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They used their strength, length and pogo sticking ability well.
We also have a team with great necks.
I think the Hausers are very talented players, great shooters. Not great on ball defenders. Not great at creating their own shot. Last year, during the tailspin, what was the common denominator of all the teams that beat MU down the stretch? Big guards who attacked off the dribble. Due to injuries and the make up of that team, MU did not have defensive options. In the Murray State game, Sam was shut down by a 6'4 defender who spent all the time that mattered in that game up under his chin, knowing Sam could not go by him. I am not certain both Hausers would have started if they had stayed and nobody else (Sacar grad transfer) left. Having guards with size makes a team so much more versatile. A muscular, quick 6'4 player can guard 4 positions. A slow 6'9 player cannot. If the 6'4 player can dribble and shoot, he can play 4 positions on offense. It goes back to switchables. A switchable is a big guard who can play and defend multiple positions. Yes, you want PG's and post players, but you have to have versatile wings, too. I am more optimistic about this team than I was a year ago after Greg got hurt. I think his absence cost MU on many levels, in ways that show up on stat sheets and ways that don't. Look how he impacted the game yesterday putting up modest numbers. If Symir is able to come up to speed in the next few weeks, this will truly be a deep, dynamic, versatile team that is actually set up better to make a tournament run than last year. Assuming health.
I am more optimistic about this team than I was a year ago after Greg got hurt. I think his absence cost MU on many levels, in ways that show up on stat sheets and ways that don't. Look how he impacted the game yesterday putting up modest numbers.
*excellent
Funny how a skinny 6'3" guard is the junkyard dog of this team.
Any team without Sam Hauser is a worse team, don't care what anyone says.
Sam is an excellent basketball player and it is disappointing he left. They are a less talented team without him. Whether they are a worse team is still to be determined. Team chemistry can help teams transcend their talents. We’ll see what happens with this team but so far they seem very close and willing to sacrifice for each other.
MU82, I wasn't clear. I think the starting lineup would have been Theo, Koby, Sacar, Markus, Hauser. I think the Hausers would have been competing with each other for minutes. I think this would be a better team if they had stayed. But I think it will still be a good team without them.
They can be worse than they would've been with him, but that doesn't mean they aren't better than they were a year ago. Adding Koby, Greg, & Jayce is potentially a lot of positive pieces.
I like to imagine the boys in the locker room after the game yelling, "@$#& the Hauser sisters!" I know they're classier than that, but I'm not.
Why? This post...not who we are. Cmon now
???Bubba's post is precisely who a few of our posters are.And not all that far from many, many more who feel the same but don't express it quite as crudely.