05-25-2016, 11:43 AM | #921 | |
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Pace isn't the problem. Efficiency is. Our offense was 81st in the country in efficiency. Not abysmal, but still sub-par. Need better shot selection, better shooters, and probably just better plays and offensive-minded players overall. Like I said earlier, it's not just the coaching staff. |
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05-25-2016, 11:48 AM | #922 |
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Darius Hicks was one we lost solely based on playing time I feel. He would have competed for playing time behind Gary Clark, Tre Scott and Quadri Moore. What high school kid would want to compete for time behind 3 other guys?
The past 2 transfers Mick has brought in of Kyle Washington and Cane Broome are huge! Jarron Cumberland is a top 50 player. Jacob Evans probably should have been a top 50 player. I totally understand the argument behind pocketing scholarships and how it doesn't make sense. They most likely tried their hardest to bring 1 or 2 players in during the spring and it just didn't workout (not over yet). We missed on Darius Hicks, but I'd rather have Cane Broome than Darius Hicks and some other random player that wouldn't contribute much. Hopefully we bring in 1 more piece to add to this year's team, if we don't I guarantee you Mick did not want to pocket 2 scholarships going into the season. |
05-25-2016, 11:50 AM | #923 |
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I agree BearcatNation. Probably did not express that too well but I like seeing us run it against the lesser competition and then matching the pace to others. Efficiency is differently our biggest issue as a team. We can take time off the clock and then take a bad shot or miss an open one. The offense needs to have better spacing, more fluent movement and crisper passing.
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05-25-2016, 11:51 AM | #924 | |
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05-25-2016, 12:03 PM | #926 | |
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I agree on efficiency. But I have lots of doubts as to whether we can ever operate with true efficiency. We would need to shoot more 3s (I have no problem with that), but it doesn't seem like that's something we preach and encourage. We can't shoot so many long 2s. We see it all the time, so it doesn't seem like it bothers the coaches. But it's hard to ask for efficiency when that isn't frowned upon. We allow teams to pack it in by focusing so much on trying to use multiple back to the basket bigs. So hopefully Clark continues to improve his face-up game. That is of the utmost importance. We need Caupain to stop shooting 18 foot jumpers. Bad shot in college basketball, his FG% proves it. Set screens for him higher and give him space for that pull up to be a 3. If I watch Washington and Caupain shoot 17-19 foot jumpers all year I'm going to pull my hair out. Make the inside-out thing be from dribble penetration by Caupain, instead of true post feeds (kids these days suck at post passing anyway). Caupain can be a bull, but he has to have the space. At the end of the day, I'm not sure I'm confident enough in our recent approach to see anything other than "more of the same" though, when push comes to shove. |
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05-25-2016, 12:10 PM | #927 | |
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05-25-2016, 12:28 PM | #929 |
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Malik Newman has announced he will back out of the NBA draft and his "camp" will decide if he transfers or stays at Mississippi State. Alot of kids have handlers who ask for things and ultimately make the decision for where some of these kids go to school. So thats another thing happening in the recruiting world.
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