Correct. Refs were contributing factors, but plenty of things we did or didn’t do to hurt ourselves. Also Colorado just a more balanced team than us and getting contributions from more players than us.
I think we think Jordan King is that guy, he has shown he can make some nifty moves to the hoop and hit the step back jumpers. But, against these bigger p6 athletes, in two games - they put someone bigger and more physical on him in the last 5 minutes and he could not get a clean look. And in general I think they are letting guys play more at that time of game, so that plays more to the bigger athletes favor. And he is not quite like Kevin Anderson, who for his diminutive size, was pretty strong and savvy inside and could either hit the shot in the lane or get a big an easy lay up.
Would love to see Quinn under the basket instead of above the foul line. Too bad we don't ever go to the offensive boards. King was very good. Baily's best game yet. Don't know why Roche played as much as he did. Noyes is not being given enough time to get into the offense which still doesn't generate shots. Most of our baskets seemed to come off one on one moves. Tyne also played well. it was a very physical game. If Colorado is a top twenty team, we must be in the top twenty five.
Agree here. Noyes is tall, his 3's look really good. Let's find him some shots. Or put him in the Roche role to be honest. Noyes 3's look as good as anyone's shooting them, just doesn't seem to be in the flow of the offense.
I don’t know about this one. That 3 where he hit the side (top?) of the backboard last night was pretty rough. But at least it provided some comic relief. I’m not looking to hate on the kid but last night he was the worst player on the court. Those were key minutes in a close loss that we played 5v4 on both sides of the court.
Agree on the effort and looking at A10 being down watching this team so far looks much better than 11th.
I counted more than 15 questionable calls, including 5 walks. No the refs tipped the balance in favor of the Buffaloes.
devils advocate ... coaching does matter. and when I see a coach calling a timeout to design a good play on offense, my first thought it why didn't this coach prepare them for this situation? I have no problem with coach letting them play if they're prepared as they should be.
yeah, I'm with you. so many coaches in effect foul their own players out by sitting them. drives me nuts.
Fair point, Bailey is playing starters minutes and I agree you don't want your starting line-ups to be constantly shifting. I suspect that Noyes gets a few more games to start and unless he really starts producing, Dji will be in the starting line -up before OOC is over.
I also don't disagree. But I thought last night in particular we were running a line-up that I doubt anyone including players on the court and coaching staff expected us to using with the game on the line. As such, the head coach has got to coach and design plays for a group of 5 players who probably aren't all playing together at the same time, even in practice. Maybe use those timeouts to go offense and defense, get Roche/Bigs in their for offense and then Tynne/Harris for defense.
I think this comes down to coaching and systems. Some players in some schools seem to do better, quicker with little experience when the previous experience might be a year or two on the bench and practices. But some schools, and I think UR falls into this category - only games really help our players. I don't see us developing players in practice and Noyes is a good example. 2 years on the bench and practicing. And practicing against and watching some good players. But when its his time to play and get minutes, you still have to treat it like year 1. NOW - its still early, so maybe in a month or so like you say - it clicks for him and we see a guy who is shooting well, getting 5-7 a shots a night, and providing relief for Quinn and King from a scoring perspective. That would be ideal. If Noyes could average 8-10 points this year and maybe have a few games where he goes off and gets 15+ points - the future is bright for him.
My perception is that Mooney is well respected on the court by officials. I think he has a way to get his point across without being Danny Hurley and looking like he is going to hunt down an official in his car after the game. I've seen Mooney work the ref before to get calls. There are many parts of Mooney job that I think he is substandard at, working the refs and having a good rapport to get calls is not one of them for me.
