jimbofive Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 most balanced scoring in the history of the world. 9 guys with 6 or more points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice win. Took care of business against a bad team. Saw somethings that give me pretty high hopes for when Mitchell returns, but don't want to get too excited due to the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenbooster Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Two favorite moments this game were KC coming back and immediately contributing and JM coming back on D on a breakaway and getting the block. Second one great effort and execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice win. Took care of business against a bad team. Saw somethings that give me pretty high hopes for when Mitchell returns, but don't want to get too excited due to the competition. Agreed. This was exactly the type of effort and game I wanted to see against a creampuff. Good, solid execution with an extended rotation of players giving guys like McCall and Jett prolonged breathers, which they need right now. It was nice to see Carter back in action and Manning get more minutes. If Carter is able to give effort like this in the LMU game on Saturday, it looks like he will force Crews' hand on the guard rotation when Mitchell returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Meant isn't wooden or rickma. I get why people disagree, but just think he has started taking too much crap. Agree. Unfortunately I think its to late for the perception of him to change. No matter what the team and Crews do this year he will be the whipping boy and be blasted for every loss. Im not sold on him either but I bet he gets unfairly blamed the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Agreed. This was exactly the type of effort and game I wanted to see against a creampuff. Good, solid execution with an extended rotation of players giving guys like McCall and Jett prolonged breathers, which they need right now. It was nice to see Carter back in action and Manning get more minutes. If Carter is able to give effort like this in the LMU game on Saturday, it looks like he will force Crews' hand on the guard rotation when Mitchell returns. By the end of his sophomore year, the theme of all the other A10 teams will be "Get Carter". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Precise execution on both ends tonight. Only had a couple short lulls on offense, but the defense never really flagged all night. 2 words for Mike McCall. SHOOT MORE!!!! He is leading the NATION in 3 point shooting now at 56%. Carter looked good, more calm than his other games. It was nice to see someone drive and dish without turning the ball over. He & KM are the only guys on the roster who can do that effectively. Great balance tonight. We had 6 different guys make 3s in the first half. Remuken was great defensively. He shut down Piper, EIU's leading scorer completely. Still has problems defending back to the basket but opposing big men cannot face up and score against Remuken. Manning played well too. The block at the end of the game on the breakaway was perfect. Loe is broken. His confidence is shot and he's not being put in situations where he can succeed. Forget trying to make him into a post presence. Let him shoot 3s and play the high post. Best passing big man on the team by far, yet we never use him. He has to be turned around before conference play starts. Some progress was made. I think this is the first game we played all year where we executed like we should and played up to expectations instead of playing down to our opponent for stretches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanBilliken Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 By the end of his sophomore year, the theme of all the other Big East teams will be "Get Carter". Fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJumpUp Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Precise execution on both ends tonight. Only had a couple short lulls on offense, but the defense never really flagged all night. 2 words for Mike McCall. SHOOT MORE!!!! He is leading the NATION in 3 point shooting now at 56%. Carter looked good, more calm than his other games. It was nice to see someone drive and dish without turning the ball over. He & KM are the only guys on the roster who can do that effectively. Great balance tonight. We had 6 different guys make 3s in the first half. Remuken was great defensively. He shut down Piper, EIU's leading scorer completely. Still has problems defending back to the basket but opposing big men cannot face up and score against Remuken. Manning played well too. The block at the end of the game on the breakaway was perfect. Loe is broken. His confidence is shot and he's not being put in situations where he can succeed. Forget trying to make him into a post presence. Let him shoot 3s and play the high post. Best passing big man on the team by far, yet we never use him. He has to be turned around before conference play starts. Some progress was made. I think this is the first game we played all year where we executed like we should and played up to expectations instead of playing down to our opponent for stretches. I agree with everything you posted, but how about Grandy's 9 boards(4 offensive) in 12 minutes since coming back from the shoulder injury, I like seeing his aggressiveness. Against a team like EIU, Loe should have had a field day. He doesn't miss a shot in warmups but has no gametime confidence to put up an open 3pt shot with a 6' defender closing on him??????? Something needs to change with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I'd agree w/ just about everything said, especially RL. I think we all expected him to come back from his Olympic experience as a force to be reckoned with, but right now he seems lost out there. Get him fixed and we'll be a force. Very impressed w/ young Mssrs. Carter, Manning, and Glaze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 What did Yogi say? "Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.": Frame of mind equates to confidence and right now, it appears RL has lost confidence. Ninety percent of us could argue that playing him more last night would have been better, to allow the kinks to be worked out. However, the other half of us would likely claim that keeping him in and letting the bad stuff to continue would only snowball and escalate to worse performances. So what do you do. Wasn't it Steve Sax who couldn't throw from his secondbase position to first for a long time? Tony Conigliero couldn't stand at the plate without bailin gout after he was hit by a pitched ball in the face? Sports psychologists have been used too. All I know that confidence is a hard thing to regain once lost. But ----- I said to those who thought it easy for RL to go inside were wrong. The kid is an international big. They play on the perimeter. Manningis the prototypical big man. And his play last night continues to show improvement. Plus someone noted GG's rebounding numbers that last few games. So GG is a prototypical four. At one point, you had GG, JM and RL all on the floor last night and in that configuration, Rammer called RL he "6'11" three man." That is what he is and it works if JM is the five and GG is the four. Wake Forest played and beat us with two seven-footers in the nineties NCAA torunament in Baltimore ... Tim Duncan and that Spanish guy Ricky Peral. It can be done but if REL were indeed the three insuch a ocnfiguration, he needs better shooting numbers for sure. Of course, the one he makews was on an assist from McCall late butit was disallowed as McCall was fouled as he passed it off. A guy like RL on theperimeter works well if JM is the interior five. However, what you can gain in the offensive end gets somewhat negated on the defensive end as it is quite likely RL could not stay with a prototypical three on defense. And while last night was good to see in terms of GG, JM, JB and KC all paying more and well, it was against the worst opponent I've seen to date. But the cupcake run can develop confidence in all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Precise execution on both ends tonight. Only had a couple short lulls on offense, but the defense never really flagged all night. 2 words for Mike McCall. SHOOT MORE!!!! He is leading the NATION in 3 point shooting now at 56%. Carter looked good, more calm than his other games. It was nice to see someone drive and dish without turning the ball over. He & KM are the only guys on the roster who can do that effectively. Great balance tonight. We had 6 different guys make 3s in the first half. Remuken was great defensively. He shut down Piper, EIU's leading scorer completely. Still has problems defending back to the basket but opposing big men cannot face up and score against Remuken. Manning played well too. The block at the end of the game on the breakaway was perfect. Loe is broken. His confidence is shot and he's not being put in situations where he can succeed. Forget trying to make him into a post presence. Let him shoot 3s and play the high post. Best passing big man on the team by far, yet we never use him. He has to be turned around before conference play starts. Some progress was made. I think this is the first game we played all year where we executed like we should and played up to expectations instead of playing down to our opponent for stretches. Totally agree about Loe. Crews is trying to make him into something he is not and never will be, a post presence. He does have skills, but they are all high post and perimeter. Use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I agree with everything you posted, but how about Grandy's 9 boards(4 offensive) in 12 minutes since coming back from the shoulder injury, I like seeing his aggressiveness. Against a team like EIU, Loe should have had a field day. He doesn't miss a shot in warmups but has no gametime confidence to put up an open 3pt shot with a 6' defender closing on him??????? Something needs to change with him. I love Grandy's hussle and intensity. He's going to be a crowd favorite. I think he is the best 11th man this program has ever had. It shows you how deep of a roster RM has built. I'm confident that he will be in able to step in next year and fill the role Corey has provided, although they are a bit different types of players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I love Grandy's hussle and intensity. He's going to be a crowd favorite. I think he is the best 11th man this program has ever had. It shows you how deep of a roster RM has built. I'm confident that he will be in able to step in next year and fill the role Corey has provided, although they are a bit different types of players. I like Grandy's motor and attitude, but I'm not confident he can fill CR's role next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I like Grandy's motor and attitude, but I'm not confident he can fill CR's role next year. We shall see. Some people doubted me when I said Corey was going to be the starter this year and would do just fine playing D, blocking shots and throwing down some dunks. I'm usually on the right side of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slubillikens43 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I like Grandy's motor and attitude, but I'm not confident he can fill CR's role next year.Who on here 2 months ago thought we would be talking about having to replace CR somehow next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Who on here 2 months ago thought we would be talking about having to replace CR somehow next year? To be fair, I have been saying since the spring that CR was going to step up this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slubillikens43 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 To be fair, I have been saying since the spring that CR was going to step up this year.I do remember this. You're one of the few then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 -I agree and long have with those saying use RL's skills and don't try to make him something he is not -we will need him this season and I hope he delivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Right now RL is a liability on both offense and defense. He needs to sit so others can get prepared for the conference games-if he plays a lot of minutes it won't be very pretty. Unless he has an epiphany he is what he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 To be fair, I have been saying since the spring that CR was going to step up this year.I, too, said Corey will bring it this year. Corey is a great kid and it's exciting to see him grow in confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I, too, said Corey will bring it this year. Corey is a great kid and it's exciting to see him grow in confidence.Ever since he lost the tshirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Ever since he lost the tshirtThere could be something to that. I used to wonder why someone would yell for him to lose his t-shirt. But, it appears it worked! Too bad Loe doesn't wear a t-shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRican Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 There could be something to that. I used to wonder why someone would yell for him to lose his t-shirt. But, it appears it worked! Too bad Loe doesn't wear a t-shirt. You must sit near 108. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_davola Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Corey...lose the T! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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