re: #tAuburnBasketball Thread

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Turnovers: 21

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Here are some of my takeaways:

1. Samir played terribly. Surely he understands that his overall play is a crucial factor in how the team performs. Similar to how Jared's play greatly affected the team last year. He can't be lazy in any department, and last night he was quite lazy and out of the game. If this occurs, I wouldn't mind giving Turbo some minutes and having Samir ride the bench (if J/von is tired too) to send a message.

2. I wish our guys were better at finishing near the basket. Teams have figured out that they're better off fouling us and forcing FT's than letting us finish the easy baskets (dunks, layups, etc). However, I wish our guys were more authoritative about finishing those buckets, but maybe it's harder than it looks. It looks like they're are unaware of defenders intentions to foul them. This was evident when Cambridge didn't finish a dunk last night and missed two FT's instead. Throw that dunk down damnit! Against Vandy or UGA, Samir got chased down from behind to get a breakaway layup blocked.

3. I wish we would figure out how to be more creative inside. Too often, it seems like it's only one guy who tries to get a basket inside (which often leads to low-percentage floaters or a turnover). I would rather look for that extra pass to Anfernee or Austin to finish the basket. If Samir, Isaac, or J'von can draw an extra player, then it could open up our bigs for high percentage looks under the basket or alley-oops. This is how Austin and Anfernee can play bigger roles in the offense. It's a shame how few opportunities Austin had last night.

4. We need to run plays in order to get JJ open. He's the only good 3-point shooter on the team. He was 3-5 last night and it's a shame he didn't get more looks. Perhaps Bama limited him. As far as 3-point shots go outside of JJ, they either go it or aren't even close. It's disheartening to see shot after shot clank off the front of the rim. We settled for bad 3's way too often last night.

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Maclemore has no offensive bone in his body.

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this is just dumb. Mac drains threes all the time

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I actually think Mac has a better back to basket game than Wiley as well. He's underrated offensively although he is definitely limited

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MAC has never been comfortable playing the post w/ his back to the basket. He just doesnt have that kind of offense in him. He's best at D(blocking shots) and he just found he can hit the 3 every now and then since last year.

I agree, he SHOULD have a better back to the basket game bc of his quickness, but remember he is only 6' 7", and he never looked comfortable shooting in there.

A telling stat is that we shot 11-25 on dunks and layups.

How many times did we get a shot inside but it either was contested or we were too aggressive and fast trying to put it in? I can remember one time where Purifoy I think got the rebound 3 times and missed every layup or put back bc of the inside pressure he was getting.

And Alabama was getting easy dribble drive layups bc our guards overguarded and we had slow weak help defense when Alabama got around them.

Florida will be doing a blackout Saturday.

Will have to deal with another hostile crowd.

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The nation’s No. 4 team in 2-point field goal percentage is 8-20 on layups and dunks tonight. Whew.

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This is per Justin Ferguson. We don't have a problem w/ 2 pt FGs overall, but we certainly did last night. We don't need to make an issue out of this unless it continues.

And don't forget Turbo's missed shot, 2 missed FTs, 1 TO, and 2 fouls in 2 minutes.

The whole coaching staff was yelling at Wiley on one foul he didn't power thru, he's the one that frustrates me most because he is built like a dang titan

Alabama took our blueprint from last year and beat us with it