luke wrote:
Edit: I also want to voice that I hope with don't opt into this Barstool game in the future. I'm sure that exposure played into this, but the commentary did more damage than any exposure may have helped.
I didn't hear the commentary, but I totally agree that associating ourselves with them was a mistake.
As for the game, I'm more in the camp of the morning commenters than those from last night.
For positives, I thought the defense looked a lot better, and it sparked our offense when we were able to go on mini-runs. I thought Dolan was solid and should have played more. Dawson looked pretty good when he was in there. Phil had a nice game.
Negatives:
- Obviously turnovers. However, if you peel it back a little bit, Phil had three. That's probably too many, but he's a high-usage guy, so it's going to happen. Braden had three and three assists in 36 minutes. Not great, but not terrible. Des Watson had FIVE. Terrible, but that's uncharacteristic based on his previous seasons at Davidson, so hopefully it's a blip. Quinn had FIVE in 17 minutes. Unfortunately, that's more of the same, and at some point playing time has to reflect it.
- Offense. A few people have pointed this out, but I'm not really sure what our offensive plan was. We needed more threes, and the defense was draped all over our guards. We tried to go inside and the result was Goldin being third in Kenpom block %. (He's also #2 in Kenpom player of the year, by the way. He destroyed us.) So we couldn't get open outside, we didn't have much success driving. The ball reversals are just frustrating to watch. Good defense for use, but I just don't know what we were trying to do.
- Rotations. Drew needs to find a core group quickly. I'd say something like Norris, Dolan/Watson, Mwamba, Alston, Dame. So that's six guys. I think you'll see Tom and Miles subbing at the five. That makes eight. You also have Dawson and Quinn (and Edwards) at guard, so I'm not sure how it shakes out.
- Energy. Drew had to get on the bench trying to get some energy out of them. As Billy Bunnies said on Twitter, that's unacceptable.
An aside... I'm not sure how you both count the basket and give a flagrant away from the ball. If the foul was before the shot, why did the shot count?