A Few Pepperdine Thoughts

[Hungry Jack]

This strikes me as a team that, for now, is playing to the level of its competition. I am really curious to see how things go from here. 68 points at home against a bad Pepperdine team is unimpressive, but we have enough parts to have a respectable offfense.

Leach is not going to create a lot off the dribble. But I love him as a shooter. His stroke is very natural and he seems to have some moxie.

I am hopeful we can run offensive sets through BB and Nick, with Berry and Leach working off screens and occasional cuts.

Nick is a very intense competitor. He is crazy driven. He is playing smart too.

Ty will be a different player in a few weeks. He came back sooner than expected. I don’t think he trusts his knee yet.

Mullins is our best defender. He had a big role in shutting down Todorivic. I think that if our offense evolves, he will find some traction as a slasher/cutter.

Great to see CCC empty the bench. Fitzmorris is a whirling dervish of arms and legs. It’s entertaining if not effective.

Ran into Wilbon and Revsine after the game. Wilbon is optimistic about this team.

 

[hdhntr1]

This strikes me as a team that, for now, is playing to the level of its competition. I am really curious to see how things go from here. 68 points at home against a bad Pepperdine team is unimpressive, but we have enough parts to have a respectable offfense.

Leach is not going to create a lot off the dribble. But I love him as a shooter. His stroke is very natural and he seems to have some moxie.

I am hopeful we can run offensive sets through BB and Nick, with Berry and Leach working off screens and occasional cuts.

Nick is a very intense competitor. He is crazy driven. He is playing smart too.

Ty will be a different player in a few weeks. He came back sooner than expected. I don’t think he trusts his knee yet.

Mullins is our best defender. He had a big role in shutting down Todorivic. I think that if our offense evolves, he will find some traction as a slasher/cutter.

Great to see CCC empty the bench. Fitzmorris is a whirling dervish of arms and legs. It’s entertaining if not effective.

Ran into Wilbon and Revsine after the game. Wilbon is optimistic about this team.

We still play way to much one on one People drive in and you just know they are going to try to shoot regardless of what they are facing. Defense collapses on them and they still are not looking for anyone open. They have blinders on. We are getting assists on only about half of our baskets (and even that seems high). That might work on the likes of Pepperdine but hard to see it being successful against BIG teams. Does not help that our 3 pt shooting is basically non existent.

 

[SDakaGordie]

We still play way to much one on one People drive in and you just know they are going to try to shoot regardless of what they are facing. Defense collapses on them and they still are not looking for anyone open. They have blinders on. We are getting assists on only about half of our baskets (and even that seems high). That might work on the likes of Pepperdine but hard to see it being successful against BIG teams. Does not help that our 3 pt shooting is basically non existent.

To me, the key is getting quality shots. It seems like we are getting them at a very high rate and just missing more of them than we’d like at this point. We will improve the shooting.

 

[SDakaGordie]

This strikes me as a team that, for now, is playing to the level of its competition. I am really curious to see how things go from here. 68 points at home against a bad Pepperdine team is unimpressive, but we have enough parts to have a respectable offfense.

Leach is not going to create a lot off the dribble. But I love him as a shooter. His stroke is very natural and he seems to have some moxie.

I am hopeful we can run offensive sets through BB and Nick, with Berry and Leach working off screens and occasional cuts.

Nick is a very intense competitor. He is crazy driven. He is playing smart too.

Ty will be a different player in a few weeks. He came back sooner than expected. I don’t think he trusts his knee yet.

Mullins is our best defender. He had a big role in shutting down Todorivic. I think that if our offense evolves, he will find some traction as a slasher/cutter.

Great to see CCC empty the bench. Fitzmorris is a whirling dervish of arms and legs. It’s entertaining if not effective.

Ran into Wilbon and Revsine after the game. Wilbon is optimistic about this team.

Agree with everything except Leach - he can be / has been successful with dribble drives. Not the best passer when doing so, but he can finish at the rim and can also pull up for jumpers.