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Haven't seen the top plays on SC but they did cover the game with a video focused solely on Okogie and it ends with a couple looks at the last Heath to O back door and one.
Any tourney does not matter - at this point.
What is important is to keep coming together as a team, discipline, focus, coaching up, listening to coaches, effort, never quit in any game, be competitive.
And recruit.
CJP could turn GT into a giant. The school, the location, the conference & exposure.
Something we have never dreamed of in any sport.
Buy tickets. Donate $. Is it that hard?
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I was so far wrong it was embarrassing on this one. But I'll take being wrong like this every time. I can't remember seeing anything like what I saw last night in a very long time. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and it just never did. Bens first half was nothing like his previous 3 games. He was energized and had some fire (or at least as much as he usually shows) We got Ojo into foul trouble and he played about half of his normal time and JMCK is not ready to log heavy minutes. Jarquez Smith also got into some foul trouble which is good Bc he was playing well. +14 on the boards is incredible. How's this for a number
Heyward Okogie Heath : 25 rebounds
Ojo Isaac Bacon: 10 rebounds
Blows my mind.
Okogie 14/17 from the line.
I'm non-committal on the post season play thread. I'm not there yet. But, in order for that to happen Jax has got to get it together. He averages 10 a game. He needs to get that for us to be a real post season player. He was full of fire last night and did a great job helping beat that press but that guy has to 1-keep his head in the game (situationally especially) 2-score points. He's really trying to accomplish #2 to the detriment of #1 IMHO.
Okogie at the mid point is ACCROY for me. Keep Dennis Smith. Where's his team at? DSJ can play no doubt but he's gonna get his and they're going to lose.
I didn't see SC this morning (or any morning really) did Heaths feed back door to Okogie make top plays?
One quick thought re: Q
Kudos to CJP & staff for the decision to go to a variety of zones and keep the opponent off kilter every possession in terms of what we'll be in and how to attack. We are a bad man-to-man team but the zones maximize our strengths and hide some of our weaknesses. We've also shown the uncanny ability to get good teams to take really bad shots. UNC & FSU both shot themselves out of the game with horrific shot selection.
Yeah, all that you said.
However, they're not a high BBIQ-type team so it's possible we get them to just play ... bad (for lack of a better description). If we start seeing a lot of dribble, dribble, step-back long 2's and early-clock 3's and other non-winning plays, they'll allow us to be in the game despite having a tremendous depth/overall talent advantage.
Funny, it's almost like many of them play like bad-Tadric. They just happen to have more talent/athleticism so it kinda works (most times).
This guy's a prophet.
Alright!
I was so far wrong it was embarrassing on this one. But I'll take being wrong like this every time. I can't remember seeing anything like what I saw last night in a very long time. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and it just never did. Bens first half was nothing like his previous 3 games. He was energized and had some fire (or at least as much as he usually shows) We got Ojo into foul trouble and he played about half of his normal time and JMCK is not ready to log heavy minutes. Jarquez Smith also got into some foul trouble which is good Bc he was playing well. +14 on the boards is incredible. How's this for a number
Heyward Okogie Heath : 25 rebounds
Ojo Isaac Bacon: 10 rebounds
Blows my mind.
Okogie 14/17 from the line.
I'm non-committal on the post season play thread. I'm not there yet. But, in order for that to happen Jax has got to get it together. He averages 10 a game. He needs to get that for us to be a real post season player. He was full of fire last night and did a great job helping beat that press but that guy has to 1-keep his head in the game (situationally especially) 2-score points. He's really trying to accomplish #2 to the detriment of #1 IMHO.
Okogie at the mid point is ACCROY for me. Keep Dennis Smith. Where's his team at? DSJ can play no doubt but he's gonna get his and they're going to lose.
I didn't see SC this morning (or any morning really) did Heaths feed back door to Okogie make top plays?
Question: How long has Pastner and the staff been signaling in our defenses using signs? Saw a shot of him holding up a sign and the announcers were saying how he was telling the players what defensive set up he wanted.
I know that's the "thing" in football these days. Not sure I've seen in it in Bball before tonight.
Pea, I think that with Jax, he has been coached quite a bit this year on picking his spots better... Not just going out there and looking for your first shot.. I hear what you are saying about needing his production. You are probably right, if we are going to make the post-season, we will need some more from him, but I'm encouraged by his play recently.
I think that he has been much better about playing within himself and not trying to do too much. Especially over the past 2-3 games. It just seems like he is letting the offense come to him. All parts of his games have improved as he is beginning to grasp what Coach wants from him. He's playing better D, but more importantly, he is making hustle plays. He had 5 boards last night and he is facilitating quite a bit more as well.
He had some good drives defense collapsed and kick it out for open shots. Can make plays which we need bc dont have much people who can.Yeah he is better this year than his first two. There is no denying that. Here is what I'm seeing:
1H last night- 0-2 trip to the line and one was waaayyy off. Gotta split em at the least.
1H- I beleive he brought the ball across the timeline and dribble dribble dribble throws up a 3. You have to know in that game last night we need to run some offense. We can get that shot at literally any time we want it. (Similar to the shot he took on the break against Clemson when we were up 6, but he made that one. Doesn't make it a good shot, but if you're going to take it, make it. Or guys like me gonna be up in your crap)
2H- Flashes to the he foul line and gets the ball the D collapses he gets to the elbow, leaves his feet, turnover. (but I think we got it right back) One dribble out to the top, get it to Heath and we reset.
2H- Takes a break 1 on 2. One of the two is Ojo. This one bothered me a lot at the time. So many things he could have done here and he did the one thing he probably shouldn't have done. He got blocked. Pull up and take the easy one, or get into him and get fouled. Or pull it back.
He is probably the 2nd most talented player on the team but his decision making is less than ideal and I fear it may cost us a game at some point.
One thing that I loved about this game was that we kept up the intensity for 40 minutes. Not easy to do when you're winning by such a large margin. In the past, I would have been sweating it out over the second half. FSU was determined to penetrate our zones and get to the basket during the second half, and at times it worked. But every time they seemed to make a semblance of a push, we answered. Great composure to handle the pressure. Says a lot about the team and staff.