re: Tide Hoops | 31-6 (16-2)

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Bradley gets more comfortable with Sears/Miller every minute he's on the floor. The possession late when they had cut it to 9 and we ran the shot clock down to about 9.......Bradley drove with the intention to get Miller's defender to just slightly collapse and immediately kick to him.........leading to Miller catching an in rhythm pass to drain a 3 and end the game. That shite was beautiful.

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Bradley is growing up quickly now that he has adjusted to the game speed. It felt like he was pressing early in the year thinking he had to play faster than he actually had to, but now that he's found his comfort zone he's looking like the kind of floor general that can really make an offense go.

I was browsing the LSU board and this made me laugh.

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Eric Musselman is such a b*tch

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Oats is much worse. Wish I could throat punch that bitch.

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One big surprise for me has been Miller’s rebounding, I knew he was a great scorer in HS and thought that would translate but he is 19th nationally in rebounds per game, I didnt expect that.


Clowney is 20th nationally in rebounds per game.

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I’m starting to think the JQ we got at the end of the SEC Championship season was the exception and not the real him

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You guys know how much I was criticizing Oats playing of JQ earlier in the season, especially against elite defenses, but at some point it just becomes piling on. You could tell JQ was pressing by the way he was reacting to the refs yesterday. He’s frustrated with his play, he really does seem to be trying his best when he’s on the floor (which hasn’t always been the case), and I thought Oats played him the right amount of time in the right spots yesterday.

Heck, a couple people commented about shot selection despite JQ going 2-4 from 3 and one of those was at a crucial time in the game (I agree that he has struggled with shot selection at times and we can all tell he is trying to do too much rather than let the game come to him). He wasn’t great but he made some good plays, at least 1 bad call went against him, he shot 50% from 3s including a big momentum stopper when MSU was making a run, but he had too many TOs again. He also knocked the ball away twice defensively, I believe. Given the 2 big 3s while everyone else was struggling shooting (until Miller started hitting), I think JQ was neutral to positive last night for us. That’s a big statement from me, but I think his 3 point shooting actually became contagious down the stretch. I love that he is not sulking and coming in trying to compete! I just hope he lets the game come to him a bit more and stops pressing so much.

Note: When JQ hit his 2nd 3, they had cut the lead from 13 down to 10 and we hadn’t scored in 3 full minutes of game time. (Pringle’s dunk at 13:39 to JQs 3 at 10:38).

Other than Miller being slightly ahead of the rest, I’m not sure you can separate Sears, Clowney, and JB by a whole lot. Especially if you look at performances against specific teams like Houston, both MSUs, UNC, etc. Honestly, the whole team has really contributed a lot at various points. Even Gurley’s clutch free throws were big in one to two of our wins.

It’s been a really good team effort so far and that’s what gives us confidence that we can win any game, even if one of the stars has an off game. We’ve already demonstrated that we can win without Miller being on and we can lose when he’s having a career night. This truly is a win as a team, lose as a team group of players and I love to see that!

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Chad I’m gonna need you to put that 1-0 in the SEC win column

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My bad.

Pringle is coming along nicely too. He has been giving us some valuable minutes. Good surprise.

True. Sears has been very valuable as well no doubt.

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That said, if the game is on the line I don't want anyone other than Miller or Sears taking the shot at this point.

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I agree if it's a three. If need someone to drive it in and either score to tie/win it or kick it out to a shooter for an open shot then Id probably most want it in Bradley's hands.

JQ will get there and people still have to understand that he didn't have the luxury to gel with them overseas or fully practice with them until end of October.

He's playing hard but like some have said JQ is pressing a lot.

I can’t stop thinking about how ridiculous the foul call on the floor was on Griffen’s breakaway layup. His feet were off the ground when his arm got hacked and the ref was standing right there.