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(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Only empty seats were up high behind the basket so I'd say that's accurate.

If we can win on the road Monday, we'd need to go 11-7 in CUSA play to take a winning record into the postseason. I think that's doable.

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -We continue to hang tough against good teams. Maybe we will really turn the corner in conference? I hope so. If this team nosedives (relatively speaking) like last year, I'll be very worried about haase.

-Our defense sucks. Our three point defense is atrocious.

-Lee looked really good. I didn't know he had the midrange jumper in his repertoire.

-Brown is playing really well recently and stepping up like an upperclassman should.

-CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

Lee's defense has been suspect. Individually he's fine, although he get manhandled inside due to his lack of girth. Its his "team" defense that's the problem. Probably due to his missing time rehabbing his knee. He seems so focused sometimes he can't see the forest for the trees. Things happen around him that he's not aware of, like guys running free when he's the last line of defense and should switch. Thankfully, its something that can be fixed, but it continues to happen.

The 3pt defense is a result of trying to control on the inside and them being able to shoot over our guards.

CJ is coming around - getting his confidence. He;s still inconsistent and needs to take a page from Robert Brown's book and let the game come to him. Tonight was a good step in the right direction.

(12-19-2014 12:01 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  6054 attendance announced. Was that fairly close? If so, pretty good for a weeknight a week before Christmas.

Maybe a tad overstated, but not too far off. Still not a bad crowd considering everything.

and while there were a few LSU fans in the house, it wasn't an overwhelming presence like the UNC fans were

(12-19-2014 06:43 AM)CourtsideBlazer Wrote:  and while there were a few LSU fans in the house, it wasn't an overwhelming presence like the UNC fans were

LSU is a bit different from UNC. UNC is a rabid bunch of basketball fans. LSU is a rabid bunch of football fans.

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

As usual, you miss the point while in a hurry to show off your basketball IQ.

The claim was made he airballed two threes. The stat sheet says he was 2/3 from three point range. Do you get it, or should I show off some math IQ.

(12-19-2014 08:42 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

As usual, you miss the point while in a hurry to show off your basketball IQ.

The claim was made he airballed two threes. The stat sheet says he was 2/3 from three point range. Do you get it, or should I show off some math IQ.

Well, maybe one of the airballs was an alley oop pass disguised as a shot? Just messin' with ya.

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

I don't believe that is true at all.

I've come to grips with where we are as a team pre-conference. I feel these games really will pay dividends. I just hope their morale stays high.

(12-19-2014 12:21 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -We continue to hang tough against good teams. Maybe we will really turn the corner in conference? I hope so. If this team nosedives (relatively speaking) like last year, I'll be very worried about haase.

-Our defense sucks. Our three point defense is atrocious.

-Lee looked really good. I didn't know he had the midrange jumper in his repertoire.

-Brown is playing really well recently and stepping up like an upperclassman should.

-CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

Lee's defense has been suspect. Individually he's fine, although he get manhandled inside due to his lack of girth. Its his "team" defense that's the problem. Probably due to his missing time rehabbing his knee. He seems so focused sometimes he can't see the forest for the trees. Things happen around him that he's not aware of, like guys running free when he's the last line of defense and should switch. Thankfully, its something that can be fixed, but it continues to happen.

The 3pt defense is a result of trying to control on the inside and them being able to shoot over our guards.

CJ is coming around - getting his confidence. He;s still inconsistent and needs to take a page from Robert Brown's book and let the game come to him. Tonight was a good step in the right direction.

Our team defense as a whole has been a bit of a mess all season. I can see what Haase is trying to do, we just aren't executing yet. Too many open 3s and uncontested layups. Lee has been part of the problem, but several other players have too. our rotations and close outs just aren't where we need them to be, and part of that is definitely the lack of cohesion. We have a million different rotations, and it takes time. I really expect things to click next year, but I expect the hiccups to continue this year.

CJ looked much better tonight. We need that to continue. I just wish he would stop shooting threes though, he's so much more valuable around the basket.

All in all, we played a good game last night. We need to be more aggressive on offense, because that ft disparity is no good, but we limited turnovers again, and we shot pretty well overall.. There is still a lot of work left to be done, but when things are going well, it looks really good. We have played a beast of a schedule so far, so hopefully that will help us be ready for conference play.

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

3 point shots from the corner are actually some of the highest efficiency shots in basketball. You are closest to the basket, but still behind the three point line, if you shoot from the corners. That's why the "three and D" role players like Bruce Bowen/Raja Bell/Deshawn Stevenson/Tony Allen (to a lesser extent, he's not that great of a shooter) have become popular in the NBA.

And MB, I looked back at the play by play. It was actually Madison that airballed the first three from the corner. The second three from the corner was taken by CJ. He was behind the backboard, basically at the point where the sideline and baseline intersect, off balance, and guarded closely. I want NO ONE outside of possibly the 2nd coming of Vaden or Marvette McDonald to take those kinds of shots. It helped kill our momentum. The point stands that CJ should not be taking off balance, curl around screens, type threes. He's not that player. He should be taking 1-2 OPEN, set, threes per game. He's gotta improve his shot selection. However, I do agree that overall he had a good game last night.

(12-19-2014 11:20 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

3 point shots from the corner are actually some of the highest efficiency shots in basketball. You are closest to the basket, but still behind the three point line, if you shoot from the corners. That's why the "three and D" role players like Bruce Bowen/Raja Bell/Deshawn Stevenson/Tony Allen (to a lesser extent, he's not that great of a shooter) have become popular in the NBA.

And MB, I looked back at the play by play. It was actually Madison that airballed the first three from the corner. The second three from the corner was taken by CJ. He was behind the backboard, basically at the point where the sideline and baseline intersect, off balance, and guarded closely. I want NO ONE outside of possibly the 2nd coming of Vaden or Marvette McDonald to take those kinds of shots. It helped kill our momentum. The point stands that CJ should not be taking off balance, curl around screens, type threes. He's not that player. He should be taking 1-2 OPEN, set, threes per game. He's gotta improve his shot selection. However, I do agree that overall he had a good game last night.

OK. Madison is actually starting to enter slump territory. He has not played well in the past few games. And he definitely shouldn't be taking threes. He took four last night, and has only made six threes in his entire career.

(12-19-2014 11:25 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 11:20 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 07:19 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  

(12-19-2014 12:13 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I couldn't watch the game, so I can't comment on how ridiculous his shots were. However, I can look at a stat sheet and see he made 60% of them, ridiculous or not. I also can't see how he airballed two corner threes when he shot two of three from three tonight.

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Shots from the corners are lower percentage shots. Why? It is all about depth perception and visibility of the backboard when shooting.

3 point shots from the corner are actually some of the highest efficiency shots in basketball. You are closest to the basket, but still behind the three point line, if you shoot from the corners. That's why the "three and D" role players like Bruce Bowen/Raja Bell/Deshawn Stevenson/Tony Allen (to a lesser extent, he's not that great of a shooter) have become popular in the NBA.

And MB, I looked back at the play by play. It was actually Madison that airballed the first three from the corner. The second three from the corner was taken by CJ. He was behind the backboard, basically at the point where the sideline and baseline intersect, off balance, and guarded closely. I want NO ONE outside of possibly the 2nd coming of Vaden or Marvette McDonald to take those kinds of shots. It helped kill our momentum. The point stands that CJ should not be taking off balance, curl around screens, type threes. He's not that player. He should be taking 1-2 OPEN, set, threes per game. He's gotta improve his shot selection. However, I do agree that overall he had a good game last night.

OK. Madison is actually starting to enter slump territory. He has not played well in the past few games. And he definitely shouldn't be taking threes. He took four last night, and has only made six threes in his entire career.

I agree with you on that. That's not Madison's game, either. However, I do think that Madison does enough elsewhere on the court to give him a small pass for his slump. CJ so far hasn't really done anything except try to shoot his way out of slump with bad shots.

Madison hit his first attempt so I think he thought he was feeling it...clearly not the case though

Let's just schedule really bad teams so I'll stop drinking so much.

(12-19-2014 11:52 AM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  Let's just schedule really bad teams so I'll stop drinking so much.

We did, and those games haven't worked out well either.

(12-18-2014 10:53 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  -We continue to hang tough against good teams. Maybe we will really turn the corner in conference? I hope so. If this team nosedives (relatively speaking) like last year, I'll be very worried about haase.

-Our defense sucks. Our three point defense is atrocious.

-Lee looked really good. I didn't know he had the midrange jumper in his repertoire.

-Brown is playing really well recently and stepping up like an upperclassman should.

-CJ continues to take completely ridiculous shots. Coach needs to rein him in. He has completely tanked his senior year so far. Those two ridiculous corner threes he airballed killed our momentum when we were on that 7-0 run late in the 2nd half

I checked the stat sheet and was also in disbelief. There is no way CJ missed just one 3 point attempt. I thought he hit 2 of 5. I think two of Washington's misses were attributed to Brown. And I think the statistician needs new glasses.

A couple of his jumpers must've been with a foot on the line. I couldve sworn that was CJ That airballed that 3 that I'm attributing to Madison, but I guess I was wrong. Certainly seemed like he missed more than thaf