SWC75
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- The game came down to turnovers. We made several stupid ones, including alley oops practically from half court, a 10 second violation, passes to nobody etc. etc. The math: 16 turnovers to 7 and we lost by 4 to the most talented team in the country. When we weren’t turning it over, we were as good as they were, maybe better.
- Fouls were 19-15, 10-5 in the first half. Duke took 11 more free throws than we did and outscored us by 9 in a four point game. I think the calls against us were valid but there were several plays on the other end where there was obvious physical contact and no foul was called.
- I don’t know what Frank Howard was doing out there and I don’t think he did either. He brought the ball up like he was walking through mud. I know we want to slow it down but that doesn’t mean our point guard has to play in slow motion. In half court situation he seemed to have no idea there was a shot clock. He fell in love with the alley-oop after a few early successes and decided he was Sherman Douglas, 9without the speed). Jimmy Satalin said that one of his passes would require Chukwu climbing on top of Chukwu to get it. One of them was near mid court a soon as he crossed it. He did nothing to break down the defense. He did get 8 rebounds and was credited with 5 assists but he surely had far more than 3 turnovers, (scorers often give the turnover to the intended target). He was also 1 for 6 from the field. We ne3eded a lot more form our point guard in the biggest game of the year.
- Oshae Brissett had 15 points and 7 rebounds but he was 5 for 15 from the field, making two of the Big Three 6 for 21. A lot of those misses were uncalled fouls but Oshae needs to get strong enough to score through the foul. He’ll get more of them called that way and more three point plays.
- I wish our centers would stay within the circle and protect the basket and the baseline. They give up too many dunks and lay-ups behind them and commit too many fouls trying to make up for being out of position, (which is what most fouls are really about).
- After the game, Kenny Smith said that duke won “because of their length: Syracuse plays a three guard line-up”. Kenny should tell Jim Boeheim who the third guard is because I’m sure he doesn’t know.
- Fouls were 19-15, 10-5 in the first half. Duke took 11 more free throws than we did and outscored us by 9 in a four point game. I think the calls against us were valid but there were several plays on the other end where there was obvious physical contact and no foul was called.
- I don’t know what Frank Howard was doing out there and I don’t think he did either. He brought the ball up like he was walking through mud. I know we want to slow it down but that doesn’t mean our point guard has to play in slow motion. In half court situation he seemed to have no idea there was a shot clock. He fell in love with the alley-oop after a few early successes and decided he was Sherman Douglas, 9without the speed). Jimmy Satalin said that one of his passes would require Chukwu climbing on top of Chukwu to get it. One of them was near mid court a soon as he crossed it. He did nothing to break down the defense. He did get 8 rebounds and was credited with 5 assists but he surely had far more than 3 turnovers, (scorers often give the turnover to the intended target). He was also 1 for 6 from the field. We ne3eded a lot more form our point guard in the biggest game of the year.
- Oshae Brissett had 15 points and 7 rebounds but he was 5 for 15 from the field, making two of the Big Three 6 for 21. A lot of those misses were uncalled fouls but Oshae needs to get strong enough to score through the foul. He’ll get more of them called that way and more three point plays.
- I wish our centers would stay within the circle and protect the basket and the baseline. They give up too many dunks and lay-ups behind them and commit too many fouls trying to make up for being out of position, (which is what most fouls are really about).
- After the game, Kenny Smith said that duke won “because of their length: Syracuse plays a three guard line-up”. Kenny should tell Jim Boeheim who the third guard is because I’m sure he doesn’t know.
