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I like Troy's game, but I think the quickest way for us to get where we need to be is for him to start viewing himself as a star on this team. It was great for him to be the facilitator and get everyone involved when we were playing garbage opponents, but it's time for him to take a page from...

Yep. No excuses. They have a good team, so do we. Time to get one of these.

They've been sticking with the 1-3-1 and if we play Ellis/Clark, there is no reason for them to come out of it.

Well my main point was just that last year's 3 pt show wasn't really a zone vs man problem. We deliberately left a guy we thought couldn't shoot. That's a little different than sitting back in a zone and them shooting over the top. Our zone is an aggressive zone anyway so I'm not even sure it...

Career is one thing. He came in ice cold (17% in big east) and both coaches essentially admitted that was the plan. It didn't work.

Last year, we baited a horrible shooter into shooting their shots and he nailed 5 straight 3s. It's a hard game to take much from.

Xavier is 124th in the country (behind UC actually) with 35.6% from 3. Nothing about their team suggests its a team we need to be scared of 3s against other than just flashbacks of the last 2 years. Don't be reactionary to a few shots going in from guys who aren't even here. Play to our...

Maybe it's on them then, but I do think that's what is happening. We're asking them to catch the ball outside the paint and score baskets at the rim. I think it's implied that we expect them to dribble and make moves to get there. Otherwise we would post them on the block more, make entry...

Assuming X plays small, 80-90% matchup zone with Clark in the corner. I think that's a bigger problem for them in this case than for us. Clark is not an easy guy to defend with an undersized player, and that's not even getting into his rebounding. We'll be fine in the half-court on both ends...

Big guys are asked to handle the ball too much is probably reason #1. How many turnovers do Clark and Ellis have compared to other team's 4/5 guys? Guessing that's ugly.

He probably should have been rested, but Troy just isn't that good at defense.

Fairly certain you don't get the ball back on technicals.

I was at a Miami oh game last year, and they had about 1500 fans and 25 students. Not an exaggeration on either number. They get zero support.

Keep in mind that the TV games are usually the big hyped games for other teams too. I've been to enough other places that I'm confident in saying we hold our own with them. There are very few places that can get any kind of student turnout for garbage opponents and I still think our students...

I wonder how many of the people who complain about our students go to other arenas. Our student section compares very well in attendance and energy with almost anyone.

Evans has also shown the ability to hit the corner 3, which is essential vs 1-3-1. I suspect Troy and Cobb/KJ on top with Evans/Shaq running the baseline and attacking corner/short corner. I think where X can get you on their zone is deflections and live ball turnovers. Getting the ball...

Ignorant question by me... how do pace statistics treat offensive rebounds relative to possessions? Is the constant ORBs in our games relevant to the number of possessions that occur?

Yes, that was stupid. I'm just saying I will take what I can get with the ridiculous group think with college coaches and foul trouble.

Total tangent about the foul discussion, it was great to see Davis not go autobench on TC with 2 fouls Saturday. Him being around and staying involved likely helped us and even when he picked up a 3rd foul, what do you know, the world didn't end and he still had a solid game.

TC gets criticism because he is our best player and his 2 biggest no shows this year coincided with 2 horrible losses. I don't really agree with you that he's been that consistent. I think he carries the offense in certain games and other times he is just a guy.