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I mentioned this in another thread, we were ranked 347 out of 352 teams in fast break points last year. We averaged 4 fast break points per game. Wisconsin was 349. We need to improve at this.

The turnovers are very bad. I wonder if he was trying to play hero ball or what. Or if a couple of those per game were from drives to the basket where he dribbled it off his foot/had it stripped/traveled etc. I am gonna rewatch the Kansas game if I get time today and see how those 7 TO's...

Good size/speed comp. I didn't remember him being that small. I'm not sure what happened to him in year 2 here, but year 1 he was a really nice addition.

Wait was Ben still here when Brock Stull signed? If Hawkins signs I'm excited to see what he can bring to the team. It is wild to go from a slow 6'4" 194 to speedy 5'11" 152. Chucky Hepburn at 6'2" 205 will push him around. I will be curious to see how Ben could use him and Mitchell together...

Agree with this. Watching teams run trap against us was painful. We ranked 347th in fast break points last year. Out of 352.

Love that Hawkins is a guy who will drive and looks like he is very quick. The very first possession of the Kansas game he takes it to the rim (barely misses) but nice shot creation. Reasonable FT% at 76%. A little small for the B10 at 5'11" 160 which would limit lineups a bit. Would be a very...

You're right it is not over. But I'm not particularly optimistic we will get a guard that will be a major contributor for us. We had two guys in for visits, and they both picked "lesser regarded" schools over us after hearing the whole song and dance routine. I'll get my hopes up again if we...

I'm curious what kind of locker room guy he can/would be. He has already played for 3 teams (UIC, Idaho, KC) and KC was bad last year (11-21). Somebody made a comment about how he "was out to get his". Also jacked up 8 3PT per game. Battle shot only 5.6 per game last year for reference. That...

Woof. Very bad for Ben. Unless he can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he has fewer than a year left on the job.

I have been expecting just one of Pride or Brown, with the likelihood being Pride based off the reports of mutual interest. Obviously would have loved to have them both. Realllllly hope we land Pride. Tin hat time. I think Ben never planned on taking both Brown and Pride, or at least knew he...

Ben has been slow playing Brown and Pride so he could land Dingle. He's playing chess while we are playing checkers. Do I need to add the /s?

Okay, we've had enough bickering. Let's see some action from the man himself. Not an easy task, as Wilson has only played 41 minutes of televised basketball in the last few years. He played an entire 10 minutes in the Cal game on March 8th, so I pulled up the highlights and there are actually a...

At Oregon State he was listed at 255 pounds as a true freshman. He played at 247 pounds at Idaho. I'm curious now that he is a 6th year guy and ostensibly in good shape, playing around 300 pounds, if he will have grown into his body and be a better rebounder than Treyton. We'll see. I am...

Frome howeda7 on the previous page of this thread:

The number of times I saw Thompson pushed around and not get a rebound when I thought for sure he would snag it.

Yeah I'm not trying to tear Cooper down. I just think his game didn't translate very well to the B10/our team for a variety of reasons. Yes that sounds like they should be able to co-exist.

I am curious to see how Wilson has remade his game/body. He was listed at 247 pounds at Idaho. I don't really take much of anything away from his play at Washington state, he had been playing OL and was not a part of the team until December. He is now a 6th year senior who was recently 337...

This worries me a lot more though if the reports are true about Fox. I figured that Payne would play 25-30 minutes as our post, with Fox playing the rest. Wilson only necessary to see a few minutes against the true bigs/if both guys are injured or in foul trouble. If Fox can't go next year, what...

I agree. In an interview from before he went to MSU, he describes himself as a "well balanced point guard". So I'm curious if he commits, how Ben would use him and Mitchell together. Him and Pride are both very intriguing. Talon Cooper's defensive issues were as problematic as his FT% and...

Bairstow shot 38.6% from 3PT this year, but 12.5% (!) the previous year, after shooting 38.5% his sophomore year. Weird blip, but on relatively low volume (32/83 this year, 6/48 last year). Wonder what happened there. He is also a very bad FT shooter, 55% this year (and has declined every year...