Tough loss on your home floor, should've had that W

[HUD628]

But it's November 14. It really means nothing. This team can play with and beat any team in the country.

Fouls are going to hurt us exponentially. If we get tough calls on Haas and Swanigan like we did tonight against top 5 teams, it will be hard to win. Swanigan especially got absolutely no respect tonight from the officials.

We will struggle if Vincent and Dakota lay bricks. Maybe Cline's return can remedy that a bit, but Vincent cannot shoot like he did tonight. Yeah, he got 10 and 8 assist s is awesome, but he can't shoot 20℅ from the outside. He is the key to us beating good teams. He's, good, we win.

Carsen Edwards ain't ready. Really textbook freshman mistakes. Use him for a spark it needed.

I like PJ, but Spike looks better to me handling the ball. And neither is demonstratively better shooting, so I'd be starting Albrecht.

All in all, I'm optimistic moving forward. There are 2 things IMO that will determine how good we are:
1) Fouls on Haas and Swanigan.
2) Vincent Edward's shooting

 

[BoilerDaddy]

But it's November 14. It really means nothing. This team can play with and beat any team in the country.

Fouls are going to hurt us exponentially. If we get tough calls on Haas and Swanigan like we did tonight against top 5 teams, it will be hard to win. Swanigan especially got absolutely no respect tonight from the officials.

We will struggle if Vincent and Dakota lay bricks. Maybe Cline's return can remedy that a bit, but Vincent cannot shoot like he did tonight. Yeah, he got 10 and 8 assist s is awesome, but he can't shoot 20℅ from the outside. He is the key to us beating good teams. He's, good, we win.

Carsen Edwards ain't ready. Really textbook freshman mistakes. Use him for a spark it needed.

I like PJ, but Spike looks better to me handling the ball. And neither is demonstratively better shooting, so I'd be starting Albrecht.

All in all, I'm optimistic moving forward. There are 2 things IMO that will determine how good we are:
1) Fouls on Haas and Swanigan.
2) Vincent Edward's shooting

Players are going to have off nights shooting. Purdue was 8/22 from 3, which is decent. I can't worry about a single player going 1/5 from 3 on a single night.

I thought that PJ got the minutes over Spike because Brunson was a bad matchup for Spike.

Guard play didn't look great, but if you include Hart as a guard, a lot of people think that Villanova has the best backcourt in the country. It was a really tough match-up for the backcourt.

 

[Boiler Wolf]

But it's November 14. It really means nothing. This team can play with and beat any team in the country.
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I like PJ, but Spike looks better to me handling the ball. And neither is demonstratively better shooting, so I'd be starting Albrecht.

PJ shot better tonight than Spike and PJ had no turnovers and a steal. I thought his defense was better than Spike's. Spike did have 4 assists though. None of our guards were stellar.