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What Vinson needs is to put on some good weight and muscle, he doesn't have the muscle to bang with bigs that have the body he doesn't have. If he had the body that Onyema has, he would be great when brought up to speed.

 

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  On 12/5/2024 at 12:51 PM, KingBobo81 said:

I don’t know if NC State is going to end up Q1 unless they go on a heater like they did last year - they do not look like a good basketball team.

We moved up to 52 in NET. UConn is 34.

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They just have to finish top 75 in NET for it to be a Q1 win. 

If they just go .500ish in the ACC, I think they will. 

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NC State is actually a perfect example of why NET rewards playing bad opponents and blowing them out.

They've actually been in 3 pretty close games against likely tournament teams (BYU, Purdue, and Texas) with 2 being on a neutral court. They aren't getting rewarded for it all. 

Meanwhile, Florida is #5 in NET by blowing out a bunch of really bad teams. This system rewards playing bad teams and just beating the shit out of them. 

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He needs to do two things, make more FTs and stop shooting 3's.

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If you watch Shedrick play and that is your main takeaway, then we are just seeing things completely differently.

For a center at this level, his rebounding and defense are horrific.  I don't care what the stats say. Watch him actually play. He is so lost.  He floats out to the perimeter on both defense and offense and is just so ineffective.

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  On 12/6/2024 at 2:49 AM, HookEm said:

  

If you watch Shedrick play and that is your main takeaway, then we are just seeing things completely differently.

For a center at this level, his rebounding and defense are horrific.  I don't care what the stats say. Watch him actually play. He is so lost.  He floats out to the perimeter on both defense and offense and is just so ineffective.

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You don't care what the stats say, yet posted stats to justify your post. There are stretches where he does what you say, but over the majority of his minutes he's doing what the coaches ask him to do, which is switch on the PnR on defense and set PnR and rim runs on offense. Which is why his stats look the way they do, but yes, please continue to watch with your eyes, because they are lying to you. You say he floats on offense, yet leads the team in ORB%, you say he floats on defense put leads the team in BLK%. I think you really don't have any idea what the coaching staff expects from him. He leads the team in FTr, by a large margin.

Texas has an elite two point defense, you don't have that without his rim protectio, which means other players need to rebound, mainly Kaluma.

So yes, he needs to shoot FTs better since he leads the team in attempts and gets fouled a shit ton, which is interesting for a guy that floats on offense, and he needs to stop shooting 3's because he sucks at them and it also means he's not drawing fouls in the paint.

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  On 12/5/2024 at 7:56 PM, NBHorn7 said:

What Vinson needs is to put on some good weight and muscle, he doesn't have the muscle to bang with bigs that have the body he doesn't have. If he had the body that Onyema has, he would be great when brought up to speed.

 

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I forget the game, but the last time he played he looked like he hurt his shoulder. I havent seen him since. 

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  On 12/6/2024 at 5:07 AM, Rickylovesweed said:

Offensively, they just need to tell Shedrick to keep his ass on the low block. Do not shoot unless you're close to the rim. 

Dunks 15/15, close shots 27/35, far 2s 1/9, 3 pointers 0/6. Stop shooting unless you're at the rim. 

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No serious basketball team (on any level) keeps anyone in the low block. This isnt 1994. You want the lane open for your guards with the occasional dump in when you big has a little on him. 

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  On 12/6/2024 at 3:59 PM, Catdaddyhorn said:

No serious basketball team (on any level) keeps anyone in the low block. This isnt 1994. You want the lane open for your guards with the occasional dump in when you big has a little on him. 

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They use Shedrick to set screens on the perimeter and then rim run. He seems effective at this role and when executed with Pope or Larry it turns out to be good. I wish we would screen more off the ball.

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Same here. We dont have enough smart off ball movers (especially without Kent and Brock from last year) to run as open a system as we did the past couple years. We need a lot more structure and sets or else Johnson, Mark, and Kaluma will compete in a jacking competition all season long. 

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We are much better when we put Kaluma as the screener than Shedrick. Teams just sag/over help on the guard because they know Shedrick can’t shoot. 

Also, we do not get to the rim much at all. Pope and Tre, in particular, live on the perimeter. Keeping Shedrick on the low block opens the game up for those type players. This isn’t 1994 but Shedrick setting screens up top is not good offense with this team. 

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Where the fuck is @Derka to give us a rundown of kenpom’s predicted sec schedule for us because I bet it’s brutal.

Usually I would say we can easily go .500 in conference play because of the home games but this entire league is crazy good. I remember saying last year we might go winless our first 7-8 conference games and it was an exaggeration. This year? I don’t know that we in exaggeration territory. 

 

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The SEC is gonna be nasty this season.   Based on what I've seen so far, I'd be fucking thrilled with 8-10, and mildly surprised if we even get to 6 wins. RT's squad is gonna have to find an extra gear or two.

So presumably our non-conf schedule will consist of losses to the two decent teams we played (12,36 kenpom), three wins over OK teams (83, 105, 107 kenpom) and blowout wins over straight garbage. So presumably no quad 1 wins to date. Yay 11-2!

 

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  On 12/15/2024 at 8:04 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Let me just reiteratte ESPN+ and SECN+.  Actually logging in is a crap shoot.  I'm out.

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The other night I just got the rotating espn logo for two hours, even after logging out and logging back in. Today it's actually letting me watch the game, so that's nice. 

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  On 12/15/2024 at 8:05 PM, Red Five said:

The other night I just got the rotating espn logo for two hours, even after logging out and logging back in. Today it's actually letting me watch the game, so that's nice. 

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Oh look, I'm in.  Too bad.  I'm going Xmas shopping.  Radio/app audio is it for me.  Good luck, gentlemen, should be a blowout.

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  On 12/15/2024 at 1:48 PM, HookEm said:



Looks like we are projected to be 6-12 if we win all the ones we are favored in. And we are projected to be 8 -10 if you add the probabilities. Not good.

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Crazy thing is 8-10 might get us in the tournament. We would be right on the bubble. The SEC is probably better than the Big 12 this year.

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Haven’t watched a game which is unusual for me as I love UT hoops. I’m just out on the Terry era and the pre season schedule outside of a couple games was brutally boring and bad. Here’s hoping we can hit 500 in conference and make March madness or flame out big time enough to get a different coach. Will lock in after Xmas with conference starting for at least a bit. What have I missed?  

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  On 12/16/2024 at 12:33 AM, Rickylovesweed said:

Crazy thing is 8-10 might get us in the tournament. We would be right on the bubble. The SEC is probably better than the Big 12 this year.

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I think it’s universally agreed it is the best conference this year. I did read where  Lunardi thought so. 
I just don’t see us getting in the tournament this year.  Hope I’m wrong. 
 

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  On 12/16/2024 at 12:53 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

Haven’t watched a game which is unusual for me as I love UT hoops. I’m just out on the Terry era and the pre season schedule outside of a couple games was brutally boring and bad. Here’s hoping we can hit 500 in conference and make March madness or flame out big time enough to get a different coach. Will lock in after Xmas with conference starting for at least a bit. What have I missed?  

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Nothing really. Trey Johnson I guess. That’s about all I’ve gotten out of it.  Maybe the candy striped coaches shirts which someone must have told them to stop wearing?

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  On 12/17/2024 at 2:24 AM, CTC2 said:

I think it’s universally agreed it is the best conference this year. I did read where  Lunardi thought so. 
I just don’t see us getting in the tournament this year.  Hope I’m wrong. 
 

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Yeah, it's on pace to be the best Kenpom conference since 2004. 

 

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  On 12/16/2024 at 12:53 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

Haven’t watched a game which is unusual for me as I love UT hoops. I’m just out on the Terry era and the pre season schedule outside of a couple games was brutally boring and bad. Here’s hoping we can hit 500 in conference and make March madness or flame out big time enough to get a different coach. Will lock in after Xmas with conference starting for at least a bit. What have I missed?  

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Here is a rambling synopsis:

We are very strong on the wings with three excellent players in Tre Johnson, Tramon Mark and Arthur Kaluma.  We take care of the ball and are #10 in the country in turnovers (vs. #173 last year).  And we are efficient scoring the ball: #9 in eFG% and #13 in 3PT%.  Our defense overall is good at ~#28 in defensive efficiency.

Tre Johnson is our "star". He is a 6'5 SG/SF who plays like a poor man's Ray Allen. He is a certain one and done lottery pick and plays with a lot of fire. That said, the team tends to stand around and watch him cook when he is in the game.  He also can try to shoot himself out of a slump so he occasionally has really bad nights.  He can be the best player on the court regardless of who we are playing on any given night.

Tramon Mark is a solid SG/SF who started the year hurt and is just getting his feel with the team.  He is a really good defender and can guard just about any position on the floor. He is a decent rebounder and really nice mid-range scorer.  He was all over a player out on the 3-point line fighting through a screen and he reminded me a little of a very poor man's Kawhi Leonard back in San Antonio. But he is definitely still shaking the rust off.

Arthur Kaluma is probably our best player. He is a SF/PF with range and impacts both ends of the floor. He is a good rebounder and is an efficient scorer and can create his own shot. 

All three of these guys have some dawg in them. We just haven't seen them all put it together.

Our best point guard is Jordan Pope. He has been very subdued and hasn't yet played to his potential.  On the plus side he doesn't turn the ball over and has been reasonably efficient. But he disappears for long stretches of the game. We need him to step up as a leader on the team.  Our other point guard is Julian Larry. He is a more active player than Pope and seems to create more offense. He is also a better defender than Pope.  But he is a little more careless with the ball.  Neither of these guys have really done much to separate from each other, so we get about 20 minutes from each of them.

Chendall Weaver is probably the most fun player on the team, much like last year. He has bulked up a little and does his best Russell Westbrook impression trying to take it to the rack and dunk on people at every chance he gets. He also flies around getting offensive rebounds.  He has improved in most facets since last year and is a key contributor.  Part of me would like to see him as our starting point guard with the above three wings. 

Our weak point has to be center. Shedrick.... well you just have to watch him and make up your own mind. Opinions on this board are mixed.  When he stays down in the paint, he can be an "ok" post defender. And he can score when he gets it down there. But too often he drifts out to the perimeter on both offense and defense.  I swear half of our opponents scores this year seem to have been when Shedrick is switching off on someone and gets beat for an open 3.  But I digress.

Onyema has shown signs of improvement. He is in better shape and is playing much more confidently. I generally like it when he is on the floor. He is a decent defender he is moving well.

We also have some solid young pieces in Nic Codie, Jamie Vinson, Devon Pryor. We also lost a huge key player in Jayson Kent, who would have been ANOTHER versatile wing player, and probably best rebounder on the team. I am starting to doubt we see him again this year. 

Overall the team is well constructed outside of our weakness at center, and even there we aren't horrid.  But the coaching remains a big problem.  Against weaker teams, we blow them out as we should. But in SEC play, we are going to struggle if Mark doesn't step up as an All-SEC caliber player and if Pope doesn't play to his potential.  It is frustrating because the pieces are there for this to be a Sweet 16 or better team. But the coaching is so bad that we could miss the tournament entirely.

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  On 12/16/2024 at 2:20 PM, Hookem2147 said:

Moved up 20 spots in NET this past week from #64 to #44.

 

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The Ohio State result is killing us because Aaron Bradshaw has been out for a month due to a domestic violence investigation. Now, Meechie Johnson has been out recently due to some type of personal reason.

This Ohio State team is a completely different one than we played with those 2 out. 

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Injury update from Gerry - good news on Kent.

 

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