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re: AU BBall Thread : Trainwrecked at 18-14
Posted on 12/15/16 at 10:17 pm to AUNashville
Posted on 12/15/16 at 10:17 pm to AUNashville
quote:That's the thing. We know he can do it, it's just a matter of him getting his head on straight.
I really want him to find his stroke again. I bet it's frustrating for him, but that problem is between his ears.
It was good to see Lang have a solid night. He didn't look gimpy at all to me
Edit: For anyone interested, Alabama beat USC Upstate 78-61. They also played Coastal Carolina earlier this season and won 70-53
This post was edited on 12/15/16 at 10:23 pm
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Posted on 12/15/16 at 10:45 pm to Mac5500
Coastal Carolina is bad this year and we just got hot. Wouldn't look into this win anymore than that.
Good team builder though
Good team builder though
Posted on 12/15/16 at 10:57 pm to Rig
quote:I agree, just putting it out there. We played incredibly well as a team tonight. Way more ball movement and actually played good defense (or at least way better than usual). It'll be interesting to see how they play against Mercer after that hot night.
Coastal Carolina is bad this year and we just got hot. Wouldn't look into this win anymore than that.
That went about as well as we could have possibly hoped as far as limiting minutes for starters though. We needed that with 2 guys suspended and one transferring.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:02 am to Rig
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Coastal Carolina is bad this year and we just got hot. Wouldn't look into this win anymore than that.
Good team builder though
Yep but what stood out to me is this is one of the first times I have seen us move the ball that much, that consistently on offense. Yes we took an absurd amount of 3s and hit half of em which is something that is not sustainable but in the late in the 1st half and for most of the 2nd I saw team start to do some good things on offense they haven't done a ton of this year like attacking the basket consistenty. That helped our shooting because guys were wide open and catching in rhythm. That's the big takeaway for me
Now we need to show we will do that consistently and not just when everything we throw up goes in. But ya that was an important one for team's psyche
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:27 am to TigerPaw1
So let's talk DeSean Murray and next year in general for a second. How does this guy even see minutes? Assuming Purifoy returns (which I think we all assume he will unless he continues to AVG 26 pts a game like the past two games.) We have a rotation looking a little like this:
PG: Harper / Mitchell
SG: Brown / Heron (who will presumably start at the 3)
SF: Heron / Lang / Okeke
PF: Purifoy / McLemore / Okeke
C: Wiley / Spencer
He is a 6'4 PF who has no outside game at all - I just don't see where he gets the minutes at PF or SF.
Our depth at the 2 also scares me. Since New basically hasn't played at all this year I assume he is redshirting and planning on transferring out. Really hope we can hit the grad transfer market for a solid SG (I am still regrettably holding out hope for 5* MJ Walker.)
That is a TON of talent. Not only talent, but diverse talent. We may finally have the guys to match-up with a bigger team with a lineup like:
Mitchell
Heron
Okeke / Purifoy
Purifoy / Mclemore / Spencer?
Wiley
I still have hope for this year even though the BC loss is going to kill our RPI and is a very bad loss, just cant help but get excited for next year.
PG: Harper / Mitchell
SG: Brown / Heron (who will presumably start at the 3)
SF: Heron / Lang / Okeke
PF: Purifoy / McLemore / Okeke
C: Wiley / Spencer
He is a 6'4 PF who has no outside game at all - I just don't see where he gets the minutes at PF or SF.
Our depth at the 2 also scares me. Since New basically hasn't played at all this year I assume he is redshirting and planning on transferring out. Really hope we can hit the grad transfer market for a solid SG (I am still regrettably holding out hope for 5* MJ Walker.)
That is a TON of talent. Not only talent, but diverse talent. We may finally have the guys to match-up with a bigger team with a lineup like:
Mitchell
Heron
Okeke / Purifoy
Purifoy / Mclemore / Spencer?
Wiley
I still have hope for this year even though the BC loss is going to kill our RPI and is a very bad loss, just cant help but get excited for next year.
This post was edited on 12/16/16 at 10:46 am
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:57 am to SECTiger92
quote:
How does this guy even see minutes?
Like this
quote:
PG: Harper / Mitchell
SG: Brown / Heron / Lang
SF: Heron / Purifoy / Lang / Okeke
PF: Purifoy / Murray / McElmore / Okeke
C: Wiley / Spencer / Murray
quote:
He is a 6'4 PF - I just don't see where he gets the minutes at PF or SF.
Murray can play PF/C since he uses his lower center of gravity very effectively. In scrimmages I watched, he clearly understood he can win by leveraging taller but skinnier opponents both on O/D
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who has no outside game at all
I would bet money that they are working on that during his RS year. I refuse to believe that an Auburn player won't want to jack up 3s
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:19 am to GenesChin
McLemore just looks so good in his limited minutes. I'd hate to push him further down the depth chart.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:43 am to Mac5500
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McLemore just looks so good in his limited minutes. I'd hate to push him further down the depth chart.
He looks good because he hustle's and rebounds well. He has no offensive game at all so Murray would be a huge upgrade in that department.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:45 am to Mac5500
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McLemore just looks so good in his limited minutes. I'd hate to push him further down the depth chart.
I think it will change by opponent but I expect most of our post players to get 15-20m to keep them fresh + avoid foul trouble. Then it is opponent specific who slides into what slot
I'd guess it breaks out like this
PG- 25m Harper 15m Mitchell
SG- 15m Brown, 15m Heron 10m Lang
SF- 10m Heron, 10m Purifoy, 5m Lang/Okeke
PF- 15m Purifoy , 15m McElmore, 10m Murray
C - 20m Wiley, 15m Spencer, 5m Murray
By Player
25m - Heron, Purifoy Harper
20m - Wiley
15m - McElmore, Spencer, Murray, Mitchell, Brown maybe Lang
~5m - Okeke
This post was edited on 12/16/16 at 10:46 am
Posted on 12/16/16 at 11:31 am to SECTiger92
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He is a 6'4 PF who has no outside game at all
Umm
Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:18 pm to Mac5500
So Bruce just tweeted a photo of the team eating at the wellness center eating.....
Austin Wiley is sitting next to Mustapha
Austin Wiley is sitting next to Mustapha
Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:24 pm to GenesChin
Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:48 pm to AUBorn
If you look at KenPom stats, Auburn is around top 100 in nearly every category except rebounds where we are fringe 250-300
If we can fix that, we should be infinitely better
If we can fix that, we should be infinitely better
Posted on 12/16/16 at 3:06 pm to GenesChin
Posted on 12/16/16 at 3:16 pm to TigerPaw1
Posted on 12/16/16 at 4:07 pm to BowlJackson
Posted on 12/16/16 at 4:40 pm to golfntiger32
This can't be right, JR told us he wouldn't qualify at all. Not possible to qualify early
Posted on 12/16/16 at 4:46 pm to TigerPaw1
Tourney team!!!
We're gonna keep getting better all season long. Stay healthy and we can hang with anybody. UConn and Oklahoma will be interesting tests.
We're gonna keep getting better all season long. Stay healthy and we can hang with anybody. UConn and Oklahoma will be interesting tests.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 5:02 pm to GenesChin
The Mercer game just got a lot more interesting. I hope that translates to more butts in the seats.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 5:39 pm to marshallcotiger
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