And he’s 110% spot on.
Zero effort and no half court offense.
Zero effort and no half court offense.
Hummel is killing us
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Are we sensing a theme here? Multiple announcer crews unsolicited commenting on how we dont run an offense. The pike apologists are swallowing the pill, its just taking a long time
Its hard to run a half court offense with a absence of shooters.Illinois put a taller defender against Harper which left Rutgers without a scoring threat on the court.
Something is amiss.
When you loose two players it shouldn’t destroy your program
When you loose two players it shouldn’t destroy your program
It will if they’re you’re two best players and the remaining guys stink
It was so obvious tonight our lack of effort that the announcers questioned their heart and then slammed lack of any sets. Indictment of Pike. We have the athletes but we don’t run breaks.
Also, PAUL DRIBBLES THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL!!
Purdue will be fugly.
Also, PAUL DRIBBLES THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL!!
Purdue will be fugly.
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I love it when announcers that don’t see us all the time like Chrispin and Hummel basically say the same thing. They do a million games and watch a lot of college hoops and have no bias. They call us out for the same thing ! At some point something has to change coaching wise ; can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results
We should have been in the Sweet 16 if not for an aberration of the past 5 minutes against Houston.
You don’t get there with 3 out of 5 stinking
Ehh... the first 35 minutes against Houston we an aberration too, it's not like we were expected to win that game. Still, we were a top 32 team last year and the difference between that and this is still more than those two players.
This why a lot of posts last year were saying good season, but a massive failure not to capitalize on the opportunity because we won’t be back soon
Pike did IMO.
The team was playing downhill and angry. He put the brakes on them.
Yes, That was the biggest reason but MJ missed a dunk and other players fell short on a few plays.
Well there was some effort for some time.. but, yeah, there was some "quit" too.
As for half-court O.. this was what we fans here were killing the team on for a bunch of the games... only the Clemson game was different. I have no idea what happened to that offense.
IMO, Pike called this his best team because he believed that RHJ and Geo would each be scoring high teens or even 20 per game. In college that makes a team very dangerous. And, he figured he’s got an athletic freak at center with enough small pieces around them to do some things.
This issue is that RHJ and Geo aren’t those players. So the entire design of this team has failed. I’m not dumping on them — this is who they have always been. I assume Pike thought they’d both take a big step forward and dominate.
This issue is that RHJ and Geo aren’t those players. So the entire design of this team has failed. I’m not dumping on them — this is who they have always been. I assume Pike thought they’d both take a big step forward and dominate.
I’ll accept the possibility Pike believed this is his best team. He’s an upbeat optimist who believes the best about people. He needs to temper this optimism going forward and find players he doesn’t need to develop but that can already play - if it’s not too late to do this. And if he is capable of doing that. I am a pessimist on both those counts. Sigh..
I am no basketball genius, but it has been obvious for years that we struggle in half court offense situations. Its about running plays with motion, on and off ball screens and crisp passing to get good shots. Yes the impact of this deficiency gets minimized when guys are hitting shots but that does not always make them good shots. And we are not good enough to overcome this on a consistent basis against good teams. If we had tremendous athletes then maybe you just run it up and down but we don't particularly this year so we will struggle more nights than not. Ironically I have had the same gripe with CVS. Its fine to emphasize defense and you should bring that every night but you need to have a basic identity and core competency at the other end as well.
I wouldn't put much stock in what any of these coaches say for public consumption. They get way too much latitude in these pressers with the media.
It’s becoming more and more evident that with a few exceptions (Johnson and Eugene
come to mind), not many of his players ever take big steps up. Harper has been the same player for 3 years, as has Geo. Mulcahy is the same or worse than last year. McConnell and Mathis (before he left) regressed. There is little hope for Reiber and Palmquist and the incoming class appears worse than ever.