Agreed. His size and length is just something we don’t have outside of Ndongo. The problem is he can neither rebound (8.0 TRB%, barely ahead of Reeves) nor defend without fouling. Of the players in the rotation, he’s got the lowest win share and box score +/-, yet his usage % is higher than Reeves and just about equal with George. CDS isn’t looking for offensive production from him, which is why he needs to stop being a black hole on offense.His role is defensively (for now) and rebounding. He often is used to guard the other teams PG or SG.
CDS is not looking to him for offensive production. He does need to stop shooting so many threes, but I believe that he will continue to develop into a really solid player for us.
I agree @forensicbuzz that foul trouble played a role, but I also think it was post defense by committee once we lost another big body. Hall was eating us alive one on one. When we first went zone, I wasn’t thrilled with the decision. Clemson was staying in the game with post play and offensive rebounding, and zone makes blocking out even more difficult. The first play we came out in zone, they got a shot in the paint and we immediately gave up another offensive rebound. After that play, Clemson didn’t deal with attacking it very well. Somehow we managed to start rebounding better tooInteresting that some of us thought we might not ever see a zone from Stoudamire. This seemed very strategic last night. Quite the surprise move.
I didn't post it yesterday because i figured it would be divisive but heading into yesterdays game GT was 4-3 when Gapare plays 16 minutes or more and 2-4 when he plays 15 minutes or fewer. Is that coincidental? More than likely. If i had the time or inclination Id look to see what our opponents points per possession was in the games he logged heavy minutes as I figure that would be his most likely impact. I still might just to see but I doubt the bossman wants me to do it while im at work.
Somewhere around page 14 of the Anderson Gazette there’s a short paragraph on an arrest made at a local convenience store involving an agitated woman who hit the clerk in the head with a Budweiser tall boy upon discovering they were sold out of Pall mallsAlso just wanna know if any of yall checked in on big mama who was apparently sitting next to whatever crowd mic they had. Ol' gurl was loud and annoying AF all nite.
"LETS GO TIGERS, RIGHT HERE!"Also just wanna know if any of yall checked in on big mama who was apparently sitting next to whatever crowd mic they had. Ol' gurl was loud and annoying AF all nite.
Also just wanna know if any of yall checked in on big mama who was apparently sitting next to whatever crowd mic they had. Ol' gurl was loud and annoying AF all nite.
I’m sure I would be mortified if I heard myself “cheering” on TV.Glad I wasn't the only one thinking "Yo lady...STFU!!!"
This is part of the reason we won the game last night playing a way that I didn't think we could and win. To me we need Gapare or Coleman at the 4 to keep the floor spread and allow Ndongo a clear lane for the role. So it makes sense to me to see the relationship you state.I didn't post it yesterday because i figured it would be divisive but heading into yesterdays game GT was 4-3 when Gapare plays 16 minutes or more and 2-4 when he plays 15 minutes or fewer. Is that coincidental? More than likely. If i had the time or inclination Id look to see what our opponents points per possession was in the games he logged heavy minutes as I figure that would be his most likely impact. I still might just to see but I doubt the bossman wants me to do it while im at work.
This is part of the reason we won the game last night playing a way that I didn't think we could and win. To me we need Gapare or Coleman at the 4 to keep the floor spread and allow Ndongo a clear lane for the role. So it makes sense to me to see the relationship you state.
Last night we played Claude at the 4 and got away with it unlike when we did that against Duke. There was an upside that Clemson stayed in contact with Claude in the corner and didn't clog the lane like Duke. They also switched the high screen and let the guard take Ndongo off the role. The downside was the guard - usually Hunter - was strong enough to push Ndongo off the lane and keep us from exploiting it. Made us a primarily perimeter team without George being able to get into the paint. You had a stat on George getting into the paint I didn't understand but eyeballs tell you our offense works a lot better when he is in the paint. I didn't think we could win from the perimeter like we did.
As an aside, I was hoping we would put Gerard in that high screen. They played him against Reeves in the corner and out of that action. I was hoping we would put Reeves in the high screen action and make Gerard play Ndongo off the role.
On defense it was a story of senior bodies against our freshman bodies. Hall, Schiefflin and Godfrey are all grown men compared especially to Ndongo and Gapare. Claude battled better than Gapare but still was generally overmatched. This difference was accentuated by the level of pushing they were allowing but that was pretty obvious. We survived on defense and made just enough plays at the end to win.
We won because we made more shots from the perimeter than we have been making and were just tough enough on the defensive end to stay in the game. Glad to see them get rewarded for a change.