Tough to be the center of offense (and defense) for 40 minutes, and not be fatigued mentally and physically, happpened Frosh. .maybe 25-30 minutes per game the next month, take a lower seeding and be ready for tournament. And Harris/Cox mature. But Keady says college kids never get tired
Braden could use a rest
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Yes he has only sat out 40 total mins since the Maryland game.
As much as that might be a good idea, I can't see it happening. Certainly not 25-30. Maybe 34-37. A 2 minute break each half. The problem is that Braden on the floor makes us a better team, and Braden certainly doesn't want to come out. So how do you make it happen? A comfortable win is the only thing.
The B1G championship is out. Get him ready for the NCAA, whatever it takes. Let CJ and Gicarri throw it into TKR for 5 minutes each half.
Harris was supposed to be a decent PG in high school. Is winning conference games more important than winning tournament games?
Braden can handle 40 minute games if the games are slow paced and low scoring. If the game is physical and fast paced, he is going to tire out no matter how many days are in between games.
The last time I looked, there is very little time off given to teams in the Big10 tournament and only 1 day between games in the ncaa tournament. If Braden is tired now, I would hate to see how tired he will be when it counts most.
Sometimes for the good of the team, you have to sacrifice a game or a player during the regular season games.
Playing 40 minutes a game and looking like crap isn’t helping his draft stock or opportunity to win any post season individual awards! They give awards to players with wins and performance over minutes played.
Look at Flagg and the player at Auburn. Neither player plays anywhere close to 40 minutes a game. And their draft stock is skyrocketing.
Braden can handle 40 minute games if the games are slow paced and low scoring. If the game is physical and fast paced, he is going to tire out no matter how many days are in between games.
The last time I looked, there is very little time off given to teams in the Big10 tournament and only 1 day between games in the ncaa tournament. If Braden is tired now, I would hate to see how tired he will be when it counts most.
Sometimes for the good of the team, you have to sacrifice a game or a player during the regular season games.
Playing 40 minutes a game and looking like crap isn’t helping his draft stock or opportunity to win any post season individual awards! They give awards to players with wins and performance over minutes played.
Look at Flagg and the player at Auburn. Neither player plays anywhere close to 40 minutes a game. And their draft stock is skyrocketing.
Shot clock prevents some rest. Old saying was that if you need a rest do it on offense, not defense.
You take a chance on Cox or Harris to run the offense ten minutes a game.
You might lose some games but that's going to happen anyways if we keep running Braden into the ground.
If this team can't win without Braden playing 35 minutes a game, that's not necessarily great.
Yes and no. Yes, it’s mid-February, everyone who’s playing major minutes is hitting a wall. No, playing a few minutes fewer per game is not going to help. Have to work through it and I’m sure he will.
In the last 6 games, he’s averaging 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 8.5 Assists with 3.5 to 1 ATO.
Don’t think 2 min rest each half changes perceived “ accumulated tiredness”
The overall schedule is a grind, but same for everybody
Guarantee there wouldn’t be talk of this if fouls called at M game were even close and we got the W, and we didn’t run into freak offensive buzzsaw 2nd half W( yes better D would have helped), still a freak O show
Boilers pull out a tough one Tues on Sparty!!!!
The overall schedule is a grind, but same for everybody
Guarantee there wouldn’t be talk of this if fouls called at M game were even close and we got the W, and we didn’t run into freak offensive buzzsaw 2nd half W( yes better D would have helped), still a freak O show
Boilers pull out a tough one Tues on Sparty!!!!
He just doesn’t look to have the same explosiveness that he did earlier in the season.
For smith to sit other guys has to play better colvin harris cox and heide
after watching a recent home game where he had to sit due foul trouble in 1st half we actually extended the lead, so I have no trouble w/ resting him a bit each half
Sometimes a player doesn’t know what is best for themselves. I’ve seen many athletes play through injuries. And denying the injury was affecting their game. Look at Brett Favre, and Webster the Steelers center. That’s why you have coaches. I’ve seen many coaches ruin a player in their quest to win games
True. But Keady also never had a point guard who was the focal point of the offense, exerting himself for most of every offensive possession.
Not to mention the B1G is unrecognizable from 20 years ago…
I think it would also benefit Trey for the tournament too, if he could get some less minutes. I think when he gets a little tired that he uses his hands and body to foul, instead of using his feet to get in defensive position. However, he is really our main inside presence, so that is not something that we can really do with the lack of bench production.
It comes down to two things
Is winning regular season games a priority over giving players a rest for the tournament?
And is winning games more important than a player’s health?
It was said on this board by some respected poster that burgess didn’t play many minutes early in the season because of some non-disclosed physical conditioning issue. Basically, he came to school out of shape and not ready to play college basketball.
Maybe the same philosophy should apply to Braden. If he is tired, he needs a rest. And I highly doubt he would ever admit he’s tired.
A different thought. Maybe Braden is not tired. And his current performance is based on teams knowing how to defend him. And there are mismatches that he just does not excell against.
Is winning regular season games a priority over giving players a rest for the tournament?
And is winning games more important than a player’s health?
It was said on this board by some respected poster that burgess didn’t play many minutes early in the season because of some non-disclosed physical conditioning issue. Basically, he came to school out of shape and not ready to play college basketball.
Maybe the same philosophy should apply to Braden. If he is tired, he needs a rest. And I highly doubt he would ever admit he’s tired.
A different thought. Maybe Braden is not tired. And his current performance is based on teams knowing how to defend him. And there are mismatches that he just does not excell against.
Giving up 94 points at home, looks like they were all resting on D
For guys to get better, they have to play some more too. Someone has to be the backup point guard for more than 1-2 minutes a game.
Yeah, I wish they were a bit more physical on defending cuts. I would like to see a little contact without fouling, but enough to alter the path and timing. I don't have time to go back and watch a few games, but would like to understand "what" happened where the D was bad and then got better and then regressed again. I'm sure less focus on scouting report, less urgency or effort and no doubt less communication...especially less effort and communication. Those three always raise their heads when the D goes south. The other thing I'm curious , but don't know if it is in "play" is the particular offense the other teams "since IU ??" run as to whether it never left the opportunities to dig due to more spacing by the offense or bring a second defender along the baseline which both led to steals recently.
I see some teams are aware of Braden gambling on the ball and have backdoored him a couple of times. It is also the time of the year teams know Purdue switches so much that they will seek out the switch they want and then post a smaller player. If you are worried about players driving the ball you either switch to keep them in front of you or go under the screen and we know Matt fears the 3 ball and so many times players go over the top, but I'm unsure the 3 ball hurts Purdue as much as the other team controlling the lane when they want...and if the 3 ball misses there is more of a chance for a run out for Purdue. I think there may have been 10 pts or so scored in the last minute and so the 94 points may be a bit misleading, but the FG% is not misleading...
Offense wasn’t really the problem with Purdue putting up 84. But a little more scoring from Braden would have helped since the D was so poor. Big athletic guards can impact Braden’s shot and/ or impact his ability to find shots. Wisconsin had no guards under six-four.
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