Well, Arky has a lot of talent IMO. Looking at the game last night I saw a lot of talent, and not a lot of good basketball from both teams. Both teams have been clearly under performing.

Arky has great athletes, shooters and depth. I think to have the record you all have is because of coaching. The reason why you beat KY is because you all are a lot more experienced, and played very hard, but your offense have very little flow. KY tried to play hard, but it looked like they had no plan whatsoever, Arky out hustled, harassed and took it to the rim.

It was an interesting pick up game, didn't really look like good basketball to me.

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Posted by ElDawgHawg

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Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:09 am to austingator

I think the issues with our offense are a result of not really having a dominant post man. We have 3 or 4 guys that can go down low and get a bucket here and there but no true back to the basket post man. PLUS, remember that our brand of basketball is about making the game look like chaos at times. Nolan's teams did it and Mike's teams are starting to do it as well.
All in all, I'm VERY pleased with how we have matured the second half of the season. Now we need to finish strong.

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Posted by Hawgeye

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Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:18 am to austingator

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Well, Arky has a lot of talent IMO. Looking at the game last night I saw a lot of talent, and not a lot of good basketball from both teams. Both teams have been clearly under performing.

No. We don't have a lot of talent. Kilo is a walk on. Wade is a liability. We have no true PG. Our guards are small.

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Arky has great athletes, shooters and depth. I think to have the record you all have is because of coaching. The reason why you beat KY is because you all are a lot more experienced, and played very hard, but your offense have very little flow. KY tried to play hard, but it looked like they had no plan whatsoever, Arky out hustled, harassed and took it to the rim.

We don't have great shooters. We really don't have great depth.

More experience? Clark, Qualls, Portis, Kingsley, Bell, Harris are all first or second year players here at Arkansas.

Anderson's style is based on defense creating offense. Which means harassing and out hustling. That's just our style.

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Posted by WonderWartHawg

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Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:23 am to austingator

I think our biggest 'offensive flow' problem is not having a true floor general. We haven't had a point guard that could really run things since Nolan left. At least not a Lee Mayberry or Corey Beck type.

However, a pretty offensive flow is needed at times, but it's not the basis of our brand of basketball.

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Posted by austingator

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Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:44 am to WonderWartHawg

Second year players are waaay better than first year players, given similar abilities. So you do have a lot more experience than KY. Your athletes passed the eye test. Your brand might be chaos, okay, that makes for ugly and inconsistent basketball.

Yeah, you lack a true point guard (that is your biggest issue), a dominant big guy? Well there are not many of those around.

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Posted by ocelot4ark

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Member since Oct 2009

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Posted on 2/28/14 at 11:47 am to austingator

The offensive "flow" bullshite that's being spouted is pretty short-sighted. There were long arse stretches in this game where our offense was looking like a well-oiled machine. Easily the best it's looked all season on the road. They look like a completely different team than the one that got beat at A&M.

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