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That was embarrassing. I got ESPN+ specifically to watch UC basketball lol

(01-01-2022 08:57 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:56 PM)Sweetness Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:55 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:51 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:43 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Shooting 68% from the field in a half is damn near impossible for the best team in the country, let alone a 4-6 team. They've scored 15 points in 16 minutes in the second half.

UC is a putrid team offensively, specifically shooting, and they haven't played a game in two weeks. Why is this surprising that they're not scoring? Coaching can't fix busted jumpers.

Silly me. I thought that was part of "coaching."

No, that's recruiting...from the looks of what I've seen from Shillington and Reed, he's attempting to change that. If you're attempting to fix every hitch, clutch, and misfire in a kid's jumper, you're missing opportunities to attempt to install defense, offense, and work on all other factors of the game that one can actually coach into players.

Coaching them to stop shooting so many 3s when they're clearly terrible at it though is part of coaching.

Absolutely...that's the insanely frustrating part so far this year.

Hard to do when you don’t have a single big who can make a post move and convert…or make a free throw. Really bad combination. Guards that can’t shoot and bigs that can’t finish.

As the old saying goes, “You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken (bleep).”

UC

5-25 3 pt "shooting"

13-26 FT

Miller's comments -

"We weren't ready to play from the start".

Well that's disappointing.

It’s pathetic how bad this program has become. Brannen and now Wes are taking this program to new lows over last two seasons.

Winning at Cincinnati shouldn’t be hard.

(01-01-2022 08:41 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I completely forgot we are playing tonight. Looks like I lucked out.

I did too and I had tickets LOL. I made it to the Shoe for the start of them second half. Thought I might catch a comeback. Can't even remember the last time I forgot about a UC hoops game.

(01-01-2022 08:49 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  We don't have enough time to win this game, but the defensive adjustments after halftime are encouraging. You can't coach bad shooters into making shots...and we have bad shooters in droves.

Tulane was slowing it down and playing scared and trying to hold on. Don't think much credit goes to our defensive adjustments. They played with some heart though.

(01-01-2022 10:04 PM)levydl Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:49 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  We don't have enough time to win this game, but the defensive adjustments after halftime are encouraging. You can't coach bad shooters into making shots...and we have bad shooters in droves.

Tulane was slowing it down and playing scared and trying to hold on. Don't think much credit goes to our defensive adjustments. They played with some heart though.

I mean...Tulane shot 19% in the 2nd half. I'm pretty sure they still tried to make the baskets they attempted unless Ron Hunter was playing 5-D Chess with his time wasting strategy.

We did well to cut the deficit down to 11 with 13:48 to go in the game.

"Great effort" or not, the fact that we never got closer than 7 for the rest of the game reflects very poorly on us.

Not a single player stepped up down the stretch.

(01-01-2022 08:35 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ddj's shot baffles me. It looks smooth. But other than s couple games he just throws up brick after brick. Teams give him wide open looks because they ain't scared.

When he is in his little three dribble step back rhythm move he can look OK, but he has a little flinch in his shot most of the time. It's not pretty. Since he's been here, he's averaged fewer than 1 made three a game despite taking over 4 of them per. And we moved him off the ball LOL. He does a lot of good things but he is just a terrible shooter and he has been since he walked in the door.

Losing at home to 4-6 Tulane.

Wow I thought I heard Wes would fix the alleged Brannen debacle.

I think Quadry Moore has eligibility left, and he was the Tulane terror.

I signed up for ESPN+. After that I think it is time to cancel!

(01-01-2022 10:27 PM)levydl Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:35 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ddj's shot baffles me. It looks smooth. But other than s couple games he just throws up brick after brick. Teams give him wide open looks because they ain't scared.

When he is in his little three dribble step back rhythm move he can look OK, but he has a little flinch in his shot most of the time. It's not pretty. Since he's been here, he's averaged fewer than 1 made three a game despite taking over 4 of them per. And we moved him off the ball LOL. He does a lot of good things but he is just a terrible shooter and he has been since he walked in the door.

I remember Huggs telling some guys "They are leaving you open because they want you to shoot!"

(01-01-2022 11:46 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 10:27 PM)levydl Wrote:  

(01-01-2022 08:35 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ddj's shot baffles me. It looks smooth. But other than s couple games he just throws up brick after brick. Teams give him wide open looks because they ain't scared.

When he is in his little three dribble step back rhythm move he can look OK, but he has a little flinch in his shot most of the time. It's not pretty. Since he's been here, he's averaged fewer than 1 made three a game despite taking over 4 of them per. And we moved him off the ball LOL. He does a lot of good things but he is just a terrible shooter and he has been since he walked in the door.

I remember Huggs telling some guys "They are leaving you open because they want you to shoot!"

They leave everyone on this team open

(01-01-2022 11:44 PM)doss2 Wrote:  Losing at home to 4-6 Tulane.

Wow I thought I heard Wes would fix the alleged Brannen debacle.

I think Quadry Moore has eligibility left, and he was the Tulane terror.

I signed up for ESPN+. After that I think it is time to cancel!

Yep. 14 games in, and it's clear Wes Miller is a bad coach. We should probably just go ahead and shut down the program.

I’m ready for this roster to graduate. All 12 or 13 of them are getting increasingly hard to set aside time to watch.

lot of basketball left rath

That’s the problem.

(01-02-2022 09:17 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  That’s the problem.

This group is hard to watch, it’s not even fun when they do win.

I don't think that this team is going to go anywhere until they lose this fascination with the 3 point shot and start working for a shot they can make.

I mean, Ray Charles could see that they're wasting waaaay too may possessions chucking up 3's that are bricks.