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Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« on: November 23, 2022, 06:59:15 PM »
1.   I love games with contributions from all over.
2.   Oso had a heck of a game.   His teammates cost him several assists.  They make some lay ups and he is sniffing a triple double.   Maybe a couple of assists short, but you get my point.   My vote for SOTG.
3.  A couple of soft foul calls on Omax.   Alas.   He never really got in the flow due to foul trouble.
4.   Sean and Chase both had some really nice moments.    I hope this is the new normal for both.   
5.   Great defense.    There will be games where a line up of Sean, Stevie, Chase, Omax, and Oso messes people up.
6.   MU looked comfortable attacking the zone.   
7.  Stevie, Kam, Oso, Chase all had really great moves that somehow did not go in.
8.   Am I the only one who hasn't seen an identifiable in bounds play yet this year?    Lob in to Oso, then a hand off.   Today, against the zone, a lob over the top to Kam, who shot.   
9.  I am looking forward to consistency from Joplin.   I think we all are.   
10.   Great bounce back.   We don't have to shut down the program.     Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.   
 
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2022, 07:02:04 PM »
For those that know better than me, how many defenses that we’ll see in the Big East will be the quality we saw last night?

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2022, 07:03:05 PM »
Don't forget about Kolek's increasing confidence on offense translating. He played a great game.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2022, 07:06:35 PM »
For those that know better than me, how many defenses that we’ll see in the Big East will be the quality we saw last night?

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2022, 07:12:21 PM »
Six games in and I think this team is better overall team than last year. Consistency is going to be very important, but the D is far advanced over last year.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2022, 07:15:03 PM »
Six games in and I think this team is better overall team than last year. Consistency is going to be very important, but the D is far advanced over last year.

Agree completely regarding the defense. Oso can’t get into foul trouble. Someone get Ben some HGH.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2022, 07:15:33 PM »
Jones and Ross need more PT

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2022, 07:16:12 PM »
1.   I love games with contributions from all over.
2.   Oso had a heck of a game.   His teammates cost him several assists.  They make some lay ups and he is sniffing a triple double.   Maybe a couple of assists short, but you get my point.   My vote for SOTG.
3.  A couple of soft foul calls on Omax.   Alas.   He never really got in the flow due to foul trouble.
4.   Sean and Chase both had some really nice moments.    I hope this is the new normal for both.   
5.   Great defense.    There will be games where a line up of Sean, Stevie, Chase, Omax, and Oso messes people up.
6.   MU looked comfortable attacking the zone.   
7.  Stevie, Kam, Oso, Chase all had really great moves that somehow did not go in.
8.   Am I the only one who hasn't seen an identifiable in bounds play yet this year?    Lob in to Oso, then a hand off.   Today, against the zone, a lob over the top to Kam, who shot.   
9.  I am looking forward to consistency from Joplin.   I think we all are.   
10.   Great bounce back.   We don't have to shut down the program.     Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.   
 


Oso had a really nice bounce back after an awful/soft performance last night. Happy to see it.

Why no mention of Kolek? If there’s an all tourney team he’s for sure our representative.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2022, 07:16:23 PM »
For those that know better than me, how many defenses that we’ll see in the Big East will be the quality we saw last night?

Creighton's D looks legit. They needed a number of things to go right to be the team pundits predicted, and so far it looks like those things went right.
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2022, 07:17:22 PM »
Jones and Ross need more PT

At the expense of.......?



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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2022, 07:18:02 PM »

Oso had a really nice bounce back after an awful/soft performance last night. Happy to see it.

Why no mention of Kolek? If there’s an all tourney team he’s for sure our representative.

Kolek is one of the two anchors of the team, just like Shaka said.   He looked good.   
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2022, 07:29:35 PM »
Jones and Ross need more PT

They are the two guys on the team with elite athleticism.

Sean will be a 4-year guy because of his size. Hopefully, Ross will be too. Gonna be fun watching these two guys develop.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2022, 07:33:06 PM »
MU has a lot of healthy competition at guard.

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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2022, 07:33:39 PM »
At the expense of.......?

Exactly. I LOVE Sean Jones and really like Chase Ross but there’s a logjam at their positions and the players ahead of them have more experience. That said, Shaka’s hand may be forced by Sean - I think he’s that good.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2022, 07:36:35 PM »
Defense travels. Our on-ball guarding is elite, which will help mitigate our lack of size. Sean and Stevie are absolute bulldogs. Kam’s defense is improved. Kolek is also a good on ball defender.

Offensively, Kam is going to find his shot. Kolek’s improved offense will help the team as well. But this teams identity and calling card is it’s on ball defense.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2022, 07:41:08 PM »
At the expense of.......?

Sean needs to play more and Stevie needs to play less. Stevie is a great defender, but Sean is no slouch either and we need Sean’s ability to break down the defense from the perimeter off the bounce.
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2022, 07:43:44 PM »
I am going to let Sean be a freshman.  There are going to be more rough games.  But I am going to enjoy watching his progress.

I am going to enjoy the guard depth and trust Shaka to allocate the minutes.
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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2022, 07:45:38 PM »
Shaka is off the hot seat for tonight
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2022, 07:47:43 PM »
Sean - Kolek (to keep him fresh), Stevie, Kam (when he is jacking up 35 footers 5 seconds into the shot clock),

Ross -  Joplin until he gets his game going, Oso when in foul trouble or an off night


At the expense of.......?
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« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2022, 07:49:03 PM »
Failing to take size into account.  Hard to go 4 guard if one is 5'10 ish

Particularly in the Big East.   You thought the rebounding was bad before.
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2022, 08:47:37 PM »
Shaka is off the hot seat for tonight

Yeah, there sure was a lot of wasted mental energy the last 24-48 hours.
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2022, 09:11:59 PM »
At the expense of.......?

At this point I would say Kam Jones. Doesn't mean it should be forever but his offense hasn't been good enough to justify his defense so far.
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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2022, 09:13:48 PM »
#6 was key. Great dribble drive penetration against the zone.  MU all energy all the time. 83.8 defensive efficiency is elite.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2022, 09:16:03 PM »
They are the two guys on the team with elite athleticism.

Sean will be a 4-year guy because of his size. Hopefully, Ross will be too. Gonna be fun watching these two guys develop.

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Re: Yellow Jacket Wramblings
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2022, 09:21:34 PM »
Defense travels. Our on-ball guarding is elite, which will help mitigate our lack of size. Sean and Stevie are absolute bulldogs. Kam’s defense is improved. Kolek is also a good on ball defender.

Offensively, Kam is going to find his shot. Kolek’s improved offense will help the team as well. But this teams identity and calling card is it’s on ball defense.

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