I don’t get it we give up to many offensive rebounds but don’t get many fast break points. What are we doing ?
Coaches are going to need to help him some. Teams have looked at the early film and are stunting and digging at him in the short corner/post and are taking away what he wants to do and then he gets a little lost as t what else to do. To much dribble and holds it too long.We need Cayo to get on track. He will be the key to a successful season.
Philly hit it on the head. Getting a lot of attention when the ball comes to him. And he's frustrated.Really don’t understand why Cayo has been so soft tonight. Is it the defense or something else?
He went quickly - - before the dig or double could get to him. That's a good adjustment. He's going to also need to add the ability to attack the double with passing. Right now if he gets doubled or stunted at, he just backs out.That was a sweet and-1 bucket by Cayo.
Who as that center for WVa that hit threes, It certainly keeps the opposing center from simply packing the lane......was it something like PittsnaggleNot crazy about Grant jacking up the three either but better than Grace.
Good call but waited long enough.We’ll start dominating. Just a matter of time
cayo was doubled and triple teamed every time he caught the ball along the baseline.Really don’t understand why Cayo has been so soft tonight. Is it the defense or something else?
I am disappointed however to see Grant returning to....flopping all game.
Best game I have seen from Sal. Starting to get comfortable out there, nice to see.
Sal was great defender, better than other bigs.He spent so much time laying on the floor I thought he was trying to make snow angels
Glad we finally got to see what Sal must have been doing in practice. Hopefully this was the break though game for him and he can give the team more quality bench minutes.
Hope the Spiders are ready to play a full 40
minute game on Sunday because WVU is going to bring it.
needs better coaching to pass out of double and triple team defense.Yes, someone or something definitely lit a fire under his ass and he has been great the last two years.
If I ever root for a team that goes on this type of roll, your damn straight, I would be one arrogant and self righteous SOB and be proud of it. I think it is the nature of fans. See Virginia Tech back in their hey day. UVA basketball fans are developing a strong bit of self-righteousness now too.
Fortunately, I root for Philly teams, the Spiders, and Penn State, so I'm pretty well protected from that ever happening.
Spend some time over on AnyGivenSaturday.I am surprised to hear Northern Iowa fans are so rude.
As for, North Dakota State fans, they are some of the nicest people around. They were super friendly to us when we played up there. Invited us to their tailgates, offered us food and beers and liquor. They were proud of their accomplishments but certainly not arrogant at all. They knew of our successes and respected us for sure. I always say until we win another national title, I would just assume they continue to win.
Waiting too long to call a TO has been a problem for CM for years. He loves waiting for the TV TO as we watch the team getting schooled. Ok tonight but bites us often.Overall there was a lot to like. Three double doubles, players stepping up (Burton) when others are struggling (Cayo being doubled). Another solid game from Gilly. Would like to get more from the bench but it’s not necessary and it was nice to see Sal continue to play well on both ends.
The one thing we continue to do is go for stretches without scoring. Basketball can be a game of runs, but we tend to be more streaky than most teams.
Don’t want to focus to much on the negative with so many positive things to discuss (most already said), but there is one stretch in the 1st that they need to figure out better.
UNI went on a 18-3 run from 12:30 to about 4 mins left. We went through two officials timeouts and a long drought until Mooney finally called TO around the 4 mins mark. We either have to use those officials TOs better to change the momentum or Mooney needs to be quicker to call a TO (a common criticism of him).
Once he finally called the TO, the team settled down and went on a 9-1 run to end the half. Can’t let’s that happen against WVU.