Niko Medved had his guys ready to play.. It took us 31 minutes to pass them up so they did a good job scouting and hustling.. His team was picked 10th in the preseason in the MVC so he has nothing to lose.. A huge loss to South Dakota but had some nice games against an ACC team(Wake Forest) and a PAC 12 team(Colorado) that he had a close game. I am guessing his assistant, Dave Thorson, is a great resource both in preparation and game management. Congrats to them on a tough game.
I think Niko is connected to his guys and they seemed to respond well.. He ultimately didn't have the horses to beat us but one point is awfully close. A 3 point shooting team can always be dangerous on a given night.
One thing I thought was interesting.. No doubt RIchard wanted to get the ball low to Jordan and Reggie to take advantage of the size difference.. I thought we had a huge size advantage with Amir Coffey on his man, as well.
I am not doubting Richard P's game plan one bit but I thought we may see more 'hi-low' with Jordan and AMIR INSTEAD OF REGGIE... The reason I say that is both are good passing out of the double team low and can dribble hard to the basket from out high... I understand that RIchard may have wanted Amir on the wing for the kickout 3 ball.. But I would have been tempted to run a 'hi-low' with Jordan and Amir because both can handle.. Amir can cause a lot of havoc by driving and drawing defenders for the pass to the post.. Maybe bring Reggie off the weakside and spend time screening on the outside. Sometimes, I feel that Amir does not recognize his talent advantage over the player that is trying to guard him... It seemed that Nate and Dupree would not mind playing more off the ball and set their feet for the 3-ball though Mason does that a ton off his own dribble... I just think that we have to keep Amir Coffey more engaged as he has so much ability untapped, IMO. Going forward, I feel most of our work has to be mental by the coaches and players.. Maybe relational as well.
Tonight we beat a team that was supposed to finish 10th in a mid major conference for this year. Played them at home. Our starters played 172 out of 200 possible minutes.. 86% of minutes played by starters, Gaston had a bucket.. I thought this would be a great game to get Harris involved. I hope that this little break will be good for the team but I hope EVEN MORE that the leadership on the team would get our guys together and air out whatever problems if there are any, or talk through what they need to do to play together the best possible. We still have a ton of work to do but we can do it.
I think Niko is connected to his guys and they seemed to respond well.. He ultimately didn't have the horses to beat us but one point is awfully close. A 3 point shooting team can always be dangerous on a given night.
One thing I thought was interesting.. No doubt RIchard wanted to get the ball low to Jordan and Reggie to take advantage of the size difference.. I thought we had a huge size advantage with Amir Coffey on his man, as well.
I am not doubting Richard P's game plan one bit but I thought we may see more 'hi-low' with Jordan and AMIR INSTEAD OF REGGIE... The reason I say that is both are good passing out of the double team low and can dribble hard to the basket from out high... I understand that RIchard may have wanted Amir on the wing for the kickout 3 ball.. But I would have been tempted to run a 'hi-low' with Jordan and Amir because both can handle.. Amir can cause a lot of havoc by driving and drawing defenders for the pass to the post.. Maybe bring Reggie off the weakside and spend time screening on the outside. Sometimes, I feel that Amir does not recognize his talent advantage over the player that is trying to guard him... It seemed that Nate and Dupree would not mind playing more off the ball and set their feet for the 3-ball though Mason does that a ton off his own dribble... I just think that we have to keep Amir Coffey more engaged as he has so much ability untapped, IMO. Going forward, I feel most of our work has to be mental by the coaches and players.. Maybe relational as well.
Tonight we beat a team that was supposed to finish 10th in a mid major conference for this year. Played them at home. Our starters played 172 out of 200 possible minutes.. 86% of minutes played by starters, Gaston had a bucket.. I thought this would be a great game to get Harris involved. I hope that this little break will be good for the team but I hope EVEN MORE that the leadership on the team would get our guys together and air out whatever problems if there are any, or talk through what they need to do to play together the best possible. We still have a ton of work to do but we can do it.
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