BTO’s Missouri Postgame Report

#76
#76
johnfnkelly said:
He's the best (healthy) back to the basket player on the team, imo. Last night was a good opportunity to get him going. He has the ability to bang down low and bully- needs to be more consistent with it.
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And those back to the baskets move were fugly and resulted in nothing, saying he’s your best isn’t saying much. All of our posts at this point need to just be garbage guys, catch lobs, grab offensive rebounds and go up strong, when guards drive be aware and have your hands ready.
 
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#77
#77
RockyTop140 said:
Is it not worth to at least try a couple times early to see if Kessler can get some fouls? I’m not saying I think aidoo can tear him apart in the post, but trying a few times early to see if he can get some fouls isn’t a bad idea.
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The odds are much better of picking up fouls in other ways against Kessler, that’s the point.
 
#79
#79
bleedingTNorange said:
Smith loves the pull up J, which at 6’10” and with a 7’1” wingspan I’m afraid he will get whenever he wants on JJJ…I agree JJJ is likely our best option on him, I’m just worried we don’t have anyone that if he’s on is really gonna be able to bother him much.
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Who has been able to guard him all season when he was on? Probably why he projects as possibly the 1st pick in the draft. He’s a tough matchup. Hopefully his boneheaded teammate guards will feel the need to attempt to pad their scoring averages against us and not pass Smith the ball
 
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#80
#80
It's really hard to know what the best starting 4/5 combo is, but since Fulky prefers to come in late, I would like to see
a starting lineup with Aidoo and BHH for first 4 min. Bring Plav and Fulky in later if Aidoo/BHH aren't meshing or go to the shorter lineup.

I don't like the automatic 4 player swap at the 16 min mark. Stay with a hot hand and swap out the players that aren't clicking.
 
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#81
#81
walkenvol said:
Who has been able to guard him all season when he was on? Probably why he projects as possibly the 1st pick in the draft. He’s a tough matchup. Hopefully his boneheaded teammate guards will feel the need to attempt to pad their scoring averages against us and not pass Smith the ball
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They made mention of this, last night. Pearl has pleaded with Smith to not give the ball up so quickly/easily because he's afraid he may not get it back during that possession.
 
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#82
#82
cncchris33 said:
They made mention of this, last night. Pearl has pleaded with Smith to not give the ball up so quickly/easily because he's afraid he may not get it back during that possession.
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Man, imagine a coach having to say this. I mean he said this publicly and has said this publicly and he is STILL dealing with selfish behavior by some of his guards.

Wendell Green is a particularly egregious offender. I’ve watched them off and on this year and that guy thinks he is Kyrie Irving. If he is touching the ball in crunch time, he is not giving it back. It’s all about him.
 
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#83
#83
walkenvol said:
Who has been able to guard him all season when he was on? Probably why he projects as possibly the 1st pick in the draft. He’s a tough matchup. Hopefully his boneheaded teammate guards will feel the need to attempt to pad their scoring averages against us and not pass Smith the ball
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Yea I was gonna mention that, it’s why he’s likely #1 and definite Top 3, not many folks can defend him…as you said you hope he’s off or that his teammates aren’t getting him the ball.
 
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orangemadam said:
It's really hard to know what the best starting 4/5 combo is, but since Fulky prefers to come in late, I would like to see
a starting lineup with Aidoo and BHH for first 4 min. Bring Plav and Fulky in later if Aidoo/BHH aren't meshing or go to the shorter lineup.

I don't like the automatic 4 player swap at the 16 min mark. Stay with a hot hand and swap out the players that aren't clicking.
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Unfortunately Fulk/Plav is statistically the worst big man combo we have so I would say that’s not recommended.
 
#85
#85
johnfnkelly said:
I wish we’d get Hatfield more looks on the low block.
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After see what he passes off as a post-move, I do not want to see more of him on the low block. He had one nice baseline legwhip that looked good but he didn't finish. Not to mention it is somewhat difficult to get him on the block because he allows the defender to push him out about 8 feet away from the basket when he catches it with his back to the basket.
 
#86
#86
therickbol said:
After see what he passes off as a post-move, I do not want to see more of him on the low block. He had one nice baseline legwhip that looked good but he didn't finish. Not to mention it is somewhat difficult to get him on the block because he allows the defender to push him out about 8 feet away from the basket when he catches it with his back to the basket.
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Yea, I’m not sure how after a 27 game sample size someone could think BHH posting it up and us dumping down to him to go to work is a great idea.
 
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#87
#87
Smith is a pro player playing college ball. He is going to get his points. While we don’t have someone as physically gifted as Smith, UT plays great team defense and will have a good game plan to deal with him as best we can.

The key to beating Auburn, imo, is making sure the other role players like Johnson, Green, Flanigan, and Cambridge don’t get on a roll and have big scoring nights.
 
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#88
#88
bleedingTNorange said:
Yea, I’m not sure how after a 27 game sample size someone could think BHH posting it up and us dumping down to him to go to work is a great idea.
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Because we have 0 post presence right now and it's going to be our downfall? If you don't see the incentive to get one of them going against an inferior opponent in hopes they can grow some flow/ confidence for March then just say that. BHH starts for a reason, so clearly Barnes sees something as well.
 
#89
#89
SV, KC, and ZZ were all off/ in foul trouble against Arky. We had nobody in the post to get a basket from. I guess that's something y'all are willing to live with. Tonight was a good opportunity to get one of them going.
 
#90
#90
johnfnkelly said:
SV, KC, and ZZ were all off/ in foul trouble against Arky. We had nobody in the post to get a basket from. I guess that's something y'all are willing to live with. Tonight was a good opportunity to get one of them going.
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We got BHH’s best minutes of the season last night. I’d argue that is the definition of “getting someone going.”
 
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#91
#91
johnfnkelly said:
Because we have 0 post presence right now and it's going to be our downfall? If you don't see the incentive to get one of them going against an inferior opponent in hopes they can grow some flow/ confidence for March then just say that. BHH starts for a reason, so clearly Barnes sees something as well.
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I agree last night was fine, I was referring more to the idea of upcoming against Auburn the thought of just pounding it down to him.
Uros also starts, that kinda discredits your point there.
 
#92
#92
johnfnkelly said:
SV, KC, and ZZ were all off/ in foul trouble against Arky. We had nobody in the post to get a basket from. I guess that's something y'all are willing to live with. Tonight was a good opportunity to get one of them going.
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That is who we are at this point, we’ve tried for 27 games to find a post option, if it hasn’t happened yet it probably ain’t going to. You can still be good without a dump it down dominate big man, our posts catching lobs/dump offs and finishing them would be a great start.
 
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#93
#93
bleedingTNorange said:
Man, if you think BHH guarding Smith is a good matchup I’m not sure what you’ve been watching this year.
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I just know that the game I watched, he was hitting 3's at will. If you don't have a really tall guy in him, it just looks like he is in the shoot-around before a game. Maybe he does other things, but that looked like his main weapon the night he scored about 30. A guy like that, I would think you try to take away his main weapon, and rely on teammates to help if he drives around you. Like I said earlier, maybe all you can do is hope they have an off night.
 
#94
#94
TheMookieMonster said:
We got BHH’s best minutes of the season last night. I’d argue that is the definition of “getting someone going.”
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I guess we have conflicting definitions of "getting someone going". He had 2 shot attempts in the second half that both led to points. (dunk/ 2 made free throws) We were comfortably in control the whole second half. It would have been a good opportunity to get him more looks. That's my point.
 
#95
#95
i2amavol said:
I just know that the game I watched, he was hitting 3's at will. If you don't have a really tall guy in him, it just looks like he is in the shoot-around before a game. Maybe he does other things, but that looked like his main weapon the night he scored about 30. A guy like that, I would think you try to take away his main weapon, and rely on teammates to help if he drives around you. Like I said earlier, maybe all you can do is hope they have an off night.
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Well he takes 12 shots a game, 5 3’s and 7 2’s, so yes he definitely does more than just shoot 3’s.
 
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#96
#96
bleedingTNorange said:
I agree last night was fine, I was referring more to the idea of upcoming against Auburn the thought of just pounding it down to him.
Uros also starts, that kinda discredits your point there.
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Uros starts because he's an emotional leader. We all know BHH isn't that yet so that doesn't really correlate
 
#97
#97
johnfnkelly said:
Uros starts because he's an emotional leader. We all know BHH isn't that yet so that doesn't really correlate
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He starts because Fulk asked not to anymore and Barnes doesn’t want to start ZZ and lose his spark, so moot point really. It would mean more if BHH was playing most minutes each night.
 
#98
#98
johnfnkelly said:
I guess we have conflicting definitions of "getting someone going". He had 2 shot attempts in the second half that both led to points. (dunk/ 2 made free throws) We were comfortably in control the whole second half. It would have been a good opportunity to get him more looks. That's my point.
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Just like with Powell, coach can put you in the game but while there it falls on you to work to get yourself open for shots. BHH has to first establish strong low post position in order to get the ball in the low post
 
#99
#99
walkenvol said:
Just like with Powell, coach can put you in the game but while there it falls on you to work to get yourself open for shots. BHH has to first establish strong low post position in order to get the ball in the low post
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Our current sets/ motion rarely involve our bigs getting position. It showed against Arky
 
#100
#100
johnfnkelly said:
I guess we have conflicting definitions of "getting someone going". He had 2 shot attempts in the second half that both led to points. (dunk/ 2 made free throws) We were comfortably in control the whole second half. It would have been a good opportunity to get him more looks. That's my point.
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I get that, but realistically we don’t need BHH to be a scoring machine. We need him to rebound, play okay defense, and make his free throws when he gets fouled. He did all of that last night. I would honestly take last night’s performance from him the rest of the way, and it would be huge. He had several times where he rebounded with aggression, something I haven’t seen all year. If he can do just that, we’ll be fine.
 
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