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PSAL_Hoops said:

Sorry but that’s off base. Illinois isn’t a good 3 point shooting team. We played them in a way that dared them to shoot those shots intentionally and they missed. That changed when J Will picked up his second foul because with Lathan in foul trouble too we flat out could not stop them in the post. They didn’t need to take outside shots because they started to score every time they penetrated. Acuff cannot slide over to defend a 3. At least not well. He’s not physical enough. Even with the starting line up, the strategy we’re going for is physicality and length to compensate for a lack of a true 5. J Will is just a better fit than Acuff who is a very soft defender. Davis is to small to defend small forwards or lengthy wings.

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We didn't play them in a way, we played our normal switch most everything, chase help D, that allows open 3's if the other team moves the ball. Luckily Illinois is prone to getting caught up taking them despite not being good at it. They did the same thing vs OSU last game out, start out firing three's and Underwood then reigns them in and they focus on getting inside.

I agree, Acuff isn't going to guard true 3's while JWill could, but I in no way consider JWill a 3, it's more we go 3 guard lineups. JWill just takes the tougher guard as we want Dylan for the offensive end. Riley killed us for awhile last night as their "3". JWill def has his moments, but skillset wise, a healthy Acuff is a better fit in a backcourt w Dylan and Ace at the 3 he plays. Check out their offensive ratings, Acuff crushes JWill this year, because of his ability to hit the 3. There's a reason we've still been outscored on the year w JWill on the floor and are plus w Acuff. We really haven't used Acuff next to Dylan and Ace enough this year to see it's benefits, maybe because Acuff not completely right, maybe because we need scoring when they aren't on.
Yeah, Davis is really a PG and only guarding them and smaller off guards, we agree. Honestly, most of our successful lineups lately include JMike, Dylan, Ace, w two of the bigs.

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Rn on flo, we are predicted to get 0 AA, 2 r12, good for a proj score of 7pts which will result in a 31st place team finish…

I always hated how the scoring is done, essentially, one champ is worth the same as 10 r12 wrestlers…. That’s puts too much weight on being a top wrestler and not enough on the “team” aspect of it…

This makes the value of top 10 p4p recruits skyrocket and essentially it’s a game of the top programs gathering the most “chess pieces.”

Basically we are better then the 31st team but based on how the scoring is done we will be around there if no AA…

toby83 said:

What a business for those AAU organizers... On top of the $1k per team fee, the college coaches that want to attend (get the packet with rosters etc) pay also.. D1 school pays about $1k, D2 school $750, even D3 school coach has to pay about $500.

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you are talking about a very small subset of what AAU has become. my son has played from 3rd grade through 10th grade. as you get into high school it starts to get bad with this stuff and you see a ton of selfish ball from kids looking to get noticed (which I agree with you they almost never do). he is probably done with it this year and will just focus on playing with his high school team but growing up it was a very good experience overall. played against a ton of top competition from up and down the east coast, which made him a way better player. and the team played like a team and it was way more about winning than showing out. also lot of great memories from traveling together and winning tournies and whatnot.

kids sports in general is a mess with every sport/team/coach wanting a year round commitment from way too young an age. which like you said it's a business for them and until the parents stop trying to keep up with the jones's it will only get worse i'm sure.

geo is definitely doing things the right way and if we were still gonna be involved i'd for sure encourage him to try out.

Rutgers is the big loser in this case, as we’re going to have a giant stinky Q4 landmine game every year that we’ll have to avoid to not destroy our season/seed lines. In a rivalry game which in college sports are always close no matter the records. We don’t want to be their super bowl every year … need to seriously consider this series

FAT MOON said:

it's just a .500 team coming into town.

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Wishful thinking. They know that we're a .500 team coming to town.....with two lottery picks.

Lots of coughing and flu germs circulating.....

goru7 said:

I think what the staff wants is for Dylan to drive more or to be there in the dunking spot like the pass from Dylan for the poster . He doesn’t just have to hoist from 3 where he is being left alone. Now if in the summer he gets in the gym and jacks up 500 threes a day from the wings , well we would see the improvement and he would be able to launch without implications. The more he drives , the more fouls he can get on the other team , plus he is athletic enough to just go over someone and dunk it on their head. He has a lot of potential and will be counted on a lot next year. This year he has a role and although he can take an occasional 3 or two of them , his game has to find its way closer to the hoop. Plus of course improve the defense and get on the glass , both offensive and defensive.

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When he was 100% he was driving almost every time ok at the Alabama game and couldn’t be stopped he is at most 75% let’s hope he improves every game and doesn’t have a setback

DUForever said:

Is Chris Ash involved with this team?

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Probably.

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Got my son an S22 for $230 a few weeks ago. We never buy from the carrier and pay off monthly.

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81-60 Indy.

LOL I think we'd rather have them win by 30. Start reading those press clippings and think it's just a .500 team coming into town.

Geo is awesome. With his character and determination I’m betting he will be successful at whatever he does. Great ambassador for RU.

RU848789 said:

We've had good snows in the past with the 540 line well north of us - it's just a rule-of-thumb. If it were that good of a guide, the models would simply use it directly to determine the rain/snow line, but they don't. Having said that one often needs something to overcome that impediment to snow, like very good dynamics aloft producing good rates and dynamic cooling. Or maybe those models will just be wrong, like most were on the snow vs. sleet today. No pros I know of were saying the precip would go almost directly to sleet when it started, so something was clearly missed.

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I'm just going by what I learned in class. When the 540 line is progged to be north of the Connecticut coast, don't be shocked at how far north the rain/snow line races in. Again, I take a more holistic approach to looking at model output and what it might do. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong. I did win the New Brunswick Forecasting Game in 98 and the RU Met Club Snow Pool in 99(?) so at one time I did know a thing or two. But if I was great I'd have won a few more. If I didn't have to work Sunday early I'd enjoy watching out the window with a glass of Four Roses. I don't get too wrapped up in all the model shifts and analyses.

ashokan said:

I forgot Andy Reid's son (and a KC coach) driving drunk and injuring a 5 year old kid in 2021. Another son killed himself but that was at Philly. If I was in KC and they win SB I wouldn't go near their parade unless I was wearing Kevlar

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Yeah that’s probably a good decision. I’m an Eagle fan so I hope we avoid all that anyway. 😁

Glad to see that Dougie hasn't forgotten how to backhand the puck out of his own zone on to the the opponents tape or into no man's land to have it brought right back in.

79-47!!
We gave up 36 points in the 3rd quarter

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