Week of 2/19 Games Thread
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Houston isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing on offense. But they play man basketball. They are in CONSTANT rotation on D.
You don't score easy buckets vs those guys. They are athletic, physical and they pride themselves in defense. That's that magic potion right there.
It will be a huge upset if anyone beats Houston. They are playing really well.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I get really really pissed when I watch a UH game and see that smug cellphone scamscum on the screen..........
We he be a starter and finisher on our current team? You know the answer. We'd be a legitimate top 10 team if he was with us with arguably only 3 or 4 losses. Look at our losses and look at how we lost.
Meh, it was 20 years ago. He's rebuilt his career at a lesser school(at the time). Give credit where it's due. They're a powerhouse.
I do know the answer and he doesn't improve our situation one bit. Our offense is elite already. He's not any better on defense. Watching these two PGs, Shead is about 3x better player imo.
This is ridiculous. You hold extremely tight to the company line. See our team struggle to handle against pressure, and your response is, I think the #2 guy on the #2 team in the nation is better than him?
The truth is Dennis is averaging 13.1 ppg, 6.6 apg. 3.8 rpg, 1.4 spg with a 2:1 A:TO ratio while shooting 48.5% from the field, 38.3% from 3, and 71.1% from the stripe.
He would clearly make our team better if we had him. What he does in one individual game is pretty inconsequential to how good he is as a player, and how much he could have improved our team. The fact that Underwood put so much attention, and all of the eggs in the Dennis, basket confirms that the coach thinks he would have made our team better.
To lose a guy we went that hard for and then say ehh he's not that great, is the epitome of homerism taken too far.
Your response was extremely rude in tone, but I'll reply. I understand it's an unpopular opinion.
Sure, he'd be nice to have as a ballhandler but I don't think he's part of our best five, especially if we want the defense to get better. We've shown we can handle the basketball as we're in the top 30 percentile in team turnovers per game (again, its an elite offense as-is).
In the last 5 minutes, BU wouldn't have to be decision between offense and defense. That's THE problem. Rodgers plays defense, but it unreliable offensively, Harmon is unreliable in either direction and Goode can't guard his own shadow. All problems.
Dennis is averaging 13.1 pounds, 3.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists, shooting 48.5% from the field, 38.3% from the three point line, 71% from the foul line(not great). He's also playing a MUCH tougher schedule than we have. We're judging him today versus Houston, not Iowa or Penn State.
Those numbers are literally Ty, Goode and Harmon in one player.
I love our guys, I love our team, our fans are the best...but saying that he wouldn't have won 4 more games with him is fooling ourselves into feeling better.
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I do understand how unpopular of an opinion it is!
We have a unique thing where we have everyone 6-6 or taller. What I can't wrap my head around is why we're so bad defensively with that kind of length. All great athletes (another thing that's kind of strange is Domask looks pretty dang athletic at times - leaping dunks, agile movements with the ball - but on defense looks like he lacks lateral quickness).
I'm getting way off topic there. Anyway, Domask vs RayJ as primary ballhandlers have identical usage rates but RayJ's 22% turnover rate is astounding (Marcus is at 13%). I get that RayJ would give us some different things/looks, maybe get us into a more traditional style of play, but I'm not anywhere near sold that he automagically gives us 4 more wins.
Duke lost
Baylor lost in OT against Houston
We won good day
Baylor lost in OT against Houston
We won good day
We will fall in the rankings but I don't think it will be as bad as most of us thought. Dare I say fall to 14.
You’re right. But the dude didn’t want to be here as I understand it.
But we definitely needed someone else in that mold.
biglug58
- Chicago, IL
It’s OK. We have Nico Moretti!
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
I really like teams that play like Houston in the NCAA tournament, because they have every ability to win a game when they don't shoot well.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
It will get more coverage because it was Duke, but the court-storming at Wake left Kyle Filipowski with an ankle injury requiring assistance for him to leave the court. For the time being, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that the injury matched his reaction. But in any case, something has to be done about court-storming. It's a major safety issue, and we've seen a number of issues this year. I don't really know what the penalty can be outside of a big fine, but this has to be addressed. If Filipowski is seriously injured and out for a length of time, then the NCAA needs to grow a pair and actually do something about it (yes, I know it's the NCAA and the odds of them doing anything are just a bit more than zero).
I'll gladly be called a stick in the mud or a "get off my lawn grandpa" for this. That's fine. I'm also a big fan of safety, and hundreds of students storming the court is not safe.
I'll gladly be called a stick in the mud or a "get off my lawn grandpa" for this. That's fine. I'm also a big fan of safety, and hundreds of students storming the court is not safe.
Duke's Filipowski injured by fan after Wake's win
Upstart Wake Forest knocked off No. 8 Duke 83-79, but the win was marred by an apparent injury to Blue Devils forward Kyle Filipowski after a fan collided with him while storming the court.
Hope the ankle is not bad. Players should be off the court before fans can come on but how can u keep 10000 people off the court.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I love court stormings, but also, this sucks and just can't happen.
I thought Penn St storming the court for beating #12 was pretty amateurish
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