Agree. I hope he lets tonight's scenario get him doing that more. Take it to the rim, use the glass, or pull-up jumpers. His '3' is just not there. Can't explain the 0-4 from the line whatsoever, but at least the guy never quits playing hard and believing in himself.
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Agree. I hope he lets tonight's scenario get him doing that more. Take it to the rim, use the glass, or pull-up jumpers. His '3' is just not there. Can't explain the 0-4 from the line whatsoever, but at least the guy never quits playing hard and believing in himself.
He is taking a lot of shots without squaring his body or setting his feet. Some .1% basketball players in the world can hit some shots like that. But Gabe clearly can't and you can tell if his shot has a chance to go in or not before the ball leaves his hands most times. He's a senior and is what he is at this point. We'll learn as fans to enjoy his good games and cover our eyes for the rest. He plays really hard on the other end so anything else he gives is kind of bonus.
Yes Mizzou struggled early but they've been good lately. Can't remember but apparently they have a dude who has really helped elevate their game. I don't see how a team that just lost a one-point heartbreaker to the No. 1 team in the country would be a bad loss. Having said that, we most definitely want this win. Any thoughts why Grill shoots better on the road than in Hilton??
There's always overreaction but by no means do I watch tonight's game and consider us "back." I thought we looked tired on Saturday and we were still doing a lot of chasing on defense tonight.
This is exactly it IMO. He hits some crazy difficult shots when the situation, like shot clock etc. force him to take them. He also hits tougher shots when attacking than open looks at the rim. Not sure what can be done, but I'll just have to try to remind myself of this when he misses a couple good looks.
Somehow I think that Nick Bassett is looking down and smiling tonight!
We can literally beat or lose to everyone left on our schedule and most of them will come down to the wire. It would be great if they'd make it easy on us but we just don't have that kind of margin for error. Shooting like we did tonight would sure help.
I want the dance, both for myself and foe the team but I also need to remind myself to enjoy the ride. It's an incredible turnaround from 12 months ago where games were happening and i didn't even know they were going on. He ain't perfect but TJ deserves a lot of credit.
Agreed. I thought it would be at least another year before this kind of competitiveness returned.
This late in his career it may just be who he is. But you never give up on a shooter. Sometimes things just click. May not even be this year. Either way, his defensive ability, effort, and leadership outweigh his shooting immensely. His last foul was absolute bull **** and I actually smiled when he was pissed of about it because his demeanor is usually so calm.
Oh, yes - this is WAY better than any of us could have imagined coming into the season. If we just win the home games against teams ranked 50 or lower in KenPom, we will be dancing…totally doable and we can certainly win a lot of other games!
I'm not sure I want him shooting them, but his form is certainly a lot better than Jones'. Neither guy is really a threat from there but I'm hopeful that moving forward we can get some posts that can hit a jumper. It would do wonders for the offense IMO.
When you start looking at the bottom of the league’s remaining schedule, it’s going to take a lot for the #8 team to make the NCAA in my opinion. Just not enough wins to be had out there. I think KU, BU, and TTU will show that they’re a step ahead of the rest over February. Guess we’ll see though.
They would be a bad loss because they are 8-11 overall and have losses to Kansas City, Wichita State, Liberty, and lost by a million to Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois and Arkansas, and it would be a home loss for us.
Brockington was amazing tonight, but so was Hunter. Sure he made a couple a mistakes but what a talented gamer. Great game.
Boys will be shooting A LOT of FT's next couple of days!
Kid is special and got stones.
Crazy stats from tonight:
