Cam's numbers went down significantly last year after Solo got hurt. It's easier to focus on only one big man.
Cam Lard and rebounding regression
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I personally would love to see Lard start. Jacobson understands his fundamentals and what he's trying to do, he's just athletically limited and I feel you're going to get similar results from him over 20 minutes whether he starts or comes off the bench.
Lard on the other hand really feeds off the flow of the game, so when he's coming in cold off the bench and the other team's had 8-10 min to get in a rhythm and figure out our guards can't stop penetration, he's barely had time to blink and he's got a guy coming at him that's blown past a guard or gotten free around a pick. Regardless of everything they might've worked on in practice, his instincts just kick in and he goes for the challenge which turns out poorly 75% of the time.
If you let Cam start and get into the flow of the game while the other team is doing the same and everyone's still feeling each other out, I think he'll get in a much better rhythm early and you won't see such a high percentage of feast or famine block attempts.
Lard on the other hand really feeds off the flow of the game, so when he's coming in cold off the bench and the other team's had 8-10 min to get in a rhythm and figure out our guards can't stop penetration, he's barely had time to blink and he's got a guy coming at him that's blown past a guard or gotten free around a pick. Regardless of everything they might've worked on in practice, his instincts just kick in and he goes for the challenge which turns out poorly 75% of the time.
If you let Cam start and get into the flow of the game while the other team is doing the same and everyone's still feeling each other out, I think he'll get in a much better rhythm early and you won't see such a high percentage of feast or famine block attempts.
I think we used Solomon to box out and whoever was down there with him to go get it (Solomon is great at that).
On both ends. Lard probably was able to go against some overmatched forwards.
Agreed wholeheartedly.
Lard is missing Solomon boxing guys out for him.
It is like a RB losing his lead blocker.
I dunno, Jacobson was horrible vs TCU vs screens the other day. I’m not sure you can narrow it down to one guy; I think as a team we’ve been pretty bad, both guards and forwards.
Yeah, but if Lard starts and gets 2 quick fouls, then Jacobson has to play the rest of the half.
I think what I mentioned is a big contributing factor to his quick fouls. When he started last year, he didn't have near the foul trouble he's had this year, but even if I'm wrong, I'm fine with Prohm being forced to play Conditt for a few spurts as well. His redshirt is most likely burned at this point and in the limited minutes he's played, he seems to be improving a lot from earlier in the year, so I really don't see an opponent going on a big run just because we put Conditt in for 5 min.
The last 15 minutes of the game Monday were the best we've looked in a long time and combine that with the fact we're 27 games into the season, I don't foresee Prohm changing anything. With that being said, at this point we're really not playing for anything other than NCAA seeding, so it would be nice to see him tinker with things down the stretch just to see what it looks like, if for no other reason than to confirm what he's seeing in practice.
The only bad loss we could have even if we went 0-3 to finish the season and lost 1st round in the Big XII tourney would be at WVU, and even that would be a quadrant 2 game, which isn't terrible. I by no means want us to lose any games, but if it gives us more style flexibility in the tournament and makes us less match-up dependent, I'm all for seeing what tinkering with some lineups looks like.
I do agree with this. Our guards let a lot of easy drives to the basket and that means our lone post needs to provide help defense which creates lots of problems.
A bigger guard like Shayok or THT is now needed to rebound.
If there is a rebound to be had, it is a short rebound and those lend themselves to easy offensive boards and quick put backs.
Our bigger guards could have been defending in the perimeter and can't get in to paint, block out, for a short rebound.
I agree with IASTATE4LIFE...Our guards are not stopping dribble penetration much at all, leaving our bigs to collapse on the penetrator and be out of position on rebounds......
