so he might actually be a two, as johnson had suggested months ago?
I don't think he's a conventional #2, but I think with the right matchup, he could help defend certain perimeter players.
This is Division 1 basketball, I understand the FEEL good story...but...winning games is what it is about. Isn't it?
Wonder who the sky is falling weanies would rather have for the Big Ten season, No. 32 or Hawkins?
We outscored them 50-4 in the paint, our % will be good. They didn't pay a player over 6'5. That is where a lot of the numbers came from. Our wing players struggled to shoot, like last year. We still did not address the biggest weakness on this team..shooting the 3..
He can definitely defend certain 2 guards. He’s quicker than he looks and he’s super long. I wasn’t paying attention too closely but he looks like a really solid defender.
Transfer guards do appear to be an upgrade, and they absolutely should shoot a high percentage with such a height advantage. Concur. Second half they shot the 3 pretty good at 7-15,
The kids threw the ball up 43 times and had 10 free throws. He had 53 shots in the game!
No, I'm saying we no have individual defenders who can guard a D3 scorer. Do you think anyone else we play will have a leading scorer we might want to prevent from having a career high? Think about it...he plays D3 and his career high is versus the Gophers.
Why would we have to choose between them...we have at least 3 scholarships I'd prefer Williams to have.
Maybe find a little of what you are searching for in the game coming up with Bethune-Cookman. Zion Harmon appears to be a decent test. Former 4-star. Gophers of course need the win, regular season. So would think you get the game planning you’re seeking.
What kind of team only pays guys 6'5 or less?
I did expect Fox to be a little thinner tbh.
We had a 38.5 3P%. Higher than their’s. Take out Betts who will unlikely shoot all that much and it was 44%.
Why choose? Because that was the question: who would you rather have on your team for the Big Ten season, No. 32 or Hawkins?
We played weak defense for 10 minutes in the first half. After that we tightened it up considerably. The kid kept hitting miracle shots most of them tightly guarded. I thought CBJ and team did a good job of adjusting. It’s also a teachable moment. You can’t be soft at the start of a game and let someone get in a zone like that.
Yep, Caleb Williams was in a zone. He scored 4/7ths of Macalester's points. Tip the hat to him for balling against the big boys. Second half our boys tightened up defensively and Williams made shots where our guys just shook their head.
Hawkins definitely plays with an intensity our team has been missing the last couple years.
That's the kind of thing I like to hear.
The Golden State Warriors when they go "small".
A little love for my guy Garrett, he played at SDSU (Jackrabbits). A little fun note about that game, (SDSU vs. Gophers) during pregame SDSU coach (Nagy) found a Gopher scouting report of the SDSU players, the scouting report said that Garrett cannot shoot, cannot dribble and is not very athletic. Nagy shared it with Garrett who proceeded to torch the Gophers.
BTW, the Gophers will be able to defend Macalester when this website learns how to spell Macalester.
Hawkins I’d argue was the biggest overachiever as I thought he was the catalyst. Played hard, made a couple 3s, and will be fun to watch. JOJ was impressive across the board so I could see him as well. I thought Dawson did fine, Ihnen and Fox had their moments (was pretty happy to see them play well), and others did as expected. I would have hoped for more from Carrington on both ends, but I won’t write him off after a bad game. Betts on the other hand is clearly young and has the body of a future big ten player (reminded me of Hawkins from Illinois a few years back, just out of control), but has a ways to go. I think we have enough depth that he has time. I still anxiously await Christie’s debut
The guys who should be shooting actually shot pretty well. Betts also jacked up 3 - threes late trying to get us to 100 and clanked them all (each had a chance, but the were off). Teams will learn quickly not to leave Hawkins open.