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Post by dex on Sept 4, 2019 15:17:35 GMT -5
Preseason hype is fun and so predictable. Coach ‘em up Cooley - our Friars have a lot of players with potential; unlocking that into an effective team remains to be seen. The pieces are there in every position - now the hard work begins to mold the talent together. No small task... Well said WTM....I really think they will meld and improve. Walk said we would likely lose the North Carolina & South Carolina kids to transfer. Hopefully Holt coming back in good health and the Pipkins kid will fill their void. I wish them well...seemed like good kids. I guess we can list every skill of a basketball player and hope they all improve that skill. For me, it's the shooting that dwarfs everything else. If we shoot like EVEN a slightly below average team, we make the tourney easily. And, BTW, the same could be said about last year too. It was atrocious. End Of Story
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Post by friar71 on Sept 5, 2019 7:00:24 GMT -5
Preseason hype is fun and so predictable. Coach ‘em up Cooley - our Friars have a lot of players with potential; unlocking that into an effective team remains to be seen. The pieces are there in every position - now the hard work begins to mold the talent together. No small task... Well said WTM....I really think they will meld and improve. Walk said we would likely lose the North Carolina & South Carolina kids to transfer. Hopefully Holt coming back in good health and the Pipkins kid will fill their void. I wish them well...seemed like good kids. I guess we can list every skill of a basketball player and hope they all improve that skill. For me, it's the shooting that dwarfs everything else. If we shoot like EVEN a slightly below average team, we make the tourney easily. And, BTW, the same could be said about last year too. It was atrocious. End Of StoryI would include FT shooting under shooting. We shot high 69 % last year so need to jump from bottom 3rd to top 3rd in BE.
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Post by dex on Sept 5, 2019 7:48:23 GMT -5
friar71: "I would include FT shooting under shooting. We shot high 69 % last year so need to jump from bottom 3rd to top 3rd in BE."
Agree that FT shooting needs a bump...won't be top 3 teams but I'd settle for 5th for crice sakes. I gvuess it depends on who gets to the foul line. I wonder how many games were lost bec of FT shooting? Doesn't matter much bec we would have not needed excellence in FT shooting if we were just an average shooting team from the field.
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Post by friar71 on Sept 5, 2019 12:20:45 GMT -5
friar71: "I would include FT shooting under shooting. We shot high 69 % last year so need to jump from bottom 3rd to top 3rd in BE." Agree that FT shooting needs a bump...won't be top 3 teams but I'd settle for 5th for crice sakes. I gvuess it depends on who gets to the foul line. I wonder how many games were lost bec of FT shooting? Doesn't matter much bec we would have not needed excellence in FT shooting if we were just an average shooting team from the field. Diallo and Watson took 50% of the FT last year and both were sub 70%. Those 2 have to jump up but from what I saw in Pan Am Diallo seemed to be average at best from the line. But to his credit, he was only US player to make 1st team All Pan Am. Pipkin was an 80% FT shooter last year so he should help.
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Post by dex on Sept 5, 2019 14:39:08 GMT -5
Good stuff '71
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Post by pcbb7777 on Sept 5, 2019 22:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by friar82 on Sept 5, 2019 22:43:04 GMT -5
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If I read it correctly, we will scrimmage Purdue on October 27 and again next year (as opposed to the next two years). Good test for our veteran squad before this season begins. I like it.
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Post by pcbb7777 on Sept 6, 2019 9:59:00 GMT -5
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Post by pc1971 on Sept 6, 2019 10:39:03 GMT -5
Have a strong feeling that Reeves and Duke are going to have breakout years !!
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Post by thewalk on Sept 6, 2019 20:30:05 GMT -5
Define breakout...
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Post by pc1971 on Sept 6, 2019 22:27:07 GMT -5
Major contributors on a very good PC team. These are the quality players that Nova gets and develops year-to-year. Walk.Do you not expect noticeable improvement in them this season?
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Post by thewalk on Sept 7, 2019 8:36:04 GMT -5
I'm honestly not sure what to expect. I'd normally be in agreement in automatic improvement and a true pg has to help but weve had too many players not develop for me to be as confident. Hoping we an obvious best 7-8 and Cooley rolls with them.
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Post by yankeefriar on Sept 7, 2019 15:57:15 GMT -5
If Duke plays the 3, he improves. Guessing he’s on the wing with Pipkins.
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Post by dex on Sept 7, 2019 16:00:00 GMT -5
If Duke plays the 3, he improves. Guessing he’s on the wing with Pipkins. I thought AJ was our 3 or did he transfer too
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Post by yankeefriar on Sept 7, 2019 17:19:49 GMT -5
If Duke plays the 3, he improves. Guessing he’s on the wing with Pipkins. I thought AJ was our 3 or did he transfer too Thought AJ was the 2? Who’d you have there? Maliek? 😀
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