Big 12 Basketball Tournament

[HacklemanPoke]

Didn’t get to watch it tonight, but glad to see the Cowboys won. Looks like one major reason the Cowboys won in viewing the box score is free throws. The Cowboys shot a lot and CU didn’t.

Roy and both Coleman’s and even Miller to an extent attacked the rim. I think I read where Roy was 10-11 FT and 2-5 from 3. He finished with 24. So that means he got 8 points from attacks and probably all but 4 of his FTs were from drives. That’s 14 of 24.

C Coleman missed a dunk and 3 easy lay ins. He finished w 17.

If we do that tonight and Clary doesn’t dominate the possessions we will win.

 

[NinjaPoke]

It’s sickening that we lost to TCU twice. And Colorado, and Arizona State, and Cincy, and Baylor. Win two of those and you’re sitting in the first four out right now with tonight’s game actually meaning something.

Tonight’s game does matter. I don’t think we’re in with a win but the Kansas game will certainly be an argument of being a bubble team.

With that said, I agree. I would add OU to that list. Win three of those and tonight’s game would be us in. Despite all of that we’re 72 in 68 team bracket

 

[NinjaPoke]

From here regarding Bubble teams

“Oklahoma State: We’re really stretching the idea of what constitutes a bubble team at this point, but with all three résumé metrics residing just south of 50, I kinda have to include Oklahoma State, don’t I? Again, this is very much a stretch—the Cowboys are 2-9 in Quad 1, 0-6 against the Big 12’s upper elite, and the owners of just two true road wins in nine tries. (Let’s also not forget that the quality metrics suggest that OSU is more of a borderline NIT team than an NCAAT team.) But those résumé numbers remain a point of interest, especially if the Cowboys can get on a roll in conference tournament play. A win over TCU on Wednesday would likely put the Pokes top-45 in WAB; a win over Kansas on Thursday may place them in the top-40. There’s not much reason to believe that Oklahoma State will log either of those two results—the Horned Frogs have been tough a foe as any lately, and the Jayhawks are unlikely to let their guard down while still jockeying for better protected seed position—but we’re dreamers here at Bauer’s Bubble Watch! The possibilities are endless! (Or, more likely, I don’t want to end up with egg on my face if something outlandish actually comes to fruition. Such a noble cause, I know.)”

 

[zone2poke]

Roy and both Coleman’s and even Miller to an extent attacked the rim. I think I read where Roy was 10-11 FT and 2-5 from 3. He finished with 24. So that means he got 8 points from attacks and probably all but 4 of his FTs were from drives. That’s 14 of 24.

C Coleman missed a dunk and 3 easy lay ins. He finished w 17.

If we do that tonight and Clary doesn’t dominate the possessions we will win.

Maybe someone will inform Clary that he's a point guard, not a shooting guard.

 

[HacklemanPoke]

Maybe someone will inform Clary that he's a point guard, not a shooting guard.

I like both Clary and Curry. After 2 yrs and 4 different pg’s one thing is consistent w Lutz’s offense. PG’s dominate our possessions and get too deep where the only remaining option is trafficking through bigs.

We are absolutely at our best even when the PG’s initiate the set w a ball screen when the PG’s allow space when the path to the rim is not clean. Picks and pocket passes followed by cuts from other players we become somewhat efficient. The ball doesn’t stick.

Too often Clary and Curry continue the drive and get to deep. This happened last yr as well, so it leads me to believe this is a systemic bug in our offense it’s also why our shooters see their percentages go down. Off ball help doesn’t have to play off because our shooters are too stationary. If ball gets kicked or reversed, the defender can recover and contest. Roy is comfortable w a contested shot. Miller and Crotty are not. They need to see the rim while they catch and square.