Would be nice if passed the ball instead of forcing up a shot through a double team every once in a while. Why take a 50% shot and give up either a wide-open three or a lay up? 16 assists and 30 turnovers since the Butler game. It gets frustrating sometimes watching him throw up a shot when guys are wide open.
The more I see of Brooks, the more I like him. Like a lot of freshmen, he's too indecisive. However, his size is legit, he moves well, his defense is reasonably solid (particularly if he can learn to guard without fouling a little better) and his limited offensive moves look ok. I think he could be formidable by his junior year when we actually need him.
Cronin was doing as much in-game individual coaching during the game yesterday as I can ever remember. He did it with Brooks, Jennifer, Kyle & Clark that I recall. Maybe others.Another benefit to having offensive talent is that we can bury teams in our conference sometimes and get guys like Brooks some quality game experience. Yesterday in the 2nd half after a foul, Coach was able to call him over and give him a little lesson on the spot during the first FT attempt. I love seeing that stuff. And it sounds like Brooks has a great attitude too. I'm really glad that we have him.
If the biggest complaint about our center is his ast/to ratio; I'd say he's doing fine.Would be nice if passed the ball instead of forcing up a shot through a double team every once in a while. Why take a 50% shot and give up either a wide-open three or a lay up? 16 assists and 30 turnovers since the Butler game. It gets frustrating sometimes watching him throw up a shot when guys are wide open.
Another benefit to having offensive talent is that we can bury teams in our conference sometimes and get guys like Brooks some quality game experience. Yesterday in the 2nd half after a foul, Coach was able to call him over and give him a little lesson on the spot during the first FT attempt. I love seeing that stuff. And it sounds like Brooks has a great attitude too. I'm really glad that we have him.
In conference Troy and JJ are a combined 98 assists to 15 turnovers for 6.5:1 assist to turnover ratio. That is unbelievable!! That would equate to a #1 ranking on the season if they had done it all year long. Either player individually or both combined. They should get some serious kudos for that!!
Even if we can't score on the road...but we can play great D, win rebounding, and protect the ball...we might just be able to win regardless of our shooting %. Obviously, if we can find a way to shoot just a few % points better on the road...we can beat just about anyone if we have discipline in the other categories.
In conference Troy and JJ are a combined 98 assists to 15 turnovers for 6.5:1 assist to turnover ratio. That is unbelievable!! That would equate to a #1 ranking on the season if they had done it all year long. Either player individually or both combined. They should get some serious kudos for that!!
Even if we can't score on the road...but we can play great D, win rebounding, and protect the ball...we might just be able to win regardless of our shooting %. Obviously, if we can find a way to shoot just a few % points better on the road...we can beat just about anyone if we have discipline in the other categories.
Just to put in perspective how good this is. Monte Morris leads the country by miles over 2nd place at 5.79:1 to 4.45:1 (Troy 3rd at 4.28:1). This 6.5:1 ratio would put them ahead of Monte by .7.
I know it's only half a season...but they are killing it in this category recently and they were already doing extremely well before that point. Might I add this is all done in conference play? And did I mention JJ had 2 turnovers in his last game?
In the last 9 games they are a combined 9.57:1...lol! Come on man
Troy 42:4
JJ 25:3
I was looking through some preseason posts. A lot of pessimism mixed with guarded optimism.I'm going to go with 22-9 in the regular season (13-5 AAC) for my prediction .
