MBB G5 Final: UL 64, Toledo 77

[Esqueleto]

Every team that forces us into a half court game will kick our ___. We have no coherent half court offense. This has been an issue with Marlins teams since day one.

This was glaringly obvious last night. Nobody posting up down low, no inside/out passing, no movement without the ball. Live and die by the 3

[CajunVic]

This was glaringly obvious last night. Nobody posting up down low, no inside/out passing, no movement without the ball. Live and die by the 3

When shooting the 3 at an 18% success rate, it will be more of an "and die by the 3"

[MetryCajun]

Stroman had an off night but as Mike said you can’t get assists when your teammates can’t hit shots. I still think Stroman is the most valuable asset on this team. I like what I have seen from Wesley and have also been encouraged by Russell’s envolvement in the offense as he had 9 assists in the 2 previous games. Back to tonight though 5 total assists as a team and only 11 FT attempts, it’s a miracle they put up 64 points.

Russell is a shooting guard known for making 3's. He barely shot. It is near impossible to win in college basketball getting that little production from his position.

[Hatch]

Russell is a shooting guard known for making 3's. He barely shot. It is near impossible to win in college basketball getting that little production from his position.

I was just encouraged to see him get more involved overall in the offense. Of course his specialty is shooting, last year as a spark off of the bench doing nothing but shoot the ball was fine. Now as the starting 2 guard I would hope that he won’t be so one dimensional. Last year I reffered to him as Hayward Register 2.0 (he had a better shooting %). Not being able to do anything but shoot is why Register never developed into a starter here.

[Cajunsmike]

Every team that forces us into a half court game will kick our ___. We have no coherent half court offense. This has been an issue with Marlins teams since day one.

They did control tempo and made it a deliberate game. Huge advantage to Rockets in that scenario. Still, we had plenty of open looks and could not knock them down. All the problems stem mostly from that fact. Last night showed how much we miss Bartley. He had a tendency to knock one down at a critical time. Every team loses players and you have to replace them in order to have a consistent program. So far this year, no one has stepped up to his level.

[Cajunsmike]

Russell is a shooting guard known for making 3's. He barely shot. It is near impossible to win in college basketball getting that little production from his position.

While I am not a coach, I don't think he is doing enough to get open for his shot. He needs to be much more active away from the ball in order to be able to catch and shoot. At times he seems to be passing up shots. On the positive side, I think he has improved defensively over last year.

[zephyr]

While I am not a coach, I don't think he is doing enough to get open for his shot. He needs to be much more active away from the ball in order to be able to catch and shoot. At times he seems to be passing up shots. On the positive side, I think he has improved defensively over last year.

Mike, I have not really had a chance to see the cajuns play outside of the UVI and a portion of Kansas. How is this year's offense different from last year. Last year we had Stroman penetrating the lane and getting the ball moving if something inside was not open and we also had sets where we were running Bartley off of screens and getting cuts to the basket. Is that not being done this year? I wouldn't understand not running that similar offense again. We have similar personnel.

[RaginFan2]

As disappointing as last night's game was, let's hope they can regroup today and beat the Greenies today. It would be a real downer to lose to them after last night's result.

[zephyr]

That was my point. Hearing we were getting killed on the boards, but actually we just couldn’t shoot.

Well, I wish I could have seen the game because stats don't always tell the story based on what you see or vice versa. However, I'd say you are probably right since we had a whopping 13 Offensive Rebounds. Granted, we gave up 9 ourselves which is never a good number but yeah its hard to rebound defensively and get the ball in transition (which is where we want to be BTW) when the other team is shooting 53%.

[zephyr]

How many years ???

The question is not how many years. No, No, No. The question is how many MORE years since we just extended him you know.

[angeleast]

I don't profess to be the best basketball mind around. But it seems we have zero inside players and too many people rebound watching. I may be wrong but our whole game is predicated on hoping someone is open for a 3 pointer and praying it goes in.

[STPacronym]

Every team that forces us into a half court game will kick our ___. We have no coherent half court offense. This has been an issue with Marlins teams since day one.

Exactly. Could not agree more.