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Denim Vest said:
Ant had 2 early fouls. I think he’s better all around than Austin so wouldn’t surprise me if he keeps starting. I think he has some flat games every once in a while though. He did against Dayton. Nice to be able to go to Austin more in those games and of course Ho is always at 100+.
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The explanation Steven gave made sense. We're getting off to fast starts and we play super intense, high pressure early and that fits Ant better than it does Wiley. I think the starting lineup will stay locked in.

I'd like to see us rotate Wiley/Ant more. Keep them fresh, never tired legs and never let them sit too long either. I think Horace can play with Ant but not with Wiley TBH. We look like poo when we have 2 bigs that can't really shoot jumpers. No space to operate on the blocks for Austin or Horace (his little hook isn't bad).

There are so many ways to go with this. Need to figure some stuff out before conference plays starts. I think Horace is gonna be the most restricted though. The last two games he was 11-12 minutes in each. I think those 20 minute nights might be over. Though we might find some success going "big" with Wiley and Ant on the floor for a bit, then go small and crazy with Horace at the 5 and pick up the defensive pressure and try to push he pace even more when he's in that spot.

Somehow we have to get Harper and Brown more rest IMO. Gotta keep those legs fresh.
 
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jeramye said:
The explanation Steven gave made sense. We're getting off to fast starts and we play super intense, high pressure early and that fits Ant better than it does Wiley. I think the starting lineup will stay locked in.

I'd like to see us rotate Wiley/Ant more. Keep them fresh, never tired legs and never let them sit too long either. I think Horace can play with Ant but not with Wiley TBH. We look like poo when we have 2 bigs that can't really shoot jumpers. No space to operate on the blocks for Austin or Horace (his little hook isn't bad).

There are so many ways to go with this. Need to figure some stuff out before conference plays starts. I think Horace is gonna be the most restricted though. The last two games he was 11-12 minutes in each. I think those 20 minute nights might be over. Though we might find some success going "big" with Wiley and Ant on the floor for a bit, then go small and crazy with Horace at the 5 and pick up the defensive pressure and try to push he pace even more when he's in that spot.

Somehow we have to get Harper and Brown more rest IMO. Gotta keep those legs fresh.
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So many options with Wiley and now Purifoy. Can’t wait to see what Bruce and Steven have in store for conference play.
 
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If Danjel balls it’s gonna open up so many options. Would definitely like to be able to give Jared and Bryce a little more rest throughout the season.

Samir was studly against Dayton. Jvon is getting better. I’d hate to relegate Horace to just a handful of mins behind Ant/ Austin at 5 but rather see Danjel or Malik getting some of those mins at 4 behind Chuma.
 
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just perusing through Danjel's stats again. Dude started out like hot hot fire and then probably had the worst month of all time in January. I know that was when he was injured or coming off an injury, but my god the drop off in every category is crazy
 
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As we wait patiently for the UAB game I just want to say I think it’s bs these supreme specimens have to take ‘finals’ or whatever the fug. Make us wait a whole week cause of this school bs we need a midweek matchup gatdamn.
 
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WDE_Tarp said:
I am not in an agreement about Virginia. I’m all about playing someone that’s going to beat us with defense. Obviously they could prove me wrong, but I want to see it to believe it.
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I just think a defense that forces us to run halfcourt sets all night and not let us get out in transition could be our kryptonite. I think I heard a stat the other day that they give up less than 10% fast break opportunities or points of fast break/transition, something like that. If that's true, that makes them an efficient offense and a team very difficult to run on. That would concern me with our group. I could see us getting very frustrated in a game like that.
 
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DufnerFanBoy said:
I just think a defense that forces us to run halfcourt sets all night and not let us get out in transition could be our kryptonite. I think I heard a stat the other day that they give up less than 10% fast break opportunities or points of fast break/transition, something like that. If that's true, that makes them an efficient offense and a team very difficult to run on. That would concern me with our group. I could see us getting very frustrated in a game like that.
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Like I said, I could be wrong but I just think that model is broken and will let them down come tourney time. I mean it's basically the opposite model of what everyone is going to. We play pretty good defense too, but we're also built to put up a lot of points. Anyway, I hope it's a problem we have to face, because that would mean we made it pretty deep in the tourney.
 
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DufnerFanBoy said:
I just think a defense that forces us to run halfcourt sets all night and not let us get out in transition could be our kryptonite. I think I heard a stat the other day that they give up less than 10% fast break opportunities or points of fast break/transition, something like that. If that's true, that makes them an efficient offense and a team very difficult to run on. That would concern me with our group. I could see us getting very frustrated in a game like that.
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We should be fine playing half court with Austin in the post. Chuma able to make plays around the goal. Add another supremely talented shooter in Danjel. We really don’t have a weakness. I rather play UVA than teams with a lot of NBA talent. Maybe they could guard and frustrate the hell out of Jared that’s about the only thing that could really derail us aside from just playing/ shooting like ass.
 
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I'm bored, so I'm going to throw out a hypothetical. If this is our starting lineup:
1. Jared.
2. Bryce
3. Samir
4. Chuma
5. Mac

and this is the next 5 (I know this isn't exactly accurate)

1. J'von
2. Malik
3. Danjel
4. Horace
5. Wiley

If the 2nd 5 was our starting 5 where would it rank as far as AU basketball teams over the last 10 years?
 
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WDE_Tarp said:
I'm bored, so I'm going to throw out a hypothetical. If this is our starting lineup:
1. Jared.
2. Bryce
3. Samir
4. Chuma
5. Mac

and this is the next 5 (I know this isn't exactly accurate)

1. J'von
2. Malik
3. Danjel
4. Horace
5. Wiley

If the 2nd 5 was our starting 5 where would it rank as far as AU basketball teams over the last 10 years?
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Better than all but our last 2. Still sour we didn’t make the tourney 2 years ago should have if not for that rotten Saiz and totally blowing 3-4 games.
 
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Denim Vest said:
Better than all but our last 2. Still sour we didn’t make the tourney 2 years ago should have if not for that rotten Saiz and totally blowing 3-4 games.
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Also, if that was our starting 5 what percentage of their points would come from dunks?
 
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Gang watch the guy behind Malik in the final shot (starting around 7 or 8 second mark), he loves the boogs.

 
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WDE_Tarp said:
I'm bored, so I'm going to throw out a hypothetical. If this is our starting lineup:
1. Jared.
2. Bryce
3. Samir
4. Chuma
5. Mac

and this is the next 5 (I know this isn't exactly accurate)

1. J'von
2. Malik
3. Danjel
4. Horace
5. Wiley

If the 2nd 5 was our starting 5 where would it rank as far as AU basketball teams over the last 10 years?
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SKRONG & the direction is nothing but blue skies.
 
MomentInTheSun said:
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just perusing through Danjel's stats again. Dude started out like hot hot fire and then probably had the worst month of all time in January. I know that was when he was injured or coming off an injury, but my god the drop off in every category is crazy
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The drop was precipitous after he got hurt. Most people have forgotten he was our best player before the injury. He also came on again the last few games of the year with double digit points again. He is going to be a very important player for us unless he is no longer as good as he was as a freshman 2 years ago which seems highly unlikely.
 
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Slippin Jimmy said:
I’m gonna hate myself for asking this, but what dipshit type stuff is he saying this time?
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Someone posted if you want some good reading then search demeat posts about Harper. He gets all defensive and starts talking out both sides of his butt. Very rice like. Sometimes he is saying Harper is great then there times he is saying he sucks in the same thread. But he refuses to say that ant getting hurt affected the team. He just think Harper and Bryce started to suck just bc and there was no reason for it. He thinks bc we beat bama at home that proves ant getting hurt didn’t have an effect on the team.
I’m simply trying to say it made us more tired down the stretch and Harper and Bryce were trying to do too much bc ant getting hurt affected everyone. Yet, he refuses to admit that.
 
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RistDownAU said:
Someone posted if you want some good reading then search demeat posts about Harper. He gets all defensive and starts talking out both sides of his butt. Very rice like. Sometimes he is saying Harper is great then there times he is saying he sucks in the same thread. But he refuses to say that ant getting hurt affected the team. He just think Harper and Bryce started to suck just bc and there was no reason for it. He thinks bc we beat bama at home that proves ant getting hurt didn’t have an effect on the team.
I’m simply trying to say it made us more tired down the stretch and Harper and Bryce were trying to do too much bc ant getting hurt affected everyone. Yet, he refuses to admit that.
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LOL. We played Bama the first game after Mac got hurt and had to completely alter everything about the game because of our depth. It worked out great because Bama wasn’t prepared for it. But it was a problem moving forward because teams had a better idea how to attack us on both ends without him.

No one will ever be able to convince me that losing him late last year didn’t completely change that team’s outlook. Mac may not have been the most crucial piece to that squad last year, but he was extremely valuable in his role. Losing him and having no one to play his role plus the loss of depth completely changed that team and the way the season ended.
 
DufnerFanBoy said:
LOL. We played Bama the first game after Mac got hurt and had to completely alter everything about the game because of our depth. It worked out great because Bama wasn’t prepared for it. But it was a problem moving forward because teams had a better idea how to attack us on both ends without him.

No one will ever be able to convince me that losing him late last year didn’t completely change that team’s outlook. Mac may not have been the most crucial piece to that squad last year, but he was extremely valuable in his role. Losing him and having no one to play his role plus the loss of depth completely changed that team and the way the season ended.
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I know. Even if Horace was the one that got hurt, it still would have affected the team bc if depth alone. We looked dead tired bc we were.
 
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Denim Vest said:
We should be fine playing half court with Austin in the post. Chuma able to make plays around the goal. Add another supremely talented shooter in Danjel. We really don’t have a weakness. I rather play UVA than teams with a lot of NBA talent. Maybe they could guard and frustrate the hell out of Jared that’s about the only thing that could really derail us aside from just playing/ shooting like ass.
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Based on how UAB schemed us last night, I’d like to see us go to Wiley earlier, maybe even start him. When we know we’re facing a team that’s going to slow it down and try and grind us out, I think we need to go to more pieces that can match that on offense, and we need to have more of a downhill, attack mindset. Bryce, Samir, Chuma, Malik all need to drive to the basket first. The adjustments we made late in the game where Harper basically took over and drove it down their throats over and over is what we need to do against those types of teams.
 
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