Some love for Craig!

**ce1** · 10-23-2008, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by cybsball20

How are we going to rebound better losing our top three rebounders?

Here would be my formula:

1. Better rebounding from the guard position, with Garrett stronger and (hopefully) Staiger in games.
2. Better opportunity for size mismatches, with two additional big guys (JVB and Hamilton) and some scrappy freshman play

We didn't match up well against big teams last year. I think the man-to-man matchups, from a physical standpoint, will be more in our favor this year.

Just one guy's opinion....

**johnsonjj** · 10-23-2008, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by ce1

i think that either Brackins or JVB should be drifting to the 3-point line regularly, to try to open lanes for Buckley, Garrett and (hopefully) Staiger to penetrate and either dump or finish.

If you watched the Baylor game last year when he went off for all the threes, I thought the thing I would like to see more of from him was the high post pick and roll. He had a couple of times from the elbow when he took his guy off the dribble to the whole. I don't want to see him looking for the three all the time, but if hitting a few makes his guy play honest, then so be it. However, i would love to see us use him on the pick and roll more, and I am fine with him popping the 15 ft. face-up jumper. Yes, we look at his height and want him to camp on the post, but I think this additional aspect of his game should be exploited.

**ce1** · 10-23-2008, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by johnsonjj

If you watched the Baylor game last year when he went off for all the threes, I thought the thing I would like to see more of from him was the high post pick and roll. He had a couple of times from the elbow when he took his guy off the dribble to the whole. I don't want to see him looking for the three all the time, but if hitting a few makes his guy play honest, then so be it. However, i would love to see us use him on the pick and roll more, and I am fine with him popping the 15 ft. face-up jumper. Yes, we look at his height and want him to camp on the post, but I think this additional aspect of his game should be exploited.

I'm totally with you on this...the guy can really be a dead-eye from the 3-point line, there's a lot we can gain from that. I think we've been beaten down by Jiri shooting the 3-ball too much, Brackins is a much, much better college player.

A lot still rests with how good our dribble penetration is this year. The better it is, the less we have to settle for set 18 foot or 3-point shots as time expires. If we improve the way i envision us with regards to dribble-drive, i think we can move Brackins and JVB around a lot more. If not, they'll need to camp out and try to get us second chances on offense.

**BryceC** · 10-23-2008, 12:09 PM

Brackins has the potential to be a better player than Jiri but he wasn't last year. I do expect him to be better this year but we'll see.

**SeattleClone** · 10-23-2008, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by bostinelosd

Stupid Baylor, they were the only team that beat me consistently on NCAA basketball for the super nintendo.

Don't forget what that OchoCinco guy said in one of his many, many, many Baylor threads a couple weeks ago- Baylor was awesome at everything 20 years ago.