Arkansas Little Rock (12/29/11)

UALR 23

NT 19

Halftime

Time to regroup.

How in the world does this team only score 19 points in a half? That's hard to believe right there.

Rick

UALR RPI wise is one of the worst teams in the country, this should be a beatdown.

UNT - 19 Points in the first half – 47% from the foul line

ULAR – 50% from 3-point line/9 of 18 – 72% from foul line

Just got out played by 3 & 10 Team

Happy New Year

How in the world does this team only score 19 points in a half? That's hard to believe right there.

Rick

Neither team could score in the first half. As I said, it was like the Butler/Connecticut title game.

It is just me or does tony go for the big play every time? (dunk, block, steal) It seems to get him into foul trouble. Someone needs to sit him down and tell him sometimes its better to let them get the basket then come in hard and foul.

It is just me or does tony go for the big play every time? (dunk, block, steal) It seems to get him into foul trouble. Someone needs to sit him down and tell him sometimes its better to let them get the basket then come in hard and foul.

you mean like the Head Coach maybe

you mean like the Head Coach maybe

Sometimes I wonder...

How in the world do we let 21 seconds run off the clock before we foul!?!?!?!? Someone made a huge mistake right there... the same mistake that cost us the tourney last year... Lots of mistakes tonight and JJ needs to take some of the blame. He is a great coach but our lineups seemed scrambled our defense was awful and even when we ran the press why was tony playing underneath the basket with 4 fouls. It was a failure waiting to happen and he had to let an easy basket go. Shooting is still awful but honestly we do not run an offense and clog our own lanes and force ourselves to just swing it around the perimeter!!! We hardly ran an offense tonight and it showed.

How in the world do we let 21 seconds run off the clock before we foul!?!?!?!? Someone made a huge mistake right there... the same mistake that cost us the tourney last year... Lots of mistakes tonight and JJ needs to take some of the blame. He is a great coach but our lineups seemed scrambled our defense was awful and even when we ran the press why was tony playing underneath the basket with 4 fouls. It was a failure waiting to happen and he had to let an easy basket go. Shooting is still awful but honestly we do not run an offense and clog our own lanes and force ourselves to just swing it around the perimeter!!! We hardly ran an offense tonight and it showed.

Take these comments with a grain of salt... he still thinks that the 2-3 zone strength is stopping the 3

Take these comments with a grain of salt... he still thinks that the 2-3 zone strength is stopping the 3

I do think many of his criticisms had merit, but that seriously made me laugh.

Take these comments with a grain of salt... he still thinks that the 2-3 zone strength is stopping the 3

So your saying we actually won tonight?

Rick

So your saying we actually won tonight?

Rick

Rick on a plus side for you godbolt(sp?) was sitting behind me at tonights game and told the guy she was around that she plans on playing next week...

Right now this team goes as CJ goes, and he had a tough night tonight.

Right now this team goes as CJ goes, and he had a tough night tonight.

Rough from the line but he did had 8 rebounds and 9 assists. I like that he filled up the stat line. Mitchel playing 13 minutes and Hogans playing 16 was a bit impact down low on a team that has 3 6'10" players. We still should have dominated this game from the start. Its time for someone to light a fire under these young men!

I know the way JJ's teams play defense has been criticized in the past, but that really isn't our problem this year. I think we're improved in most statistical categories.

The problem is we only have about 3 guys who can score with any dependability.

Sounds like in game coaching was an issue. Some things never change.

We got outcoached , pretty simple. We had far superior talent on the floor tonight , no question. UALR played almost the entire game w/ 2 freshman on the court at all times so don't give me the young team excuse. In fact , the Trojans played mostly 2 frosh & 2 soph over the last 5 minutes. We didn't go inside when the only person down low was Courtney Jackson. Jackson is a 3 playing out of position who is coming off a season ending knee injury from a year ago. The 2 tall white kids are tall , but not what I would call post defenders. The few times we did go down low we had success. Marlon Louzeiro is really the inside force and he only played a few minutes ( which really surprised me seeing how well he played in last year's tourny) . I was really impressed w/ Michael Javes. Get to know that name , he will be a all conference at least twice in his career.

Why do we seem to only look for the OUTSIDE shot ? It's really bothersome. It works when you have guys like White,TT & D Mo , but it's not going to work with this group. Alot of standing around and confusion it seems. Hopefully that goes away the more this team plays

Why do we not play with any urgency until the last few minutes of every game ?? We go to a press , gain the lead and then call it off ? It's like going to a prevent D in football. I think they scored every time down the floor after we stopped pressing. We have enough talent to run anyone out on the floor. We should start pressing the entire game. Seriously. It would help our 3 point D ( because every team seems to get a basket from beyond the arc when they want one ) It would keep T Mitch out of foul trouble and it would wear down the other team. There is not 1 team in the Belt that can match our talent 1 to 10 . 1 to 5 , yes , but 1 to 10 I don't think so.

I'm done venting , thanks for listening

Edited December 30, 2011 by NT03

It is just me or does tony go for the big play every time? (dunk, block, steal) It seems to get him into foul trouble. Someone needs to sit him down and tell him sometimes its better to let them get the basket then come in hard and foul.

i believe the foul trouble is because he is not a center and mentally collapses when trying to guard one at the college level. he will play the 3 at the next level and he needs to be playing it at this one now. his dribbling skills are light years beyond J.W.'s and I would love to see him get a few more touches on offense. This would give us a threat similar to Tristan with someone that isnt afraid to take it to the basket and get the other team in foul trouble.

This could easily be done while giving J.W. the same amount of minutes since he could sub either Tony or Alzee. The only playing time change I can foresee with this type of adjustment is less Walton and more Zo. Of course, if Ked is going to miss time none of this matters.

We got outcoached , pretty simple. We had far superior talent on the floor tonight , no question. UALR played almost the entire game w/ 2 freshman on the court at all times so don't give me the young team excuse. In fact , the Trojans played mostly 2 frosh & 2 soph over the last 5 minutes. We didn't go inside when the only person down low was Courtney Jackson. Jackson is a 3 playing out of position who is coming off a season ending knee injury from a year ago. The 2 tall white kids are tall , but not what I would call post defenders. The few times we did go down low we had success. Marlon Louzeiro is really the inside force and he only played a few minutes ( which really surprised me seeing how well he played in last year's tourny) . I was really impressed w/ Michael Javes. Get to know that name , he will be a all conference at least twice in his career.

Why do we seem to only look for the OUTSIDE shot ? It's really bothersome. It works when you have guys like White,TT & D Mo , but it's not going to work with this group. Alot of standing around and confusion it seems. Hopefully that goes away the more this team plays

Why do we not play with any urgency until the last few minutes of every game ?? We go to a press , gain the lead and then call it off ? It's like going to a prevent D in football. I think they scored every time down the floor after we stopped pressing. We have enough talent to run anyone out on the floor. We should start pressing the entire game. Seriously. It would help our 3 point D ( because every team seems to get a basket from beyond the arc when they want one ) It would keep T Mitch out of foul trouble and it would wear down the other team. There is not 1 team in the Belt that can match our talent 1 to 10 . 1 to 5 , yes , but 1 to 10 I don't think so.

I'm done venting , thanks for listening

Thank you very much - you are right on - Out Coached and Out Played

We got outcoached , pretty simple. We had far superior talent on the floor tonight , no question. UALR played almost the entire game w/ 2 freshman on the court at all times so don't give me the young team excuse. In fact , the Trojans played mostly 2 frosh & 2 soph over the last 5 minutes. We didn't go inside when the only person down low was Courtney Jackson. Jackson is a 3 playing out of position who is coming off a season ending knee injury from a year ago. The 2 tall white kids are tall , but not what I would call post defenders. The few times we did go down low we had success. Marlon Louzeiro is really the inside force and he only played a few minutes ( which really surprised me seeing how well he played in last year's tourny) . I was really impressed w/ Michael Javes. Get to know that name , he will be a all conference at least twice in his career.

Why do we seem to only look for the OUTSIDE shot ? It's really bothersome. It works when you have guys like White,TT & D Mo , but it's not going to work with this group. Alot of standing around and confusion it seems. Hopefully that goes away the more this team plays

Why do we not play with any urgency until the last few minutes of every game ?? We go to a press , gain the lead and then call it off ? It's like going to a prevent D in football. I think they scored every time down the floor after we stopped pressing. We have enough talent to run anyone out on the floor. We should start pressing the entire game. Seriously. It would help our 3 point D ( because every team seems to get a basket from beyond the arc when they want one ) It would keep T Mitch out of foul trouble and it would wear down the other team. There is not 1 team in the Belt that can match our talent 1 to 10 . 1 to 5 , yes , but 1 to 10 I don't think so.

I'm done venting , thanks for listening

THIS! We clog the lane and shut our selves out. EVen with a guy like Niko or Mitchel goes up to the elbow the other post player is still clogging the damn lane. We need to set screens on and off the ball and move more. Clear some space so a guy like J.W. can try to take it in without running into Franklin or Hogans.

I really wish JJ would Taylor the offense to the talent he has rather than trying to shove square pegs into round holes.

This offense has no rhythm. It's like a white kid from Allen at his first middle school dance.

I could be wrong, but I believe our FT percentage was around 75% coming into this game, which would be pretty decent nationally.

.727

Tied for 63rd in the country. Top 18% nationally.

.727

Tied for 63rd in the country. Top 18% nationally.

UNT - 19 Points in the first half – 47% from the foul line

ULAR – 50% from 3-point line/9 of 18 – 72% from foul line

Just got out played by 3 & 10 Team

Happy New Year

What a nightmare. How this team could lose at home to a squad that untalented is beyond me.

Anyone who thinks UALR is untalented is smoking crack or completely unaware of who they have on their team.

This loss sucks, and we should have taken this game. But calling UALR untalented is stupid.

We got outcoached , pretty simple. We had far superior talent on the floor tonight , no question. UALR played almost the entire game w/ 2 freshman on the court at all times so don't give me the young team excuse. In fact , the Trojans played mostly 2 frosh & 2 soph over the last 5 minutes. We didn't go inside when the only person down low was Courtney Jackson. Jackson is a 3 playing out of position who is coming off a season ending knee injury from a year ago. The 2 tall white kids are tall , but not what I would call post defenders. The few times we did go down low we had success. Marlon Louzeiro is really the inside force and he only played a few minutes ( which really surprised me seeing how well he played in last year's tourny) . I was really impressed w/ Michael Javes. Get to know that name , he will be a all conference at least twice in his career.

Why do we seem to only look for the OUTSIDE shot ? It's really bothersome. It works when you have guys like White,TT & D Mo , but it's not going to work with this group. Alot of standing around and confusion it seems. Hopefully that goes away the more this team plays

Why do we not play with any urgency until the last few minutes of every game ?? We go to a press , gain the lead and then call it off ? It's like going to a prevent D in football. I think they scored every time down the floor after we stopped pressing. We have enough talent to run anyone out on the floor. We should start pressing the entire game. Seriously. It would help our 3 point D ( because every team seems to get a basket from beyond the arc when they want one ) It would keep T Mitch out of foul trouble and it would wear down the other team. There is not 1 team in the Belt that can match our talent 1 to 10 . 1 to 5 , yes , but 1 to 10 I don't think so.

I'm done venting , thanks for listening

Sounds pretty dead on to me! Thanks for typing it!

UNT - 19 Points in the first half – 47% from the foul line

ULAR – 50% from 3-point line/9 of 18 – 72% from foul line

Just got out played by 3 & 10 Team

Happy New Year

UNT came into the game in the top fifth nationally shooting free throws. We had a bad game shooting free throws. We are not a bad free throw shooting team.

UALR came in to the game ranked 307th in the nation in 3 point percentage. They had a good game shooting 3 pointers. They are not a good 3 point shooting team.

This sucks. Terribly. TERRIBLY. No need to make it worse than it actually is, though. This game doesn't need any help or exaggeration to make it a painful disaster.

Happy New Year to you, too.