Number of shots taken by Ole Miss

[rserina]

Originally Posted by oragator1

If I had to bet, he was incensed at our guys as much as the refs. No one other than Henderson could score and we kept giving them free points, many on bad shots.

We didn't play particularly smart tonight, Young was 6-8 from the field, they had no inside depth if we could get them in foul trouble and we put up 30 threes. We would get them down and then relax letting them back within striking distance, fighting ourselves on rebounds several times, fouls on bad shots, PY trying to play point guard bringing the ball up and getting stripped - then trying to hammer down a one handed dunk and letting the ball go out, few if any FT line touches to kick the ball back out against the zone in the second half etc. This all adds up to only shooting 3 FTs and a second half draw.

Funny, but Donovan had an entirely different view. He said the team played very well and played smart, especially on the defensive side of the ball, singling out Wilbekin, Young, and Murphy. He said the zone the last ten minutes kept us from feeding the post and even told the team during a timeout that they were taking good shots and they needed to keep taking them. He also thought the calls were one-sided in the first half in terms of shooting fouls. And, for the record, it was a +1 second half despite a garbage three by Henderson with 11 seconds left against our twos.

Originally Posted by oragator1

Might seem like I am being harsh but we had them outclassed, we were never going to lose at home. And when you start treating games that way, when the tournament rolls around and you play much better teams, that stuff means a ticket home. Gotta play smarter for a whole game.
That said, happy with another win, happy we are 8-0, and hopefully it was a one time thing and not a developing pattern. Don't want to see our team IQ start to slip because they can get away with it.

Not so much harsh as unrealistic. It is human nature to ease up and lose some focus when you have a big lead at times. Did the kids make some bad decisions and play sloppy? At times, yes. But they missed a ton of shots they ordinarily make despite moving the ball perfectly for the entire game and being unselfish. Their mistakes were not out of laziness or a lack of effort, but often out of trying to do too much or stepping on one another's shoes. It happens. But without Henderson making some circus threes, us missing a ton of open perimeter looks against the zone that we ordinarily knock down, and several questionable shooting fouls called against us, this game is another 30-point blowout.

[oragator1]

Originally Posted by rserina

Funny, but Donovan had an entirely different view. He said the team played very well and played smart, especially on the defensive side of the ball, singling out Wilbekin, Young, and Murphy. He said the zone the last ten minutes kept us from feeding the post and even told the team during a timeout that they were taking good shots and they needed to keep taking them. He also thought the calls were one-sided in the first half in terms of shooting fouls. And, for the record, it was a +1 second half despite a garbage three by Henderson with 11 seconds left against our twos.

Not so much harsh as unrealistic. It is human nature to ease up and lose some focus when you have a big lead at times. Did the kids make some bad decisions and play sloppy? At times, yes. But they missed a ton of shots they ordinarily make despite moving the ball perfectly for the entire game and being unselfish. Their mistakes were not out of laziness or a lack of effort, but often out of trying to do too much or stepping on one another's shoes. It happens. But without Henderson making some circus threes, us missing a ton of open perimeter looks against the zone that we ordinarily knock down, and several questionable shooting fouls called against us, this game is another 30-point blowout.

The overwhelming number of times I can usually predict what Billy will say, so either he will look at the film and see some other things, or I was in a particularly crabby mood when making my assessment. I know where most would put their money lol.

[rserina]

Originally Posted by oragator1

The overwhelming number of times I can usually predict what Billy will say, so either he will look at the film and see some other things, or I was in a particularly crabby mood when making my assessment. I know where most would put their money lol.

Just don't start a thread posting your grades for the game.