We played 8 guys

Joe played 33 minutes
Chris played 38 (WTF???????????????)
Geron played 28
Mike Dixon played 29
Shaq played 35
Pellom played 23
Austin nichols played 11
Nick King played 3

What the hell are we doing?

That's why there is a ceiling on a Josh Pastner coached team...zero adjustments and horrible substitution patterns... Awful

my ideal rotation

Joe- 35 minutes
Chris 28 minutes
Geron 25 minutes
Dixon 18 minutes
Shaq 30 minutes
Austin 25 minutes
Pellom 20 minutes
King 14 minutes
Iverson 5 minutes

(01-04-2014 03:20 PM)jgardne Wrote:  my ideal rotation

Joe- 35 minutes
Chris 28 minutes
Geron 25 minutes
Dixon 18 minutes
Shaq 30 minutes
Austin 25 minutes
Pellom 20 minutes
King 14 minutes
Iverson 5 minutes

I like yours a lot better. And maybe throw in Damien Wilson in for a couple. The talent on our bench is staggering. Are we ever going to see them in tough games? If not, this team will go out early in March.

(01-04-2014 03:23 PM)tigers1985 Wrote:  

(01-04-2014 03:20 PM)jgardne Wrote:  my ideal rotation

Joe- 35 minutes
Chris 28 minutes
Geron 25 minutes
Dixon 18 minutes
Shaq 30 minutes
Austin 25 minutes
Pellom 20 minutes
King 14 minutes
Iverson 5 minutes

I like yours a lot better. And maybe throw in Damien Wilson in for a couple. The talent on our bench is staggering. Are we ever going to see them in tough games? If not, this team will go out early in March.

agree, damien can be used in certain situations as well given his hustle. If we never let our bench play big minutes they'll never produce anything and so we'll never use them and the cycle will just repeat. You have to let those guys play in games, sometimes they will surprise you

(01-04-2014 03:10 PM)jgardne Wrote:  We played 8 guys

Joe played 33 minutes
Chris played 38 (WTF???????????????)
Geron played 28
Mike Dixon played 29
Shaq played 35
Pellom played 23
Austin nichols played 11
Nick King played 3

What the hell are we doing?

Chris and Geron were a combined 4-24 from the field, that's less than 17% for those of you scoring at home.

The shooting % was quite bad, similar to the beating in Stillwater.

Agree the minutes distribution can be better and the importance of playing back-ups more. King, however, really looked uncomfortable out there; two TO's that quite honestly should have been easy inside baskets. Agree Woodson and Wilson could have been used. I am curious why Nichols didn't see the floor in the 2nd half.

MEMPHIS adjusted after the Nov 19 OSU whipping; I am confident they will likewise learn from today's aberation from the norm. We shall see how things go Thursday at Louisville.

Chris playing 38 minutes makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. He made 2 or 3 good passes early and then basically gave you nothing after that. Nichols misses a layup because he got too far under the goal and gets benched for an entire half. Smh

(01-05-2014 08:58 AM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Nichols misses a layup because he got too far under the goal and gets benched for an entire half.

Yep...just unreal...pitiful actually.

(01-04-2014 03:10 PM)jgardne Wrote:  We played 8 guys

Joe played 33 minutes
Chris played 38 (WTF???????????????)
Geron played 28
Mike Dixon played 29
Shaq played 35
Pellom played 23
Austin nichols played 11
Nick King played 3

What the hell are we doing?

Lost.....

That game looked like the game Cal threw when we played Missouri Tyrekes year.

(01-04-2014 03:10 PM)jgardne Wrote:  We played 8 guys

Joe played 33 minutes
Chris played 38 (WTF???????????????)
Geron played 28
Mike Dixon played 29
Shaq played 35
Pellom played 23
Austin nichols played 11
Nick King played 3

What the hell are we doing?

rotation, Cincy did a solid Job....Now on the other hand the Tigers ( a little Shawshank parole) Rotation " Sonny, thats just a made up word"

(01-04-2014 03:10 PM)jgardne Wrote:  We played 8 guys

Joe played 33 minutes
Chris played 38 (WTF???????????????)
Geron played 28
Mike Dixon played 29
Shaq played 35
Pellom played 23
Austin nichols played 11
Nick King played 3

What the hell are we doing?

I bet I said that at least 100 times during the 2nd half. I kept waiting for Josh to make some adjustments and change some things, but we kept on with the same old, same old and eventually had our @sses handed to us. It's obvious the 3/4 guard lineup is here to stay. Guess we just have to learn to live with it. Right or wrong. SMDH!!!!

In just waiting on missj and Tanya to come set this thread straight

5 seniors getting plenty of playing time (4 "kings + Pellom) + Top Rated Freshman Class getting no playing time < SUCCESS

It also reminds me of Tyreke's season not because of the possible Mizzu game but because it took Cal several games to figure out Tyreke was his point guard......remember he even tried Spoon at the point. Maybe it is time for CJP to have a course correction.