Andrew

Why not Mitchel at the 3? He is going to have to play there if he goes pro and he is going to have to create his own shot because we are not given him the touches in the post. I would love to see him have the ball in his hands above the arc and go to work.

Niko guarded Owens and Cunningham who combined for 5 points. He had 4 assists and zero turnovers. 7 points and 10 rebounds. granted this team is by far not a great team. But he performed well and he can do this consistently when given the chance. He He puts the ball on the floor and drives to goal instead of jacking a three like the rest of the team. Franklin is great in the post but the second he puts the ball on the floor and takes a shot he misses. I do however love his moves in the post and his intensity over Niko. Franklin has a big mouth, and I mean that in a good way. he gets in the opponents heads. Niko is too laid back for me and needs some of that drive.

When did his man score on him yesterday? because Franklin was blown by on multiple occasions. He hedged his screens and recovered every time denying his man the ball. He also brought down 10 boards and yes... passed the ball incredibly well for a big man.

But who should start? Mitchel needs to be at the three and Franklin is not a true post player. That leaves Holmen and Edwards in the post and I choose Niko over either of them all day. (Both Franklin and Mitchel are great in the post but its not their true position, especially for Mitchel. Its time he creates his own shot and stops running back and forth between the elbows looking for the ball) --- side note our offense is still killing me!!!! If we are not scoring on the break we are just sitting around swinging the ball around the arc and becoming stagnate. No screens, no motion, no movement of any kind outside of one post player popping to the elbow for the ball.

He is shooting over 50% form three the last 5 games...

Walton is shooting over 50% from 3 the past 5 games and Niko has played better defense then just about anyone on this roster...

Why...? Who is better then him in the post? Mitchel? Mitchel needs to be playing the 3 and creating his own shot. Niko can rebound, box out, defend in the paint, hustle up the court, create his own shot, drive it to the hole, knock down the three, and even more impressively pass better then just about anyone on our team. Also where are all the Walton haters? He showed up tonight and he still hustles.

I also still liked what I saw from Niko... I still like seeing Niko, Mitchel, J. Williams, Walton, and Jones out there on the floor!

The funny thing is when the scouts came to watch Tony they did not care one bit for C.J. The scout said to more turnovers then assists and that's all I need to know about this kid. I am thinking in 4 years he will be on someones board as mid second round draft pick. (Or better depending on how he develops)

It sucks to see him go down for the second time in a few years... hopefully he will be back for the tourney! Holmen, Niko and Edwards will need to step it up! Its becoming a "lets look forward for next year" scenario

are you the bald guy with the beard....?

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.

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!

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...

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.

I remembered this and kept thinking at the UT Arlington game DAMN if we would have played in that tourney we might have had a chance! I think we could have beat UTA and TT at the AAC.

Robinson and Niko are perhaps our best 3pt shooters. I honestly thought that Walton was going to be that McCoy or Watson type player. Im still waiting for him to have a huge night from deep. Maybe if he takes 1 or even 4 steps forward before he shoots the ball...

now this I like.... http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team-stat/rebounding-category I love me some second chance points...

look where we are on this list and the group we are in.... http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/three-pointers-made-per-game

hard to win at the collegiate level without being able to hit the three...

I noticed that... do you think it is cause for concern? I was just unsure where he was

LOL only this Walton has some range... Im sure he will get more accurate as the year goes on but he is not afraid and I like that

We just have to many decent players... not everyone can get good playing minutes Im impressed with Holmon, Jordan Williams, Walton, Jones and Niko this year

He has been vito'd... Once Vito spoke highly of him he has done nothing but ride ride the pine....

I really hope that we come prepared for this game and play to our potential. Like the fan behind me said last night JJ always plays down to the other teams level instead our letting our guys go out there and dominate the floor. Im saying UNT 78 ALR 69 WE WANT MORE NIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!