YlJacket
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No, you did NOT miss-remember... that's is exactly what happened.
If we had lost the game, losing that runout dunk would likely have been the reason.
No, you did NOT miss-remember... that's is exactly what happened.
FWIW our minutes last night were not as " bad" as I have seen them in the past. We had 4 folks over 30 min but the most was 33. 33,32,32,31 Bubba came off the bench for 28 min, Moore 10 and Cole 6. I thought Cole might get a few more minutes but otherwise was OK with it. The issue is Bubba can't go 28 minutes and score 2 points. Same for Moore and Cole but obviously to a lesser degree. I like that Bubba doesn't turn it over a ton - a rare quality on this team - but someone has to score off the bench and he is the obvious one. Moore just has to get better. Cole kind of is what he is. The rest are projects at this stage.
I get the perception part, but are we at the level of biting off our noses to spite our face? There's a 1 in 10 chance the NCAA is going to overturn their ruling, and given that we've been labeled a habitual offender, that 1 in 10 chance is being generous.
There's a real possibility GT sits at 20+ wins next season and a shoo in for the tournament...be we have to miss it because we decided to appeal a season we didn't have any shot at the tournament. How would perception be then?
FWIW our minutes last night were not as " bad" as I have seen them in the past. We had 4 folks over 30 min but the most was 33. 33,32,32,31 Bubba came off the bench for 28 min, Moore 10 and Cole 6. I thought Cole might get a few more minutes but otherwise was OK with it. The issue is Bubba can't go 28 minutes and score 2 points. Same for Moore and Cole but obviously to a lesser degree. I like that Bubba doesn't turn it over a ton - a rare quality on this team - but someone has to score off the bench and he is the obvious one. Moore just has to get better. Cole kind of is what he is. The rest are projects at this stage.
We had 4 folks over 30 min but the most was 33. 33,32,32,31 Bubba came off the bench for 28 min, Moore 10 and Cole 6.
You're right.. He is the best candidate and he has the ability. The problem with Bubba is that if he isn't making three's or getting to the line, he likely isn't scoring.
He simply doesn't try to go to the bucket because his lack of size really hurts him in the paint. I say **** it, take it in there and get it blocked, but at least try and finish at the rim.
Glad to see Alvarado and Usher laughing with each other at the end of the video. Jose really got on to him at one point in the game last night after he made a bad turnovers. Looked like they were jawing back and forth a little bit, which I don't mind. Showed great leadership on Jose's part and competitive nature on both guy's part during the game.
Bubba seems...I don’t know...afraid to shoot to me. Doesn’t even appear to want to. Again, my perception from watching him most all games (all home games, at least).
I wonder if Cole would have gotten more min if he hadn't made that horrible TO on the handoff pass.Our bench was significantly outscored but they did provide more meaningful minutes than in most games and only had 2 turnovers between them.
Khalid 10 min, Cole 6 min, Bubba 28 min
I wish he'd take more 8-12 footer pull-ups. He is so quick he can get space there, but he's too small to shoot once he's in the lane.You know, Bubba is so quick he wrong foots a LOT of defenders off the dribble. I've always wondered why he doesn't drive to the hoop and get someone in the air and create a foul. IMO, creating fouls on key players is just as good as scoring points.