Cougs vs Trees
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I wonder if they go with Jakimovski as a starter tonight? Get the offense off and keep the early fouls down for either Efe or Gueye.
Makes sense. Just listened to Smith and he discussed their length plus mentioned Jakimovski rolled an ankle in the last game. Good to have Bamba back although probably has some rust.
Efe's been rolled into and landed on twice and picked up a foul for his troubles each time. Bit of an unlucky stretch with Williams picking up the player control setting up Gueye. Needed that Flowers-to-Gueye finish.
Rodman has had a nice impact on the offensive end. Interesting final 7. Hopefully we can build on the lead.
not talking about any current play although his last offensive foul was awful. he has just made bad passes, bad fouls, bad turnovers and is shooting under 20% from three all year
Well, didn't build on the lead but held on and got the win. Chance for a sweep which would keep us in the discussion for another week.
And yet, in big moments Coach Smith has him out there. The team is winning, and all you want to do is complain. There is something wrong with that. What about Jaki taking a quick shot instead of running clock. What about Gueye missing three straight free throws late in the game, including the front end of a one and one. I watched this game and Williams was busting his butt on defense. They win as a team, and lose as a team.
Missing free throws hurt. They didn't handle the Stanford press very well. Plus, Stanford got hot from the outside. But, this is a game they likely would have lost earlier in the season. Road victories are never easy, and Stanford is not a bad team.
Agree on the good defense from Noah tonight but no question decision making is a struggle. He made a pretty brilliant pass for an easy finish, but momentum takes him into Keefe and he picks up the offensive foul wiping off the Gueye dunk. He looks healthy so I'm hoping it's just finding his rhythm. We are of course a lot better if he can start to produce on the offensive end.
Gutsy win. Win didn't let this one slip away. I could complain about some bad shots toward the end of the game and a couple other things, but Furd is one of the teams I dislike the most....so this was a terrific win.
We are showing a mental toughness and resourcefulness we didn't have earlier this season, so that is fun to watch.
Funny how Rodman burned this "smart" team twice with the same play on the inbounds...just on opposite sides of the basket. They finally wised up the third time and he couldn't pull it off. I thought these Furd guys were so smart? 😀
Winning while Noah didn't score but 3 points was a good sign (and yes, I realize his defense is tough and valuable).
Not a fan of zones, but it has really been effective for the most part the past two games.
We are showing a mental toughness and resourcefulness we didn't have earlier this season, so that is fun to watch.
Funny how Rodman burned this "smart" team twice with the same play on the inbounds...just on opposite sides of the basket. They finally wised up the third time and he couldn't pull it off. I thought these Furd guys were so smart? 😀
Winning while Noah didn't score but 3 points was a good sign (and yes, I realize his defense is tough and valuable).
Not a fan of zones, but it has really been effective for the most part the past two games.
They were in the 30s KenPom heading into this game. Both these games are huge and gets them one step closer to the tourney. If they beat cal they are gonna be in pretty good shape with some solid momentum heading into the Zona game which should be a nice turnout and a tough environment w 5 straight wins.
That was unfortunate and there was a time that a play like that wasn't called if the ball left the hand before contact. Cougars are currently in 4th place. But, that will probably change with both the uw and Oregon playing right now.
If Spencer Jones would not have got hot late and hit everything near the end, WSU would have won by at least 15. I wonder how much higher the Cougs would have been?
The "charge" had zero to do with the play. The pass was probably in Gueye's hands before Noah runs into Keefe. To me that's not good defense and in general I'm not a fan of the way the charge is called these days but as long as they call it both ways it is what it is.
