Why doesn't he get more playing time?
All you have to do is watch the first 4 minutes of the ND game.
I especially enjoyed when he got the dish, went up for a big slam, didn't get enough height, and missed his layup attempt while coming back to the ground. Man is he good...
3 fouls and at least 4 missed layups.
He can't be expected to score every time; he's not a premier big man. But giving him opportunities is the right thing to do for our offense, just don't expect points every time. His defense on Harangody was phenominal though. Crean should have taken him out after the second foul late in the first half.
I feel like when you have a layup, you should be expected to score almost every time. Of course that's not just on Ooze. If Marquette made half of the layups they've missed today this game would be much closer. I won't get into the whole dropping passes thing, or falling to the ground after getting a rebound, or the goal tending, or catching passes while standing out of bounds, etc. Sorry, but this game is maddeningly frustrating. And anotehr missed layup as I finish typing this....
No one expects scoring every time, but 1 for 9 from a big man is inexcusable. If he's going to be that bad there's no point in passing him the ball. Burke has touched the ball twice and made both of his attempts.
He messed up in so many different ways.
For the team as a whole, "missed layups" also depends on your definition of a layup. Half are poor finishes. Half consist of four players from our team under the basket with four players from the other team with a size advantage, forcing us to put up shots that are close but still not good shots.
What about the hand in the basket!!!!!!!!!!!
Barro also kept Harrongody at bay most of the game. Barro is what he is, but I thought he played damn hard to today, especially on the boards and on defense.
I'll agree he did shutdown Harrongody for the most part and even out rebounded him 12-11.
Ooze had a horrible offensive game granted--especially for a 60% shooter. That said, I still maintain that we were a better team with him starting and in there. For once, we we didn't dig a hole right out of the box. If you noticed, ND grew their leads when he went to the bench and TC brought in the smaller line-ups. His presence on defense and the boards is obvious. That said, I would have liked to see Trend in there earlier as a change of pace. He was disrupting Hagrid quite a bit...and loved his energy on the press.
Missing chip shots the last six games ahs killed us - and it's not just Barro. You can just about name anyone but Hayward adn it would apply. We have missed dozens of no-footers for smoe crazy reason - I really don't understand it. You don't see that a lot from other teams - it really is a gimme after you do all the work to get the ball in and to the hoop - yo have to make 75% of those minimum. We drop those, and we could have won another 3. Ton of points lost there.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on February 09, 2008, 01:16:20 PM
Barro also kept Harrongody at bay most of the game. Barro is what he is, but I thought he played damn hard to today, especially on the boards and on defense.
I agree with Chicos. Yes, he missed some makeable shots, but he grabbed some big boards and did a decent job on Harongody. Plus, just the fact that he's in there as a threat on offense helps out DJ and others when they drive to the lane.
One thing I didn't understand is why he was in there in the first half with 2 fouls. I thought Burke gave us some decent minutes and should have been inserted when Barro picked up his second foul. He might have been at the scorer's table, but I'm not sure.
I also think part of Harongody's ineffectiveness early in the game was a result of his very early first foul. I think he was afraid to pick up another before the half.
By the way, unless I'm reading the Wiki incorrectly, Barro picked up his 500th career rebound yesterday.