UCF Round 2

[cincycpaw]

Originally Posted by cincyalum2014

Jarron is an amazing talent, but he needs to lose the little pouty attitude that he has. His body language is just awful. Taco should of had a flagrant, I also love how he complains about every call he doesn't get but then wants to act like a tough guy and puff his chest out when he blocks a shot, congrats dude you're 7'6. He also spends 8+ seconds just camping in the lane and not once was called for 3 seconds or the 5 steps he would take when he got the ball under the basket. I am not even going to say anything about the officiating because it spoke for itself. They also stormed the court when we were only ranked 5 spots apart and they were the favorite, extremely embarrassing on there part.

On to Houston.... Go Cats

I thought, vs most nights, that the officiating wasn't that bad. Sure a few here and there. But the end of the game was when the officiating crew decided to step up and make a couple bad calls that really impacted the game.

That said, we didn't lose because of officials. We lost because we had no idea how to get a good shot. We lost because of lazy defense getting back. We lost because we couldn't stay in front of their guards and because of Tacko we couldn't help. We lost cause we had way too many turnovers in critical situations and they were faster to almost every loose ball. And sure, a couple of bad bounces lead to a several point swing.

If everyone played with the effort Scott gave (man did he do a great job following the scouting report when he had to defend in the post) we would have been fine.

[waterhead]

In limited minutes I thought Trevor looked a lot more confident with his shooting. I like it when he has little time to think about the shot and just let his muscle memory take over. He was about 1 inch from going 2 for 2 and that would have been a huge shot had the last one fell. He hasn't been air balling as many as he did early in the season. Looks like he is getting dialed in and more comfortable. That could be a much needed weapon for us.

Diara did a decent job of filling in. Looks like he has potentially passed up Eliel. He could be an interesting factor as well for us when we need to score some points.

[cincyalum2014]

Originally Posted by cincycpaw

I thought, vs most nights, that the officiating wasn't that bad. Sure a few here and there. But the end of the game was when the officiating crew decided to step up and make a couple bad calls that really impacted the game.

That said, we didn't lose because of officials. We lost because we had no idea how to get a good shot. We lost because of lazy defense getting back. We lost because we couldn't stay in front of their guards and because of Tacko we couldn't help. We lost cause we had way too many turnovers in critical situations and they were faster to almost every loose ball. And sure, a couple of bad bounces lead to a several point swing.

If everyone played with the effort Scott gave (man did he do a great job following the scouting report when he had to defend in the post) we would have been fine.

Agree 100%, we gave up way to many offensive rebounds even when Taco was on the bench. We just looked really sluggish at times and even with that we had a chance to tie. Cane had a great look at the end but just couldn't knock it down. I agree the officials did not cost us the game, the effort level did.

[HarryBosch]

Based on Cumberland's performance in the last month, he would be foolish to declare unless he just wants European money.

[sedziobs]

Originally Posted by waterhead

Diara did a decent job of filling in.

The announcers couldn't stop calling him Diaria.

[TheLivingLegend]

Originally Posted by waterhead

In limited minutes I thought Trevor looked a lot more confident with his shooting. I like it when he has little time to think about the shot and just let his muscle memory take over. He was about 1 inch from going 2 for 2 and that would have been a huge shot had the last one fell. He hasn't been air balling as many as he did early in the season. Looks like he is getting dialed in and more comfortable. That could be a much needed weapon for us.

Diara did a decent job of filling in. Looks like he has potentially passed up Eliel. He could be an interesting factor as well for us when we need to score some points.

Trevor was also told by coach to foul tacko with 1.30 left... he fouled bj Taylor instead.

He has his role, but is a complete spaz out there. Needs to slow the f down and play smarter.

[HarryBosch]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

Trevor was also told by coach to foul tacko with 1.30 left... he fouled bj Taylor instead.

He has his role, but is a complete spaz out there. Needs to slow the f down and play smarter.

The great John Wooden said it best, "Play fast but don't hurry".

[Patrick Bateman]

Well to some people's request Mick played Brooks with 4 fouls and look what happened. He has 14 games of 4 or more fouls. Mick stated that they cannot win with Brooks playing 12 mins.

Most telling stat, Cumberland 1 FT, Fall 0 FT's.

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by TheLivingLegend

Trevor was also told by coach to foul tacko with 1.30 left... he fouled bj Taylor instead.

He has his role, but is a complete spaz out there. Needs to slow the f down and play smarter.

I am amazed that Trevor could not know the scouting report. Was fouling Tacko not discussed before 2 minutes left in the game? Next time send a senior or upperclassman to follow instructions.

[sedziobs]

Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

Well to some people's request Mick played Brooks with 4 fouls and look what happened. He has 14 games of 4 or more fouls. Mick stated that they cannot win with Brooks playing 12 mins.

What point are you trying to make? Would you rather have sat him on the bench until the final minute after picking up his fourth foul with 14 minutes left? He re-entered the game with 5 minutes left. Was that too early for you? You think that had a significant impact on the result?