NJIT

[bballfan54]

Re: NJIT

Sorry to keep duplicating your posts Mrs Williams.

No Problem at all well tough game to lose ..........

[rabbit_boy]

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Rabbits lose 67-62.

The effort was there, the talent just isn't. We have to improve an awful lot to be competitive next year. We need JC tranfers. More young guys wont really help. lord knows we also need some combination of Cordova, Beran and Mo.

[Jacked_Up]

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Need a three-point bomber, too, a sweet-shooting guard to take pressure off Cadwell in clutch situations. Help appears to be on the way next season.

[rabbit_boy]

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4 of last 6 are on road. We might only win the last two at home. 7-21 looks like our season.

[Jacked_Up]

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The coach admits to being frustrated and concerned. Seven games left. Hopefully there will be a couple victories in there. I'm guessing the Jacks beat these guys in the home finale March 3. There might be one or two other winnable games left. We can probably forget about reaching double-digit wins. Seven or eight is a more realistic goal.

[rabbit_boy]

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Coach Nagy I think is doing a good job. I think he systems and approach are exactly what a Div I team should adopt. We just need talent.

[jackmd]

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Not much good to say. We are a very low ranking DI program that lost to another low ranking DI program. We lack the talent to compete at the DI level right now. That might change next year or it might not.

I think we need to add some players with proven success at the collegiate level, DII or JUCO transfers. You can't count on a high school kid regardless of his success at that level. A long season gets even longer.

Our guys need to look inside their hearts and find the inspiration to finish out the season. I don't envy that task.

[jackrabbit1979]

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Need a three-point bomber, too, a sweet-shooting guard to take pressure off Cadwell in clutch situations. Help appears to be on the way next season.

While our additions next year will help, I don't see a long range threat in the plans for next year. Do you?

[jjbballfan]

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Rabbits lose 67-62.

The effort was there, the talent just isn't.  We have to improve an awful lot to be competitive next year.  We need JC tranfers.  More young guys wont really help.  lord knows we also need some combination of Cordova, Beran and Mo.

Whats the details on Cordova, how tall is he what does he weigh, I know hes a PF/C type of player but i'm just wondering if size will be a factor in D-I basketball. Mo is also that PF/C type player if I remember right but what about Beran?

If these 3 are able to play next year or come back depending on there situation I look at them to fit in greatly. If you look at this years team they have enough SF in (Yackley, Cadwell and K. Williams) and I believe Callahan has a lock on the PG for years to come. Moss and Sargent are SG's but more of the dribble penitration type from what I here. So if everybody stays, (crossing my fingers) and everybody that is suppose to show up does I really think next years team could really surprize some people.

O ya does anybody have the stats and nagy's post game comments from tonights game?

[jackmd]

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Cordova, Beran, and Berte are all about 6'6" to 6'8", 220-240lb.  Beran and Berte have proven themselves to be solid DI players who can play a role and will work hard.  Beran avg about 13 pts and 7 boards, Berte closer to 8 pts and 8 boards.  Neither is a "go to guy".  Cordova was a decent AA high school player with some upside, but don't expect him to contribute in a major fashion right away.  He is expected to develop.  We need more than that right now.  Even if those guys are in the post we need someone who is going to get them the ball.

Certainly, Beran and Berte will add some inside depth, experience and talent.  I'm not looking for a pleasant suprise from next years team.  I just want to see some quality basketball and a team that can compete each time they take the floor.  Adding Beran, Berte, Cordova, Sargent, Moss and retaining Callahan, Cadwell, Williams, Loney and Thomas seems like it would be okay.  However, if an opportunity arises to sign a proven talent from the JUCO or DII ranks I would jump at the chance.

[filbert]

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I just got back from the game. (Yes, Snookums and I sneaked out to New York City while nobody was looking).

We played bad. Our players have the talent to beat these guys by double-digits. They just played like they didn't care.

Until Cadwell decided to try to keep us in the game in the second half, nobody was working his way open. The offense didn't move, didn't cut, didn't set picks, didn't get free, didn't get open shots. Our offense is possibly as bad as there is in college basketball.

This is a game the Jacks should have won easily. They just didn't want to. The problem at this point is mental, not talent level.

[jackmd]

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 The problem at this point is mental, not talent level.

Might be true against a team like NJIT but not so against Kent St., Butler, NDSU, etc.. those teams and many others have more talent at every position than we do. I'll argue that almost anytime but not on a web forum.

[EQguy]

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My question is this. There are three guys on the court most of the time that have shown nothing but heart and guts for the season. I know nothing about Cadwell, Callahan and Kai (he has already earned first name only status in my book) except what I have seen on the court, and I can't imagine that these three would be giving up. So, where is the bad attitude/giving up coming from?

[filbert]

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[quote author=filbert link=1170602403/45#55 date=1170991539] The problem at this point is mental, not talent level.

Might be true against a team like NJIT but not so against Kent St., Butler, NDSU, etc.. those teams and many others have more talent at every position than we do. I'll argue that almost anytime but not on a web forum.[/quote]

No argument there--but then, there's no shame in losing to a team with better talent. My point is that we're even losing to teams which don't even have the talent level that we have. That's a mental problem. Make no mistake, we have better athletes up and down the roster than NJIT does. The only player on the court who was better at his position than our guys was NJIT's #1 (point guard, don't know what his name was) and all he had was speed and a good first-half 3-point shot. He cooled off in the second half. One player out of five shouldn't beat you.

[jjbballfan]

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I will agree with Filbert the team has great talent, alot of good shooters, the problem is most of them where the type of player in high school that they didn't have to get open. I will probally be heckled for saying this but they remind me of the chicago bulls, alot of 1-3 guys but not that go to guy in the paint. When the shots are open they hit them but if they arn't they strugle. Also very young! So my wise advice says go find a JC guy that can play in the paint and the main problem will be solved the other problems will come with experience. As a wise man once told me you can play with freshman but you can't win with them no matter how good they are.