Random Vegas Thoughts

[upperdeck]

Gonz almost lost by 50 to Mich. Did they have a bad game plan? It happens. So few examples of 3 games in 3 days no one really knows how it will play out. Lots of examples of avg teams going on 3-4-day runs in the conf Tourneys too.

 

[RedtheGOB]

We have a very solid team tournament talent for sure but only if our top player returns. SU simply can't replace Donnie.
I'm not sure how the FT nightmare is fixed but it has to be addressed as it cost us the Houston game and will cost us others. We have the talent to make the tournament but only if Donnie is healthy.

BUT BUT BUT Kansas's best player was out too!. Yea no crap, he's been out for 3 weeks. Kansas players were able to practice and play games for weeks to adapt. I'm furious at Autry, but people need to state facts too.

Donnie was a gametime decision, and sounds like he thought he might play through that night along with the team. Considering we came in and gave Houston all they could handle without Donnie is something. I always felt that our offense was way too reliant on pass the ball to Donnie and he makes a play in the first place.

Iowa St is really what people are angry about and mostly the 2nd half, Autry and the staff needed to do something to adjust and they just didn't. Then again though I saw alot teams way better than us with much better coaches get their doors blown off too last week and weren't even competitive for any part of their game.

When I heard that Iowa St went to bed knowing that they had been fleeced out of 300K due to 2 points and then got 0-2 Cuse at 10AM ha things make alot more sense.

 

[Sdot]

BUT BUT BUT Kansas's best player was out too!. Yea no crap, he's been out for 3 weeks. Kansas players were able to practice and play games for weeks to adapt. I'm furious at Autry, but people need to state facts too.

Donnie was a gametime decision, and sounds like he thought he might play through that night along with the team. Considering we came in and gave Houston all they could handle without Donnie is something. I always felt that our offense was way too reliant on pass the ball to Donnie and he makes a play in the first place.

Iowa St is really what people are angry about and mostly the 2nd half, Autry and the staff needed to do something to adjust and they just didn't. Then again though I saw alot teams way better than us with much better coaches get their doors blown off too last week and weren't even competitive for any part of their game.

When I heard that Iowa St went to bed knowing that they had been fleeced out of 300K due to 2 points and then got 0-2 Cuse at 10AM ha things make alot more sense.

Donnie has been hurt since before the Monmouth game. He missed a few practices before that game. Which was surprising he played in it.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Donnie has been hurt since before the Monmouth game. He missed a few practices before that game. Which was surprising he played in it.

Interesting. I thought the Syracuse.com people posted video of when the injury happened midway in the Monmouth game.

 

[Sdot]

Interesting. I thought the Syracuse.com people posted video of when the injury happened midway in the Monmouth game.

He was hurt before. Probably tried playing through it, and it was still a problem.

 

[tbonezone]

i come out of the vegas tourney thinking kyle and white are players. rest gotta step it up.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Team athleticism is top notch, LOL. Top notch must mean not being able to rebound, hit threes or foul shots.

Such a weird post. Already noted but if there are any aspects of this game that don’t rely heavily on athleticism they would be 3 pt shooting and FTs. I mean look at how well our team shot the ball during the years when athleticism was at our lowest (relatively) with Girard, Boeheims, Swider.

 

[Cheriehoop]

And Iowa State was just resting at the pool until they met us?

I saw Iowa st play St John’s and out tough them in their matchup with Rick Pitino coaching them. Then they beat up on Creighton and Greg McDermott. Creighton was down 14 after the first half. Despite playing very well in the 2nd half, Creighton could only match Iowa State in the 2nd half. I knew Iowa St would be a really tough win. They are 7-0 for a reason. My disappointment was with our total 2nd half collapse after being pleasantly surprised with our effort in the first half. That Las Vegas tournament had a great competitive field. We have to learn how to play with consistent effort for all 40 minutes.

 

[Cappy3]

I saw Iowa st play St John’s and out tough them in their matchup with Rick Pitino coaching them. Then they beat up on Creighton and Greg McDermott. Creighton was down 14 after the first half. Despite playing very well in the 2nd half, Creighton could only match Iowa State in the 2nd half. I knew Iowa St would be a really tough win. They are 7-0 for a reason. My disappointment was with our total 2nd half collapse after being pleasantly surprised with our effort in the first half. That Las Vegas tournament had a great competitive field. We have to learn how to play with consistent effort for all 40 minutes.

We did for the first 2 games.

 

[DCUNITED13]

Such a weird post. Already noted but if there are any aspects of this game that don’t rely heavily on athleticism they would be 3 pt shooting and FTs. I mean look at how well our team shot the ball during the years when athleticism was at our lowest (relatively) with Girard, Boeheims, Swider.

Buddy and Cole got significant runs in the NBA. I'm not certain any player on this team is at that level.

But I agree with 917, We had Stevie Thompson, (one hell of an athlete) but could he shoot 2PT/FT outside of 10 feet?

 

[Newhouser]

Buddy and Cole got significant runs in the NBA. I'm not certain any player on this team is at that level.

But I agree with 917, We had Stevie Thompson, (one hell of an athlete) but could he shoot 2PT/FT outside of 10 feet?

In the NBA?

 

[DCUNITED13]

In the NBA?

Yes,

Cole Swider 35 Games
Buddy Boehiem 20 Games

 

[Cheriehoop]

Yes,

Cole Swider 35 Games
Buddy Boehiem 20 Games

Oshae Brissette 46 games
Elijah Hughes 54 games too

 

[DomeHolmes]

I saw Iowa st play St John’s and out tough them in their matchup with Rick Pitino coaching them. Then they beat up on Creighton and Greg McDermott. Creighton was down 14 after the first half. Despite playing very well in the 2nd half, Creighton could only match Iowa State in the 2nd half. I knew Iowa St would be a really tough win. They are 7-0 for a reason. My disappointment was with our total 2nd half collapse after being pleasantly surprised with our effort in the first half. That Las Vegas tournament had a great competitive field. We have to learn how to play with consistent effort for all 40 minutes.

Good post. I think part of the reason we did so well against Houston, less well against Kansas, and the worst against Iowa State was the level of rim protection. We were able to get in the paint against Houston, and Kansas just had one rim protector, but Iowa state interior defense always appeared to be a wall.

We started out hitting threes but once that cooled down, we had nothing. Conversely, they came out the second half and hit everything. Both teams were gassed, but the team raining threes is going to find energy and the team letting them up is going to pack it in, and that’s what happened. we knew we had no chance of winning a shootout.

The thing that stuck out over and over that I was not happy about was Souare. He did not play much and should have had fresh legs, but over and over he did not play help defense. (Plays good man). Once Iowa State got past our tired guards, he was nowhere to be found. When and if Freeman comes back, we really need to look at White being the backup five.