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Post by rc on Dec 19, 2021 14:23:04 GMT -5
Commissioner please come to the Titan Club I will buy you a beer!! Come after the game!
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Post by udballer on Dec 19, 2021 14:30:20 GMT -5
Lots of open misses for JJJ today. Not making us pay for seeing him leave.
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Post by Commissioner on Dec 19, 2021 14:34:08 GMT -5
Lots of open misses for JJJ today. Not making us pay for seeing him leave. He made his 1st and has been throwing them up since without success.
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Post by udballer on Dec 19, 2021 14:44:16 GMT -5
Akec looks better every game
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Post by nctitan on Dec 19, 2021 15:15:00 GMT -5
The more interesting question for me: is his dad there? Yes, seen at halftime. JJjr’s recent absence was Covid related. Our announcers said J3 had the flu.
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Post by motorcitysam on Dec 19, 2021 15:17:37 GMT -5
Akec looks better every game I was asking myself today if he was better than Bul Kuol. Certainly comparable at this point.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Dec 19, 2021 15:18:06 GMT -5
I was worried about this game it kind of felt like a hook to me. Playing our first game in 8 days against a team that we feel we will beat easily and a team with a lot of local kids and players very familiar with our program. Every time we had a chance to extend we gave it away. Felt like one of those games where you lead the entire game and lose it on the last shot. Thanks for the win.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Dec 19, 2021 15:20:36 GMT -5
Lots of open misses for JJJ today. Not making us pay for seeing him leave. He made his 1st and has been throwing them up since without success. Just like when he was a Titan. I used to hope he would miss his first two then we had a chance as a team.
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Post by rc on Dec 19, 2021 16:12:27 GMT -5
I was worried about this game it kind of felt like a hook to me. Playing our first game in 8 days against a team that we feel we will beat easily and a team with a lot of local kids and players very familiar with our program. Every time we had a chance to extend we gave it away. Felt like one of those games where you lead the entire game and lose it on the last shot. Thanks for the win. Agreed, I kept thinking something bad would happen at the end to cost us the game. But it didn’t! We hit our free throws, got some rebounds off of missed threes, stopped turning it over (as much), and gradually pulled away. Nice win! p.s. and I got to spend some time with The Commissioner and his lovely wife after the game in the Titan Club! Quite an honor!
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Post by Rogobob77 on Dec 19, 2021 16:31:42 GMT -5
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Post by calihanmole on Dec 19, 2021 16:44:42 GMT -5
Whoever came up with that title is %#@+*!% gangster.
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Post by upbasketballfan on Dec 19, 2021 21:44:24 GMT -5
Harvey is getting better every week. Alec had 10 rebounds and 25 pts. In 28 min and Harvey 14 and 12 in 33 min. These two had very nice games,
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Post by JDetroitTitan on Dec 20, 2021 8:34:43 GMT -5
Rebound in the first half was very weak causing Central to be in the game against us. Once we started stopping them from getting second and third chances we started really to pull a head. Twon look good on trying to get the offence going off the bat but guys were missing some good looks early on. Not the best performance but good enough to win against a bad team. Guys will need to turn up the rebounding if we want to be a better team. Madut and DJ are doing a good job but we need the whole team to focus on this. This is the main reason why we lost in the HL tournament last year. Box your guy out after a shot is in the air. It isn't always on jumping up for the ball as it is for knowing were your guy is, have him boxed out and being in the better position to make a move. A win with pizza is a good win in my book
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Post by motorcitysam on Dec 20, 2021 8:55:12 GMT -5
It was very encouraging to see such strong play from Harvey. He stuffed the stat sheet yesterday. Hopefully the team is rounding into form.
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Post by uofdfan1983 on Dec 20, 2021 11:47:11 GMT -5
Thoughts after the first semester ends: 1. It's very difficult for small guys to "elevate" their game as they face tougher competition. They tend to develop their games earlier than "bigs" but as they move to higher levels, the challenges of a height disadvantage mount. I have no idea if AD will make it in the NBA but it's quite obvious that JJJ will not. Watching them yesterday showed without a doubt that one is a special college player and one is not. The BA/JJ experiment was an awful and damaging time, but at least we won the "small guard" sweepstakes. 2. On offense, we are starting to look more like a team of 5 guys playing together. Much better movement without the ball, more effective execution of plays. Taking advantage of mismatches.. Sharing the ball. Cutting to the basket without the ball. Looking for the open teammate. Being less selfish. If AD can take just 17 shots and score 25 points, that's so much better than needing 25 shots. That's more opportunities for his teammates and a more balanced offense. 3. Defensively, I see value in using the 1-3-1 zone again (our staple D for Davis' first 3 years) but I hope we still keep the man-to-man as our "staple." If we can be effective with both, we can mix and match by opponent and even by defensive sets all game long. The keys to defense are always "heart" and "communication." Ultimately, if this is to be a successful season, we are going to have to become a decent defensive team; able to clamp down in key moments and able to play defense for 40 minutes. 4. Akec is very close to replacing Kuol. Defensively I think they are similar. Same on the boards at both ends. Kuol is a more consistent 3-point threat. But we don't need another high-volume 3-point shooter (we have enough of those already). Akec is scary enough of a shooter to be a threat from 3-point range, which makes him harder to defend inside. That's enough to make him the perfect 1A option, which is what Kuol was last year. A great find and exactly what we needed. A hard worker who has seized an opportunity. 5. I think Koka is going to be limited to matchup situations. That means that against most Horizon teams, he will have limited minutes and some DNP-Coach's Decision. 6. Phillips introduction to the rotation yesterday took Shaw out of the rotation. It's obvious that Shaw has tremendous talent but needs to learn the DI level. Phillips didn't show me much yesterday, other than he has some athleticism. First games back are always difficult, especially when everyone else has been playing for a dozen games. It's gonna be interesting to see if one/both of these guys can develop their game in the second half and become integral to our success. 7. Harvey is getting comfortable. He is a decent player. We don't need him to be a star -- if he does what he did yesterday for us most games, that's exactly what we need. 8. Waterman is still totally out of synch. We have to give him time to get back into the flow. It's frustrating to see him looking soft / playing weak / out of synch (he turned the ball over with an inbound violation after a made CMU basket, with no pressure on him or the receiver). Fortunately he still has time to get back into the game. He's a special talent and we need him. At the end of the season, more than anyone else, he will determine how far we go.
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