Against New Mexico St.???

This is a team I said we would kill in the preseason, not I'm not so sure.......They are 4-1 and they killed New Mexico 67-48.....but then lost to UTEP by 9.....not sure what to think about the aggies........

Until we find five guys who want to play as a team on both ends of the court, anybody on our schedule can beat us, well, maybe not Texas St. Since I don't think the so-called motion offense is working and we have some good outside shooters maybe we should just go to the single high post offense. That way we have four shooters and the post just moves from the high post to the basket as the ball moves setting screens for the shooters. After the screen the post roles to the basket. If they overplay the shooter the role man should be open if the not the shooter has a better shot than we are getting now. We just need a starting five that's only goal is to win and not worry about anything else. I would try a line up right now for two games straight of Parker Glenn, Price, Collins and Ramsdell. They would all play about 30 minutes, leaving 50 minutes for subs. We have to have a starting five that can either get us a lead or stay within striking diastance no matter who were playing or how good the other team is playing.

It is a home game with a week to prepare... sure we stand a chance. I always had this one down as a tough game, even pre-season. They are a GREAT rebounding team (+8 average) and are tough defenders who would rather foul than give up an easy shot. They are only allowing 60 points a game. In the UTEP game, UTEP shot 25 more FTs than NMSU which obviously was the difference.



ash =o)

The more free throws we shoot, the more trouble were in. :frown: Well, if they foul the right guys it might be OK but overall, fouling Tulsa is a good way to win the game. Add to that they are a rebounding machine, Tulsa is in real trouble. Either play the 5 best players no matter what their height or play 3 Big guys, Price being the smallest of those at all times and hope we get a rebound once in a while. Without Gonzo, I would be playing Cardwell more and more minutes because he may be our only hope for a real rebounder in the middle come conference time. If no one else wants to rebound, I would play Meir(?) all day long at the 4 spot because I 've seen him want the rebounds and get them. I don't know where all the negatives come from about Meir. I have only seen him play about 5-6 times but everything he does has been good, shooting, rebounding and passing. I know, he's white so he isn't fast enough. I haven't seen are other speedy players doing real well on defense and at least Meir tries all the time!!!!!!!!!

Until we start hitting on all cylinders, I won't go into any game thinking we're going to win. I'll go in thinking we're in for a battle.

Rebounding is obviously a weakness for us right now. We did a little better against ORU, but couldn't grab the boards down the stretch when we needed them. Gotta find a way to hold our own on the glass...

and Free Throws, we are horriffic from the line........

We were 12-15 for 80% against ORU... the hey is to make sure the guards draw the fouls.


ash =o)

yeesh, I hate to think how ugly it would be if teams start a "Hack a Price" strategy late in the game. Hope we have shatterproof backboards...

Price is horrible from the line........worse than Shaq

The game Sunday should be a good test to see if we've started to learn anything yet!! NMSU is a darn good team and we will have to play pretty good to beat them. It could even be interesting to see the starting line-up. I hope Collins starts and starts shooting the ball. We not only need his outside scoring, maybe more important we need his rebounding on the weakside desperately. We need to play with more tenacity, that killer instinct, not a bunch of nice guys!!!

TUDIEHARD Wrote:Price is horrible from the line........worse than Shaq

I've never seen anyone worse than Shaq.

then you have never seen price....