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The development of Tre Scott has been fascinating to me. His post moves and jump shot(along with the FT shooting) has been so much improved.
 
Watching Mississippi st against Clemson. They are up 11 with 15 minutes then play. They have hit 13 3's to this point.
 
Emperor Snapper said:
He is shooting 46% from three point range, has a nearly 8:1 assist to turnover ratio, and is playing the best defense of his career. I think Logan Johnson is going to be really good, but I can't see how you take minutes away from Jenifer right now. There is a better argument for taking minutes away from Broome, who hasn't made a 3 since Arkansas-Pine Bluff, sulks on defense when his shot isn't falling, and seems to forget he has teammates at times. That said, he is also capable of exploding at any time and carrying the team on offense, a quality shared only by Cumberland on this team. You have to live with Bad Cane in order to get Good Cane, and I don't think Johnson brings enough right now to give up a chance at seeing Good Cane.
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Agreed. We need to give Johnson minutes because it looks like he will be starting next year (barring a grad transfer PG or an off lineup with Cumberland starting at PG). Johnson clearly has the ability to be a star. But he is still a freshman and it shows, especially in big games. There will be plenty of opportunity to get Johnson minutes this year. But in our biggest games he will be on the bench for most of the game and that is okay.

We have a solid 7 man rotation for big games (Broome, Jenifer, Williams, Cumberland, Scott, Brooks and Nsoseme) of guys who won't make mistakes and Moore is borderline. Johnson, Diarra and Frederick's need to show more consistent mistake free play in the easier games to get minutes in the big games.
 
I’m a HUGE Logan Johnson fan. He is going to be an amazing Bearcat. Mick has not played him enough.

That said - he didn’t have any business playing in that game today. It was his turn to watch and learn. I would have liked him to see maybe 2-3 meaningful minutes, but in a game like this, the less talented senior that makes few mistakes needs to play.
 
skyblade said:
Agreed. We need to give Johnson minutes because it looks like he will be starting next year (barring a grad transfer PG or an off lineup with Cumberland starting at PG). Johnson clearly has the ability to be a star. But he is still a freshman and it shows, especially in big games. There will be plenty of opportunity to get Johnson minutes this year. But in our biggest games he will be on the bench for most of the game and that is okay.

We have a solid 7 man rotation for big games (Broome, Jenifer, Williams, Cumberland, Scott, Brooks and Nsoseme) of guys who won't make mistakes and Moore is borderline. Johnson, Diarra and Frederick's need to show more consistent mistake free play in the easier games to get minutes in the big games.
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My observation of Fredericks game is he hasn't adjusted to the physicality of D-1 basketball yet. He has skills but things I think he got away with in JUCO won't play here. I think he will come around. It may be next year but he has talent.

I also think Moore would be better if we swung the ball a bit better which would give him some room and allow him to find a rthym
 
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cincycpaw said:
I’m a HUGE Logan Johnson fan. He is going to be an amazing Bearcat. Mick has not played him enough.

That said - he didn’t have any business playing in that game today. It was his turn to watch and learn. I would have liked him to see maybe 2-3 meaningful minutes, but in a game like this, the less talented senior that makes few mistakes needs to play.
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I share your opinion of Logan. He is going to be really good but right now he is on the learning curve. Cronin mentioned in post game that he was very tight this week in practice. Possibly feeling the pressure of a big game.
 
WAITE HOYT 2 said:
My observation of Fredericks game is he hasn't adjusted to the physicality of D-1 basketball yet. He has skills but things I think he got away with in JUCO won't play here. I think he will come around. It may be next year but he has talent.

I also think Moore would be better if we swung the ball a bit better which would give him some room and allow him to find a rthym
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Hopefully Frederick's does come around. We could really used a backup at the 4 as Scott is getting a ton of minutes in every big game. I noticed in tonights game Fredericks went in as a sub for Scott, then made a couple mistakes and quickly got pulled and replaced by Moore.
 
WAITE HOYT 2 said:
I share your opinion of Logan. He is going to be really good but right now he is on the learning curve. Cronin mentioned in post game that he was very tight this week in practice. Possibly feeling the pressure of a big game.
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Yup, very few freshmen are ready for a game like that. Have to watch and learn. Good learning experience for him. He can win it for us next year. ;)
 
skyblade said:
Hopefully Frederick's does come around. We could really used a backup at the 4 as Scott is getting a ton of minutes in every big game. I noticed in tonights game Fredericks went in as a sub for Scott, then made a couple mistakes and quickly got pulled and replaced by Moore.
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Can't turn the ball over or fail to execute the game plan if you want minutes. He'll improve. This is a new challenge for him.
 
As a side note: Mick said in the postgame that Nsoseme is still wearing a splint on his shooting hand. Also thinks the splint is effecting Nsoseme's shooting ability both on layups and FT's. Said he hopes Nsoseme will be able to get the splint off soon.
 
On the subject of guys near the top of the NCAA in a stat. Nsoseme doesn't qualify for total rebound percentage stats because he isn't averaging 20 mins/game. But if he did, he would be third in total rebound percentage (23.4%) and tied for 7th (30.1%) in defensive rebounding percentage. From sports reference.
 
Nothing beats the atmosphere of a Crosstown Shootout. I got down there about 1245 and the student section was already packed and making noise. The crowd brought it today and the team thankfully came to play. Keith and Tre have been a nice (and much needed) positive this year and this game included. Our defense is really looking outstanding. I'll give Mick credit for getting this group of guys to play like it's playing. There was plenty of question marks surrounding this team going into this season and everybody with any sense had a right to be worried. But I think it's safe to say we are playing about the best anyone could have expected if not better. X is down this year and we had the home court so glad we were able to handle it. Blowout makes it even sweeter. No one can steal my joy today.
 
logan should definitely be cool in time, but if he's not practicing well and is gonna hurt the defense, he can't play in a game like this. in the minute he did play, he blew a very specific assignment not to leave that skinny white dork. we can't have that happening with this team in big games.
 
david aka the TYZ said:
Nothing beats the atmosphere of a Crosstown Shootout. I got down there about 1245 and the student section was already packed and making noise. The crowd brought it today and the team thankfully came to play. Keith and Tre have been a nice (and much needed) positive this year and this game included. Our defense is really looking outstanding. I'll give Mick credit for getting this group of guys to play like it's playing. There was plenty of question marks surrounding this team going into this season and everybody with any sense had a right to be worried. But I think it's safe to say we are playing about the best anyone could have expected if not better. X is down this year and we had the home court so glad we were able to handle it. Blowout makes it even sweeter. No one can steal my joy today.
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David the team is playing very well. The best thing is I really believe there is plenty of room to continue to get better. Right now we win games because our guys refuse to get out worked but as their comfort level with their roles continues to develope we should execute even better. Been a very nice season to this point.
 
Madman81 said:
logan should definitely be cool in time, but if he's not practicing well and is gonna hurt the defense, he can't play in a game like this. in the minute he did play, he blew a very specific assignment not to leave that skinny white dork. we can't have that happening with this team in big games.
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Logan will be a very good player for us. He is a bearcat! Tough,intense and a team player. He will only get better.
 

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