07-30-2017, 11:07 AM | #1 |
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Just saw that Landry Shamet for Wichita State broke his foot and is out for a while. That's a huge blow for them. Hopefully he comes back by the start of the season, or conference play at worst.
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07-31-2017, 07:05 AM | #2 |
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I saw yesterday that he likely will be back for the season opener. I doubt he misses Maui for Wichita.
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08-07-2017, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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For anyone that's interested, Jon Rothstein visited SMU's practice last week. Here are some of his Twitter comments...
Greetingsfrom Dallas. Here for SMU practice. Ponies are aiming for back-to-back NCAA bids. https://t.co/JYOhMovscF The biggest area of focus at SMU practice? Offensive rebounding. Undersized Ponies need extra possessions. Limited size yet again. Arkansas transfer Jimmy Whitt will give SMU a new dimension at PG. Should allow Shake Milton to move to wing and focus on scoring at will. SMU won't have Jahmal McMurray until December. The games without him: Battle 4 Atlantis, USC, and TCU. Epitome of brutality? Indeed. Early prediction on SMU's starting five: Jimmy Whitt, Shake Milton, Ben Emelogu, Jarrey Foster, Akoy Agau. Similar to last year, expect SMU to focus on a "5-out" alignment. Positionless basketball a major theme at practice today. Interchangeable. SMU has NCAA caliber talent 1-4. Big question is if there's anything else after that. Ponies lost three guys that will play for money Biggest surprise I saw after the past few days? SMU freshman Ethan Chargois. 6-9 and SKILLED. Needs to change body, but could help Ponies. Think with McMurray, SMU can get an NCAA bid. Could be tough sledding without him in November though. Seems like SMU will be another tough out during conference play regardless of how they fair during McMurray's absence. |
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I feel if we don't take care of SMU fairly easily this year, then we'll have severely underachieved this year. |
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08-08-2017, 07:20 AM | #8 |
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Not to mention, sometimes our defense wasn't the right plan for teams like SMU. They were and are great shooters. Don't let them take good looks from 3. Make them beat you with 2 pointers...what'd we do? Over help, allow them to drive and dish.
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I agree with Jacob, depth really comes into play when you can press and play a quicker pace. It's assumed we will with Broome and Jenifer running the point. But, we shall see. |
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Against the South Florida type teams though, you can get away with using your depth no matter what bc even our young bench guys are better than their starters. It's a fine line. Luckily, this year we seem to have the best of both worlds. We can use our depth vs anyone without feeling like we're vulnerable. |
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