Some Lemoyne Thoughts

[Niastri]

Yeah, Davis, Lampkin and Freeman combined for 42 points and we out rebounded Lemoyne by 15.
Other than terrible defense, my biggest concern is why didn't we take advantage of our size advantage from the first moments of the game?

It was like Red didn't take the game seriously at first, playing Lemoyne like a D2 exhibition game. If the coaching staff isn't getting game ready, neither will the players.

Most games we aren't going to miss 18 of 22 threes, but we needed to adjust the offense sooner.

Regarding the defense, was McLeod injured? When we were giving up way too many easy layups, would it have hurt to put him in?

Freeman needs instruction on help defense. He could be good at it, he's agile and extremely long limbed. I look forward to him being on time to block shots in the future.

Davis isn't going to be able to big boy ACC teams. I hope this great game isn't a false hope that we cling to all season, to the teams detriment. That said, he looked great. He can help us.

Defense was going to be a weakness, we knew that. But I didn't think it would be this bad.

 

[shu 49]

Yeah, Davis, Lampkin and Freeman combined for 42 points and we out rebounded Lemoyne by 15.
Other than terrible defense, my biggest concern is why didn't we take advantage of our size advantage from the first moments of the game?

It was like Red didn't take the game seriously at first, playing Lemoyne like a D2 exhibition game. If the coaching staff isn't getting game ready, neither will the players.

Most games we aren't going to miss 18 of 22 threes, but we needed to adjust the offense sooner.

Regarding the defense, was McLeod injured? When we were giving up way too many easy layups, would it have hurt to put him in?

Freeman needs instruction on help defense. He could be good at it, he's agile and extremely long limbed. I look forward to him being on time to block shots in the future.

Davis isn't going to be able to big boy ACC teams. I hope this great game isn't a false hope that we cling to all season, to the teams detriment. That said, he looked great. He can help us.

Defense was going to be a weakness, we knew that. But I didn't think it would be this bad.

I almost disagree withthe Davis thing. He is extremely quick on second bounce and third he is up and in. Really impressed. Now if he was 6'7" like they said i would be extatic. He is all of 6'5 and is explosive so im good. Really strong kid.

 

[AZOrange]

We took advantage of our size and missed 100 shots in the lane

 

[grepal]

Yeah, Davis, Lampkin and Freeman combined for 42 points and we out rebounded Lemoyne by 15.
Other than terrible defense, my biggest concern is why didn't we take advantage of our size advantage from the first moments of the game?

It was like Red didn't take the game seriously at first, playing Lemoyne like a D2 exhibition game. If the coaching staff isn't getting game ready, neither will the players.

Most games we aren't going to miss 18 of 22 threes, but we needed to adjust the offense sooner.

Regarding the defense, was McLeod injured? When we were giving up way too many easy layups, would it have hurt to put him in?

Freeman needs instruction on help defense. He could be good at it, he's agile and extremely long limbed. I look forward to him being on time to block shots in the future.

Davis isn't going to be able to big boy ACC teams. I hope this great game isn't a false hope that we cling to all season, to the teams detriment. That said, he looked great. He can help us.

Defense was going to be a weakness, we knew that. But I didn't think it would be this bad.

We did try to score down low, just missed a ton of shots we need to make. Defense might get torched.

 

[corpjet]

We escaped and lets leave this game in the past, lots to improve on from the coaches on down!

With that said Davis gets my star of the game!

 

[billsin01]

Yeah, Davis, Lampkin and Freeman combined for 42 points and we out rebounded Lemoyne by 15.
Other than terrible defense, my biggest concern is why didn't we take advantage of our size advantage from the first moments of the game?

It was like Red didn't take the game seriously at first, playing Lemoyne like a D2 exhibition game. If the coaching staff isn't getting game ready, neither will the players.

Most games we aren't going to miss 18 of 22 threes, but we needed to adjust the offense sooner.

Regarding the defense, was McLeod injured? When we were giving up way too many easy layups, would it have hurt to put him in?

Freeman needs instruction on help defense. He could be good at it, he's agile and extremely long limbed. I look forward to him being on time to block shots in the future.

Davis isn't going to be able to big boy ACC teams. I hope this great game isn't a false hope that we cling to all season, to the teams detriment. That said, he looked great. He can help us.

Defense was going to be a weakness, we knew that. But I didn't think it would be this bad.

I agree on Red. This team wasn't ready for the intensity and execution LeMoyne brought to the floor. Rooting for Red and it's one game (and two exhibitions) in Year 2 ... so I'm not flipping out. But it wasn't a good look.

LeMoyne, for their part, was completely unafraid from the jump and executed extremely well offensively. Analytics nerds would love that offense -- attack the rim or shoot the three. I only remember one mid-range jumper off-hand. I'm sure there were more, but not a ton. Defensively, thought they made it a point to play physically even if the foul trouble eventually did them in. The gamble worked ... we didn't finish real well around the basket and missed a ton of free throws. That's the reason it was a game, even more than a bunch of missed threes, IMO. Also liked that they threw two different zones and an aggressive m2m at us.

Bottom line -- LeMoyne knew exactly what it wanted to do.

Syracuse ... thought they were just going to win by 30+. In the first five minutes we fouled two 3-point shooters (6 points), coughed up four live-ball turnovers, and missed three free throws of our own. Brutal.

LeMoyne got away with moving screens a bunch during that time but got dinged twice late at crucial moments, which hurt.

On the positive side -- totally different Davis tonight, absolutely living in the paint. Bell showed off a well-rounded offensive game. Carlos ran the point well and defended well. I saw some folks saying he got torched all night defensively ... dude fought around about 900 screens. That's why you need a defensive system, not 5 dudes on 5 islands. Lampkin makes the offense click when he's out there. Freeman had some nice moments. JJ was OK. He'll have better ones I think, but had some key moments late. Nice energy from Majstorovic, nice defense from Taylor.

On the negative side -- Lampkin defensively works decently hard but really struggles. Our defensive philosophy means this team rarely imposes it's will on opponents. It's far, far, far too simplistic. If you had five plus defenders on the floor, fine. We don't. Gotta finish at the rim, at least against a LeMoyne. Freeman was lost for long stretches as well. Our 'depth' at this point is just players. Davis was excellent, Majstorovic and Taylor can do some things. That was it. Shooting (FT and 3-pt) was ugly, offensive execution was wobbly until we went to that double-high post look late. Seven steals against a DII team is really, really poor.

It's one game, but lots o' work to do.

 

[Cheriehoop]

No one has said much about Chris Bell. I was shocked how sneaky quiet he was in having a 20 point game on 7-12 fg’s. He attacked the basket this game much better than he has his first 2 years at SU. I also thought that at least one foul he was called for was a bad call. Maybe I just expect him to score and shoot well and since he did most of his damage with 2’s, instead of 3’s, that I overlooked it during the game?

Davis is one tough,strong player. Love his energy out there and hustle to the ball, he plays hard. Glad to see JJ come alive offensively towards the end of the game after a pretty lackluster start. Lampkin does sure like to pass - that wrap around pass was really nice and he did a nice dive to the basket receiving a pass. Petar had 4 offensive rebounds in just his 5 minutes, got to love how active he is. Really looking forward to his development over time. Carlos had his first rough game, they made him pay for his aggressiveness on D but he works hard and seems like a player who’s hard on himself when he makes mistakes. He still had 6 assists and just 1 turnover. Freeman was just 3 for 12 but had 11 rebounds, defense uggh.

Free throws - the team really has to work on this. We missed 11 free throws - uggh giving away freebie points. At this level we should be making at least 70% of our free throws. 64.5% as a team is not good. Team defense and team communication seems poor - hesitation on whether to go over or under screens, to switch or not, getting caught flat footed on drives to the basket and not hustling to get back into the play when beat nor communicating that you need help. Defense needs to be a team effortl Enough from me.