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(11-26-2014 11:29 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  What has me worried about Haase, despite all of the valid points you guys bring up, is that the team has played bad defense and been sloppy with the ball since he's been here. That's three teams of different players with the same bad habits.

We've turned the past 2 teams over more than 20 times. It's our offense that is the problem. If the shots can fall for us tonight we will be in the game.

This will be Wisconsin first trip outside of the Kohl Cemter, So far Wisconsin wins are against (Exhibition- UW-Parkside77-40) Northern Kentucky Norse of the A-Sun record 2-2 ( tallest players three at 6'7) Wisc. won 62-31. Chattanooga Mocs of the Socon record 1-3 ( tallest players one at 6-10 two at 6'7) Wisc. Won 83-45. UAB play the Mocs on 12/22
Green Bay Phoenix of the Horizon record 3-1, this team beat East Carolina and Evansville (4 players 6;8 or taller) Wisc. won 84-60
Boise State of the Mountain West record 4-1 ( four players 6'8 or taller) Wisc. won 78-54.

Wisconsin is a very deep and talented team, their All American forward is a 7 footer, he is surrounded by talented upper classmen but the offense run thru Kaminsky..
We will have our hands full no matter where we look, but to have a chance we must control the Guard play and neutralize the paint. We must win at the cup and make Kaminsky play defense. So far Wisconsin best win may be against Green bay Phoenix.

The team that control the paint will have a great chance to win this game.
I always believe we can win and I feel no different about this game.
See it on Direct TV channel 340 scheduled 600pm.

(11-26-2014 11:29 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  What has me worried about Haase, despite all of the valid points you guys bring up, is that the team has played bad defense and been sloppy with the ball since he's been here. That's three teams of different players with the same bad habits.

That's true, too.

It's one thing to make the occasional turnover trying to force a play, but just simple zone defense has been spotty among other things. I know these guys are athletic and can make some good plays. That's cool, but I'll really like to see some more pressure when they're on defense.

(11-26-2014 11:32 AM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 11:29 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  What has me worried about Haase, despite all of the valid points you guys bring up, is that the team has played bad defense and been sloppy with the ball since he's been here. That's three teams of different players with the same bad habits.

We've turned the past 2 teams over more than 20 times. It's our offense that is the problem. If the shots can fall for us tonight we will be in the game.

Have we really been playing pressure D and actively turning them over? I think that's more of an indictment on the talent level of those teams. I think they were just bad, like us, and thus turned the ball over a lot, rather than us playing great D.

(11-26-2014 11:32 AM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 11:29 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  What has me worried about Haase, despite all of the valid points you guys bring up, is that the team has played bad defense and been sloppy with the ball since he's been here. That's three teams of different players with the same bad habits.

We've turned the past 2 teams over more than 20 times.

That's a story told on a stat-sheet, not in the games themselves. As bad as we've looked, the team's we've won against have looked worse. Off the top of my head, I can remember at least 5 turnovers that Jackson State committed with unforced errors like throwing the ball out of bounds in the backcourt and traveling.

(11-26-2014 11:43 AM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 11:32 AM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 11:29 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  What has me worried about Haase, despite all of the valid points you guys bring up, is that the team has played bad defense and been sloppy with the ball since he's been here. That's three teams of different players with the same bad habits.

We've turned the past 2 teams over more than 20 times.

That's a story told on a stat-sheet, not in the games themselves. As bad as we've looked, the team's we've won against have looked worse. Off the top of my head, I can remember at least 5 turnovers that Jackson State committed with unforced errors like throwing the ball out of bounds in the backcourt and traveling.

Pretty sure traveling in most cases is a result of pressure defense.

(11-26-2014 11:20 AM)uab blazer 01 Wrote:  Not sure if its just a Uverse thing but its showing north carolina vs butler for me at 6p.m. on axs

That's called incorrect information on the guide.

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(11-25-2014 10:25 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I definitely didn't have a great feeling that we would win, but I didn't think we'd be blown out either. I'd be utterly surprised by anything but a blowout tomorrow.

Based on what? This was before Chad's coming out party. Up to that point we beat Columbus state by 20, Rutgers by 3, and Troy by 12. We are basically in the same boat this year as we were there, although I agree Wisconsin is a better team than new mexico was last year.

Honest question. Have you watched any of our games this year or just going by stat-lines and recaps?

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything... I have seen all but one game this year, including the exhibition.

I guess I need to be a little clearer? Chad averaged 12 points on 11-29 shooting and made 1 three in his first three games. The pieces around him were pretty bad. My point was that team had done nothing to inspire confidence in them beating New Mexico either.

The basked on what question was directed towards last years team. Not sure what got you up in arms about my 3 sentence reply, but I'm sure you'll let me know.

What indicated I was "up in arms"? My point is that, seeing this team in person, they have played the worst I remember seeing since Mike Davis' first season. I'm not just talking about missing positions or needing to learn schemes or systems. They have been playing just plain bad basketball. The issues I'm seeing from this team so far, Chad Frazier would not be able to fix.

My point was that I was far more confident in last year's team at this point than I am this year's team...and that is saying a lot.

I hope we can grow up quickly and put up a fight, though.

i started with a smartest response here, but it's just not worth it.

Our turnovers are middle of the pack in college basketball. Our turnover ratio is top 50 though. My biggest thing with this team is our shooting once again. We are shooting under 41%, that just can't happen. I feel like we have some mental lapses and still aren't quite on the same page with some of our turnovers, but in time I feel like that number will go down. The days of 6 turnover games are gone though. We really just need to try and keep that number around 12.

Our defense has been pretty solid to me. again, we have had some mental lapses, but for the most part I feel like we play pretty solid. We get steals, we get blocks, but we are still prone to the open 3. It is what it is, that's the system Haase runs.

I'm not thrilled with where we are right now, but the sky isn't falling either. I don't think the season is a lost cause however, which several of you seem to think.

(11-26-2014 11:28 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Last year's team hadn't lost to a d2 team, struggled to beat another, and really struggled to beat a 300+ ranked D1 opponent. The team last year was better at the same point in the season. New Mexico wasn't nearly as good as Wisconsin. We had a fighting chance going into that game against New Mexico. We don't today. It'd be a true miracle if we won, akin to turning water into wine.

Hopefully, the difference in this year's team is that progress is shown throughout the season. I really began to question Haase after we peaked on December 1 last year. Now that there are no more Davis players on the team, he's got to show that he can coach em up throughout the course of the year.

(11-26-2014 12:18 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 11:28 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Last year's team hadn't lost to a d2 team, struggled to beat another, and really struggled to beat a 300+ ranked D1 opponent. The team last year was better at the same point in the season. New Mexico wasn't nearly as good as Wisconsin. We had a fighting chance going into that game against New Mexico. We don't today. It'd be a true miracle if we won, akin to turning water into wine.

Hopefully, the difference in this year's team is that progress is shown throughout the season. I really began to question Haase after we peaked on December 1 last year. Now that there are no more Davis players on the team, he's got to show that he can coach em up throughout the course of the year.

A big +1.

A lot of people on here don't think we peaked early in the season and think we were a bad-mediocre team all year long. I disagree. I clearly think we played better earlier in the year. That was a big concern for me, too.

There's no question. If you don't believe that, you didn't watch the road debacle at F_U.

We definitely peaked early last year. Why? I'm not so sure. Why Rucker fell off? Not sure. Why swing couldn't hit a three if he was the only guy in the court? Not sure. Why rob couldn't hit a big shot anymore? I don't know.

A coach can do everything right sometimes, and his players can simply not execute. Even in the exhibition, we had two seconds left and Haase drew up a play to get us to half court and then got brown a clean look at a 3 with around a second left. That's all we can really ask for from our coach at that point.

(11-26-2014 12:41 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  Even in the exhibition, we had two seconds left and Haase drew up a play to get us to half court and then got brown a clean look at a 3 with around a second left. That's all we can really ask for from our coach at that point.

At that point. What I would truly ask of our coach is to make sure we don't get to "that point" during the exhibition game.

I will reserve my judgment on this team until the end of the year, but it does not look good now...and I'm not sure, with Haase in his 3rd year, that we can afford to see where it goes in a couple of seasons if improvement isn't shown quickly this year.

I agree, and that is a valid points. But it was an exhibition, and Haase was playing everybody. If that game meant anything, I doubt we would have used some of the lineups we did.

We just got a starting pg for 4 years. We have the best recruit we've gotten in a long time. We have a ton of young guys, and a good blend of talent. I understand that we don't want another subpar season, but I think we have to give Haase at least one more year. You think Lee stays if Haase leaves? How about any of the other young guys? I'd be worried about losing half the team we worked so hard to get.

(11-26-2014 01:07 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I agree, and that is a valid points. But it was an exhibition, and Haase was playing everybody. If that game meant anything, I doubt we would have used some of the lineups we did.

Regardless of whether or not it counted for our record...our attendance in the next game would indicate it did mean something.

Attenndance has more to do with football season, disgruntled fans over football and lack of interest in the opponent than exhibition results.

(11-26-2014 01:38 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Attenndance has more to do with football season, disgruntled fans over football and lack of interest in the opponent than exhibition results.

That's what I was thinking too.

So some of these Atlantis games are on ESPN and others aren't? Where will UAB vs Wisconsin be shown?

CHANNEL GUIDE for tonight's game on AXS TV. Watch in Birmingham:
AT&T U-verse - Ch. 1106
Charter - Ch. 857
DirecTV - Ch. 340
DISH - Ch. 167

On on the Ax channel, which of course is not available in charlotte arghh