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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1978184, member: 906"] was rewatching the replay and the first 4 minutes which I never do haven't done it in 10 years. Anyway it went like this... -------------------------------------------------------- sc hits a three. Howard tried to push it inside early twice first two possessions. not good possessions. White then loss the ball at halfcourt the next possession. in comes gillon and throws two lob passes that get intercepted way behind the three point line, then one at halfcourt. similar to long passes against a full court press at half court not pretty. we finally get our first good look at the basket at the 17 minute mark as dajuan finds his way inside off a howard drive. I couldn't tell who was playing center dajuan or lydon the next possesion. Howard comes down and almost loses ball at halfcourt calls timeout. Howard very very frustrated emotional at first timeout (16:42) next possession howard palms ball for 15 seconds and charges the lane (the guy was way outside the circle but arguably still moving. meanwhile south carolina gets what looks like another good look their 7th of the game offensive board and their 8th. we have had one good look so far. ----------------------------------------- After that our pg's started to settle down a bit. But still had troubles, and we started to get some looks on the perimeter in the first half, we passed up more then I thought. What to learn from this is we really needed some adjusting bigtime. We just played one of the top 5 defensive teams in the country after having no medium test we were playing 3's and monmouth a 4, and just jumped to playing a 9.5, with no 5-9 to give us perspective. [U]Arguably JB's toughest early season test in over a decade. Had we played one of the top 5 defensive teams early on back in the ennis year we may not have been 25-0. Congrats to south carolina they can beat anyone in the country imo.[/U] Imo I think Thompson is closer to breaking out then battle right now, and that is not a knock. I would be surprised if hes not getting minutes all year. He may be the best one on one scorer on this team by march, not in terms of ppg, but putting pressure on his man in tough half court possessions. He really is a true baller with a very very bright future. He needs to find his most comfortable place in the halfcourt this year and capitalize off it like a 4th scoring option, and continue to work on finishing dishes in the lower post. Even more so with Lydon on the perimeter, so lydon can flash from underneath to the three point line more and more. [/QUOTE]

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