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  • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

    Originally posted by bballfan54 View Post
    So the team are on their way to Denver for the game after having a few hours of relaxation and shopping for Christmas Presents at the "mall of america" they get to go to a NBA game too, later in the evening on Saturday so hoping they come back relaxed and ready to have a great game at Frost next week.
    Relaxing and shopping at MOA? Impossible for the two to go together. Of course college athletes are much better of focusing on task at hand and ignoring distractions than I ever was, so maybe they could do it.

    You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you can never teach a stupid dog anything.

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    • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

      Originally posted by 1stRowFANatic View Post
      Relaxing and shopping at MOA? Impossible for the two to go together. Of course college athletes are much better of focusing on task at hand and ignoring distractions than I ever was, so maybe they could do it.
      Especially this time of year....blech...
      "Life is short so make sure you spend as much time as possible arguing with strangers on the Internet." - Person

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      • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

        [QUOTE=goon;98497]I agree. It seems we are just a few pieces short. We have 3 players on any given night could be the leading scorer and all getting 15 or more a game. No I don't expect one of them to constantly put up 25 plus point outings but atleast 3 players on this team should be able to do so. The role players are still factors. just getting into a flow with everyone and role players knowing what shots to take and how to score will only help. This team has had no where to go but up for the last several years and I feel that they have less depth this year and experience but yet i think they are a better team.

        I don't really agree about "less depth this year and experience".
        Depth- Berte was injured so you really can't count him. I think now that Cassaday is healthy, him and Casey will play as much as Beren and Loney. In 2 weeks, we'll add Griffen to the team. That will be 3 players to replace the 2 that left.
        Experience- We lost 2 seniors but look at all the players that were freshmen/So's last year. Would you rather have 2 Sr's, 3 Soph's and 5 freshmen or 3 Jr's, 5 So's and 1 red-shirt Fr? That's 9 years of added experience that at least equals losing 2 players. I think adding another year of experience is more important that having 2 seniors. That's just my opinion of it though.
        The rest of your post, I agree with completely.

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        • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

          Originally posted by RowdyRabbit View Post
          I agree. It was great to see Kai shoot the ball 16 times, even if only 2 went in. As stated, they will start to go in more and more. I remember one play as well where Kai drove the lane behind the UM defense (can't remember if it was a give and go or not) but the pass to Kai was to far ahead of him and went out of bounds. That would have been a huge dunk.
          Cordova threw that pass. Kai cut to the hoop and Cordova threw a bounce pass between 2 defenders. If the pass was 1 second later, I agree it would have been a hugh dunk.

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          • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

            Originally posted by 91jack View Post
            Cordova threw that pass. Kai cut to the hoop and Cordova threw a bounce pass between 2 defenders. If the pass was 1 second later, I agree it would have been a hugh dunk.
            Even if that pass was on target,it would have taken a major league catcher to snag that bullet.

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            • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

              Originally posted by Jacks#1Fan View Post
              I think you are being a little narrow on your take on our scorers astat32. I think we have several people you didn't mention who aren't or won't be scorers. First, let me say, that we have three go-to people, although I know Kai has been struggling. But I don't think anybody would write him off as a non-scorer. Even with some problems this year, he scored 20 (Central Ark), 16 (Central Florida), 13 (San Jose) and 13 (Drake).

              In addition to our go-to players,Garrett, Clint and Kai, I think we have some other emerging possibilities. Remember that Josh Cassaday hasn't had a lot of playing time due to injuries, but he is really coming on and had 14 points against Oral Roberts, and I think will only get better. In addition, Anthony Cordova is improving rapidly and had 13 against San Jose, and 8 points and 5 rebounds against Central Florida. With Griffan Callahan joining us soon, I think we will have another shooter as he gets into the flow.

              And I know Mackenzie takes some knocks, but in addition to his low turnovers, he did score 12 points against Oral Roberts. Add in "role" players, who will get a few points and I think we're not in bad shape. Not many teams have more than three "prolific" scorers, and I think for the others, additional playing time is/will result in others chipping in.

              I do agree about Kai being a scorer, and Cordova has blown me away this year. What is troublsome for AC is that he is only 6 foot 6 and at the D1 level that is generally a 3 or 4 mans height, not center. And AC has done wonders there. Your Cassidy point was also very valid, I just don't see his outside game that polished and i think that hinders him from being a legit scorer.

              I just don't think Casey or Palarca have much business being out on the floor. They handle the ball and play great D, but absolutely kill us offensively. Sure Casey had a 12 point game, well Linas Klieza for the Nuggets had a 42 point game last year. I mean it all comes down to consistancy and I see none of it out of our point guard spots and in the end I think it ends up prohibiting the Jacks from winning more games

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              • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

                I agree with astat. I'm not trying to be critical of the effort Mack or Michael give each game. They do the best they can. They just aren't as good as what we need to really compete at this level. That said, they are going to see playing time so I'm going to support them.
                We are here to add what we can to life, not get what we can from life. -Sir William Osler

                We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.

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                • Re: U of Minnesota Game Thread

                  Originally posted by jackmd View Post
                  I agree with astat. I'm not trying to be critical of the effort Mack or Michael give each game. They do the best they can. They just aren't as good as what we need to really compete at this level. That said, they are going to see playing time so I'm going to support them.
                  The point of my comments was on astat's failure to broaden his view a little on scorers...I stick by that belief and think he has agreed to that. I didn't stick Casey's name in to call him a scorer, but only that the fact that he did score pretty well against the defending conference champions gets him a little respect, in addition to his very solid numbers on turnovers. Could we use a better point guard...sure, just like we could use some better players at other positions as well. OK...enough from me, and I agree with you that we have what we have, for now at least.

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