We currently sit at 98.
Tough stretch coming up:
Ole Miss: 173
Costal Carolina: 171
Chattanooga: 30
Tough stretch coming up:
Ole Miss: 173
Costal Carolina: 171
Chattanooga: 30
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Who knows. WKU also lost to Memphis by 12 and Memphis lost to Murray State by 2. Never know what will happen.
Western's 7'-5" center was a big factor in that game. Ole Miss got zero in the paint with him there.
I don't see how we start Dish against him, but I am not sure Fussell or Turner can do much against him either.
See, that’s where I think this group stacks up a bit better without dish. Turner, king, and Fussell have all proven they can hit the 3. That’s the way you can negate someone sitting in the paint. Pull the guy he is guarding out. BUT, if they stay in zone, that idea is totally null and void. From there you need to get the ball to the high post and draw him up. Then you can have dump downs off of it (which is where Dish would likely fare better). It’s a crap shoot though. Depends on how the staff approaches them.
If we are not hitting threes at a very high percentage we will not win. They played 2-3 zone against Ole Miss and Ole Miss did not hit enough outside shots to win.
seems like bad timing to get ole miss. They will be out for blood after the WKU debacle.
Wiley,
May be good for us considering the schedule up to now. Someone with a high talent level that is motivated. If we can hold it to a tight one… may say a lot about MT this year.
May be good for us considering the schedule up to now. Someone with a high talent level that is motivated. If we can hold it to a tight one… may say a lot about MT this year.
You don't fight fire with fire- Sharp doesn't have the foot speed to guard Dish 15-18' from the basket either; stretch him out and make him guard on the perimeter- force him to pick up the lateral moving fouls which no one has done to him this year.. make him run 92' etc.. lots of ways to combat height in today's game and altshauf addressed zone strategies- that's one advantage of playing position-less basketball (which MT mostly does).. on defense you need Dish to not let Sharp establish low post positions- push him out of the paint and use that bigger body/lower center of gravity to put Sharp in less efficient scoring/rebounding position..
I'm not convinced Ole Miss is as talented as people think they are. Sure they have a lot of highly rated prospects but they just flat out don't look good when I've watched them play. Very anemic on offense.
Kermit's teams were usually up and down in Nov/Dec. His teams usually started to come together in Jan.
I hate to be the one to say it, but Dish just isn't the same player anymore. It's like he is playing with one arm and one leg. It's not his fault with the injuries and all. In my opinion, he should be coming off the bench for limited play. Some of the other younger guys just have to grow up including hitting the chow hall and weight room frequently.
He's the only BIG that knows all the plays/sets is my guess.. it's most important to know where to be on the court at all times vs some other attributes..
Yea I know this can work, but we have to make him run and get him into foul trouble. We are not the best shooting team, so we need to be able to score in the paint.
I've only watched two games, both of those recently. So, I may not be fully informed. I was seeing a pattern develop of when he was involved in a offensive possession, the possession would usually end poorly. From poor low percentage shooting on his part, to lots of turnovers, his involvement seemed to indicate a poor outcome for that possession. Regarding turnovers, not just losing the ball where he was credited with a turnover, but passes to him that he failed to bring in that were credited to others. Another key example to which I'm referring was at Murray St where Dish broke up a pass from one of the guards to another player that resulted in a turnover. Dish wasn't involved statistically in that play despite he being the main reason the possession was lost and one of the other players credited with a turnover.
I really don't have anything against the guy. I appreciate that he has fought through a lot of adversity and injuries to try to play. I hope my observations are just a bad sample or data set, but he just doesn't look to still have what he once offered. He still strikes me as a veteran leader kind of guy, but maybe just with a little less PT.
I get it, I'm not trying to overly defend Dishman as his injuries have most certainly impacted his previous skill-set, conditioning, and recovery time between games- he has had several games where the TO's (especially when the defense collapses) have been far too high for any player.. personally think many of those TO's could be avoided if he were more assertive and did more turn & face attacking on entry passes to post or post extended areas of the court.. that's the anecdotal evidence..
Empirically what I know is that Dish is the 2nd leading assist guy on this team and his plus/minus is just above positive (whereas Turner and Fussell are both negative in most advanced plus/minus areas and it's not close) so things run much better when he's on the court for the other 4 players- the younger guys simply don't always help the other guys in the same way and they don't facilitate the offense or the defense the same way.. so I look at him more as a glue guy just like Buford
