Fresno State (11/19/22)

[flyonthewall]

4 minutes ago, flyonthewall said:

I feel like I just got internet yelled at for passing information along.....lol.  I for one am going to enjoy sitting on the couch at my brother in laws watching the mean green March down Madison avenue.

Also we have nba in the house

[Andrew]

Game tightening up as they close the rebound gap. If that happens closes to 5-6 we could be in some trouble. Hopefully their disadvantage in fouls propels some offense for us here. 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Andrew

[GMG_Dallas]

Scott needs to be unleashed. He looks like such a better shooter than last year. He looks smooth releasing the ball. Needs a dang green light if he doesn't have it.

[greenjoe]

And why are we wearing green at home ?

[flyonthewall]

17 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

And why are we wearing green at home ?

Green out...

[UNTethered Eagle]

With our starters we looked much better tonight. Defense played well imo. Definitely no need to panic, but we do have room for improvement. GMG!

Edited November 20, 2022 by UNTethered Eagle

[NorthTexasWeLove]

Good bounce back. GMG

[Andrew]

1 minute ago, UNTethered Eagle said:

With our starters we looked much better tonight. Defense played well imo. Definitely no need to panic, but we can do have room for improvement.

The good news is the rest of our schedule coming up doesn’t look too difficult. The bad news is Fresno was a very bad team and we couldn’t beat them by double digits at home. 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Andrew

[untphd]

All in all, getting over the flu, injuries and beginning of the year pretty good showing.

[CMJ]

Just got home.  Nice to see that final score!!

 

NT 61 ------ FSU 52

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by CMJ

[Green Lantern]

Nice W. Perry back eases my first two game concerns. With him facilitating the offense, Kai and Abou don’t have to press so much to try and make things happen. It’s a more natural flow. Still tons of room to sharpen up though. Those long offensive lulls let them hang around when we could have put them away.
 

Defensive effort continues to be great. We’ll continue to get better on that end of the court as well. 

Great bounce back after disappointment!!

[BillySee58]

9 minutes ago, Andrew said:

The good news is the rest of our schedule coming up doesn’t look too difficult. The bad news is Fresno was a very bad team and we couldn’t beat them by double digits at home. 

Let’s not over exaggerate. They aren’t a great team but they aren’t very bad. A very bad team is like a bottom half SWAC or Southland team. They were a middle of the pack Mountain West team, which is a better conference than CUSA. I doubt last year’s team beats them by more than that. That’s about how much most of our CUSA home wins were by, save for the very bottom of the conference teams.

[Andrew]

2 minutes ago, Green Lantern said:

Nice W. Perry back eases my first two game concerns. With him facilitating the offense, Kai and Abou don’t have to press so much to try and make things happen. It’s a more natural flow. Still tons of room to sharpen up though. Those long offensive lulls let them hang around when we could have put them away.
 

Defensive effort continues to be great. We’ll continue to get better on that end of the court as well. 

Great bounce back after disappointment!!

Agree on that defense. Stone finally hit a three but I think his hustle and defense was key. He won’t show up on the stat line much, but he made a huge impact on this game. 

[Andrew]

1 hour ago, flyonthewall said:

Also we have nba in the house

Yeah was it Dorian Finny Smith at the game under the goal? They said two Mavs at the game. 

[greenjoe]

Green out.  I get it thanks.  

[flyonthewall]

11 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Yeah was it Dorian Finny Smith at the game under the goal? They said two Mavs at the game. 

Josh Green.  A scout, and player personnel director

[BillySee58]

14 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Yeah was it Dorian Finny Smith at the game under the goal? They said two Mavs at the game. 

*Finney-Smith. And it was Josh Green who was there. Baker for Fresno State was Green’s former teammate at Arizona.

[NT80]

40 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Let’s not over exaggerate. They aren’t a great team but they aren’t very bad. A very bad team is like a bottom half SWAC or Southland team. They were a middle of the pack Mountain West team, which is a better conference than CUSA. I doubt last year’s team beats them by more than that. That’s about how much most of our CUSA home wins were by, save for the very bottom of the conference teams.

Yes, Fresno only lost by 6 to a 4-0 San Francisco team.  As long as we stay healthy, I think Grant has a deeper team this year.  He will yell them into shape.  The road trip tournament coming up will be a good bonding time and test to get used to playing away from home.

[UNTethered Eagle]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

The good news is the rest of our schedule coming up doesn’t look too difficult. The bad news is Fresno was a very bad team and we couldn’t beat them by double digits at home. 

We showed that we could separate by double digits in the first half, but unfortunately couldn’t maintain it because of scoring droughts. The defense did a good job keeping them at bay winning the 50/50 balls. 
 

Hard to tell how good or bad Fresno is based on all their new players. They weren’t scrubs that’s for sure.

[Andrew]

25 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

*Finney-Smith. And it was Josh Green who was there. Baker for Fresno State was Green’s former teammate at Arizona.

Thanks. I will tell my Mother  in law he texted and said some Mavs were there according the broadcast. 
which apparently she didn’t like. She said some former player was doing it and was awful and annoying. 😕

 

[BillySee58]

1 minute ago, NT80 said:

Yes, Fresno only lost by 6 to a 4-0 San Francisco team.  As long as we stay healthy, I think Grant has a deeper team this year.  He will yell them into shape.  The road trip tournament coming up will be a good bonding time and test to get used to playing away from home.

Yeah we look pretty close to where one would hope we would look like early in the season, with new pieces working their way in. Jones, Eady, and Huntsberry were 1-15 from 3 today and those are the catch and shoot threes that we should hit with regularity. I think those guys will start to hit, based on their track record, and that will make us tough. In addition to Ousmane hopefully getting back on track. Again, something I expect given what we’ve seen him do.

[BillySee58]

2 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Thanks. I will tell my Mother  in law he texted and said some Mavs were there according the broadcast. 
which apparently she didn’t like. She said some former player was doing it and was awful and annoying. 😕

 

Yeah, DJ Draper was the color commentator with Hank Dickenson doing play by play on the ESPN+ broadcast.

[Green Lantern]

1 minute ago, BillySee58 said:

Yeah, DJ Draper was the color commentator with Hank Dickenson doing play by play on the ESPN+ broadcast.

I thought DJ did a nice job on the broadcast.

[GMG_Dallas]

1 minute ago, Green Lantern said:

I thought DJ did a nice job on the broadcast.

The only thing he needs to do is find another way to say "shoots at a high clip." He'll find his groove. I thought he did really well overall. I enjoyed hearing his perspective as a guy who really earned everything on the court.

[GMG_Dallas]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

The good news is the rest of our schedule coming up doesn’t look too difficult. The bad news is Fresno was a very bad team and we couldn’t beat them by double digits at home. 

Poor take. We were easing in two of our best players who were on minutes restrictions. For the most part, the team was in command save for a couple stretches. DJ mentioned that the team had only had 6 practices in the past month due to illness. Add in Rubin coming back from a major knee injury as well as Tylor nursing a knee and it's not hard to see why there's struggles at times. That said, I feel much better now than I did at 4:59 pm today. There's really good potential with Rubin and Tylor leading the guards. Martinez, Ousmane, and Scott are going to give people trouble at all times of the game since we have some bigs to bring off the bench and can adjust our guys into more varying combinations. Still looking for Eady and Huntsberry to find their groove but if they can find their shot and Stone keeps improving and being a high-energy guy, this will end up as good or better than last year's squad with a solid 8-man rotation. I'm excited.

Edited November 20, 2022 by GMG_Dallas