Duck Soup Postgame Thoughts

[NorSyr66]

They left out his 6 turnovers

I noticed that also

 

[shu 49]

I am not criticizing Copeland. He’s played two good games in a row and he’s helped us win. But he is not Dion Waiters and he did not play well against Cornell, LSU, Virginia, Gonzaga, and Tennessee. Other guys played well in games Copeland struggled. The rotation is a game by game basis. Nobody outside of Mintz should have guaranteed minutes.

He is only a sophmore and didnt play a ton last year. He is getting meaningful minutes and is improving a ton. he should get 30 plus minutes.

 

[atlanticuse]

I am not criticizing Copeland. He’s played two good games in a row and he’s helped us win. But he is not Dion Waiters and he did not play well against Cornell, LSU, Virginia, Gonzaga, and Tennessee. Other guys played well in games Copeland struggled. The rotation is a game by game basis. Nobody outside of Mintz should have guaranteed minutes.

i disagree. McLeod should have guaranteed bench.
And where the heck was Hima?!

 

[atlanticuse]

They left out his 6 turnovers

memes only tell partial truth.
This was trash - should have been Q not Mintz
The Mintz PR party has got to stop

 

[Cusefan0307]

He is only a sophmore and didnt play a ton last year. He is getting meaningful minutes and is improving a ton. he should get 30 plus minutes.

6 other guys are Sophomores too. Play him when he plays well. There’s been games he’s done nothing and Bell has put up 25 or Taylor had a double/double. The recency bias here is off the charts.

 

[NorSyr66]

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. .

Good post. I think a few folks are over reacting to Oregon playing with some starters out. Our "bench" scored 44 points today. Bench = non starters!!!

 

[LPOrange]

couldn't watch the game since I don't have the right TV package so I had to listen to the radio. I heard some LGO chants. I heard the arena was small - like 3,500 capacity. What was the crowd breakdown?

 

[shu 49]

6 other guys are Sophomores too. Play him when he plays well. There’s been games he’s done nothing and Bell has put up 25 or Taylor had a double/double. The recency bias here is off the charts.

Its not cause he is bye far our best defender and unless bell and taylor r stroking it from 3 not worth losing the defense and passing ability that he has.

 

[atlanticuse]

couldn't watch the game since I don't have the right TV package so I had to listen to the radio. I heard some LGO chants. I heard the arena was small - like 3,500 capacity. What was the crowd breakdown?

some orange, some green, got loud at times.

 

[CardiacCuse]

oregon 4-27 from 3 (season: 39%)

Gtown 5- 26 (season: 37%)

LSU 2-22 (season 34%)

Cornell 9-33 (season: 34%)

UVA 12-21(season 37%) BUT only 4 made in 1st half before the team deflated in the 2nd

This team can SUFFOCATE opponents defensively

still have to cut out the easy buckets and mental breakdowns...theres still room for improvement.

for me this is the biggest difference with the new coaching staff...

I want to see defensive intensity be the first factor for playing time. and I think thats what we are starting to see...

 

[STEVEHOLT]

oregon 4-27 from 3 (season: 39%)

Gtown 5- 26 (season: 37%)

LSU 2-22 (season 34%)

Cornell 9-33 (season: 34%)

UVA 12-21(season 37%) BUT only 4 made in 1st half before the team deflated in the 2nd

This team can SUFFOCATE opponents defensively

still have to cut out the easy buckets and mental breakdowns...theres still room for improvement.

for me this is the biggest difference with the new coaching staff...

I want to see defensive intensity be the first factor for playing time. and I think thats what we are starting to see...

It’s harder to make open 3’s against a man than vs zone. Don’t ask me why. But it just is.

 

[stuckinbig11]

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

yep

 

[CardiacCuse]

It’s harder to make open 3’s against a man than vs zone. Don’t ask me why. But it just is.

long athletes in your face? wouldnt have mattered with girard and buddy...now it does.

this Orange team can be special defensively, imo

the players are starting to get it...copeland and brown get it...benny seems to be starting to come around

 

[stuckinbig11]

Watch out for Benny. Making strides now and you can see his involvement and energy. He's making plays and that's exactly how he contributes to winning.

Benny looks like he is enjoying the game.

 

[rrlbees]

It’s harder to make open 3’s against a man than vs zone. Don’t ask me why. But it just is.

It really isn’t. I posted a study last year that looked at 100’s of games. The 3pt% against a zone was only something like .3% better than vs m2m.

 

[capeorange]

Coincidence?

 

[Cusefan0307]

Its not cause he is bye far our best defender and unless bell and taylor r stroking it from 3 not worth losing the defense and passing ability that he has.

By far*. Taylor graded out better defensively than Copeland entering the game as did 4 or 5 other guys.

 

[CardiacCuse]

It really isn’t. I posted a study last year that looked at 100’s of games. The 3pt% against a zone was only something like .3% better than vs m2m.

some teams are better at 3 pt defense than others. its just a fact.

i think psycholgically why we are seeing the last stretch teams shooting well below their season avg from 3 is not coincidence but mental pressure they are dealing with vs the cuse defense...it wears them down and they get rattled.

whereas, i bet the opponents are shooting better vs Cuse this year in their zone defense from 3. its notn necessarily easier but the pressure is less intense...more comfortable.

 

[capeorange]

Cuse basketball is getting fun again. A lot more passing today. Q had a couple nice passes to Maliq, is would be nice to see this develop some more. Great game.

 

[cusefan88]

The last two weeks, the team has played with better focus and intensity for longer. Usually the team has a stretch where everything lapses.

The more consistent they get, the more focus, they will win.

 

[pearl31]

Really like how Benny played. This is a positive development

 

[Fly Rodder]

And where the heck was Hima?!

Hima has two bad knees. He plays when he can give good minutes.

 

[Cuse181]

oregon 4-27 from 3 (season: 39%)

Gtown 5- 26 (season: 37%)

LSU 2-22 (season 34%)

Cornell 9-33 (season: 34%)

UVA 12-21(season 37%) BUT only 4 made in 1st half before the team deflated in the 2nd

This team can SUFFOCATE opponents defensively

still have to cut out the easy buckets and mental breakdowns...theres still room for improvement.

for me this is the biggest difference with the new coaching staff...

I want to see defensive intensity be the first factor for playing time. and I think thats what we are starting to see...

There’s been a lot of open 3s missed there. Idk if that’s the defensive strategy but i guess it’s technically worked

 

[rrlbees]

some teams are better at 3 pt defense than others. its just a fact.

i think psycholgically why we are seeing the last stretch teams shooting well below their season avg from 3 is not coincidence but mental pressure they are dealing with vs the cuse defense...it wears them down and they get rattled.

whereas, i bet the opponents are shooting better vs Cuse this year in their zone defense from 3. its notn necessarily easier but the pressure is less intense...more comfortable.

None of that has anything to do with the study I referenced and it wasn’t an SU specific post.

 

[Eric15]

What I like about this team compared to our teams in the Girard/Buddy era (nothing personal against them) is our ability to get easy transition baskets. Whether we won or lost games was almost entirely dependent on whether jumpers were falling. Now we have the ability to get out and run. Not only is it a more exciting brand of basketball but its just so much more efficient.