When I was watching him, I was thinking we could have used him in Burton's senior year when he had to play the 5 for parts of games and we only went 6-7 players deep. He would have played a lot since he could have filled in at so many positions.
He has no problems dealing with that WVU pressure defense, in either the half or full court.I think he's just a good matchup vs. WV's scheme.
He played great in the home game where we killed them last year.
Steve might remember that.
Love seeing him bring it up the court against pressure. Having a wing that's comfortable in that role is awesome. It throws all kinds of monkey wrenches at the team trying to press. Glad to see Prohm is experimenting and changing things up.
Talley is a press killer! He is so tall and long, able to see/pass over almost every defender that leads a press
I really wish CSP would give Talley at least 5 minutes a night to keep starters rested. Example: sub in Talley when you are close to TV timeouts to give the key guys extra time off. Roy Williams is really good at this!
Do you think players should have to earn their minutes?
I've thought for the whole season that either Talley or Lewis will be needed on this team. Lewis is the better shooter but Talley gets you yet another guy who can get to the rim. It's nice to have 2 very solid wing/guard options off the bench to go along with 1.5 good post options. I think it's clear at this point that in a given game, Prohm won't be going more than 7-8 deep. Now, that 7th and 8th guy might vary from game to game as it did last night, but it's so nice to know that even if a couple perimeter guys find foul trouble or are struggling, there's guys there.
Another thing, as it relates to Lard and Talley-Those two guys have been incredibly positive and have been leading the bench mob even when they haven't been playing, or in Lard's case, when they've had tough games. Lard gets a lot of grief for "poor" body language and I don't think people have talked enough about how much positivity he's bringing on a consistent basis while he's on the bench.
How does this possibly have a dislike? Really hoping it was a mis-click because Talley being productive off the bench is nothing but good for this team.Lots of great things to be happy about after this win, but probably none bigger than what I saw from Zoran tonight. Hasn't played a minute in most games this season which has to be tough for a senior who was honestly one of the better players on last year's team.
He had great body language and was honed in on defense the entire game. It's rare to have 6'7 guys who can handle and pass as well as he can, and I have a feeling he's going to be a real player for us the rest of the season.
Lots of respect to Zoran Talley for the way he has bought in and handled himself this season.
i'd love to see talley guard mason or brown - he's so long, at least make those guys shoot over him and make it a bit tougher on them.
Yes, and I also believe is showing faith to a senior after a great game
The data says Talley had a great game last night (2nd highest ORTG)
Also need to give Prohm a shout. He put Talley in a spot where he would succeed.
He's got Huggy's number and it showed last night with Huggy getting hotter than ever and tossed from the game. Exciting times when you have a coach who can out-chess-match a HOF coach.Coach has a tough job and I do think he's still trying to figure out where he wants us to be come March.
He did do a great job of playing to a strength last night!
I was surprised to see Zoran enter the game so early in the game. Was he first off the bench? (Maybe Wiggy and Lard already were in and I didn't notice).