GDT: SLU v. UMass

[Taj79]

Lots of interesting stuff.  First, we stole one!  No one ever accused Curry and Diggins of being smart players.  And they had the ball control during the Umass collapse.  The rebounding, or lack thereof, is just maddening.  There were at least three or four instances in the second half where Umass just dominated us like babies in diapers.  My god we were terrible.  Anya can only do so much and at least Johnson and McCottry got involved.  Even Brockoff presented better challenges than Avila.  If last week was Warlick's coming out party, this week could be McCottreys.  I sure hope so.  

Besides the rebounding woes, the turnovers are just plain stupid.  As one board guy likes to say, I think our basketball IQ is missing some DNA strands.  Just dumb things .... 20 foot bounce passes, McCottrey's fly pattern to Anya, not one but two back court violations.  I don't mind errors of commission but the stupidity is just somewhat unreal.  Did I say at least we stole one!  

Folks need to get off Jimerson.  He carried us until Swope woke up.  His defense is better.  He battles like hell on rebounds.  He has resorted to the drive because he is being held on the perimeter and being denied easy looks.  But 18 and 5 with one turnover? Jimerson is first-team all A10.

In the last three games, Avila has found out that there are a whole slew of jumping jack athletes in the A10.  Well over what he saw in the Mo Valley.  Guys like Fermin, Clark, Santos, Rivera, Muhammed and Hankins-Sanford can all muscle him on the low blocks and recover quick enough to deny him an open three look.  And since he really can't cover such players defensively, maybe he should just let them shoot.  It sure beats the ticky-tack fouls he is akin to pick up as shown these last three games.  In the second half, we had four total fouls called at one point and three were on Avila.  I'd say the word is out around the A10 on just how to negate Robbie --- attack him and foul him out.  His defense is a liability right now.  

And don't be fooled, the addition of Kobe Johnson is huge right now.  Yeah, he had the dumb foul on the three late but he had Diggins most of the night.  Diggins was the leading scorer in the A10 coming in, He had 5 on the night.  

In case you missed it, Dayton ekked out a 68 to 63 win over Davidson at home.  They shot six-of-26 from three.  Amazing what a difference one night makes.

[Taj79]

@kwyjibo:  why weren't you up dancing like those two kids in front of you??

[White Pelican]

1 minute ago, Taj79 said:

Lots of interesting stuff.  First, we stole one!  No one ever accused Curry and Diggins of being smart players.  And they had the ball control during the Umass collapse.  The rebounding, or lack thereof, is just maddening.  There were at least three or four instances in the second half where Umass just dominated us like babies in diapers.  My god we were terrible.  Anya can only do so much and at least Johnson and McCottry got involved.  Even Brockoff presented better challenges than Avila.  If last week was Warlick's coming out party, this week could be McCottreys.  I sure hope so.  

Besides the rebounding woes, the turnovers are just plain stupid.  As one board guy likes to say, I think our basketball IQ is missing some DNA strands.  Just dumb things .... 20 foot bounce passes, McCottrey's fly pattern to Anya, not one but two back court violations.  I don't mind errors of commission but the stupidity is just somewhat unreal.  Did I say at least we stole one!  

Folks need to get off Jimerson.  He carried us until Swope woke up.  His defense is better.  He battles like hell on rebounds.  He has resorted to the drive because he is being held on the perimeter and being denied easy looks.  But 18 and 5 with one turnover? Jimerson is first-team all A10.

In the last three games, Avila has found out that there are a whole slew of jumping jack athletes in the A10.  Well over what he saw in the Mo Valley.  Guys like Fermin, Clark, Santos, Rivera, Muhammed and Hankins-Sanford can all muscle him on the low blocks and recover quick enough to deny him an open three look.  And since he really can't cover such players defensively, maybe he should just let them shoot.  It sure beats the ticky-tack fouls he is akin to pick up as shown these last three games.  In the second half, we had four total fouls called at one point and three were on Avila.  I'd say the word is out around the A10 on just how to negate Robbie --- attack him and foul him out.  His defense is a liability right now.  

And don't be fooled, the addition of Kobe Johnson is huge right now.  Yeah, he had the dumb foul on the three late but he had Diggins most of the night.  Diggins was the leading scorer in the A10 coming in, He had 5 on the night.  

In case you missed it, Dayton ekked out a 68 to 63 win over Davidson at home.  They shot six-of-26 from three.  Amazing what a difference one night makes.

I was happy to hear Coach acknowledge the obvious 800 pound gorillas in the room, the rebounding and the turnovers. Like he said, that's on him. He needs to start earning that big pay increase and soon.

[almaman]

Gibby's minutes to fouls ratio must be pretty amazing for career % has nothing to do with how long he's been playing.

[SLU_Nick]

26 minutes ago, Dr. Holly Hills said:

Same. When he attempted that full court pass I was yelling at the tv.  You can’t make try that pass at that point in the game.  But wow!  What a turn of events!

I love that Schertz doesn’t employ the Travis Ford immediate yank….bc if Ford was here, he’s so benched lol 

[HoosierPal]

If you didn't have Rammer synced up with ESPN, Rocchio has the final seconds for you.  This goes into the SLU vault.

https://x.com/RoccSTL/status/1886978312251060226

[ThreeTimeBilliken]

1 hour ago, Lando Griffin said:

Avila still is the straw that stirs this teams drink.  They need him. 

The last 8 minutes without him were their best 8 minutes of the game (maybe other than the first

[willie]

Rebounding is obviously a huge problem. At the end of the game we had no one to  compete with 6-7 6-8 6-9 athletic bigs. Brockoff doesn’t block off. I am beating my same drum but can Max be any worse? I would like to see. 

[willie]

1 minute ago, ThreeTimeBilliken said:

The last 8 minutes without him were their best 8 minutes of the game (maybe other than the first

When Robbie fouled out I said something. Mrs Willie said are you sure that’s a bad thing. 
 

 

 

[SluSignGuy]

What @HoosierPal posted but embedded

[Matty Light]

Can I anoint McCottry Defensive Player of the Game after only seeing less than 2 minutes of the game? That was amazing!

[gabriel]

Any way I can listen to the Schertz postgame interview with Rammer and Earl?

[kappy96]

2 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

That might be a sportscenter finish.

SVP Bad Beats for sure…for UMass backers

[Fraz]

59 minutes ago, willie said:

Rebounding is obviously a huge problem. At the end of the game we had no one to  compete with 6-7 6-8 6-9 athletic bigs. Brockoff doesn’t block off. I am beating my same drum but can Max be any worse? I would like to see. 

Yes UMass is small but their rebounding numbers are great.  Top 20ish in the nation in total and offensive boards per game which surprised me.  This is our obvious kryptonite at the moment.

Robbie is currently a tick slow.  Seems hesitant with decision making rather than playing with his instincts.  I don’t buy that the level of A10 talent down low is so overwhelming from what he’s faced that he’s now neutralized.  See the NIT run.  He’s never been the most athletic.  Just a tick slow right now.

Double bye and getting Robbie to play the like the best player in the A10 are the goals for me rest of season.  Do that and we’re right there 

 

[ARon]

1 hour ago, SLU_Nick said:

I love that Schertz doesn’t employ the Travis Ford immediate yank….bc if Ford was here, he’s so benched lol 

I actually had this same thought during the Dayton game.  Not that Ford would have recruited McCottry, but if he was still coaching this team Amari would be averaging 1 min a game.

[73Billiken]

I am sure that I am repeating many other posts here but the level of turnovers is incomprehensible......

[HoosierPal]

54 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:

What @HoosierPal posted but embedded

Thanks.  Sometimes they come through, sometime they don't.

[SluSignGuy]

8 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

Thanks.  Sometimes they come through, sometime they don't.

Yeah.  It has become a problem on a number of different web forum softwares.

[Fraz]

2 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:

CJS interviews are gold 

Where’d you find it?

[Lando Griffin]

1 hour ago, White Pelican said:

I was happy to hear Coach acknowledge the obvious 800 pound gorillas in the room, the rebounding and the turnovers. Like he said, that's on him. He needs to start earning that big pay increase and soon.

LoL or what? Chris May is going to fire him in Y1?

[TheA_Bomb]

1 minute ago, Fraz said:

Where’d you find it?

The post game on KMOX

He keeps saying he's trying to convert Earl from thinking you need mid range jump shots.

[White Pelican]

2 minutes ago, Lando Griffin said:

LoL or what? Chris May is going to fire him in Y1?

Yeah, THAT'S what I meant. Jesus Christ.

[thunderdan]

2 hours ago, SluSignGuy said:

Tale of two halves

Maybe this game will unlock something in him. 
 

Btw, Anya *Over 1.5 turnovers* is still the easiest money out there.  

[Bay Area Billiken]

It was a miraculous victory for the Billikens. SLU trailed 71-66 with 1:17 left, finished game on 7-0 run. 

SLU survived 15 turnovers and 21 UMass offensive rebounds. We’ll gladly take the Win. 

[NextYearBill]

Gooooooood moooooooorningggggg