bigzipguy Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I hope D. Roberts can get back on track scoring wise tonight. It will help take some pressure off Humpty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I hope everybody not named Jimmy Conyers and Humpty Hitchens can get out of their funk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I will be happy seeing ONE thing tonight....Before we get into our conference schedule, I want to see this team show that they can generate some offense in the paint against a quality opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeustin89 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 yes inside scoring would be a huge plus. I'm happy so far with the fact that we arent settling for only 3 point shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Guys...I don't know how to feel about this one. This was not the same VCU team we faced last year. They are basically a one-man show with a couple of role players, and they still nearly had us put away at halftime. Valiant effort to make a little run in the last few minutes to make the game entertaining to listen to near the end. We took nearly half of our shots from 3-point range, which still concerns me. Luckily we were making enough of them after halftime to give us a chance at a comeback. VCU on the other hand took about 1/3 of their shots from 3-point range, and got a lot of baskets from close range. And once again, I see one of those ugly Bardo stat lines....14 minutes, 4 fouls, 0 points, and 1 rebound. It looks like we have a couple of "practice games" (that's what they will be) coming up, and then a road test at Rhode Island before we start conference play. Lets hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 We took nearly half of our shots from 3-point range, which still concerns me.Nothing to be concerned about on the 3-pt shots. In the first half, the Zips took only eight 3-pt shots vs. nineteen 2-pt shots. In the 2nd half--playing catch-up--the Zips took sixteen 3-pt shots and thirteen 2-pt shots. Of those 16, they made 7, and 2 were likely the last second sloppy bombs.Also, just because I occasionally like to stir it up...ASSIST to TURNOVER Ratios for the VCU Game:Humpty = 2:1 (4:2)D. Rob = 1:4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I didn't get to answer the topic question yesterday, but my answer today is the same, senior Nate Linhart. Not just for last nights game, but for the season. He needs to step up and lead by example. I have only seen two games (NC A&T and Pitt) live this year, but his play seems to be important to a young Zips lineup. I would like to see him improve on the offensive side of the ball. I don't mean score more points, but better shot selection and better passing. He is capable of both.If I had a second vote it would be the teacher in charge of low post scoring. Looks like we struggle to score in the paint. I thought Nikola played very well against Pitt in the paint. If our production doesn't start to change in the next half dozen games, I think I would give Cvetinovic some more minutes. If we want to do well in March we must develop a low post game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 BirdZip...lol..nothing to worry about. We're all fans, and it's certainly nice to see that Humpty was efficient with the basketball last night. I hope it continues. Actually, I was somewhat surprised to hear KD say last night on the radio that Humpty wasn't very good in the first half last night. I think he may have been talking about his shot selection, because he wasn't hurting us with turnovers. Dr. Z...good point. We need to start scoring in the paint for a number of different reasons. We seem to have a desire to shoot a good amount of 3-pointers, and those are going to be easier once we have the inside threat to play an inside-out game. I just don't think we'll survive conference play by passing the ball around the perimeter and shooting 3-pointers, as we have a tendency to do at times. We need to make opposing guards feel the need to sometimes sag into the paint to guard against entry passes. And remember, our conference teams will study us a little more than most of these teams have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Birdzip...I think you may have confused my analysis of Steward's efficiency as opposed to Roberts', although Roberts has done quite well. But, I don't want to see Darryl handle the ball......I just want him to score some points again. We need him!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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