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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Blackhat on January 28, 2013, 09:56:18 PM
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kid deserves his own thread.
Beautiful defense and some strong boards!!
Way to go Chris!
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Said the same thing in the SOTG thread.
He looked great today.
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What was his final tally for blocks? 4? 5?
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Got in their heads. They knew where he was when they took it inside late. Y'all sure it would "be best if he just moved on"?
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4 blocks... and yeah USF didn't get a lot of inside the paint good looks toward the end.
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USF shot 42% from 3 and only 19% from 2. We were in there heads if they got to the paint.
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Chris' D was outstanding, nice to see him stick with it thru the injuries and keep doing it strong
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On offense he also continued to act as a very effective "human wall", sealing off defenders so his teammates would have an open path to the basket. Very well done, Mr. Otule.
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He looked like he did against Syracuse his sophomore year, great D and rebounding, and getting easy flushes early on. Thinking he's getting more comfortable recovering with that knee injury.
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Yeah, I would love to have him around for a sixth year. Davante is great, but he can't do some of the stuff that CO brings on the defensive end.
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Sure was a defensive presence. Played one of his best games. Good job CO!!
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Yeah, I would love to have him around for a sixth year. Davante is great, but he can't do some of the stuff that CO brings on the defensive end.
With you 100% on this, Sultan. Unless we recruit a big man of similar potential, it absolutely would benefit the team to have a player of Otule's skill set on the roster. Even if Davante proves capable of playing 30+ minutes on a regular basis -- still a big "if" -- I don't see how it's anything but a positive to have a tall, shot-blocking big man on the team. As he showed last night, he's a very valuable insurance policy should Gardner get hurt or get fouls. Not to mention the fact that Otule is an intelligent, hard-working role model, a great teammate and an outstanding citizen.
If Otule wants to return, it's a total no-brainer to bring him back. I see zero downside.
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What puzzles me is the fact that we rarely go to Chris on offense after the tip-off. I remember so many games where he starts off the game with a baby hook in the post and yesterday he gets back-to-back slams and then nothing really after. Why don't we try to feed it to him more? I feel like he could be getting close to 10ppg if we just gave him a few more looks.
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What puzzles me is the fact that we rarely go to Chris on offense after the tip-off. I remember so many games where he starts off the game with a baby hook in the post and yesterday he gets back-to-back slams and then nothing really after. Why don't we try to feed it to him more? I feel like he could be getting close to 10ppg if we just gave him a few more looks.
Those back to back slams were more due to crap defense by USF than anything. On one, Junior made a great pass inside to him, on the other, the defender got caught way up top and no one rotated to help.
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One of the plays by Blue last night that disappointed me was when he attempted to throw a bounce pass to CO through traffic while both were moving. I am a CO fan, but he has no chance of catching that pass and his teammates should know better.