C-USA Play Opens this Weekend for LA Tech versus Marshall

[skilldawg]

Ledoux may be our leading scorer at times, but he can also be a big liability. When he drives to the basket it is usually negative odds for a positive outcome. He gets charges called against him half the time or he puts up a wild contested shot. I better stomach him overly taking and missing 3’s trying to find his shot than when he drives the lane in our set offense. Even with 3’s though, at what point do you get him out of the game if it is just an off night for him? I think he believes in his mind he is a 20+ pts/game player, but that isn’t reality. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. He has to keep shooting to find a rhythm.

This team doesn’t have anyone who is a 20 to 30 pts/game player. It is a bunch of 4 to 16 pts/game players. Occasionally one will have a 20+ pt game but not consistently.

LeDoux is definitely streaky and I also cringe when he puts it on the floor. He is okay going left, but it is a mostly negative proposition if he starts to his right hand.

[boxerdog]

There are times when LeDoux needs to ledon't but he's extremely valuable overall. I actually like how he attacks to basket but I can't figure out how he doesn't realize if there are 3 guys contesting him at the rim, there's probably somebody else open. He also sometimes passes on an open 3 only to shoot a contested step back 3. I want him to shoot open 3's. Archibald confounds me with his shooting at times too. It's like he slightly mistimes the shot and it turns into a weird angle instead of shooting it at the height of his jump. Both of those guys are really good overall though.

[boxerdog]

I thought we dirtied up the game with our physicality and it threw Marshall out of sorts. They want to play with finesse and rhythm but we crowded them on defense and attacked them on offense. I like bully ball with this team. Jr and Gordon and Crawford attacking the rim with Pemberton crashing the boards. They can definitely out shoot us but it's important for us to take open 3's so they won't just crowd the basket. I think we're better than them if we play ​bully.

[dawg80]

Get out the brooms! Go for the sweep Dawgs! (this sounds like baseball)

[HogDawg]

There are times when LeDoux needs to ledon't but he's extremely valuable overall.

Niiiiice.........LOL! I like that one........

[HogDawg]

I thought we dirtied up the game with our physicality and it threw Marshall out of sorts. They want to play with finesse and rhythm but we crowded them on defense and attacked them on offense. I like bully ball with this team. Jr and Gordon and Crawford attacking the rim with Pemberton crashing the boards. They can definitely out shoot us but it's important for us to take open 3's so they won't just crowd the basket. I think we're better than them if we play ​bully.

Me too, boxer. "Bullyball" is a great way to describe it.

[champion110]

I truly believe Lofton is a star in the making! For a freshman and for a guy that seems overweight, he is IMPRESSIVE under the goal. He may be a Paul Milsap type player by his junior year. I love it when he gets the ball close to the basket!

[Dorm Fridge]

Lyn Rollins with new material: “He can heat it up like a microwave.”

[LT]

Vincent "Vinnie" Johnson (born September 1, 1956), is an American retired professional basketball player and was a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was nicknamed "the Microwave" in the NBA.

[LT]

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[HogDawg]

I truly believe Lofton is a star in the making! For a freshman and for a guy that seems overweight, he is IMPRESSIVE under the goal. He may be a Paul Milsap type player by his junior year. I love it when he gets the ball close to the basket!

Lofton's got good ball skills, a nice shooting touch and he works real well in traffic. He just can't jump.

[HogDawg]

Vincent "Vinnie" Johnson (born September 1, 1956), is an American retired professional basketball player and was a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was nicknamed "the Microwave" in the NBA.

I can't believe you mentioned Vinnie, "The Microwave" Johnson. LOL! I loved that player. I started to mention him earlier in the thread when we were talking about LeDoux's hot and cold shooting, but I figured nobody but me even knew who Vinnie Johnson was.

[Dorm Fridge]

Tech up 40-27 at halftime.

[HogDawg]

I can't believe the call they just made against Lofton with 11:43 left and Tech nursing an 8 pt lead. Really, really bad call.

[sportdawg]

I can't believe the call they just made against Lofton with 11:43 left and Tech nursing an 8 pt lead. Really, really bad call.

Horrible