Evansville

[hoopfan]

Have you seen Juwan shoot lately? We were better with hunter at point. agreed on Klint and Koch. Offense is better without them playing. Pickford is shooting terrible though and I like him a lot.

I've watched him shoot all year and it hasn't been good. He still manages to find a way into the lane and find open shooters. Rhodes doesn't have that ability and isn't any better from 3 than Juwan. I can understand starting Rhodes in the 2nd half to send a message, but to bench Juwan the entire half when no one is scoring is asinine.

[BCPanther]

Other noticable thing is that this team flat doesn't like each other. Body language is terrible. Klint is constantly screaming at people and that doesn't work when your game doesn't back it up.

Juwan's dad hasn't been able to be an adult on Twitter for two years, so what's he saying in private?

[run&blade]

Other noticable thing is that this team flat doesn't like each other. Body language is terrible. Klint is constantly screaming at people and that doesn't work when your game doesn't back it up.

Juwan's dad hasn't been able to be an adult on Twitter for two years, so what's he saying in private?

it would be bad to lose one of the few athletes on the team, he has been bad this year but at least he has upside. Frankly some of them have little upside and shouldn't be playing Division 1.

[DownGoesKansas]

I've watched him shoot all year and it hasn't been good. He still manages to find a way into the lane and find open shooters. Rhodes doesn't have that ability and isn't any better from 3 than Juwan. I can understand starting Rhodes in the 2nd half to send a message, but to bench Juwan the entire half when no one is scoring is asinine.

Hunter is 37% from 3. Juwan 26%. I mean Juwan shows some very good things and promise including D and I don't want this to be a session bashing him. But more Juwan shooting does not solve this teams problems no matter what his Dad posts,

[hoopfan]

Other noticable thing is that this team flat doesn't like each other. Body language is terrible. Klint is constantly screaming at people and that doesn't work when your game doesn't back it up.

Juwan's dad hasn't been able to be an adult on Twitter for two years, so what's he saying in private?

This was an issue going back to last year with Klint yelling at people and not being able to back it up. He's been absolutely torched several times this year, but is still quick to jump on everyone else. You can also see the offensive system is doing nothing to engage the future of the program. The young guys, McCloud, Brown, Pickford and Phyfe all seem to get along well on the floor, it's the seniors that don't appear to be too well liked.

[unifan]

This was an issue going back to last year with Klint yelling at people and not being able to back it up. He's been absolutely torched several times this year, but is still quick to jump on everyone else. You can also see the offensive system is doing nothing to engage the future of the program. The young guys, McCloud, Brown, Pickford and Phyfe all seem to get along well on the floor, it's the seniors that don't appear to be too well liked.

At this point, what would it hurt to try the younger guys, another loss? Clearly the seniors are not contributing consistently enough and at this point I think loyalty is overriding the tough decision of taking minutes away from your seniors.

[BCPanther]

Blake Simmons has 200 more career points than Bennett Koch.

Let that sink in.

[CyCarp]

Maybe I'm being dramatic, but this massacre of a season is on the coaches. Juwan is 100% a confidence guy. I know the PTL is a completely different world, but he averaged 20 ppg and shot it well from 3 last summer. Maybe he just struggles under pressure, maybe the coaches are just handcuffing guys and won't just let them play their game. I'm betting on the latter. I think that's part of the reason we very rarely get much offensive production from underclassmen.

[unifan]

And we are now all but locked into Thursday night in St. Louis, right?

[DownGoesKansas]

Blake Simmons has 200 more career points than Bennett Koch.

Let that sink in.

Blake Simmons can shoot. No one on our team can currently.

This is so depressing at the moment.

[DownGoesKansas]

Maybe I'm being dramatic, but this massacre of a season is on the coaches. Juwan is 100% a confidence guy. I know the PTL is a completely different world, but he averaged 20 ppg and shot it well from 3 last summer. Maybe he just struggles under pressure, maybe the coaches are just handcuffing guys and won't just let them play their game. I'm betting on the latter. I think that's part of the reason we very rarely get much offensive production from underclassmen.

I mean I think the pace of play and being afraid to take an early shot is part of it. But we miss a lot of open shots as well. idk everything is a mess

[Blue42]

Maybe I'm being dramatic, but this massacre of a season is on the coaches. Juwan is 100% a confidence guy. I know the PTL is a completely different world, but he averaged 20 ppg and shot it well from 3 last summer. Maybe he just struggles under pressure, maybe the coaches are just handcuffing guys and won't just let them play their game. I'm betting on the latter. I think that's part of the reason we very rarely get much offensive production from underclassmen.

Yeah but who is the last good point guard you saw who lacked confidence and struggled under pressure.

Confidence and toughness under pressure are pre-requisites for the job.

Now...I agree if you're telling a kid not to shoot, that's a problem. You can't let 5 guys guard 4.

[JD720]

And we are now all but locked into Thursday night in St. Louis, right?

We're 2 games out of 6th with 7 to play. We also have home games left with the 3 teams currently tied for 6th. We obviously need to play better, but we're not locked into Thursday yet.

[hoopfan]

I mean I think the pace of play and being afraid to take an early shot is part of it. But we miss a lot of open shots as well. idk everything is a mess

It's easy to defend a team that can't shoot. It's even easier to defend a team that makes very little effort to score during the first 15-20 seconds of a possession. Teams seem to know UNI is going to slow it down and they can rest a for most of a defensive possession and lock in for the final 10 seconds. You are right that it is all a mess and yet the staff trots out the same set of plays game after game.

[CyCarp]

Yeah but who is the last good point guard you saw who lacked confidence and struggled under pressure.

Confidence and toughness under pressure are pre-requisites for the job.

Now...I agree if you're telling a kid not to shoot, that's a problem. You can't let 5 guys guard 4.

That's my point exactly. I have a hard time seeing a D1 recruit struggle under the pressure vs teams like Valpo, Evansville and Southern Illinois. There is no pressure against teams like that unless he's worried that he has to play perfectly or else he'll spend the last 25 minutes on the bench.