Big game tonight

[Slim Chickens Gamecock]

Team lacks Basketball IQ. Some talent but an unusual team. GA also has an unusual looking bunch too. Their Point Guard was the difference. Way over dribbled but we never made him pay and he broke down the defense with penetration. He was quicker and stronger.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Missed free throws were the least of my concerns last night, Maybe it's just me but turnovers seemed exceptionally ugly. And it seemed like every time we had one it would be followed by a missed shot on our next possession creating a 7-0 run for UGA because of the relative ease UGA was getting to the basket when our defense had a brain fart. Cant have a bad night in all aspects of the game and win any games. Hopefully that wont happen again. Now somewhere down the line we need to win one we're not supposed to.

Turnovers were actually not that bad. By far, the fewest we've had in a conference game so far this season.

This game boiled down to FTs. FG% was 37.7 vs 39.7, 3pt% was 23.1% each, Offensive rebounds was 18 vs 15. Defensive rebounds was 27 vs 21. Turnovers was 8 vs 9.

FT% was 78.1 vs 53.1 on an equal number of attempts.

It was an evenly played contest everywhere except the charity stripe. That was the game.

 

[Blues man]

Turnovers were actually not that bad. By far, the fewest we've had in a conference game so far this season.

This game boiled down to FTs. FG% was 37.7 vs 39.7, 3pt% was 23.1% each, Offensive rebounds was 18 vs 15. Defensive rebounds was 27 vs 21. Turnovers was 8 vs 9.

FT% was 78.1 vs 53.1 on an equal number of attempts.

It was an evenly played contest everywhere except the charity stripe. That was the game.

I wasn't aware of the numbers so thanks. I'm going to stick by my comment of the turnovers being exceptionally ugly tho. Perhaps they were magnified by not answering them with something good in our next possession. That kinda stuck out to me I guess. FTs were frustrating to watch.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I wasn't aware of the numbers so thanks. I'm going to stick by my comment of the turnovers being exceptionally ugly tho. Perhaps they were magnified by not answering them with something good in our next possession. That kinda stuck out to me I guess. FTs were frustrating to watch.

For sure, the box score does not tell all when it comes to turnovers. A turnover 2 minutes into the game is certainly a different story than a turnover with 2 minutes left in the game.

 

[Big JC]

UGA is a better team than they were last year and is light years ahead of where they were before the new coach came along. There really isn't any shame in losing to them this season, especially a close loss.

If they manage to field a decent Bball team a couple years in a row they could become a force to be dealt with in the SEC. The state of Georgia is loaded with basketball talent and, right now, most all of it is going somewhere besides UGA to play college basketball.

 

[Deleted11512]

UGA is a better team than they were last year and is light years ahead of where they were before the new coach came along. There really isn't any shame in losing to them this season, especially a close loss.

If they manage to field a decent Bball team a couple years in a row they could become a force to be dealt with in the SEC. The state of Georgia is loaded with basketball talent and, right now, most all of it is going somewhere besides UGA to play college basketball.

Agree. Currently shows as a Q3 loss, but I think they've got an excellent shot to jump into that Q2 group.

 

[Prestonyte]

Team lacks Basketball IQ. Some talent but an unusual team. GA also has an unusual looking bunch too. Their Point Guard was the difference. Way over dribbled but we never made him pay and he broke down the defense with penetration. He was quicker and stronger.

Agree that our team IQ is lacking - particularly in the area of situational awareness and the offensive approach to be taken based on the situation. Paris needs to coach them up in this area.

 

[Cackmandu]

UGA is a better team than they were last year and is light years ahead of where they were before the new coach came along. There really isn't any shame in losing to them this season, especially a close loss.

If they manage to field a decent Bball team a couple years in a row they could become a force to be dealt with in the SEC. The state of Georgia is loaded with basketball talent and, right now, most all of it is going somewhere besides UGA to play college basketball.

And we should have gotten them this year, cause they have some stud freshmen!

 

[Cackmandu]

Agree that our team IQ is lacking - particularly in the area of situational awareness and the offensive approach to be taken based on the situation. Paris needs to coach them up in this area.

Exactly, running down and jacking up a 3 before anyone can get under the rim is definitely lack of situational awareness!

 

[18IsTheMan]

Paris needs to coach them up in this area.

How many of the guys on the team are transfers who are only here for one year? Any?

 

[Deleted11512]

How many of the guys on the team are transfers who are only here for one year? Any?

Mack, Coop, and Clark.

 

[Deleted11512]

Exactly, running down and jacking up a 3 before anyone can get under the rim is definitely lack of situational awareness!

Paris said before the season that we're going to shoot a bunch of 3s. When you have guys on the floor that like to shoot 3s, they're going to take open looks even if nobody is under the basket. I don't necessarily put that on the shooters. The bigs have to get down the court faster, bc we're not going to pass up open 3s.

 

[Big JC]

And we should have gotten them this year, cause they have some stud freshmen!

Yeah, if they have a good season and those freshmen decide to stay they will be good next year.

 

[RUMMENIGGE]

He and CMB missed 11 of the 15 FTs we missed last night.

Missing those free throws hurt, but I am really pleased with what I see from Murray Boyles this season. Murray Boyles will be South Carolina's turning point of the direction of the program with the future players coming in. I think Murray Boyles has a shot making the SEC all freshmen team.

 

[RUMMENIGGE]

It is important right now for the team confidence remain high.

 

[Atlanta_Cock]

A lot of missed FTs and really, really dumb passes.

 

[KingWard]

Have to go better than 17-32 at the line, that's your game story.

It's like we had a whole team of Shaquille O'Neals shooting free throws.

 

[Cackmandu]

It's like we had a whole team of Shaquille O'Neals shooting free throws.

Well not quite that bad, but bad enough to lose!

 

[18IsTheMan]

The Arkansas game might be our season as we need at least a .500 conference record to make the NCAAT. If we lose to Arkansas, we run the very likely risk of falling 2 games under .500 in conference play as the next game is against UK. Given that we alternate playing ranked and unranked teams most of the rest of the season, it will be very difficult to dig out of a 2 game hole.

 

[Deleted11512]

It's like we had a whole team of Shaquille O'Neals shooting free throws.

It was just Gray and CMB. They had 11 of our 15 misses. Gray missed 5 in a row at one point.

 

[Deleted11512]

The Arkansas game might be our season as we need at least a .500 conference record to make the NCAAT. If we lose to Arkansas, we run the very likely risk of falling 2 games under .500 in conference play as the next game is against UK. Given that we alternate playing ranked and unranked teams most of the rest of the season, it will be very difficult to dig out of a 2 game hole.

I don't know if it's our season. I caught a lot of flack last year for talking about how much we improved in Feb. But that's what well coached teams do. We were 1-10 in our first 11 SEC games. And 3-4 in our last 7...including an OT loss to #2 Bama, a game we should have won at the end of regulation. We have to win at least 7 to have a chance. Looking at the remaining schedule, I think it's there.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don't know if it's our season. I caught a lot of flack last year for talking about how much we improved in Feb. But that's what well coached teams do. We were 1-10 in our first 11 SEC games. And 3-4 in our last 7...including an OT loss to #2 Bama, a game we should have won at the end of regulation. We have to win at least 7 to have a chance. Looking at the remaining schedule, I think it's there.

I don't know. IF we lost to Arkansas and UK, that puts us at 2-4. We'd need to go 7-5 in the remaining 12 games to finish .500 in conference. In those remaining 12 games, we face UT 2x, Ole Miss 2x and Auburn 1x (@ Auburn). We could assume those will be losses, which means we'd have to win every other game on the schedule. Essentially, if we lose to Arkansas and UK, then we have absolutely no wiggle room the rest of the way. We cannot drop a single winnable game.

I can't really see us going 7-5 over the last 12. This team has shown it's one that is going to live on a knife's edge, in games and overall. If we drop to 2-4 in conference play, we'll playing from behind the 8 ball for the rest of the season.

All that said, just beat Arkansas and we stay on schedule.

 

[KingWard]

It was just Gray and CMB. They had 11 of our 15 misses. Gray missed 5 in a row at one point.

The two of them together were equal in ineptitude to O'Neal, then.

 

[KingWard]

Well not quite that bad, but bad enough to lose!

Well...if we p!$$ away our shot at the Dance by one game, that foul line debacle will rise to the top of what I remember.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Well...if we p!$$ away our shot at the Dance by one game, that foul line debacle will rise to the top of what I remember.

It would certainly be a bitter memory. Can't blame the refs in my opinion. If I saw a massive FT disparity, I'd have questions. But they gave both teams 32 shots from the foul line. I find it implausible that every call against UGA was legitimate and all the bad/questionable calls were against us.

As it is, Georgia made 8 more FT than we did and won by 5. On the season we are 72% from the line. Meaning, if we had simply shot our season average, we'd have made 6 additional FT and won the game.

The game was there for the taking and we simply crapped the bed at the line.

And, your comparison to Shaq is downright insulting...to Shaq. He was a career 50%ish FT shooter. Gray is a career 41% FT shooter. He should probably not see the floor again this year. He's a liability.

 

[Prestonyte]

It would certainly be a bitter memory. Can't blame the refs in my opinion. If I saw a massive FT disparity, I'd have questions. But they gave both teams 32 shots from the foul line. I find it implausible that every call against UGA was legitimate and all the bad/questionable calls were against us.

As it is, Georgia made 8 more FT than we did and won by 5. On the season we are 72% from the line. Meaning, if we had simply shot our season average, we'd have made 6 additional FT and won the game.

The game was there for the taking and we simply crapped the bed at the line.

And, your comparison to Shaq is downright insulting...to Shaq. He was a career 50%ish FT shooter. Gray is a career 41% FT shooter. He should probably not see the floor again this year. He's a liability.

Gray has obviously been identified by our opponents as the man to foul - definitely want him on the bench at crunch time.

 

[KingWard]

It would certainly be a bitter memory. Can't blame the refs in my opinion. If I saw a massive FT disparity, I'd have questions. But they gave both teams 32 shots from the foul line. I find it implausible that every call against UGA was legitimate and all the bad/questionable calls were against us.

As it is, Georgia made 8 more FT than we did and won by 5. On the season we are 72% from the line. Meaning, if we had simply shot our season average, we'd have made 6 additional FT and won the game.

The game was there for the taking and we simply crapped the bed at the line.

And, your comparison to Shaq is downright insulting...to Shaq. He was a career 50%ish FT shooter. Gray is a career 41% FT shooter. He should probably not see the floor again this year. He's a liability.

Well, whom else might I have invoked who played as many games as Shaq? Wilt? Wilt was horrible. He improved somewhat under McGuire by shooting underhand. Then, he went away from it later and I don't think he benefitted from going back to his previous technique. Rick Barry, on the other hand, although a great shooter, used the underhand technique from the line to great advantage. If I'm coaching someone as bad as Gray, he's going to at least try that approach. It might help him and save us.

 

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