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Date Posted: 12:46:52 11/21/04 Sun
Author: Samford game
Subject: CCSU20M

Bad loss last night. I dont like the small lineup that Howie is putting out there. Relies too much on perimeter shooting. I would like to see a starting five of Blackwood at point, Anderson at SG, obie at SF, Pittman at PF, and am very curious as to why Sobers or Brooks are getting no minutes. Especially Sobers, because I heard he bulked up in the offseason and is very athletic. But I have been very impressed with Blackwood, obie, and Anderson so far.

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[> Re: CCSU20M -- J.J., 09:46:12 11/22/04 Mon

Bad loss is right, but I'm not sure its the "small" line up. The numbers from Colgate and the 1st half of Samford were pretty good. I just read the recaps and I think the loss could be summarized very easy -

"The Blue Devils ... missed 26 of their last 29 shots on the night."

If you miss 26 of 29, you aren't going to beat NBHS. For now I'll chalk up that 2nd half to a "bad night," but numbers like that are not encouraging especially when you have much stronger teams like Niagara, Santa Clara, and UConn ahead of you.


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[> [> Re: JJ -- CCSU20M, 14:55:23 11/22/04 Mon

My point is that because the small lineup relies on perimeter shooting, there are going to nights where their shots aren't falling. A team that relies on perimeter scoring is never as consistent as a team that gets scoring out of their big men.


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[> [> [> Re: JJ -- LarryL9797, 16:41:28 11/22/04 Mon

man I hope Central has their 3 point shot on tonight... It will be a long night if they dont. I would think that Howie should put in Sobers or even Ingo to put some bulk in front of the basket.


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[> [> [> Outside shooting -- J.J., 17:19:04 11/22/04 Mon

CCSU20M - you're right that a perimeter shooting team will be somewhat inconsistent. If the shots don't fall they're in trouble, but if they do you have a chance to knock off some of the big boys. It could be a hot and cold type season. Lets just hope they're hot in March!

Some teams can burry their opponent with outside shooting all night even though they can't go inside. Really thats what Samford did to Central. Anyway, its my guess that the bigger guys will take a while to come along in practice and we might not see them until the NEC games. I'd guess the team will have some kind of inside presence by the mid to end of the season.

Although Niagara is bigger than Central, from what I saw against PC they scored most succesfully was in transition off their defense. They got some lay-ups, short jumpers, and 3s. If CCSU controls the ball well, make good passes and smart shots NU's size won't matter much. But again if the shots don't fall (like Saturday night), we don't have the option to drop the ball to down low to a Robinson or Edwards type player, yet.


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