Comments on: A Few Thoughts on the St. Joe’s Game…Hoops

By: RRR

RRR — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:45:33 +0000

Trips, are you going to preview Notre Dame today?

By: huge

huge — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:01:38 +0000

i saw Texas -2.5, is that what you see?

By: Nordberg

Nordberg — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:46:29 +0000

Ransom that’s the most optimistic thing I’ve ever heard from you.

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:01:33 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see what Vegas does with this team. Only a nine-point favorite yesterday.

By: RansomStoddard

RansomStoddard — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:59:31 +0000

You guys sure are serious for this early in the season. I get the sense Barnes is just fooling around with some lineups and wants to see what the best offensive strategy will be. This team is pretty good.

By: huge

huge — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:41:25 +0000

atchely over hansbrough, we’ll see

By: The General

The General — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:28:04 +0000

I could only watch the first half, but . . . I have no problem with Damian James's shot selection or jumper's off the dribble. He has a very good two dribble then jump shot move. Those shots are going in and out. When they start falling he will be fine. I know he needs to get to the rim, but he gets out of control when he attacks the basket. AJ is our best point guard. I think Barnes does encourage AJ, Damian, and Atchley to take any shot they can get. A bad shot from them has statistical advantages over a layup from Clint Chapman. We are a much, much better team with Connor Atchley in the game than without. How about this shit? NBA DRAFT NET - Senior Rankings Released Connor Atchley Photo: IconSMI

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:08:34 +0000

“The way he reamed Ward (a true freshman) when Ward slightly overthrew Connor was a bit excessive.”

That’s the way he’s always done it.

“Sure wish Barnes encouraged an inside-out attack instead of encouraging guys to jack up the first clear 20 foot jumper that is available.”

Ya think he was encouraging those…?

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:59:22 +0000

Atchley sat most of the first half because of two fouls.

If they pack the defense, they can play with anyone. Problem as I see it is that last year’s 88-84 game is more likely to be 58-54 this year because they haven’t worked out how to score. FTs are adventures, and inside shots are estimates.

They can win with defense, but they need more twos.

By: Kafka

Kafka — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:58:02 +0000

Wangmene was pretty awesome today: 8 point and 7 rebounds in just 9 minutes. I wondered when he was finally going to get an opportunity.

Gary had 14 points and 10 rebounds in just 23 minutes. Dex did not get too many opportunities to score but he got 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, and 1 nice assist in just 10 minutes.

Ward had 4 assists in 12 minutes. The guy is a player.

Mason needs to learn to not throw the ball low to the big guys. Maybe the best approach is to get the ball to the high post first and let the high post guy pass the ball to the low post guy.

Re Balbay: it is hard to play a PG who can not hit the college 3 so I hope Balbay can hit the 3.

I don’t get the impression that Mason and Damion are real great at ball handling.

The horns are going to have lots of opportunities for fast breaks but Barnes is going to have to deal with the fact that fast breaking attacks are going to have some turnovers. The way he reamed Ward (a true freshman) when Ward slightly overthrew Connor was a bit excessive.

Sure wish Barnes encouraged an inside-out attack instead of encouraging guys to jack up the first clear 20 foot jumper that is available.