Duck Soup Postgame Thoughts

[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.

 

[shu 49]

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

i dont care about grades. watch the film. its obvious.

 

[JDubbin]

It's just fun to be fun again!

Steals, dunks, fast breaks, feels like we had more of it in the last two games than the entirety of the last 4-5 seasons combined... I love it.

 

[DoctorBombay]

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

Or how they "missed wide-open" shots.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

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

I’m strictly referring to open 3’s. If you’re well covered all bets are off

 

[mark79]

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.

He is a really good passer. When the light is on he makes a big difference.

 

[hungrychuck]

Obviously Oregon was decimated by injuries. But in general, I don’t see many teams the rest of the way having an edge on us in either athleticism or depth.

That’s a refreshing change.

We may still get beat by better or more experienced basketball players, but that’s something else.

Overall, we are significantly ahead of where I expected us to be this season. This is very encouraging. We have a shot to play some very important late-season games.

 

[djcon57]

winning by 20 vs a serious d1 team in a random game in one of the Dakota’s seems like a good win to me.

I mean, it’s not like losing at home vs Bryant or Colgate, buts it ok.

 

[Niastri]

Does anybody have a link to a condensed game?

 

[SDjohn]

Family and I just got home from Sioux Falls. First in-person game in 15 years, when my son was 5. He’s as big a SU fan as I, being able to watch it with him COURTSIDE was priceless.

First 4 minutes I wasn’t concerned, kind of expected with the long layoff. Second 4 minutes, not gonna lie, thought he drive home was gonna SUCK.

Then, big shout out to Kyle Cuffe Jr, he hit that three and everything changed. Of course the personnel change by Autry had some things to do with that, great job by HC finding the right combination IMO much quicker than his predecessor would have. Benny, Cuffe, Q and Maliq were just huge. Once they ratcheted up that defensive intensity they never let up. Oregon helped…a lot actually…they just couldn’t make anything for long stretches or pretty much after the first 14 minutes of the game.

Wasn’t all pretty though. They HAVE to value the ball better and much better would be preferable.

The only thing scarier than the amount of turnovers we had was the amount they could have had. Lots of “near miss” turnovers and it was bad…on both sides. I don’t know what the final count was, it may have set some records it was THAAT bad. Judah had several passes that had ZERO chance of getting to the intended target. If Red is gonna get this team to reach its ceiling, valuing the ball and rebounding has got to improve. I thought we did well on the glass today and the effort/intensity was there (minus Chris Bell but hey Red was quickly all over that). To have a successful season and ultimately go dancing in March they need to get the turnovers under control.

Getting better each time out, love the way Red used his rotations today. Go Cuse!!!

 

[NorSyr66]

Family and I just got home from Sioux Falls. First in-person game in 15 years, when my son was 5. He’s as big a SU fan as I, being able to watch it with him COURTSIDE was priceless.

First 4 minutes I wasn’t concerned, kind of expected with the long layoff. Second 4 minutes, not gonna lie, thought he drive home was gonna SUCK.

Then, big shout out to Kyle Cuffe Jr, he hit that three and everything changed. Of course the personnel change by Autry had some things to do with that, great job by HC finding the right combination IMO much quicker than his predecessor would have. Benny, Cuffe, Q and Maliq were just huge. Once they ratcheted up that defensive intensity they never let up. Oregon helped…a lot actually…they just couldn’t make anything for long stretches or pretty much after the first 14 minutes of the game.

Wasn’t all pretty though. They HAVE to value the ball better and much better would be preferable.

The only thing scarier than the amount of turnovers we had was the amount they could have had. Lots of “near miss” turnovers and it was bad…on both sides. I don’t know what the final count was, it may have set some records it was THAAT bad. Judah had several passes that had ZERO chance of getting to the intended target. If Red is gonna get this team to reach its ceiling, valuing the ball and rebounding has got to improve. I thought we did well on the glass today and the effort/intensity was there (minus Chris Bell but hey Red was quickly all over that). To have a successful season and ultimately go dancing in March they need to get the turnovers under control.

Getting better each time out, love the way Red used his rotations today. Go Cuse!!!

Glad you could enjoy the game in SD. Courtside super!!!

 

[mikemorg]

Great win. Strange game with all the turnovers.

Red needs to get Sherm back to campus to teach the guards how to throw an alley oop. Several attempts today were not even close!

 

[Todoubled23]

Mods was there no condensed game released? I'm regretting missing the 2H even more as time goes on and I'm realizing there may not be one.

 

[br801]

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.

Tell me about it. It's great that a bunch of guys played great today and the bench produced more than it likely will in any game this season. But that's obviously not going to happen every game. Match ups and who is hot (and who is not) will dictate how Red doles out the minutes. It's nice that he has options and seems open to using them.

 

[CardiacCuse]

I’m strictly referring to open 3’s. If you’re well covered all bets are off

how many are actually open though? ive seen opponents shoot a lot of tough or long ones in that stretch

 

[FrancoPizza]

Today confirmed that Taylor should only get significant minutes against less athletic opponents. He was one of the few disappointments today. Works hard but just too slow.

 

[FireballPhil]

I think this is really the first game on offense that they actually played team ball. Sure there were a few ISO plays but overall they were very unselfish sharing the ball. The week to week improvement is very noticeable.

I have always been pro Taylor, and still think he can be very good. He needs to be a little more selfish though. I wonder if bulking up has hurt his shot, as it seems he is always tight at the start of the game. His first couple shots are always short, as if his muscle memory is relearning. I really hope he straightens it out because he could be a key factor in some games to come.

 

[kcsu]

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.

Other than Judah Cope is arguably our most important player. He can guard 4 positions, rebound, play the 1 2 or 3 positions. Kids crazy talented and just starting to put it all together.

 

[NineOneSeven]

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.

There will only be a a few games this year if that that Copeland gets 30+ minutes. Feel free to bookmark this one. And that said, that is OK! Starting forwards struggled today and he produced big time in his minutes. What you hope every player does.