Well with the athletic department financially strapped not sure if a trip to Europe will be in the cards. Well be lucky to go to madison square garden to play iona!
Not at all saying you're wrong. But ... Oturu was pretty good, no?
Wow, and I thought I was an optimist.
Just too many question marks for my taste. Gach and Gabe's 3 point shooting? German KD's development?
Freshmen contribution? Curry, Omersa? Not to mention how we would defend and rebound with small ball. My opinion is we need the big guy but annoys me that I am the pessimist
Yup, didnt even think of that part also.
I'm saying, you seem to be saying that Robbins would lift us into the next tier. But we had a guy who was arguably the best we've had at the position in quite some time, and we did not get lifted into the next tier.
Agree with every word of that and will always add the unknown and rarely thought of , what have others added and how much did they improve based on what their coaches had them work as per end of season work evals. The best coaches hit for a high average in this area.
yea, I was kinda making a joke....
Hook, line, and sinker.
This kind of clearly lays out to show why we may see Ihnen split time between the 3 and 4. Gach might change that. Also, if no Robbins, then I would expect Freeman to get a fair amount of PT.
Again there are specific drills not just offensively that some teach and some do not. Even in recruiting the characteristic of getting the hardest working players really pays off. Defense is really hard work. MSU is positioned really well with the Hauser addition. Adding that kind of shooter and that experience is scary. Love what IU added. If everything happens that we need to happen then from a roster position i like where we are at.
Agree with that except for the easily part. Winning is very difficult no matter who you are.
I get it was a joke but there is a rule that says you can only do that type of trip every 2 or 3 years isn't there?
Most coaches to focus the majority of the offseason on offensive skills and conditioning but too often kids put up 300-400 shots a day and work out, do some ball handling but only a few stress drills of being low and wide, it is super tedious and to do it after workouts even more so. Will guys pay the price to never lose due too fatigue. Will guys drill to get 9 stops in a row when shots are not falling. We had guys last year that were soft when it came to conditioning. Team defense does come together in team practices. But you better get work done now. That is why, this year more than others the veteran teams have a big advantage. One of those great coaches explained it this way on the offseason. He told his players if you come back in the fall and can not destroy both mentally and physically the player you were last year, you will not play. Our task is doable but we have so many guys that are poor at low and wide that it disgusts me. Thanks for the healthy exchange of thoughts and insights.
Metrics don’t equal wins, but man we were *right* there weren’t we? Frustrating outcome for sure... I can’t begin to count how many times mid season I tried to tell my family and friends who weren’t gopher fans that last years team was “the best .500 basketball team I’ve ever seen.” Another stat I like is that we were 3rd to last in kenpom “luck”.
That 8-12 record becomes UW's 14-6 by just being 4th in the conference defensively.
Exactly. Very few stand out as great coaches,teachers,leaders. The best ones win when they have less than others and still win.
I know very little about how some players translate to the NBA but we had several posters here share projections on Garza lower than 50th. If he left they would be desperate for a grad transfer big.
Oh I agree. I think that team could have also executed better in (late game) situational basketball. That’s partially experience and continuity, which Pitino hasn’t been able to foster. Curry’s injury last year also did a lot more to break this team than Coffey leaving. We had good enough depth at guard/wing to stay competitive. Our 4 spot wasn’t equipped to replace Curry’s minutes with quality contributions from day 1.
