiacCuse]

We’ll have no answer for monster front lines. But honestly if we potentially match up well with a lot of different teams. We have interesting pieces who are all clearly improving.

Reason for optimism

i actually think a team like Purdue with Edey is the perfect matchup to actually use Mcleod. ...or a team with a giant center who scores.

the worst matchups for this team are the ones who can stop 1 on 1 drives and force tough shots with great team D...and the ones who have inside outside offenses with good passing. UVA is an example.

there are only a few teams out there, imo...maybe 10-20...for now anyway, assuming they dont iron out the exisiting kinks

 

[Reilly35]

Did ratface Lappas actually say that Copeland is "not that talented" in the 2nd half??

 

[hoopsupstate]

They left out his 6 turnovers

 

[Cheriehoop]

Q had 15 & 9, 5 dimes.
Plus a steal & a swat.

And an absolutely SICK spin cycle to a layup.

That spin cycle move has hurt him in more games than it helped us today but it is fun to watch.

 

[ssbriefcase]

Q had 15 & 9, 5 dimes.
Plus a steal & a swat.

And an absolutely SICK spin cycle to a layup.

and only 2 to's

 

[dcw914]

Really nice 20 point win, Oregon's injuries aside. Copeland looked like the best player on the floor for much of this game and it's hard not to envision what his ceiling looks like as an upperclassman. Really nice continued momentum from JJ as well, he played very solid basketball today.

I thought we got lucky in the first half with Oregon missing open looks. But credit Red for not sticking guys who weren't producing. The bench responded and then some with arguably the best games we've seen this year from all of Cope, Benny, Cuffe, and Maliq. Keep things rolling!

 

[br801]

I really like all the moving parts this team has. And unlike JB, Autry has been great at getting the most out of guys in specific roles so far.

Red has lots of pieces.

 

[walsh2012]

This is a tournament team. Chance Westry also could be back soon

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Reminded me a lot of the Gtown game with how it was close until we woke up and then just ran them off the court. Apparently they only had 7 scholarship players. No doubt not having two bigs was key but we still punked them.

 

[HakAttack]

This is a tournament team. Chance Westry also could be back soon

I said that before the year started. Never underestimate the power of new leadership when the old regime has gotten stale.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Q had 15 & 9, 5 dimes.
Plus a steal & a swat.

And an absolutely SICK spin cycle to a layup.

He got robbed out of his last rebound.

 

[BlackSquirrels]

Salute to Cuffe for hitting some shots early and getting things rolling.

Salute to Quadir for being a monster. The facility should be renamed the Copeland Pentagon.

And salute to the Cuse fans for the loud LGO chants in the 2nd half.

 

[Waltdods]

That was a fun game.

Along with the obvious, I thought Benny Williams played well. Some genuinely nice passing and played smart basketball. That’s a win.

I do think the team is going to keep getting smaller as the season goes on. We are going to see a lot of three guard sets and brown at center. Autry has consistently made an effort to get McLeod involved (something jb rarely did with his centers) and McLeod just isn’t up to the task.

 

[kuethstheman]

Thought Benny had his moments. Hopefully, it was a sign of things to come.

 

[CardiacCuse]

That was a fun game.

Along with the obvious, I thought Benny Williams played well. Some genuinely nice passing and played smart basketball. That’s a win.

I do think the team is going to keep getting smaller as the season goes on. We are going to see a lot of three guard sets and brown at center. Autry has consistently made an effort to get McLeod involved (something jb rarely did with his centers) and McLeod just isn’t up to the task.

Jb always gave his centers with pedigree their 5 minutes and then benched them lately a la dajaun coleman etc

starting mcleod is the most JB thing red is doing, imo

 

[hoopsupstate]

This is a tournament team. Chance Westry also could be back soon

I worry about big front lines. It helps with Brown and Benny on the floor together.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Jb always gave his centers with pedigree their 5 minutes and then benched them lately a la dajaun coleman etc

starting mcleod is the most JB thing red is doing, imo

He did have eight rebounds in limited minutes.

 

[Jake]

Oregon was terrible. Still a good win. Q and Judah were really good.

 

[Waltdods]

Jb always gave his centers with pedigree their 5 minutes and then benched them lately a la dajaun coleman etc

starting mcleod is the most JB thing red is doing, imo

The difference, imo, is that red seems to be telling the guards to actively try to get the ball to McLeod in the post. That really didnt happen with Dajuan or early Christmas. I do think red wants to be able to play McLeod.

 

[Red Holzman]

Reminded me a lot of the Gtown game with how it was close until we woke up and then just ran them off the court. Apparently they only had 7 scholarship players. No doubt not having two bigs was key but we still punked them.

Nice to have a vibe that all would be well-
vs recent seasons depression while awaiting the inevitable meltdown.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Incorrect.
Everyone on this board will remind us several thousand times over the next few days about Oregon's injuries.

How did Oregon win 7 games? This is just their 3rd loss.

I compared their roster for their OT win against Michigan on Dec 2nd and their game against us and only 1 player, some kid named Barthelemy who scored just 2 points against Michigan was missing - who was replaced by a player named Reichle who scored 2 points against us. Oregon played 9 players against Michigan and 9 players against us. 8 players (all the starters) were the same in their win against Michigan and their loss today against us.

I will try to check the roster differences from a game they had in November and the one they just played against us. .