MBB G2 M1: Louisiana 66, UNO 63

[cajuns80]

Hence the reason I said "YET". I think both Richards and Thomas looked lost in their few minutes last night. I think Butts is more polished and D-1 ready now, but may not have the upside of Thomas or Richards. Thomas to be honest does not look like he as a D-1 body right now, he needs to hit the weight room. I think they will both be fine, they just need more time to do so and more game experience. Butts' just looks more D1 ready.

Just my opinion. I hope I am wrong about Thomas and Richards. But at one point on defense I saw Thomas lost on who to guard and where to go on a screen switch.

We didn't watch the same game then. Richards was good in his minutes. Thomas got a steal or too, did miss a 3, but the whole team can't shoot. Butts did nothing last night. He's the one with experience and he was not impressive at all.

[RaginDave]

We didn't watch the same game then. Richards was good in his minutes. Thomas got a steal or too, did miss a 3, but the whole team can't shoot. Butts did nothing last night. He's the one with experience and he was not impressive at all.

Thomas has 0 steals on the season according to the stats. Between the two of them they have 1 rebound and two made baskets, both by Richards in 2 games, 1 steal (Richards) 1 assist (Richards) 2 Turnovers (1 each), Granted Thomas did not play vs Baylor.

Meanwhile Butts had 2 steals last night vs UNO.

[RaginDave]

We didn't watch the same game then. Richards was good in his minutes. Thomas got a steal or too, did miss a 3, but the whole team can't shoot. Butts did nothing last night. He's the one with experience and he was not impressive at all.

Believe it or not the team is shooting 46% on the season (Granted Awkuba is carrying the team with a team leading 83.3% from the field), where we are horrendous is from 3 point land, where we are shooting a total of 23%.

And most of that is Mylik Wilson who is 1-7 and Gueye who is 0-4. As bad as Russell has looked he is actually 5-16 or 31% on the season, which is not as bad as I thought. I would have assumed he was around the 25 or lower %

[RaginDave]

I think you are wrong as both Richards and Thomas both did more off the bench than Butts. Gueye is a terrible basketball player mentally. Makes one good play and then goes 5 min without doing anything right. Richards looks like he can spell Awkuba, and Thomas I thought played well on the defensive end in the limited minutes he got.

I agree about Gueye, in sprints he impresses me and then he completely looks overwhelmed.

[ragin50]

I think you are wrong as both Richards and Thomas both did more off the bench than Butts. Gueye is a terrible basketball player mentally. Makes one good play and then goes 5 min without doing anything right. Richards looks like he can spell Awkuba, and Thomas I thought played well on the defensive end in the limited minutes he got.

That's pretty impressive on Richards' part. Awkuba is a pretty difficult name to spell!

[cajuns80]

Believe it or not the team is shooting 46% on the season (Granted Awkuba is carrying the team with a team leading 83.3% from the field), where we are horrendous is from 3 point land, where we are shooting a total of 23%.

And most of that is Mylik Wilson who is 1-7 and Gueye who is 0-4. As bad as Russell has looked he is actually 5-16 or 31% on the season, which is not as bad as I thought. I would have assumed he was around the 25 or lower %

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

[RaginDave]

That's pretty impressive on Richards' part. Awkuba is a pretty difficult name to spell!

That is funny right there, I don't care who you are.

[RaginDave]

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

I agree, but my point was he is shooting better than I thought from 3. Which is not saying allot.

[Turbine]

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

Isn't shooting 33% from 3pr the same as shooting 50% from 2pr?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Most of the SBC tournament games have been played at the Alario Center, not Lakefront Arena.

I can’t recall a single SBC tournament at Alario Center. They have all been at the UNO Assembly Center when in NOLA.

[RaginDave]

Isn't shooting 33% from 3pr the same as shooting 50% from 2pr?

In 100 3 point shots if you hit 33% you only score 99 points. If you shoot 50% on 2 point shots in the same amount of attempts you score 100.

So yes you are correct. My assumption is always anything above 33% from 3 point range is pretty OK. The problem is the team is only shooting 23%. Wilson, Gueye, Au, Butts, Garnett and Thomas are shooting a combined 4-26 and that works out to 15%. That is terrible. Especially from guys like Wilson, Au and Butts who are your guards. In actuality if those guys shot more like Russell we would be feeling allot more confident. The other problem is defending the 3.

Look Baylor is good and they shot 15-27 from 3 point land, but you should not have had an average at best UNO team shoot 6 of 20 vs you. The better teams are going to light you up if you can not defend the 3.

[cajuns80]

In 100 3 point shots if you hit 33% you only score 99 points. If you shoot 50% on 2 point shots in the same amount of attempts you score 100.

So yes you are correct. My assumption is always anything above 33% from 3 point range is pretty OK. The problem is the team is only shooting 23%. Wilson, Gueye, Au, Butts, Garnett and Thomas are shooting a combined 4-26 and that works out to 15%. That is terrible. Especially from guys like Wilson, Au and Butts who are your guards. In actuality if those guys shot more like Russell we would be feeling allot more confident. The other problem is defending the 3.

Look Baylor is good and they shot 15-27 from 3 point land, but you should not have had an average at best UNO team shoot 6 of 20 vs you. The better teams are going to light you up if you can not defend the 3.

What is even more concerning is according to Marlin postgame, he was happy with UNO shooting the 3. He wanted to take his chances with that.