First Look At The Team Thoughts 🤔

[HoosMeanGreen]

Interested to hear the thoughts of those Hoo attended. Really hard to comment based on viewing the play-by-play and box score.

[BleedingGreen]

From looking at play by play and box score , appears team hasn’t missed a defensive beat , Allen can really help , new guys have bought in but need to break a few bad habits and all in process of getting comfortable with each other. 

[greenminer]

Sam Houston plays rock-fight bball, IIRC.  Even if we want to play a little more uptempo, it's probably didn't show much tonight.

[NT80]

Not our game, but I picked up a photo of between games and some info on Grant's TTech team. 

They beat UTEP in a scrimmage by 10, but only 3-24 on 3 pointers, lol, he misses Perry. 

They lead #15 A$M at half at the SuperPit 40-37.

[Wookies]

Here are my thoughts on what I saw today through my admittedly green tinted glasses. Rubin and A Scott played as expected but A Scott was a bit more aggressive on the offensive end than he was last year. Sissoko wasn't bad but didn't have his best game, maybe in part because Allen also played a lot. Stone played well defensively but had a couple of gaffs on offense.

I was impressed with all of the transfers. Allen had an impressive game in the post on both sides of the ball. He's handy around the basket and is a good rebounder. It wouldn't surprise me if he ends up starting or at least splitting time with Sissoko. Buggs and Edwards are very good 3 pt shooters and will be a problem to defend. I think Edwards had 16 pts and Buggs had 9. CJ Noland(sp?) is a big boy on the perimeter. He did hit one 3 but his game kinda resembles Rubin's offensively, less of a jump shooter and more likely to drive the basket.

Overall, its hard to say how good we will be after one exhibition game against SHSU, but I am very optimistic. The defense is still there and I think the offense will be improved over last season. We have a solid 8 man rotation where all 8 guys can actually contribute on both ends of the court. Lots of hustle on defense, diving for loose balls and the new guys have bought in.

 

[DeepGreen]

I looked at the Mean Green Sports website and they show our first game on Oct 7.   I assume that was a typo.  Maybe November 7?

[NT80]

36 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I looked at the Mean Green Sports website and they show our first game on Oct 7.   I assume that was a typo.  Maybe November 7?

Yes, vs UNI Nov. 7...

Note:  The Men's season opening opponent Northern Iowa (Nov. 7) plays an exhibition game on Wed. Nov. 1 at 7pm vs Coe College on ESPN+ if you want to scout UNI.

[Green Otaku]

I'm surprised by the lack of playing for Christian Moore. I thought he'd be worked a little bit more into the rotation this year, which he might be as we go on. 

[Green Otaku]

For those that didn't see the stat sheet:

 

[southsideguy]

I guess score is not kept in these games?  

[Glory to the Green]

1 hour ago, Green Otaku said:

For those that didn't see the stat sheet:

 

I love Scott’s game, but I hope he’s able to control his fouling this season. 4 in 23 mins is not ideal. 

[untlynchka1]

8 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

I guess score is not kept in these games?  

I saw 63-53 unt.  

[Green Otaku]

48 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I love Scott’s game, but I hope he’s able to control his fouling this season. 4 in 23 mins is not ideal. 

Agree, but I think that's just the tradeoff you pay for a guy like Scott. He's 100% every play, of every minute, and he doesn't know what it means to tone it down. 

[GrayEagle]

Were Russell and Cotton not there long enough to get any PT?  Were they even dressed out?

[GMG_Dallas]

Through following the MBB Twitter page and score sheet, it looks like we have our replacement for... Hamlet. Perry was incredible and clutch but what we missed the past 2 years was guards who could get dribble penetration and finish at the rim. Rubin can do that, Perry could not. Edwards can and with both he and Rubin being threats to take the ball to the basket, our 3 point shooters will get plenty of open looks. Buggs will replace the 3 point shooting we lost with Perry. This team should be fun.

 

 

 

[MeanGreenTexan]

Most importantly, for those of you who were concerned about keeping things going as we've been privileged to see while Coach McCasland has been here....    

SHSU averaged over 72ppg last year.  They have scorers.
SHSU was held to 53pts.

We're gonna be fine.

[GMG_Dallas]

Some more highlights

 

 

 

[Big Z]

Edwards is the real deal! 

[Harry]

2 minutes ago, Big Z said:

Edwards is the real deal! 

He sure is but I also would like to point out that Robert Allen is going to be a huge addition as well. 

[Green Otaku]

12 hours ago, GrayEagle said:

Were Russell and Cotton not there long enough to get any PT?  Were they even dressed out?

I feel like Cotton will redshirt. Who's Russell? 

[Marty]

22 hours ago, Green Otaku said:

I'm surprised by the lack of playing for Christian Moore. I thought he'd be worked a little bit more into the rotation this year, which he might be as we go on. 

and Chrisdon Morgan. Is he just not an option?

[MeanGreen13]

10 hours ago, Harry said:

He sure is but I also would like to point out that Robert Allen is going to be a huge addition as well. 

I recall catching some flak on the board for suggesting Allen would start over Sissoko when he signed. Can't replace skill.

[meangreenfaninno]

On 10/29/2023 at 6:17 PM, Wookies said:

Allen had an impressive game in the post on both sides of the ball. He's handy around the basket and is a good rebounder. It wouldn't surprise me if he ends up starting or at least splitting time with Sissoko.

I think Allen could end up starting as well.  He seems to be the guy everyone missed out on as he is a real talent on both sides of the floor.  And he has good size so he can defend a post.

[Green Otaku]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

and Chrisdon Morgan. Is he just not an option?

I can only assume they are losing out in practice to the new guys they keep bringing in. I'd expect both to transfer if they don't get playing time this year. 

[Shark84]

9 hours ago, Green Otaku said:

I can only assume they are losing out in practice to the new guys they keep bringing in. I'd expect both to transfer if they don't get playing time this year. 

I had heard that Morgan was set to leave until Grant left and Hodge was named as his replacement. I hope both Moore and Morgan get more playing time. Since this was just supposed to be an exhibition game, I wasn't sure why we didn't play more guys. Even in the last 3 minutes when we had the game on ice. Anyone know if we have a "secret" scrimmage set up with another school sometime this week?