Looking at our basketball team....

[Philly Dawg]

...I think we will have to shoot well from the perimeter to win games. We've had enough open looks in this game that if we'd made some of them we'd be in the game.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

We're too small to deal with a literal giant in the post.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

gonna have to shoot well for multiple reasons. We have a serious lack of depth down low and teams are gonna zone us all season.

 

[Lettucexxxx]

Benjammin cant be pleased with this effort. I know I'm not. It's early.......can't play any worse, so I guess only one way to go.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We're too small to deal with a literal giant in the post.

There are going to be a lot of teams that can't deal with a 7'6" post guy, but they will have the experience on their side.

Still early for these guys, hopefully they can get a little better on the perimeter and get folks out of that zone.

 

[engie]

That was a pretty big shitburger...

My thoughts:
Young teams have shitburgers -- was hoping to make it through a few more games beforehand.
Herard isn't nearly as far along as he was supposed to be coming in.
Not having Ado getting his lumps along with the rest of these guys sucks all around.
Kegler disappeared today.
Holman is close to being really good, just really sucks that he's having to play out of his natural position.
Good shooters didn't make shots today. When they don't -- we are going to lose a bunch of games.

If we develop the two 5s -- and Datcher continues to show promise and Holman becomes what I think he can be -- we're going to be hell on wheels by about this time next year.

 

[ShrubDog]

We are going to have to deal with the growing pains. These freshmen have never had to play defense. Give them a few years.

 

[mstateglfr]

We are going to have to deal with the growing pains. These freshmen have never had to play defense. Give them a few years.

Giving freshmen a few years makes them seniors. Just sayin.

We should expect players to not be awful on d by their 2nd year.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

We are going to have to deal with the growing pains. These freshmen have never had to play defense. Give them a few years.

If that is the #4 crootin class, there is a massive gap from kensucky's class.

 

[fishwater99]

If that is the #4 crootin class, there is a massive gap from kensucky's class.

We got that ranking by pure numbers, but I think our class is a little over-rated too.
We should be much better next year and can make an NCAA run, our big men have to learn to play defense and stay out of foul trouble.

 

[ShrubDog]

Giving freshmen a few years makes them seniors. Just sayin.

We should expect players to not be awful on d by their 2nd year.

I am saying we will have a good team in 2 years.

We return only 1 A player, Q.
IJ is a B point guard and Holman is a B player. Those are our only returning players with any action. The rest are Freshmen, its going to take a while to gell. Like I said I predict 18 wins.

 

[thf24]

There are going to be a lot of teams that can't deal with a 7'6" post guy, but they will have the experience on their side.

Others will have a much easier time with him if refs don't let him camp under the basket like they did against us. I feel like that was a huge factor in our inability to deal with him. Yeah Howland should have started doubling him earlier, but if he has to actually move with the ball instead sitting in the paint for 3-4 seconds waiting for it, I don't think he'd be nearly as effective.