BillySee58

Holston is listed as a guard and he primarily plays the 4. He is a small ball player. Problem is, when you sacrifice size you are supposed to do so to get more skill on the court. Holston does not accomplish that. Miller gives you much more offensively, and has not been a drop off from Holston defensively.

San Francisco has scored 81 points in the last three halves of basketball. I think we have a decent handle on their offense at this point. Teams know each other very well at this point. Who is gonna execute better when the other team knows what you're doing?

Nice!

No thread on his 2019 teammate Kevin Mccullar (who we offered) but Mccullar has narrowed down his recruitment to a top 5, which we did not make.

Not our best but some stats to update. Zach Simmons' 22 rebounds tonight is tied for the 5th most in a single game in school history. Most in a game by a Mean Green player since George Odufuwa pulled down 24 against Cameron on 11/13/2009. With 15 points tonight Smart's season total is now up to 704, which pushed him past Jon Manning's 1978-79 season total of 699 points and into second most in school single-season history. He is 24 points shy of Kenneth Lyons' record of 728 set back in 1982-83. Woolridge's 3 assists tonight moved him into a tie with Walter Johnson's 1976-77 season mark of 208 assists. Next assist will give him the record. Hope the guys get two more games to pad the stats. Gonna need a big effort next time out.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Simmons hit like a 7 inch growth spurt one year and is still getting used to being tall. He still has a long way to go from a basketball IQ standpoint and skills but 22 rebounds shows he can really be a valuable asset to this team.

Who is he?

All season we have been really bad at floaters and short twos in the line. We constantly hit the back of the rim on those type of shots. I hope our coaching staff teaches our players this offseason to use the glass. If you're long on floater attempts, sometimes it's easier to correct it by shooting it a little bit longer than shorter.

Can someone fill me in on the Diet Coke boy origin?

6'5" wing from Lake Taylor high school in Norfolk, Virginia. Holds offers from James Madison, Towson, Radford, Hampton, Robert Morris and Norfolk State among others. Was named all-Tidewater player of the year after leading his school to the Class 4 State Championship. Came in for a visit this past week. No confirmation that we have offered. http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/dereon-seabron https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/dereon-seabron-181681 https://pilotonline.com/news/media/videos/youtube_a561fe14-2d56-11e8-ba65-6b7dc5846cfd.html

He has the stroke, I'm not worried about him being a good shooter from mid-range, outside, or the free-throw line. I think he'll be solid from each level. Plus his ability to get to the basket and absorb contact would be a huge dynamic he brings, as he will likely be surrounded by some really good shooters and have the opportunity to attack the rim often. He's up there with Jalen Jackson's teammate Kevin Mccullar as my top two wants for 2019. If he came here he'd probably mainly play the 3 but likely play some 4 as well during his time in Denton. I think every player 6'6" and up who ever plays for Mccasland here will spend at least some time at the 4.

PG - Ryan Woolridge SG - Roosevelt Smart SG/SF - Chris Davis PF - Tony Mitchell C - George Odufuwa Bench PG - Josh White SG - Calvin Watson SG/SF - Tristan Thompson PF - Jeremy Combs C - Shawnson Johnson Maybe Jordan Williams instead of Jeremy Combs as a stretch 4 off the bench. Leaving Combs because I think I have enough shooting on the bench with these guys.

I think I am looking at adding two types of players. One wing between 6'3" and 6'6" who is a good shooter, can put the ball on the floor a little, and can guard the opposing teams' 3, who will also typically be around that height. A tier A guy for this role would be the guys we have offered; Wendell Mitchell and Tremell Murphy. If you get one of those guys, they start at the 3 next to Woolridge and Smart, then you have Gibson and Duffy backing them up. If you can't get them, a tier B guy would be in that mold but not quite as good as those two. In that case you'd start Woolridge, Duffy, and Smart and have Gibson and that tier B guy backing them up. Those would be your 5 guards rotating at the 1 through 3 spots. Then one player around 6'6"-6'8" who is a stretch 4 with some size and rebounding ability. Think Colin Voss with more range or Rashawn Fredericks, who decommitted from us in October. Someone who can stretch the floor, rebound, and may not be a great rim protector but could play some 5 if you need. We have Simmons and Arikawe at the 5, which is solid but just two guys is not great depth. Meanwhile at the 4 you have guys like Tikhonenko, Miller, J Simmons, and Holston who fit at the 4 but are not guys you necessarily want playing the 5. This guy could be capable of playing both the 4 and the 5, which we really don't have a guy like that at the moment.

Correction: Jorden Duffy

11-0 when shooting 70% or better from the foul line is pretty telling. We lost so many one or two possession games this season where we were awful from the foul line, turned the ball over too many times, and were not good enough at hitting jump shots. This tournament has shown how good we can be if we are taking care of those facets of the game.

I don't know about you guys, but this just had the feeling after the first two games like there was no chance today would be anything less than a convincing win.

Smart is now up to 689 points on the season. Smart needs just 40 more points to set the single-season school record for points in a season. With at least two games left he has a really good shot at that. Needs 11 more to pass Jon Manning's 1978-1979 season mark of 699 to move into second in school single-season history. Smart also now has 153 made free throws on the season, which is tied for 8th most in single-season school history. His 126 made threes has him just 6 away from breaking into the top 10 in school history for a career. Woolridge is now up to 205 assists on the season, which means he is just four assists away from setting a new school single-season record. At 272 career assists, next up is Chris Jones who is 6th in school history at 282 career assists. Some significant records that have been held for decades are in jeopardy of being broken. They were achieved in significantly less games, but still.

Many NBA people think Ben Simmons should do the same thing

We have annihilated three teams who have combined to win 68 games this year. Can't be understated.

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Woolridge now 7th in school history in career assists and is just 5 assists away from breaking the single-season record for assists in a season.

Miller was just shooting with the wrong hand, as an ambidextrous guy. Lawson can't just switch to his left hand. He has never been a good shooter. That's why he, as a 6'5" guard really didn't have a great offer list. He obviously needs to work on it, but if he's going to be effective here I think it will be by taking a lesser offensive role and being surrounded by shooters so he can make teams pay when they try and man up the shooters around him. He can take guys one on one off the bounce.

1-1. Only other double double he had was against MTSU, which was a loss.

Hate to break it to you, but this is a guard offer. When Allante Holston and Mike Miller start at the 4, they are listed as guards. This dude would play 3 here, maybe some 4. Either way he's a perimeter player and Mccasland would list him as a guard, I'm fairly confident.