22-31 for ACE..my bad i shouldnt have called him out but when i saw him shoot at the TAC the other night it was pretty ugly. He has 2 years to improve the shot though because the defense is there
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22-31 for ACE..my bad i shouldnt have called him out but when i saw him shoot at the TAC the other night it was pretty ugly. He has 2 years to improve the shot though because the defense is there
Anson falls into a very special category............. he doesn't need the scholarship. He is the perfect walk on. Can contribute, but his Daddy can foot the bill so another kid can fill a scholarship.Originally Posted by boxerdog
That's fine with me--I just don't like the "non-scholarship" stigma that seems to make his contributions obscured to so many--even our coaches. He makes a noticeable contribution to the quality of shots we get and he is also a crafty defender. I'd love to see the +/- with him in the game.
Like you know, there's a whole lot more to basketball than individual scoring...
Oh, I definitely agree. He has to have the best +/- numbers on the team. As we have discussed before, he is in the top 15 in the conference in steals............ playing less than 10 minutes a game.
I really don't think the coaches look at him any different than the scholarship players though. I think he lost a little playing time in the middle of the season due to his back problems. With the dismissal of Yonas, I expect Anson will pick up those 2 minutes a game.
I am really hopeful that there is a silver lining to KG's injury. DJack, Darius and Anson have picked up their contributions over the past two weeks. The ability to get solid minutes out of those 3 in the tournament, complementing a healthy KG could be the difference in winning a championship.
Losing KG has exposed the ball-handling deficiencies of Guyton and Darius. I do think, however, it has given our coaches a new perspective on how to utilize DJack.Oh, I definitely agree. He has to have the best +/- numbers on the team. As we have discussed before, he is in the top 15 in the conference in steals............ playing less than 10 minutes a game.
I really don't think the coaches look at him any different than the scholarship players though. I think he lost a little playing time in the middle of the season due to his back problems. With the dismissal of Yonas, I expect Anson will pick up those 2 minutes a game.
I am really hopeful that there is a silver lining to KG's injury. DJack, Darius and Anson have picked up their contributions over the past two weeks. The ability to get solid minutes out of those 3 in the tournament, complementing a healthy KG could be the difference in winning a championship.
That said, I don't think we're playing as poorly as many of our more emotional fanbase seems to think. B/f KG's injury, we played with Utah State to the end in Logan and we beat Northeastern. B/f that we played a solid game against NMSU.
I've watched this team all year--we weren't as GOOD as some on here thought we were and we're not as BAD as some now think. Now, can we afford to lose a 20pt scorer and still beat WAC opponents? No. With KG, are we as dangerous as any team in the conference? Yes.
This is a team that needed a buzzer-beater to beat ULM and took 2 over-times to beat Centenary. Sure, we blew out Utah State in the first game, but that was because they were BAD in that game. I know I'm preaching to the choir with you Skill, but these fickle folk get on my nerves.
When all is said and done, this team will have done better than most pre-season prognostication--including DFM's.
my kingdom for a knock-down shooter........ or a least another streak shooter that would get hot when everyone else is cold.
If somebody zones us, throw Rake out there. I mean, Darius was zilch on the stat sheet against Fresno--except for turnovers. Both Boise and NMSU burned us at home w players who shot the 3 and little else.my kingdom for a knock-down shooter........ or a least another streak shooter that would get hot when everyone else is cold.
Which is what 90% of our posters tend to forget....
Kyle doesn't make that shot at ULM and the season might have headed south right there -
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
ULM wasn't exactly our best performance. Olu, Magnum, and Guyton fouled out while DJack had 4 fouls. Also if we make one of the 10 missed free throws we don't even need Kyle's 3.
Anson had 3 steals in 20 minutes tonight. The boy has a gift.
Refs call the same game in the second hallf we beat them by 20.
This team had no real bench as many top WAC teams. Need at least 3 quality guys off the bench. Redding is athletic forward in a guard's body that needs improved outside shooting desperately to play more. Missed Brandon Gibson and another year of experience for him. We have no big man for next year after Magnum is gone. Lack of as good a inside game next year will cause us to fall off a little. Still think we win over .500 of our games though as we gradually bring in a little better signees each year after all the transfer phase to try to jump start program, which it did. Sign another 2-3 quality guys next fall and spring 2011 and we build continuity for each year.
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