(12-17-2010 05:43 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(12-17-2010 04:16 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(12-17-2010 02:53 PM)insideualr Wrote:  

(12-17-2010 01:39 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(12-16-2010 10:26 PM)PTJR Wrote:  Let's face it. Our team flat out sucks outside of the Stephens Center. I seriously doubt that we beat Akron or ORU in Vegas. Stetson, maybe, but I wouldn't count on it. I also doubt that we win in either Denton or Denver. And I would not be suprised to see St. Bonaventure beat us pretty soundly in the return game at the Stephens Center. I'm not a bookie, but I wouldn't put any money on Little Rock in any of our next six games.

Let me give my thoughts on why we can't win outside of the Stephens Center. Our offense is predicated on Solo or Chucky driving to the basket, throwing up wild shots, but getting fouled and scoring most of their points at the free throw line. At home that works. But on the road they don't get those calls. I've seen Solo do exactly the same thing on the road that he does here, but the don't give him the foul calls near as many times on the road. I saw him get pretty well hammered on at least one occasion last night, and no foul was called. Stephens Center. He's shooting two shots. To win on the road you have to score from the perimeter, or be stronger than their inside players and get some slam dunks. You can't get all those points that we count on from the free throw line. And when Courtney and Derrick go 0-7 from the foul line at crunch time, not garbage time, you can't expect to win a game.

Jerry, Let me give you a +1 on this one.

Thank you for that. Most of the time I'm out on a limb with someone ready to cut it off.:cheers:

But Doc, it's usually the "Matt" limb. If you'd stay off that limb, I wouldn't always be having to "get your back."

There will be no limb when Matt's getting the playing time he deserves and we need him to playing.