Worse yet, it was after a play where we came up with the ball! Q wanted a travel on Shrewsbury, but he'd missed the shot and we got the rebound. Only point in yapping at the official was to let him know he'd missed a call that didn't matter.
With all due respect, how do we know and trust that this young and always distracted team does what their coaches tell them to do?
I too love Q, a lot but I’m getting tired of his taunting and over acting routine.
I agree with that. I would much prefer the announcers call the game rather than the extracurricular stuff. I was just questioning the other poster's theory that it was a massive distraction to the team, if that's what he was leading to.
Therein lies the problem with Bell and Mintz…they seem uncoachable. You can’t win consistently without everyone on the same page and following the game plan laid out by the coaches. On the other hand, it is slightly concerning that Autry hasn’t gotten these two very talented players to buy in. Is it the kids or lack of structure/control from the staff? Probably somewhere in the middle.
I think his yellow teeth beat his hair - in combination he's just a cutie!
Oh I’m not saying that the players are without fault here. Certainly makes you wonder what the minute distribution would be if we had everyone available. Devils advocate is that we are 30 games into a season. This team gets labeled as “young” but most of them have significant playing time in roughly 60 D1 basketball games. These are experienced sophomores. I think the youth of this team is overplayed at this point in the season.
He's averaging .4 more rebounds per game than he did last year in 6 more minutes per game. You're right about his offensive game, which has undoubtedly improved. I don't doubt he works hard at his game, and may take to coaching in practice, but when he is seen on many occasions arguing with the coaches, rolling his eyes, etc., hard to argue that he is buying in to what the coaches are asking of him. He's an extremely talented player, but talent only takes teams so far.
Yup. That was terrifying. Red had to yell to Judah to get him way from that ref.
Hear what you are saying and you are absolutely correct that the damn margins matter but I am getting a bit fed up listening to all the metrics talk etc. All I care for at this point is the wins. I get more excited over a 2 or 3 point win than I do a 12 point win. Next they will be measuring whether we get all our points by two point shots, three point shots or free throws. Better yet...give me a NET on the first half today and on the second half. Who played the better game and gets a higher (or lower) NET?
Excellent point Red should make to Q. Too much of a focus on winning a battle when we need to be focusing on winning the war! Keep your ammunition dry!!!
It’s really all about each individual fans expectations for the season. If you just wanted to see a competitive team that wins more than they lose, you’re satisfied. I don’t love the NET, unfortunately it is what the committee is using so it’s a relevant discussion topic for a bubble team.
In fairness…..Shrewsberry traveled 4 different times that weren’t called. At what point do you mention the rule to the refs?
I think Bell has improved a great deal this year, which shows he’s coachable. Judah has had moments, but then he defaults to what he knows.
On this board, that is high praise indeed.
And that’s why Bell is THE biggest risk to get a huge NIL payday after the end of the season. SU’s collectives need to open the checkbooks. Won’t win ten games without him next season.
When I reffed modified basketball games we kind of agreed not to call travel unless it was blatant. It was the only way we could have a game without constant whistles. Evidently the refs thought ND was a modified team in the second half .
Any specific ones?
We will not be underdogs against Va Tech at home. If you're going by Kenpom and ESPN you might want to rethink those metrics site because they both thought we'd have losing records this year yet here we at 18-10. Va Tech has won once on the road at nc state this year 1-8 and Cuse is 13-2 at home. Vegas will prob have us 2-3 point favorites.
