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Queens_NYC said:
We shot 17-30 from the field in the second half.

Just like against Tulsa, we're a potentially lethal team when we have both Cumberlands, Keith, Tre and Vogt on the floor and all 5 are gelling.
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I thought diarra played really well in the second half. First half he threw the ball to the other team 3 times in 30 seconds but 2nd half he was solid. If he can limit those dumb things he can be a solid player.
 
Queens_NYC said:
We shot 17-30 from the field in the second half.

Just like against Tulsa, we're a potentially lethal team when we have both Cumberlands, Keith, Tre and Vogt on the floor and all 5 are gelling.
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Yeah, I think as the season progress that's going to become the go to (and maybe starting) lineup. Diarra, MAW and McNeal being the three main guys off the bench.

Sorolla continues to be unimpressive. Harvey actually wasn't terrible this game, Davenport didn't play. As the rotation shrinks all three of their minutes will probably continue to drop.
 
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cincyguy13 said:
I thought diarra played really well in the second half. First half he threw the ball to the other team 3 times in 30 seconds but 2nd half he was solid. If he can limit those dumb things he can be a solid player.
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Diarra looked like his early season self on offense in the first half and wasn't as good as usual on defense either. Played much better in the second half though.
 
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skyblade said:
Yup, Jarron at PG seemed obvious to many. I think Brannen wanted MAW or McNeal at PG because it lets us play at a faster pace. But he has started to adjust to the players he has and accept that his scheme won't be fully implemented this year. Jarron at PG also allows the Williams, Jaevin, Jarron line up which is probably our best combination of guards.

The last two games we've looked a lot more like we did last year. Slower pace, play tough D, hit the boards hard. It's not want Brannen wants us to look like in the long run, but it wins us games.
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There is no reason they should have to play much slower with Jarron running the point. In fact he is there best player when pushing the pace (with the exception of his constant charges). The issue early on was he wasn't in good shape and I think Brannen tried to conserve him. You have to be in better shape to run point and he seems in better shape now. They'll might just need to get him some more rest in games as a result.
 
cincyguy13 said:
Big one Thursday. If we can win that one, I think this team can start rolling. Big if though
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Winning @Memphis will go a long way to improving our NCAA tournament bid chances. It will also make a lot more fans (including myself) start to believe we have a shot at at an at-large bid.
 
skyblade said:
Winning @Memphis will go a long way to improving our NCAA tournament bid chances. It will also make a lot more fans (including myself) start to believe we have a shot at at an at-large bid.
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Winning Thursday will also get the team to start believing. We are going to need a 6-7 game win streak at some point to even start the conversation of an at large bid.
 
Was at the game. UCF was scrapping all game but the 2nd half of the 2nd half was fun to watch. UCF fans are pretty easy to deal with. I was opposite student end behind the basket so I missed a lot of things that happened at the rim and center of paint. I could have sworn we were getting the wrong end of a lot of calls but they didn’t replay most on Jumbotron.

Jarron is quite the enigma this year...
 
waterhead said:
Was at the game. UCF was scrapping all game but the 2nd half of the 2nd half was fun to watch. UCF fans are pretty easy to deal with. I was opposite student end behind the basket so I missed a lot of things that happened at the rim and center of paint. I could have sworn we were getting the wrong end of a lot of calls but they didn’t replay most on Jumbotron.

Jarron is quite the enigma this year...
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I know we won and I don’t want to complain about the officiating but I agree with you. Their big was getting calls for almost any contact but on our end Scott, Keith, and Vogt were getting at least the same contact if not more and couldn’t buy a call. Williams gets less calls than jarring I think
 
cincyguy13 said:
Winning Thursday will also get the team to start believing. We are going to need a 6-7 game win streak at some point to even start the conversation of an at large bid.
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This is right and I think it happens. Memphis is not playing well right now. With our seniors I think we go in and take one. If that happens you have a nice chance at running January with home games vs ECU/SMU and away @Temple.

That would be 6 in a row and 7 out of 8. A long ways from that but we are capable.
 
Thegreatone said:
This is right and I think it happens. Memphis is not playing well right now. With our seniors I think we go in and take one. If that happens you have a nice chance at running January with home games vs ECU/SMU and away @Temple.

That would be 6 in a row and 7 out of 8. A long ways from that but we are capable.
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Meh Memphis at home, probably not, although I think we go on a run after we lose thurs
 
mdchick said:
Meh Memphis at home, probably not, although I think we go on a run after we lose thurs
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Memphis is struggling. At their place will be tough but I just dont see they making the tournament. Beating an NIT team on the road is doable.
 
I dont know where to put this so I'll just put it in the last game thread.


We are top 50 in adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency our last 10 games played going back to the UNLV game

50 offense
47 defense


the offense has been 107.9 ADJO or better in 3 of the last 4 games. Defense has been good 4 of last 5 games and really good in 3 of last 5 games.
 
Jarron has now 4 straight games where his KP offensive rating has been 105 or higher.

To compare that with the rest of the season.. He had 1 game over 100 in 12 games prior to that.


When Jarron is playing high level efficient basketball, this team wins.


Jarron is averaging 7 assists per game in Conference games.
 
I'm guessing this was Brannen's plan for Jarron the entire time, Jarron just wasn't in physical shape to be able to do it.



This is a system to display all of Jarron's offensive abilities, points might be down a bit but 118.8 ORTG and 39.3 AssistRate in conference play so far.
 
cincrulz11 said:
I'm guessing this was Brannen's plan for Jarron the entire time, Jarron just wasn't in physical shape to be able to do it.



This is a system to display all of Jarron's offensive abilities, points might be down a bit but 118.8 ORTG and 39.3 AssistRate in conference play so far.
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And if you recall, even before Mick left, the plan for this season was to let Jarron play the point guard and show he can create from that spot.

Just took time for us to realize that Chris McNeal is not a PG and that Jarron is far better with the ball in his hands.

I actually get pissed off with out unselfish Jarron is at times. The dude should be scoring or setting up the guy who scores damn near every play.


And even his passes lead to better passes, Like he sees the play happen before it does. Against UCF he made a great pass into Scott that suckered in the defense, only so Scott could quickly get it to Jaevin for a 3 pointer. But all that starts with Jarron
 
And we finally figured out a zone on Saturday. Been waiting years for that. UCF even changed their zone and we countered that too. It was exciting to see.
 
cincrulz11 said:
I dont know where to put this so I'll just put it in the last game thread.


We are top 50 in adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency our last 10 games played going back to the UNLV game

50 offense
47 defense


the offense has been 107.9 ADJO or better in 3 of the last 4 games. Defense has been good 4 of last 5 games and really good in 3 of last 5 games.
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I don't know when Jarron started running point a good % of the game (maybe 5 games or so) but the rest of the players are all better when he's there. At some point I would like to see a little more of Jarron the aggressor vs Jarron the facilitator....but if he is happy for now then so am I.

It seems that is the adjustment we make at half time. JC is dead in the first half...JC resurrected in the 2nd half. I mean that only from a scoring standpoint he has been FAR less aggressive in the first half this year it seems. He's been playing selfless ball lately...almost to a fault. Outside of Tulsa he's not been taking his normal amount of 3's. Which is fine as long as he's not passing them up for McNeal.
 
justinhub2003 said:
And if you recall, even before Mick left, the plan for this season was to let Jarron play the point guard and show he can create from that spot.

Just took time for us to realize that Chris McNeal is not a PG and that Jarron is far better with the ball in his hands.

I actually get pissed off with out unselfish Jarron is at times. The dude should be scoring or setting up the guy who scores damn near every play.


And even his passes lead to better passes, Like he sees the play happen before it does. Against UCF he made a great pass into Scott that suckered in the defense, only so Scott could quickly get it to Jaevin for a 3 pointer. But all that starts with Jarron
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you beat me to it
 
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