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POINTS PPG FG% FT% 3PT%
F. Brown 13.5 .388 .679 .369
H. Mingo 12.4 .417 .724 .314
REBOUNDS REB OFF DEF BPG
T. Sykes 6.6 3.5 3.2 0.4
L. Gilbert 5.4 1.6 3.8 0.2
ASSISTS APG SPG TO AST/TO
F. Brown 2.9 1.6 3.3 0.9
M. Hansberry 2.1 0.6 1.9 1.1

ULM has 3 D1 wins this year. 0 - 3 in conference at this point.

Outlook

This is a must win for us against a team tailor made for us. Lots of small bigs that Bails should be able to score on. Like us they have a ton of 6'2" or less players.

I thought our guys played well last night, although I'm not sure how bad Troy is. Beating a 2-13 team doesn't tell me much. They didn't look all that bad, but they were playing us too, so the jury is still out on the Trojans.

Bob, I think they went to OT with Miss St. and they just got back their best player. I don't think they are great but I think they are at least middle of the road. I don't know what that tells us either. We just need to beat the bad teams: ULM, ULL, & FIU. Just get me back to "The Jack" .500 for the stAte game.

That would be winning the next 3 out of 4. Doable, but you're right, we've got to beat the ones you named.

(01-09-2011 02:08 PM)Scotto Wrote:  That would be winning the next 3 out of 4. Doable, but you're right, we've got to beat the ones you named.

I'd love to split the Florida trip. I saw 2 losses there last year. I hoping to see one win this year, but I'm not particular optimistic. I think they may finish 1st and 2nd in the East. Pretty sure FAU will, and I think FIU might with 2 of Isiah's better recruits becoming eligible at semester.

(01-09-2011 04:13 PM)mjs Wrote:  I'd love to split the Florida trip.

Oh, I would be thrilled to get a win in Florida. What was once a fairly easy trip has turned into possibly the worst we make.

(01-09-2011 04:40 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:13 PM)mjs Wrote:  I'd love to split the Florida trip.

Oh, I would be thrilled to get a win in Florida. What was once a fairly easy trip has turned into possibly the worst we make.

I had a feeling that would happen eventually. They've got the Florida talent pool to recruit from. Then they have the Florida weather and beaches to lure out of State kids. Now they have two high profile coaches who are going to be attractive to certain kids. And Jarvis and Isiah don't exactly need to be outrecruiting Florida, Fla State, or Miami to win the Sun Belt. Just get some of the leftovers.

They are 0-3 so the immediate reaction is "they're bad". I'm not saying they are good, but their losses have been by 2 to FAU and by 1 to FIU. They had Denver down 55-53, but somehow ended up losing 66-57.
So they could easily be 2-1, and 3-0 isn't out of the question. The bad thing for them is that they haven't played a conference road game. I don't think anyone in the conference will have an easy time winning on the road, so we aren't going to see any 16-2 teams this year.

(01-09-2011 04:52 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:40 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:13 PM)mjs Wrote:  I'd love to split the Florida trip.

Oh, I would be thrilled to get a win in Florida. What was once a fairly easy trip has turned into possibly the worst we make.

I had a feeling that would happen eventually. They've got the Florida talent pool to recruit from. Then they have the Florida weather and beaches to lure out of State kids. Now they have two high profile coaches who are going to be attractive to certain kids. And Jarvis and Isiah don't exactly need to be outrecruiting Florida, Fla State, or Miami to win the Sun Belt. Just get some of the leftovers.

Simple solution. We build a humongous bikini beach here in Little Rock.
That will attract all sort of talent. That's probably how Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Michigan, Butler and others get all that talent year after year. Perfect climate.

(01-10-2011 12:48 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:52 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:40 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:13 PM)mjs Wrote:  I'd love to split the Florida trip.

Oh, I would be thrilled to get a win in Florida. What was once a fairly easy trip has turned into possibly the worst we make.

I had a feeling that would happen eventually. They've got the Florida talent pool to recruit from. Then they have the Florida weather and beaches to lure out of State kids. Now they have two high profile coaches who are going to be attractive to certain kids. And Jarvis and Isiah don't exactly need to be outrecruiting Florida, Fla State, or Miami to win the Sun Belt. Just get some of the leftovers.

Simple solution. We build a humongous bikini beach here in Little Rock.
That will attract all sort of talent. That's probably how Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Michigan, Butler and others get all that talent year after year. Perfect climate.

North Carolina's climate is okay, but I'm not sold on the other schools you mention. Kansas and Butler do demolish my old theory that we "need a new arena" to be successful. They both have facilities that are probably more than 70 years old. Kansas has a metal structure with 15,000 bleacher seats. Does have a ton of tradition as does Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler. Syracuse is likely helped by the Carrier Dome and the 35,000 fans who show up for conference games. Michigan may have the #1 athletic program in the country, overall. We have some recruiting advantages and disadvantages. Could we recruit better? Maybe so. How much better is realistic is the question I can't answer.

(01-10-2011 02:36 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-10-2011 12:48 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:52 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:40 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  

(01-09-2011 04:13 PM)mjs Wrote:  I'd love to split the Florida trip.

Oh, I would be thrilled to get a win in Florida. What was once a fairly easy trip has turned into possibly the worst we make.

I had a feeling that would happen eventually. They've got the Florida talent pool to recruit from. Then they have the Florida weather and beaches to lure out of State kids. Now they have two high profile coaches who are going to be attractive to certain kids. And Jarvis and Isiah don't exactly need to be outrecruiting Florida, Fla State, or Miami to win the Sun Belt. Just get some of the leftovers.

Simple solution. We build a humongous bikini beach here in Little Rock.
That will attract all sort of talent. That's probably how Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Michigan, Butler and others get all that talent year after year. Perfect climate.

North Carolina's climate is okay, but I'm not sold on the other schools you mention. Kansas and Butler do demolish my old theory that we "need a new arena" to be successful. They both have facilities that are probably more than 70 years old. Kansas has a metal structure with 15,000 bleacher seats. Does have a ton of tradition as does Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler. Syracuse is likely helped by the Carrier Dome and the 35,000 fans who show up for conference games. Michigan may have the #1 athletic program in the country, overall. We have some recruiting advantages and disadvantages. Could we recruit better? Maybe so. How much better is realistic is the question I can't answer.

OK, I will play

On bigs we probably recruit at about what I would expect a SBC team to recruit. Guards on the other hand have been below average for years imo. The couple of years we were not able to land a pg and Patterson and Wright had to play the pg were the fault of the coaching staff period. There are tons of pg's out there.

I might tend to disagree a little with you here on the big guys. I don't think our bigs have been anywhere near as good as a number I've seen come through here. And we've missed on some guards, but I think our guards this year, as a group, as pretty good when given the opportunity to play to their abilities. We'll know more about it all as we go along. Right now, I don't really know what to expect from game to game. I just want us to play more exciting ball, as we've begun to do a little. We're pressing more and trying to run a little more.
Someone said I should watch Duke play. When they get the ball off the boards they try and press it down court and usually have a wing in each corner ready to receive the ball and take a three point shot in transition. That's a fun style to watch. We're not going to win every game no matter what style of play we employ. If we're going to lose, I want to go down shooting three's and moving it up and down the court when possible. Not street ball, but a faster pace with organization.

(01-10-2011 03:26 PM)insideualr Wrote:  On bigs we probably recruit at about what I would expect a SBC team to recruit. Guards on the other hand have been below average for years imo. The couple of years we were not able to land a pg and Patterson and Wright had to play the pg were the fault of the coaching staff period. There are tons of pg's out there.

Other than Muntrell Dobbins, I don't think the bigs we've had in the Belt are any better than the ones we had in the TAAC. Obviously J.J. was in a class by himself as a rebounder, but he wasn't much on offense. I'm talking about bigs that could walk, score, and chew gum at the same time.

(01-10-2011 05:45 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(01-10-2011 03:26 PM)insideualr Wrote:  On bigs we probably recruit at about what I would expect a SBC team to recruit. Guards on the other hand have been below average for years imo. The couple of years we were not able to land a pg and Patterson and Wright had to play the pg were the fault of the coaching staff period. There are tons of pg's out there.

Other than Muntrell Dobbins, I don't think the bigs we've had in the Belt are any better than the ones we had in the TAAC. Obviously J.J. was in a class by himself as a rebounder, but he wasn't much on offense. I'm talking about bigs that could walk, score, and chew gum at the same time.

Holden, Too Tall, Smith, Edwards, JJ, were above average SBC bigs, IMO. This bunch this year is a little below SBC level. If you get some production out of Bails you stand a chance but if you don't we probably have to be hot from the 3.

My big issue is PG play over the last 7 years and the lack of being able to 1 pg that could play each year. IMO, I think you should always have 3 on the roster. 2 that play and one the red shirts. There is no reason not to have a jr or sr running the team ever year with 3 pg's on the team. There is no reason for not being able to recruit pg's. There are tons of them and we are a mid-major.

(01-10-2011 09:06 PM)insideualr Wrote:  IMO, I think you should always have 3 on the roster. 2 that play and one the red shirts. There is no reason not to have a jr or sr running the team ever year with 3 pg's on the team.

Bingo!

Didn't JJ average bewtween 10-15 points a game? Pretty good for a Shields offense.

(01-11-2011 12:32 PM)eh9198 Wrote:  Didn't JJ average bewtween 10-15 points a game? Pretty good for a Shields offense.

I don't recall, but I'd take a JJ every year if we could get one.

(01-11-2011 12:43 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-11-2011 12:32 PM)eh9198 Wrote:  Didn't JJ average bewtween 10-15 points a game? Pretty good for a Shields offense.

I don't recall, but I'd take a JJ every year if we could get one.

12.5 ppg both years, according to my records.

That feed the post pretty hard while he was here, so that sounds about right. We throw the ball away and he shot a low percentage to get those points. He shot 44% from the field. That is not as low as I thought but the turnovers from forcing it in to hit were maddening.

(01-11-2011 05:02 PM)insideualr Wrote:  That feed the post pretty hard while he was here, so that sounds about right. We throw the ball away and he shot a low percentage to get those points. He shot 44% from the field. That is not as low as I thought but the turnovers from forcing it in to hit were maddening.

I enjoyed JJ rebounding but those 2 seasons were the ugliest I've seen. I still remember that nightmare game against FIU when we barely scored in the 1st half.