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Title: Bright spots tonight
Post by: WildCatzPhreak on November 20, 2009, 10:25:15 PM
Rebounding

Wally Judge showing improvement

Kelly showing that he's pretty consistent - possibly our best player.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: cas on November 20, 2009, 10:28:02 PM
Wally Judge showing improvement

QFT. Would love to see JHR show some development on offense.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Pett on November 20, 2009, 10:31:11 PM
Pullen can attack/drive to the basket (only guard who tries or can). Same thing can be said about penetrating the defense. :-[
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Stupid Fitz on November 20, 2009, 10:32:27 PM
Pullen can attack/drive to the basket (only guard who tries or can).

Wrong, Clemente can do this, he just can't make the layup.   :frown:
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Pett on November 20, 2009, 10:35:06 PM
Pullen can attack/drive to the basket (only guard who tries or can).

Wrong, Clemente can do this, he just can't make the layup.   :frown:

I said tried. Denis didn't try to tonight.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 10:38:18 PM
Rebounding

Wally Judge showing improvement

Kelly showing that he's pretty consistent - possibly our best player.

i disagree with all of these.  very strongly with 1 and 3.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 20, 2009, 10:38:48 PM
Rebounding

Wally Judge showing improvement

Kelly showing that he's pretty consistent - possibly our best player.

i disagree with all of these.  very strongly with 1 and 3.

good lord. kelly was awesome.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: michigancat on November 20, 2009, 10:40:17 PM
yeah, kelly needed more touches early in the second half.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Bullfn33 on November 20, 2009, 10:40:49 PM
Kelly and flashes from Judge, that's it.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 20, 2009, 10:42:06 PM
Kelly and flashes from Judge, that's it.

yeah. mcgrudsy and russy were really awful. guard depth is frightening.

kelly and judge were really really good, and have been all year.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: chum1 on November 20, 2009, 10:43:51 PM
Judge showing that he has the tools, skills, goods...whatever.  I love Kelly, but Judge has impressive range.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: feralchat on November 20, 2009, 10:44:10 PM
I'd grade Kelly a meh. It's clear he's a taller Hoskin who can't hit FTs.
Rebounding was so so. Got to remember we were playing another Huggins' clone, so they were going to give effort, too. But we were a very offensive rebound team last year, and I just haven't seen that this year. I'd like to see a lot more fight and effort. Worried that you can't turn that on a month into the season.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: PowercatPat on November 20, 2009, 10:45:29 PM
Our frountcourt was good tonight, but our poor backcourt play and poor free throw shooting lost us the game. This team could be dangerous if Clemente, Pullen, Kelly, and Judge are all playing well on the same night.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: michigancat on November 20, 2009, 10:45:58 PM
Kelly and flashes from Judge, that's it.

yeah. mcgrudsy and russy were really awful. guard depth is frightening.

kelly and judge were really really good, and have been all year.

that's why I miss freddy.  he can at least play.  Irving, Russell, can't.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 10:47:55 PM
kelly is soft, lazy, weak.  poor rebounder (grabs some o boards, but sucks on d boards) and worse defender.

so he can score a bit.  other people can score without giving it right back.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 20, 2009, 10:48:13 PM
Rebounding

Wally Judge showing improvement

Kelly showing that he's pretty consistent - possibly our best player.

i disagree with all of these.  very strongly with 1 and 3.

I understand where sys is coming from on Kelly, he plays pretty poor defense sometimes.

But I'm willing to give him a few defensive possessions off knowing we actually have a big at K-State that can make a powerful post move and score in the paint.  Its like I'm seeing something I've never seen before (not really counting Beasley).
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: chum1 on November 20, 2009, 10:49:31 PM
Kelly was still a bright spot tonight, dudes.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 20, 2009, 10:51:33 PM
Quote
kelly is soft, lazy, weak.

he's now 24-38 for the year. Stop making this more complicated than it is. He's been great.


 I can imagine if KSU had an elite tennis team that people cared about, i'd be an obnoxious "x's and o's" dork as well.   :dunno:
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: michigancat on November 20, 2009, 10:55:05 PM
kelly is soft, lazy, weak.  poor rebounder (grabs some o boards, but sucks on d boards) and worse defender.

so he can score a bit.  other people can score without giving it right back.

he still should have had more 2nd half touches.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 10:55:59 PM
i'm not going to trash kelly just to make a point.  but he needs to defend and rebound much better.  especially if martin is going to limit sutton's minutes (seriously don't understand that, and it is pissing me off).
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: FormerKCCat on November 20, 2009, 11:00:43 PM
Bright Spot = Wally
Could've been a bright spot with a few more made FTs = Kelly (what was he like 15 and 10?  20 and 10 is a different level - he needs to be a better foul shooter if our offense is going to flow through him, which it appears is the plan)
Would've loved to see more of the other talent (e.g. McGruder)
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Legore on November 20, 2009, 11:03:45 PM
I'd grade Kelly a meh. It's clear he's a taller Hoskin who can't hit FTs.
Rebounding was so so. Got to remember we were playing another Huggins' clone, so they were going to give effort, too. But we were a very offensive rebound team last year, and I just haven't seen that this year. I'd like to see a lot more fight and effort. Worried that you can't turn that on a month into the season.

you talk like a taller Hoskins is a bad thing? 
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 20, 2009, 11:04:46 PM
i'm not going to trash kelly just to make a point.  but he needs to defend and rebound much better.  especially if martin is going to limit sutton's minutes (seriously don't understand that, and it is pissing me off).

The Sutton we saw tonight was much more like last year's Sutton when he was playing well.  And if anything his minutes tonight were limited by foul trouble as much as anything.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 11:14:30 PM
The Sutton we saw tonight was much more like last year's Sutton when he was playing well.  And if anything his minutes tonight were limited by foul trouble as much as anything.

true, re. fouls.

he was great for a stretch in 1st.  physically dominant.  picked up an idiotic 2nd foul late in the 1st which probably pissed martin off.  got a 3rd early in the  2nd and sat for a long time.  was only ok when he finally got back in, but the game was more or less over by then anyway.

i'm not sure kstate can be a great defensive team without him.  other than he and pullen, who is a better than average defender?  they need him.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: feralchat on November 20, 2009, 11:17:14 PM
I think a taller Hoskins is a great thing. The bad thing is he can't match Hoskins at the line.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: pufizzle on November 20, 2009, 11:23:58 PM
I hate Dom with a passion for some reason.  Why don't we just play Merrieweather if we are looking for a good defender?  Merrieweather at least grazes iron at times on his jump shots.  If you are playing against us, why the frack would you not double Kelly and leave Dom to do whatever the frack he wants on the perimeter???

The hatred I feel for him is making my skin boil.  And I usually like the guy.   :runaway:

Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 11:25:14 PM
I hate Dom with a passion for some reason.  Why don't we just play Merrieweather if we are looking for a good defender?  Merrieweather at least grazes iron at times on his jump shots.  If you are playing against us, why the frack would you not double Kelly and leave Dom to do whatever the frack he wants on the perimeter???

yeah, you're crazy.  sutton is probably kstate's 2nd best player.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: pufizzle on November 20, 2009, 11:28:37 PM
I hate Dom with a passion for some reason.  Why don't we just play Merrieweather if we are looking for a good defender?  Merrieweather at least grazes iron at times on his jump shots.  If you are playing against us, why the frack would you not double Kelly and leave Dom to do whatever the frack he wants on the perimeter???

yeah, you're crazy.  sutton is probably kstate's 2nd best player.

If Sutton is our 2nd best player.......we are in for a loooooooooooooong season.  How the hell does someone who can't dribble, pass, or shoot become our 2nd best player?  Because he hustles and defends?  If he is open, he can make a layup or dunk.  Guess what........so can Colon. 
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: catdude33 on November 20, 2009, 11:33:03 PM
Agreed pufizzle.  Besides looking goegeous in the Elites he hasn't done much on the court so far.  Would rather have Akeem Wright.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 11:37:29 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: pufizzle on November 20, 2009, 11:38:54 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 1.5 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

FYP
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: catdude33 on November 20, 2009, 11:41:34 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 20, 2009, 11:46:00 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.

Not sys, but part is just plain effort.  We don't seem to be matching the intensity we had last year when we played well.

And part is just working in FR, who most of the time are going to be pretty bad defenders early in their careers unless they are freak athletes.  Plus Kelly plays a lot of minutes, and as sys has pointed out his defense can be lacking at time.  And there is a slight adjustment to funneling the ball to bigs and altering/blocking shots as opposed to funneling the ball to traps and charges like we tended to do last year when playing well.  So far we seem to be relying a bit too much on the blocked shot probably.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 11:49:52 PM
Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.

yeah, i don't know.  i've never understood martin's defense.  i mean i can see that it works, but i don't really understand it.

agree with _fan that they didn't play very hard.  probably most of the reason why the defense sucked.  maybe a lot of that is not knowing what to do/where to be, don't know.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: catdude33 on November 20, 2009, 11:51:59 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.

So far we seem to be relying a bit too much on the blocked shot probably.

I said that earlier today and you told me I was probably exaggerating the deficiencies in our help defense.  I was right.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 20, 2009, 11:53:35 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.

So far we seem to be relying a bit too much on the blocked shot probably.

I said that earlier today and you told me I was probably exaggerating the deficiencies in our help defense.  I was right.

This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

Losers.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 20, 2009, 11:54:38 PM
5 guys have to rebound and defend.  sutton is the best on the team at both.

only 1 guy at a time scores.  and sutton's offensive woes are exaggerated.  he's decent inside 15 feet.


i'm stealing this from some random powertard, but he's right - kstate was about even or + when sutton was in the game.  and got destroyed when he was sitting.

Sys, why is our defense not doing better?  We have the right type of player and a defensive minded coach.  I don't get it.

So far we seem to be relying a bit too much on the blocked shot probably.

I said that earlier today and you told me I was probably exaggerating the deficiencies in our help defense.  I was right.

Yeah I did and you probably were.  That method certainly didn't work tonight, Miss probably shot >60% on 2pt shots, we had been holding teams under 30%.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 20, 2009, 11:55:49 PM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 20, 2009, 11:57:42 PM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

which is why ftball is much more enjoyable. the talk is much more simpler and big picture.

serious x's and o's talk is just painful and loserish on every level. it always ends up with everyone trying to convince everyone else who is right about why our team sucks.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 20, 2009, 11:58:00 PM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

bball you can "get" a lot by watching live.  fball to really "get" you've got to go back and watch it on film.  Just too much going on with 22 guys out there, with only 10 usually its manageable.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: chum1 on November 21, 2009, 12:01:10 AM
The experts can explain this difficult concept better than I can, but the Huggins/Martin defense is about outworking your opponent.  It also has a little to do with being able to physically beat the sh*t out of your opponent.  Like it's a fight.  So, the players have to be toughened up before they can pull that off.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 21, 2009, 12:02:01 AM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

bball you can "get" a lot by watching live.  fball to really "get" you've got to go back and watch it on film.  Just too much going on with 22 guys out there, with only 10 usually its manageable.

either way, it's by far the lamest part of being a sports fan

 (serious x's and o's talk)
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksu_FAN on November 21, 2009, 12:02:35 AM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

bball you can "get" a lot by watching live.  fball to really "get" you've got to go back and watch it on film.  Just too much going on with 22 guys out there, with only 10 usually its manageable.

either way, it's by far the lamest part of being a sports fan

 (x's and o's talk)

 :peek:
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: catdude33 on November 21, 2009, 12:05:08 AM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

bball you can "get" a lot by watching live.  fball to really "get" you've got to go back and watch it on film.  Just too much going on with 22 guys out there, with only 10 usually its manageable.

either way, it's by far the lamest part of being a sports fan

 (serious x's and o's talk)

Can't wait for the retard football boarders to meltdown after we lose tomorrow.  Maybe if they knew any x's and o's they'd realize it's not going to happen.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: WildCatzPhreak on November 21, 2009, 12:05:12 AM
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Think I like him.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 21, 2009, 12:06:36 AM
This is exactly why the bball board is painful. People are actually serious about their x's and o's analysis.

On the football board, it's a complete joke and everyone has a laugh about it.

bball is a much simpler game than fball.  it isn't that hard to understand.  fball is impenetrable.

bball you can "get" a lot by watching live.  fball to really "get" you've got to go back and watch it on film.  Just too much going on with 22 guys out there, with only 10 usually its manageable.

either way, it's by far the lamest part of being a sports fan

 (serious x's and o's talk)

Can't wait for the retard football boarders to meltdown after we lose tomorrow.  Maybe if they knew any x's and o's they'd realize it's not going to happen.

the meltdown will be sarcastic and beautiful. Like always.

No one will scream at each other arguing why their x's and o's analysis is superior to the others.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: chum1 on November 21, 2009, 12:08:55 AM
This isn't really basketall x's and o's talk anyway.  That would be sh*t like, "Sutton needs to cut hard to the baseline so he can set a screen for so-and-so who is doing such-and-such."  This is just general strategy talk.  The football equivalent is, "We need to be able to run the ball better."
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 21, 2009, 12:15:46 AM
This isn't really basketall x's and o's talk anyway.  That would be sh*t like, "Sutton needs to cut hard to the baseline so he can set a screen for so-and-so who is doing such-and-such."  This is just general strategy talk.  The football equivalent is, "We need to be able to run the ball better."

riding certain playes w/o logic and ragging on certian players w/o logic is terrible message boarding.

it happens on the bball board all the time, and even the great fatty fat fat is guilty of it.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: sys on November 21, 2009, 12:26:25 AM
3f, don't suck the joy out of the bball board.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: fatty fat fat on November 21, 2009, 12:29:50 AM
3f, don't suck the joy out of the bball board.

my bad.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: ksuhampton on November 21, 2009, 08:46:16 AM
One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that our shot selection in the half court stunk!
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: Dick Knewheizel on November 21, 2009, 10:01:59 AM
kelly is soft, lazy, weak.  poor rebounder (grabs some o boards, but sucks on d boards) and worse defender.

so he can score a bit.  other people can score without giving it right back.

+1

He's great at making dunks when we break down their defense though
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: cireksu on November 21, 2009, 10:20:34 AM
yeah people hate sutton because of how terrible we are when he's in foul trouble.  they blame it on him.
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: mavrick1821 on November 21, 2009, 11:07:11 AM
Kelly may be lack on D at times, but that is going to get resolved with more game experience.  As for his effort, I have seen him trap out at the 3 line and hustle his arz off.  Once he gets the rotations down more and stays in position better, he will be fine on defense if not good. 

As for Kelly's offense, I don't really wish to attach 100's of quotes about how overrated he was at Uconn and how he would not do jack for KSU.  I think he is clearly blowing away expectations this early as a go to guy and his free throw % is up some 20%+ from his Uconn days.   Kelly is far and away better than the consensus of this board expected. 
Title: Re: Bright spots tonight
Post by: bigdeal on November 21, 2009, 12:32:21 PM
Kelly has very good moves in the low post and is a good high post passer.  His defense and rotations are lacking and he doesn't attack the boards with strength.  Our whole team backed down when the game got physical.  Our defensive intensity was lacking and our guards do not control the game and show any consistent feel for how we want to run our offense.  Because of this, the lesser-experienced players don't have any feel.  First 4 possessions of the game, not even a look inside.  After that, Kelly was killing Ole Miss down low in the first half, but just couldn't make a free throw to save his life.  Late first half, Pullen took over.  Early 2nd half, Clemente tried to get in the game but, the problem is, he doesn't get anyone else involved.  He is just looking for his own shot, which he didn't find until he felt some urgency. 

Judge has great potential and is currently a solid player who is learning what he can do.  Both MacGruder and Russel are also trying to find their way so their confidence is kind of shaky, and easily goes away when they don't find immediate success on the court.  The whole team defers to the guards but, and they are pretty good guards, but not dominant.

Our defensive intensity is significantly less than last year, or in years past.  Our rebounding effort and intensity is also lacking.  Frank needs to get this area improved quickly or we are due for some more lackluster, NCAA hope dashing losses i the pre-season.