Cliff and Dean
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If we actually got decent size in the portal I could see both Reiber and Cliff startinf
Dean has quickly become so much more than just a guy who can give Cliff a 2-minute breather. He’s a legit contributor on offense now and an improving defender. They will definitely see more time on the floor together.
This is why you root for college sports - to see guys develop and build a nice college career. It’s becoming a lost art these days, but you still get to see it sometimes.
My only issue I had was when Dean was playing on the wing in the 2-3 he kept sinking in to the paint leaving the shooter open. That may be because he's used to playing the 5 but I'd rather let the guy in the paint beat cliff than leave a wide open shooter
That’s a good observation. Was he asked to do that as part of the game plan? Don’t know. If not and it’s just a bad tendency, very coachable with film study and practice.
They kept yelling at him to stick with the shooter but he kept sinking in. Agree it is easy to coach though
Two very different games from both of these guys that give our team value. Also what's special is both have developed very nicely this year.
One spreads the floor on offense while the other is such an athletic big. They both too are developing a nice two man game with Paul something that has been missing this year or something we haven't seen much of since Myles and Geo/Paul last year.
Our threat is having two unique bigs on our team that hopefully will throw off our opponents when they play D on us as we sub between Cliff and Dean.
Lots of great synergy with the team now and super excited to see how this team evolves with our two bigs along with Paul during this gauntlet. Exciting times and can't wait to be at the RAC on Wednesday!!!
One spreads the floor on offense while the other is such an athletic big. They both too are developing a nice two man game with Paul something that has been missing this year or something we haven't seen much of since Myles and Geo/Paul last year.
Our threat is having two unique bigs on our team that hopefully will throw off our opponents when they play D on us as we sub between Cliff and Dean.
Lots of great synergy with the team now and super excited to see how this team evolves with our two bigs along with Paul during this gauntlet. Exciting times and can't wait to be at the RAC on Wednesday!!!
Before we get to next year , let’s enjoy this year. The Northwestern game was the first game , that I felt there would be no drop off when Cliff would be subbed out for Dean. Now I understand why Pike could not play them together in case Cliff gets in foul trouble , but in the second Half of NW Cliff wasn’t in foul trouble and there was only 10 minutes left and he could have left Dean in when Cliff came back in instead of Oscar , for even more length and quickness and shot blocking in in the zone. He chose not but did it a little yesterday and with Dean’s play even as a stretch 4 , for a few minutes , hopefully we see them together for some key portions of games depending on the situation.