Yeah. He just made great contested shots. Because Cal had no idea how to draw anything up.
And also the 2 guys who liked your posts are guys who respond to and watch my shit and act like they don’t.
Don’t be to loud, a certain group will say your being overly critical and being miserable. But this is the concern and has been the entire time.
I had a byu fan tell me that Robinson has Porsche potential and a ford pinto motor, so that should say a lot.
He’s got a nice floater in the lane. But he needs sets to get there. Think his ball handling holds him back some.
Carr got his ass handed to him tonight. The physicality got him too
That's fine, let them name call all they like.
He is more bj Boston/tyty Washington group, which is fine is there your second or third best player, not your best like Robinson is suppose to be for this squad
You need it to consistently beat good teams. Can catch lightning in a bottle, but it will catch up to you. Probably the difference in this being a 5 loss team and a 10 loss team, especially given how much of a meat grinder the SEC appears to be.
I said it a month or two ago, Jaxson Robinson can’t be the best player on a great, or even REALLY good team. No knock to him or the team. Good is fine for this group. I, like many others, probably overvalued the Duke win. The last few games have been a bit of a reality check.
I thought Pope's offense would have created more open twos near the rim (back cuts, lost defenders, etc) but I just have not seen that this year so far. Was wanting to rely on that to take and hold leads and open up the perimeter. Nothing we did last night opened up the perimeter except broken plays.
And there you have it. Our cuts are the weakness as of now when it comes to offense. Teams are going to play out on us. It's the cuts that pull them back in...followed by the Offensive Rebound by the one making the pass. The cutter always has the option to kick it back out. We get more of this and we become very dangerous. We are almost there...
Who was that go-to guy on the 2003 team?
Not saying you're wrong. But the sport has changed a great deal since then too.
They should have gone all out Robinson and Will Riley and let of Krisa or Almanor go somewhere else
A player with a "low basketball IQ" doesn't average 3 assists a game from the 5 spot. Bring it better than that. Garrison will be fine.
Pope's 5 spot is not the same as most 5 spots. Amari has an extremely poor A/TO ratio for someone who handles the ball as much as he does. He and Garrison aren't ideal 5 men for Pope's system. Neither shoot well from the perimeter and both call their own number WAY too much putting it on the floor from the top of the key backing down.
Idk if they ever really had a shot at Riley. They were late to the party there. I think that's why Pope built the roster the way he did. Portal guys with experience were gettable, and difference making freshmen weren't gettable. That business model has been used by guys taking over P5 teams. Gates/Mizzou and Otzelberger/Iowa St come to mind immediately. I think it was Pope's philosophy to try to compete immediately while having time to go get some serious prep talent for 25-26.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
They act like every team has a guy that can all the sudden score at will, no matter what, and just decide to score anytime they want 😂
I don't think they lose 11 regular season games, but I also don't think it's completely out of the question. The SEC is going to be BRUTAL. Lunardi currently has 12 SEC teams in the tourney and LSU is in the first four out. There's a reason the conference went 9-1 against the ACC last night. I still think what I thought at the beginning of the year, 8-10 losses, top 1/3 of the SEC, and a 4-6 seed. After the Duke game I got caught up in the hysteria over that win and overvalued it. The last three games, and also the Duke game, have offered somewhat of a scouting playbook. Now it's time for Pope and the Cats to get busy working on improving against defensive pressure and trusting in the system on offense.
Yeah we do. They just didn’t score. You have 3 guys who can get to the basket. We honestly looked like a cal coached team last night. No spacing not real adjustment. Pope was stressing late. If Oweh hits one of those 2 3 pointers there we are probably talking today of how we have a guy blah blah blah. A. Pope had a terrible game plan. He’s gonna have to learn how to use his depth to wear down opponents. I can’t believe he didn’t go a 7 min stretch of 40 min or hell or some serious pressure defense. B. Our team played like they are entitled to be the 4th ranked team. Loose balls, rebounds there is a lot of ball watching happening. This team is missing a lot fundamentally that becomes evident when they are under pressure. Amari Williams idk at times he’s none existent. I wasn’t happy with our team but we stunk more than “we don’t have “ was the issue. Pope has to work Oweh some at pg if Krissa is gonna headcase. Oweh is the best most complete player on the team . He just missed last night.
Totally agree.
