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Message: [QUOTE="Cuse_MN, post: 109197, member: 1559"] >>[COLOR=#000000]Triche is our point guard. We look [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#000000]soooo[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000] much better with Triche running the half court offense. Not only does Triche make the quicker and more responsible passes, but he also gets to the line when he runs the point. Scoop is a liability at the line, he is too willing to shoot early in the clock, and makes too many boneheaded plays.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Scoop always gets "assists" because the Cuse is an amazing transition team. Many of Scoop's assists are easy transitions buckets where he simply executes the three man weave or some other quick, easy offense. Any of our guards could rack up assists playing the designated point guad spot. The only reason Triche didn't pile up assists his frosh year, is because Rautins actually played point man on so many of our transition breaks. Scoop very, very rarely creates offense for others in the half court: and it hurt us badly for most of the Florida game.>>[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]BT's frosh year is the only year we have to compare them both as pg's, but probably not fair given Scoop had a year until his belt by then but that first year was on the flynn, devo, greene, harris squad, so not like he learned much about running an offense that year with those gunners. They had almost equal minutes that year. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Assists/TO's [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]2009-2010 Scoop 151/67, BT 99/71 (Rautins had 171 assists)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]2010-2011 Scoop 205/100, BT 100/72[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]2011-2012 Scoop 36/16, BT 28/17[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Total. Scoop 392/183, BT 227/160 [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Cumulative A/TO. Scoop 2.25, BT 1.75[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Scoop has about 100 more mins over the timeframe. Despite playing fewer mins this year, he has more assists and fewer turnovers. Scoop has surely had the ball in his hands for more minutes, but when BT did have the ball he managed to have 57% of Scoop's assists, but 87% of his TO's.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I like Brandon's game, especially this year. I think him continuing to knock down 3's in the high 30% range will be key for a title run. This is no knock on BT, but the stats above strongly argue he is sloppier with the ball and not as good a distributor of the ball in directed comparison to Scoop. Brandon is the only guard who looks comfortable as a catch and shoot 3-pt shooter. We need him to fill that role, but all three guards can bring the ball up the court and trigger the offense. I love what Dion is doing and don't deny your argument that Dion has more upside, but it is worth noting Scoop is shooting a better % from the field and from 3-pt range on the season, not to mention last season, so statistically, his "wild gunner shots" fall more often than Dion's better shots.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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