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UAB forward William Lee 'close to having things click on both ends of the floor'
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I hope there is a change in the starting lineup.

I would choose Cokley, Lee, Brown, Baxter, and Williams....as starters.

Spend all day in Troy? Damn.

(11-19-2015 08:29 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Spend all day in Troy? Damn.

Another argument for paying the players.

I just can't see a 6'6" forward having much luck against our front court. It looks like he can shoot the ball a little bit, so he may extend our guys I guess. Person worries me. He is a pure scorer.

Gorilla, who is your pg with that lineup?

(11-19-2015 09:07 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  Gorilla, who is your pg with that lineup?

That's kinda what I was wondering.

(11-19-2015 08:29 AM)Smaug Wrote:  Spend all day in Troy? Damn.

I'll bet Coach doesn't do that again.

Did UAB keep the Mike Davis bus ?

I'd keep the same starting five for now after re-thinking things. I like having a big punch off the bench. I also see no reason to sit Norton (right now) as some are clambering for.

(11-19-2015 10:31 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I'd keep the same starting five for now after re-thinking things. I like having a big punch off the bench. I also see no reason to sit Norton (right now) as some are clambering for.

Nope. I'm still for taking a wait and see approach at the moment. If anything, subbing Williams in for Baxter could provide the biggest spark offensively to the starting lineup. We would be tall outside of Norton at that point, and we would have 4 players on the court who can make 3s at a reasonable rate. Cokley provides a huge spark, and he can be the focal point of our offense when he comes in.

I bet he keeps bringing Dirk off the bench but increasing his PT as his defense and understanding of the systems improves. I like the idea but I think coach likes having a lot of bench punch.

"Being tall" didn't help us against Alabama St. "Being tall" didn't help USF against Troy in their home opener.

We need to be in correct positioning on defense & we need to move the ball on offense. Being tall will help when we do those first two things correctly.

(11-19-2015 10:42 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 10:31 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I'd keep the same starting five for now after re-thinking things. I like having a big punch off the bench. I also see no reason to sit Norton (right now) as some are clambering for.

Nope. I'm still for taking a wait and see approach at the moment. If anything, subbing Williams in for Baxter could provide the biggest spark offensively to the starting lineup. We would be tall outside of Norton at that point, and we would have 4 players on the court who can make 3s at a reasonable rate. Cokley provides a huge spark, and he can be the focal point of our offense when he comes in.

I re-watched the game last night and when Williams and Lee are on the floor they are super long and disruptive. It didn't always turn in to turn overs but it put their guards under a lot stress in the passing lanes. I counted 10 occasions (mostly 2's but some 3's) that ASU made that were highly contested and pressured. Our defense wasn't terrible against them for most of the game. They were just shooting the lights out.

ASU didn't shoot all that well, but they took a lot more shots than UAB.

I saw ASU hit some very well contested shots. Sometimes guys make play. Sometimes guys hit shots no matter how well you guard them. That is how upsets happen and they nearly got us. Maybe they don't shoot as well next time and we beat the 15?

unforced turnover kept them in the game along with some missed FTs.


Against Auburn we missed wide open looks and wide open lay ups. Who cares if we were fouled or not we flat out missed open looks. Those go down we walk out of Auburn by double digits. Even with pearl trying to trap our guys in the corner.

Teams feel they can out-quick us, especially at the guard positions. Lots of drives to the basket to either get layups, fouled, and easy assists. Dribble-drive penetration has killed us. When you back off to stop it they shoot the 3...

We took 42 shots from the line and only made 27... that was one of our strengths last season. Our size is going to get us to the line a bunch this season, but we need to take advantage of it.

(11-19-2015 11:05 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Teams feel they can out-quick us, especially at the guard positions. Lots of drives to the basket to either get layups, fouled, and easy assists. Dribble-drive penetration has killed us. When you back off to stop it they shoot the 3...

We used to do that when we had Aaron Johnson running point.

We need an AJ type player at point. Until we have a play maker at that position we will struggle in every game. Just like last year, except for our 1 week run.

Well it's been a while since we've done this.
AJ freshman stats- 5.2, 1.7rpg, 4.1 apg, 2.6 tpg, 43.6%/30.4%/78.1%
Norton freshman- 7.2, 2.1, 3.8, 1.8, 38.8/39.1/84.8

They are different players, but the stats are very comparable at the same time in their careers. Norton received about 3 minutes more per game too. Norton can be a solid pg, there is a reason coach has him starting, and it's not his daddy.

What we really need is an Allan Iverson-type point guard. And a Lebron James type power forward to go with a Shaquille ONeal type center. Can we pleeeese recruit a Steph Curry-type scorer?