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2024 Iggy Award (ACC Tournament Record)
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Let me start by complementing the student section ,who turned out in astonishing numbers. The rest of the stands were also noticeably more flow. One can see the impact of the new season ticket holders immediately.
As I posted earlier today, I did not have high expectations from the Cornell team. Cornell lost all five starters from last season, and they were only voted to finish sixth in the preseason poll for the Ivy League. But much to my surprise, they were good. Really good.
Number five and number three did a terrific job attacking Verizon. They had a lot of outside shots and also got some penetration. Cornell works the ball very patiently on offense, and their patients was often rewarded with an open shot from the outside or a quality look in the paint.
I have no idea who the coaches, but he's doing all the job. They also played excellent defense in the first half. Used a mix of zone and man to really bother Syracuse. And they rebounded the ball extremely well.
To be sure, Syracuse was bothered by the absence of Jeremy Grant. I number of search uses best players also had four games. Notably Tyler Ennis.
For whatever reason, Tyler did not have it tonight. He missed the number of shots and the paint. He had some bad turnovers. And even struggled on defense. He just is not himself. I would not be surprised if he's feeling under the weather.
As much is Tyler struggled, Trevor Cooney excelled. Trevor had a traffic outing in midnight madness, and he went off like that again tonight. When he gets hot, he gets Whitehat. As hot as any player in college basketball. It was really fun to watch.
Remember that movie freaky Friday, a mom and a daughter had their bodies switched and they had to deal with living in a different body. That just might've happened tonight with Tyler Ennis and Silent G. Tyler struggled to do the most simple of Tass; very uncharacteristic for him. Silent G, who has struggled throughout the preseason, could do no wrong tonight. He distributed the ball well, shot it well, ran the offense nicely, and played very good defense. No word on whether an old Chinese woman hung out with the team before the game.
Was very hard to see RC play uber aggressively again. It was only against Cornell, but this is too game Center all that rack has played well. Maybe a light has turned on. I sure hope so.
Baye didn't play a ton of minutes, but he did well in the time he had. He continues to rebound very well. And he did some nice things on offense, including a wonderful follow/dunk that might have been an accident.
Roberson had a great opportunity tonight with JG being out, but he failed to take advantage. Look nervous and uncomfortable with the ball, stepped out of bounds twice. He has nice form on his jumper, rebounds well and is clearly a fine athlete. But right now, he continues to struggle. It happens to freshman. A lot.
DC also didn't get a lot of playing time, but I thought he played quite well while he was in. At one point, he was uncharacteristically soft on the boards, and let a Cornell player get inside for a rebound and follow. This earned him the wrath of JB.
I was really disappointed with the defense in the first half. His own plus the Fatcheric and they were open people everywhere. Worst of all, we were not able to adjust the number three went off and scored on seemingly every play. We played poorly on offense as well, but a lot of that was the loss of Jeremy, and the complete failure of Tyler Ennis to show up.
Good to see the much improved defense in the second half. Suddenly is on tilted toward number three whenever he was given the ball. He stopped getting good looks and became a virtual nonentity. This is the way should be. We were much more aggressive attacking the open the second half. And we rebounded the bonfire better in the second half.
One awful half, one excellent half. It happened so young teams. I think Cornell is going to win a lot of games in the Ivy League. I hope they do. I like your style play I think they're very well coached and I think they have a lot of talent.
As for me, it's time to go to bed. I have a long drive to Maryland tomorrow morning and I need to good nights sleep. War damn Otto!
As I posted earlier today, I did not have high expectations from the Cornell team. Cornell lost all five starters from last season, and they were only voted to finish sixth in the preseason poll for the Ivy League. But much to my surprise, they were good. Really good.
Number five and number three did a terrific job attacking Verizon. They had a lot of outside shots and also got some penetration. Cornell works the ball very patiently on offense, and their patients was often rewarded with an open shot from the outside or a quality look in the paint.
I have no idea who the coaches, but he's doing all the job. They also played excellent defense in the first half. Used a mix of zone and man to really bother Syracuse. And they rebounded the ball extremely well.
To be sure, Syracuse was bothered by the absence of Jeremy Grant. I number of search uses best players also had four games. Notably Tyler Ennis.
For whatever reason, Tyler did not have it tonight. He missed the number of shots and the paint. He had some bad turnovers. And even struggled on defense. He just is not himself. I would not be surprised if he's feeling under the weather.
As much is Tyler struggled, Trevor Cooney excelled. Trevor had a traffic outing in midnight madness, and he went off like that again tonight. When he gets hot, he gets Whitehat. As hot as any player in college basketball. It was really fun to watch.
Remember that movie freaky Friday, a mom and a daughter had their bodies switched and they had to deal with living in a different body. That just might've happened tonight with Tyler Ennis and Silent G. Tyler struggled to do the most simple of Tass; very uncharacteristic for him. Silent G, who has struggled throughout the preseason, could do no wrong tonight. He distributed the ball well, shot it well, ran the offense nicely, and played very good defense. No word on whether an old Chinese woman hung out with the team before the game.
Was very hard to see RC play uber aggressively again. It was only against Cornell, but this is too game Center all that rack has played well. Maybe a light has turned on. I sure hope so.
Baye didn't play a ton of minutes, but he did well in the time he had. He continues to rebound very well. And he did some nice things on offense, including a wonderful follow/dunk that might have been an accident.
Roberson had a great opportunity tonight with JG being out, but he failed to take advantage. Look nervous and uncomfortable with the ball, stepped out of bounds twice. He has nice form on his jumper, rebounds well and is clearly a fine athlete. But right now, he continues to struggle. It happens to freshman. A lot.
DC also didn't get a lot of playing time, but I thought he played quite well while he was in. At one point, he was uncharacteristically soft on the boards, and let a Cornell player get inside for a rebound and follow. This earned him the wrath of JB.
I was really disappointed with the defense in the first half. His own plus the Fatcheric and they were open people everywhere. Worst of all, we were not able to adjust the number three went off and scored on seemingly every play. We played poorly on offense as well, but a lot of that was the loss of Jeremy, and the complete failure of Tyler Ennis to show up.
Good to see the much improved defense in the second half. Suddenly is on tilted toward number three whenever he was given the ball. He stopped getting good looks and became a virtual nonentity. This is the way should be. We were much more aggressive attacking the open the second half. And we rebounded the bonfire better in the second half.
One awful half, one excellent half. It happened so young teams. I think Cornell is going to win a lot of games in the Ivy League. I hope they do. I like your style play I think they're very well coached and I think they have a lot of talent.
As for me, it's time to go to bed. I have a long drive to Maryland tomorrow morning and I need to good nights sleep. War damn Otto!