Louisiana vs Pepperdine

[Just1More]

Definitely. UNO was successful because they limited our transition scoring opportunities. They got 3 guys back all game to stop it and we struggled in those sets. When we are getting turnovers and into quick offensive sets, we are deadly. Teams in conference are going to slow us down without a doubt so it will be interesting to see how our half court offense evolves.

I saw a stark contrast in our playing style against UNO versus Pepperdine. Marlin and staff do their homework. I'm sure you're right about our conference foes. They'll work hard to slow us down.

[zephyr]

I thought we would play Bartley at the 1 more and allow Jay to play the 2, which I think is his strength. The nice thing about Jay is that he can create his own shots.
I would like to see Jay and and PJ on the floor more, especially playing aggressive defense. It was nice to see Evans on the floor. All around a nice game.

I will disagree with you and MAT for a moment on Wright. I don't think he's a natural SG at all. His game is predicated on slashing and driving with the ball to create for others. When this team is playing its best, he has the ball in his hands doing that and finding open guys. The game last night and against Tech are tributes to this. He's not a great shooter although he is competent but his strength is his speed with the ball and the ability to get by his defender to create drive and dish opportunities. I do agree that Jay has had the tendency to keep the ball too long and not move it like is should but has been better about it this year. The UNO game was not his best in that regard.

I think this is why you are seeing Bartley play the SG and run off some screens this year to free him up.

[CajunAmos]

Anyone notice that Pepperdine beat Little Rock earlier this season 67-66?

Two items of note would be Pepperdine was the home team and they did have one additional guard that was injured and didn't play against us.

[zephyr]

I saw a stark contrast in our playing style against UNO versus Pepperdine. Marlin and staff do their homework. I'm sure you're right about our conference foes. They'll work hard to slow us down.

UNO likes to get in the open court but their plan was to limit us in doing that. That is why I was somewhat critical of the amount of offensive rebounds we gave up because they literally had 1-2 guys max hitting the boards and still getting that many while the rest were playing centerfield.

UALR already likes to play in a half court set and they will be one of the better teams for sure. I'm not sure on the style of most of the other teams but I don't think any are real running teams. We are going to have to improve in the half court sets for sure.

[CajunAmos]

I will disagree with you and MAT for a moment on Wright. I don't think he's a natural SG at all. His game is predicated on slashing and driving with the ball to create for others. When this team is playing its best, he has the ball in his hands doing that and finding open guys. The game last night and against Tech are tributes to this. He's not a great shooter although he is competent but his strength is his speed with the ball and the ability to get by his defender to create drive and dish opportunities. I do agree that Jay has had the tendency to keep the ball too long and not move it like is should but has been better about it this year. The UNO game was not his best in that regard.

I think this is why you are seeing Bartley play the SG and run off some screens this year to free him up.

I somewhat agree in that sometime he forgets the "dish" part and winds up taking bad shots against 2-3 big guys at the rim without success.

[zephyr]

So, what has changed in Marlin's recruiting technique? He seems to have found several good basketball players instead of trying to win with one great one and limited supporting cast. Can he give some pointers to Hud?

Transfers

[RaginDave]

---What we be our starting freshmen team

lost my program!!!

I think you are asking what is the All Freshman team, not a bad Freshman team, it would be perfect if you had a JV Team:

PJ Hardy--True Freshman coming off the bench averaging 7.5 points in 19.4 MPG
Justin Miller--True Freshman from a Prep School starter averaging 10.5 points in 22 MPG
Kadavion Evans--Redshirt Freshman just coming back from injury, might be the most talented once he comes back 100%
Jekerius Davis--Redshirt Freshman coming off the bench with averaging 4.5 points in 11 MPG
Roydell Brown--True Freshman starter averaging 4.8 Points in 14 MPG

The other Freshman on the roster are both walkons
Mason Aucoin--Limited minutes
Jordan Adebetu--Redshirting this year

[RaginDave]

I will disagree with you and MAT for a moment on Wright. I don't think he's a natural SG at all. His game is predicated on slashing and driving with the ball to create for others. When this team is playing its best, he has the ball in his hands doing that and finding open guys. The game last night and against Tech are tributes to this. He's not a great shooter although he is competent but his strength is his speed with the ball and the ability to get by his defender to create drive and dish opportunities. I do agree that Jay has had the tendency to keep the ball too long and not move it like is should but has been better about it this year. The UNO game was not his best in that regard.

I think this is why you are seeing Bartley play the SG and run off some screens this year to free him up.

You are correct, JW is not a 2 guard, he is much closer to a Combo Guard, meaning he can play both the 1 and 2, but his natural position is much closer to a 1. The advantage to a Combo Guard is that he gives you a scoring threat, like JW does, the disadvantage is that he is not a true PG that can make things happen by passing, don't get me wrong, he is a capable passer, just not natural like an Aaron Mitchell type. I think Michael Allen was more of a Combo Guard that played the point for us as well, but I believe even though he was a combo guy, he was better playing the 2, than the 1.

[moorecajun]

---What we be our starting freshmen team----lost my program!!!

Is this Boomer talking to Boomer again?

[CajunAmos]

We'll definitely be experienced team next year with Washington, Stove, Bartley, and Stalcup as seniors and juniors Stroman, Marquetti, Gant, and Plaisance. That doesn't even consider the current freshmen class who will be getting a lot of playing time this year. We may have to go with a 12-13 man rotation next or redshirst some current members.

[raginsaints]

Can someone list the transfers who are sitting out this year?

[RaginDave]

Can someone list the transfers who are sitting out this year?

JaKeenan Gant MIZZOU
Malik Marquetti USC
Marcus Stroman SOUTH CAROLINA