billikenfan05 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Littlebill said: Good win was better today than Collins was That’s like picking the tallest short person. Goodwin was truly miserable today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Littlebill said: Good win was better today than Collins was None of our three most important players were good with the ball today. Jacobs, French and Goodwin carried the scoring load. Collins and Jacobs made the winning plays at the end. It was a team failure and a team victory. Old guy and JohnnyJumpUp like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6’5” Junior v 5’10” Frosh with injured thumbs and wrists. 6 turnovers vs 7 and 16 points today vs 6 points. Leading scorer all year. PG as well. Best rebounder so any missed shot likely to be followed up w another. Yeah, I am good with the ball in his hands. And BTW the score was tied so only 1 FT needed - not 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Clock_Tower said: 6’5” Junior v 5’10” Frosh with injured thumbs and wrists. 6 turnovers vs 7 and 16 points today vs 6 points. Leading scorer all year. PG as well. Best rebounder so any missed shot likely to be followed up w another. Yeah, I am good with the ball in his hands. And BTW the score was tied so only 1 FT needed - not 2. I wasn’t anticipating Yuri taking it to the hoop, I wanted him to find someone for the shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 46 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said: Where was he sitting? Noticed Fred, doc, Ross and their friend but didn’t see Rex Speaking of, shoutout to Ross. Quite the friend RiseAndGrind likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: I wasn’t anticipating Yuri taking it to the hoop, I wanted him to find someone for the shot. I was hoping they got it to Perkins on the wing. let him take it to the elbow for his mid range or take it to the hole and possibly draw the foul. Then you can have Goodwin ready for the offensive board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 One thing I've learned from this thread is that Coach Ford has a much better read on his players than we do. cgeldmacher likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 The one thing I do know is that @Taj79 needs to stop starting GDTs. The two games he does this, it’s out two worst games of the season. I think this is something we can all get behind. Do it for our season, taj billikenfan05, rgbilliken and RUBillsFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Clock_Tower said: 6’5” Junior JG growth spurt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said: Not gonna read this thread but just want to say this: When Jacobs is focused and aggressive he can be so so good. His athletic ability gives him such an advantage and his outside shot is just dangerous enough. When he isn't ... he is so so bad. Also please stop shooting threes javonte. it doesn't work. we lose yesterday if jacobs doesnt shoot threes any longer. imo jacobs is our second best 3 point shooter behind jimmerson. yes you can make an argument he is third behind weaver as well, but if i had my choice on an open look i'd rather it be jacobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73Billiken Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 7 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said: Where was he sitting? Noticed Fred, doc, Ross and their friend but didn’t see Rex Rex was sitting on the baseline on the side away from the SLU bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73Billiken Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If there was an event for big donors I am not sure which looked worse: Biondi without socks wearing high water pants or Fred P in his usual snappy attire. At least SLU won the game. AGB91 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said: I wasn’t anticipating Yuri taking it to the hoop, I wanted him to find someone for the shot. No doubt that Yuri is good at finding his teammates. With that said, they were definitely keying on him and expecting him to have the ball. Further, a player is much less effective if he doesn’t shoot and/or if the other team knows he won’t shoot or doesn't believe he will shoot. So if the options to pass are taken away, then this person would need to take the shot - and I would rather have Goodwin do this: pass or shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: we lose yesterday if jacobs doesnt shoot threes any longer. imo jacobs is our second best 3 point shooter behind jimmerson. yes you can make an argument he is third behind weaver as well, but if i had my choice on an open look i'd rather it be jacobs. Javonte= Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, 73Billiken said: If there was an event for big donors I am not sure which looked worse: Biondi without socks wearing high water pants or Fred P in his usual snappy attire. At least SLU won the game. Freddy P looked so awkward leaving the game through the tunnel yesterday dressed like that and trying to move around people at the entrance. My temptation is to yell something at him but I did not I celebrate with the players and coaches walking through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: we lose yesterday if jacobs doesnt shoot threes any longer. imo jacobs is our second best 3 point shooter behind jimmerson. yes you can make an argument he is third behind weaver as well, but if i had my choice on an open look i'd rather it be jacobs. 18 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said: Javonte= Perkins Javonte is not Demarius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 47 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: Javonte is not Demarius. Yep. I think Roy just was reading too fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Time for Jacobs to play like this every game. If he'd done his shrinking violet act to night, we're toast. Keep it up, Demarius. My concerns about tonight are: too many turnovers and where did our hard nose hard hat D go? I've given up on FT's, since that's a given every night. But still good to see them not lose focus or get down and pull out a tough win. UMass does have some players and will give other teams fits going forward. Congrats to Coach F on win # 400. Stay at SLU for another 20 years and average 25 Ws a year, that's 900 Ws. Rarified air. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 47 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said: Yep. I think Roy just was reading too fast yes and up too early sorry. for the record i totally agree on shutting off perkins from shooting threes. i like his midrange game. GD he approaches comparisons with george gervin inside the 3 line. but i totally agree perkins is not a three point shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 I am fine deferring the GDT title to someone else. Won’t matter —- no skills is no skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Taj79 said: I am fine deferring the GDT title to someone else. Won’t matter —- no skills is no skills. We have plenty of skill: Passing, rebounding, penetrating. We just can't shoot. Billiken Rich likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: We have plenty of skill: Passing, rebounding, penetrating. We just can't shoot. Someone must have been making shots. We put up 83 points. I'm more concerned that we gave up 80 to a young team. Where'd our vaunted D go? HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 minute ago, slu72 said: Someone must have been making shots. We put up 83 points. I'm more concerned that we gave up 80 to a young team. Where'd our vaunted D go? An incredible 62 of our points were scored in the paint. 31 points were scored off of turnovers. Bully Ball offense at its finest. There were a lot of points because there were an inflated number of possessions because of all the turnovers and lots of transition buckets. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltiedave Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Our vaunted D was faced with two mobile, athletic bigs. We saw this during Bonner’s tenure, and now again. One true big < two true bigs. Our kryptonite is a strong guard corps that forces Collins out five feet, and two bigs vs French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 we only had one game last year in conference play with a high attendance. Already matched that on the first home game, without students. RUBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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