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04-10-2017, 01:04 PM | #42 | |
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For some reason Cronin thought we needed Cumberland in the game late in the season and late in games. I assume it was because we played better as a team when he was in there in terms of scoring differential. I could be wrong. I don't really care if the defense is a little worse if the scoring differential is better. As for the defense planning against him...we should have a lot of players to game plan for making it harder for any defense to plan against any single player. You can't game plan for Cumberland as much when you have to game plan for all 5 starters. Obviously there are no plus minus stats for Broome vs Caupain but there are stats available somewhere for Cumberland vs KJ. There used to be a site called StatSheet to tell us those plus minus stats...but someone has to have them...and I'm sure Cronin has access. |
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04-10-2017, 01:25 PM | #43 |
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We haven't had a guy like cumberland since SK. Guy that wants the ball and tries to score or do something every time he touches the ball. I think that puts a lot of pressure on the defense. Can't wait
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04-10-2017, 01:30 PM | #44 | |
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Again, I don't have the plus minus stats...KJ's plus minus could have been better overall...but I highly doubt it. And the fact Cumberland kept getting more and more minutes would seem to suggest he was the better overall option. Now...take KJ out of the picture and insert Jarron for the whole game and season and it could be a very dramatic change. Not just 5-6 minutes of change...but 30 minutes of better basketball all together. It's kind of like what happened when Evans replaced Thomas IMO. The difference was major! Now Cumberland is not like Evans on D but the point remains the same for me overall. Last edited by waterhead; 04-10-2017 at 01:32 PM. |
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Well you had KJ for 25 minutes and Cumberland for 25 minutes. Now you'll have Cumberland for 30 and those other 20 minutes might be split between Jenifer, Williams and T. Moore. So it's not a matter of straight Cumberland vs. KJ.
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I think Cumberland only averaged 19 minutes a game
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04-11-2017, 08:14 AM | #47 | |
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I hope Williams can give us quality minutes at the 2 and 3 back up. Maybe we won't redshirt Moore for depth reasons. If Moore's role is purely a shooter we don't need to redshirt him for development reasons. Hopefully he can D it up because he should be able to shoot a higher % than KJ. We can run Jenifer at point and slide Broome over to the SG as well...depending on who gives us the best minutes either at PG or wing...or a combination of all 3 (Jenifer, Moore, and Williams) depending on the situation or matchups. We should have options. Last edited by waterhead; 04-11-2017 at 08:17 AM. |
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04-11-2017, 08:28 AM | #49 | |
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My focus would be on close games. How many minutes will Cumberland get in those games? I don't care if he only gets 20 minutes in blowouts. The yearly average will be lower than big games or games that are too close for comfort. Evans probably averaged 25 minutes in games with comfortable leads but got 35+ sometimes when the games were close. They key question IMO is how many back up minutes will we need at different positions when games are close. Last edited by waterhead; 04-11-2017 at 08:34 AM. |
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First 12 games...14.5 minutes Next 12 games...19.5 minutes Last 11 games...24 minutes Clearly Cronin saw the value in Cumberland as time went on. With KJ out...I could see that progression continuing to 30 or even 35 minutes (in close games) if he can handle it. It would be nice if we had some quality minutes coming from other players of course just in case. |
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