Tennessee Tech

[Queens_NYC]

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
7:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPN+

The Golden Eagles have a NET ranking of #275 and have only beaten one D1 opponent so far, but they are currently the 9th highest ranked of our 13 OOC opponents.

For a low major program, they boast a fair amount of size, with 5 of their 9 rotation players measuring between 6'7 and 6'10. The most notable of that bunch is grad transfer and ex-Bearcat, Mamoudou Diarra, who is averaging 9 & 5 over 22 minutes of action/game.

The Bearcats are 16-point favorites going into the last match-up of their OOC schedule.

 

[waterhead]

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
7:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPN+

The Golden Eagles have a NET ranking of #275 and have only beaten one D1 opponent so far, but they are currently the 9th highest ranked of our 13 OOC opponents.

For a low major program, they boast a fair amount of size, with 5 of their 9 rotation players measuring between 6'7 and 6'10. The most notable of that bunch is grad transfer and ex-Bearcat, Mamoudou Diarra, who is averaging 9 & 5 over 22 minutes of action/game.

The Bearcats are 16-point favorites going into the last match-up of their OOC schedule.

Will be good to see the Dou again! Just hope he doesn't go off on us.

Other than that win the game. Look sharp heading into conference play. 100% effort. Hopefully we can keep getting some end of bench guys some minutes.

 

[Queens_NYC]

Will be good to see the Dou again! Just hope he doesn't go off on us.

Other than that win the game. Look sharp heading into conference play. 100% effort. Hopefully we can keep getting some end of bench guys some minutes.

I hope Dou gets a great reception.

 

[skyblade]

I would take the under on 16. They are a very good offensive rebounding team (led by Dou), which is good reason to worry. They don't do a lot else well, but if they beat us on the boards they should be able to keep it close. They also play 9 deep, so fatigue shouldn't be a major issue for them.

It should be a good game to pack it in and make them shoot threes. They only have 4 guys who shoot over 25% from three (one of whom is Dou) and only of of them averages over 22 minutes per game, so as long as we don't let any of those four go off on us, we should be in good shape.

 

[waterhead]

I would take the under on 16. They are a very good offensive rebounding team (led by Dou), which is good reason to worry. They don't do a lot else well, but if they beat us on the boards they should be able to keep it close. They also play 9 deep, so fatigue shouldn't be a major issue for them.

It should be a good game to pack it in and make them shoot threes. They only have 4 guys who shoot over 25% from three (one of whom is Dou) and only of of them averages over 22 minutes per game, so as long as we don't let any of those four go off on us, we should be in good shape.

Probably a good bet but I don't think practices have been a whole lot of fun lately with Wes calling out a lack of intensity for 40 minutes. I don't expect to see a whole lot more of that before Wes starts using the pine to get the point across. So if we play with the intensity we started the season with we might just cover.

Not gonna complain about missed shots anymore...just need that exciting energy we saw early on.

 

[skyblade]

Just started watching, early second half. We have 10 offensive rebounds to their 2, maybe Miller finally got it through to them.

 

[skyblade]

Offensive rebounds: Them 5, us 13.

TO's: Them 16, us 9.

You don't lose many games when you have 15 more possessions than the other team. We took 16 more shots than they did and won by 9. Would have been nice to get more stops (they shot 48% and 41% from three), but was nice to see us grabbing rebounds against a Tennessee Tech team that has been very good at offensive rebounding. Also nice to see Diarra have a great game, he looks like he is turning into a very good player.

 

[sedziobs]

Transition defense was the weak point of this game. They beat us down the floor several times. Overall we controlled most aspects of the game though. The 3pt shooting disparity made the score close (which is becoming the new normal). It's still disappointing that we attempt so many difficult threes early in the shot clock without making any attempt to feed the post. Once again I thought the Hensley-Lakhin-Koval trio of bigs did a great job moving the ball.

Good to see Dou have a solid game.

 

[TheLongHaul]

this team is maddening. So many poor fundamentals, poor effort, poor shot selection. Talent is lacking but at some point the finger has to go to the coach. How you give up a dunk after we score on a fast break is beyond me. And the bad 3 point shot after bad 3 point shot should get you yanked.

Transition D has been a problem all year. So has getting beaten on back door cuts and pick and roll defense. Again not sure how much of it is coaching vs these kids aren't capable of doing things correctly.

 

[Queens_NYC]

Just a few days after Davenport and DeJulius carry the team with 46 points, they go 0-9 from 3 and only combine for 13 points tonight.

Great to see so many other players pick up the slack in response.

Will need to do a much better job of putting away teams (at home) in conference play.

Could be the difference between competing for an NCAA bid and not playing meaningful postseason basketball.

 

[TheLongHaul]

Unless this team turns it around quickly they won't have to worry about the ncaa's. Lost to Momouth, got blown out by X, struggled against Miami, Bryant, and now Tennessee Tech. Something has to change for them to even be able to compete with the likes of Houston. Probably starts with figuring out who your best players are and play them. Why MAW starts and plays the minutes is beyond me (yes I know his stats looked good tonight).

 

[cincrulz11]

Didn't get a chance to watch, is there any reason Vik is only getting 10 minutes a game?

 

[Loser Mentality]

These games are becoming harder to watch for some reason. Maybe I had too high of an expectation from players that just don't have that "It" factor.

It's alarming how we have 30, 7" Footers, and absolutely no inside game at all. Watching these games, the post is actually available during multiple trips on offense, but the ball never arrives or arrives too late.

Nobody commands the ball inside. I could see Lahkin in the portal if he doesn't get meaningful minutes. He has somewhat of the "It" factor.

I think we might get roughed up inside during Conference play, by everyone.

Hope not, but we will see starting this coming Tuesday.

 

[Queens_NYC]

Unless this team turns it around quickly they won't have to worry about the ncaa's. Lost to Momouth, got blown out by X, struggled against Miami, Bryant, and now Tennessee Tech. Something has to change for them to even be able to compete with the likes of Houston. Probably starts with figuring out who your best players are and play them. Why MAW starts and plays the minutes is beyond me (yes I know his stats looked good tonight).

There's no doubt about that.

Miller doesn't seem intent on shortening the bench though, so we'll have to hope that going forward the line-ups are more intentional and not just a product of some random sub pattern.

 

[waterhead]

Didn't get a chance to watch, is there any reason Vik is only getting 10 minutes a game?

My guess is he is a little bit in the dog house. After getting chewed out in one game (reportedly for perhaps dogging it a little bit out there) his minutes seem to have tightened up after that. That is a guess.

Miller said after one game that 40 minutes of effort is what we need to get. And that we earn the right to play extended minutes in games by doing it in practice. and I think perhaps a message is being sent. Could be something else IDK

 

[skyblade]

I mentioned last game with about 10 minutes left, Vik got up and started walking to midcourt to go in and Miller stopped him midway and sent him back to the bench. Initially I thought it was injury related (Vik did briefly go back to the locker room and then return the bench), but doghouse is possible as well.

This game Koval, Hensley and McGinnis all entered the game before Vik. The other interesting thing is that when he did check in, Vik was playing the 5 (whereas he has almost exclusively played the 4 thus far this season). It could be to protect his ankle (less motion on defense to guard the 5) or it could be doghouse. Vik does seem to loaf a bit at times and isn't the best defensively. On the other hand he does so much better than the other centers and our other centers make plenty of mistakes as well.

 

[cincrulz11]

its always interesting when a guy thats clearly the best player at his positions, works hard in practice to start the year, doesn't get the PT he deserves, and then his work rate in practice goes down and he gets in the doghouse.


it would be so hard to sit and watch our bigs play ahead of you if you were Vik.

it wasn't too long ago miller was talking about him dominating practices

 

[TheLongHaul]

its always interesting when a guy thats clearly the best player at his positions, works hard in practice to start the year, doesn't get the PT he deserves, and then his work rate in practice goes down and he gets in the doghouse.


it would be so hard to sit and watch our bigs play ahead of you if you were Vik.

it wasn't too long ago miller was talking about him dominating practices

Vik definitely should be playing more. He struggles at time but you can tell he has a good feel for the game and has potential. He really needs to work on his outside shot because if he becomes dangerous from out there he will be very difficult to defend.

I'm not really sure what Koval offers other than being tall. He can shoot the 3 but not at a good enough rate to where you really have to guard him. He is incredibly slow and has terrible hands. Not saying this to rip him but Vik should be playing over him. Odu give very little as well. Oguama had a rough night but he at least has athleticism and some potential, though he always seems to be lost.