I hated the final possession on at least two of ‘em. I’m having amnesia as to how the first Tamu ended. This one was very odd. Jones actually set a screen for Kugel, who ran to the corner… making for a hard pass, if that was the intent. But was that the design??? A corner 3 for Kugel? TAMU easily switched, and nothing sprung Jones open. It was really odd.
It appeared TAMU was shading to help with one of the others and left Jones open to get a pass moving away from the basket. He's the last one out there I'd want with 0:2.5 left and so the first one TAMU would want. Well-designed defense by TAMU.
You would think the guy moving toward the ball might be the recipient of a screen. Nope. We made defending the play pretty easy. In fairness, not a lot of time… but just a strange set coming out of the break.
It sort of looked like the design was just to get a foul based on where the ball went, how Jones shot, and Kugel’s reaction in the background. Hope I’m wrong, but that’s what it seemed like.
i just listened to post game comments. Apparently we wanted to get something to Colin over the top. I have to rewatch, but Colin was waaaay away from the play.
Meaning Jones was supposed to feed him? The smallest guy on the court that is going to have a guy draped all over him? Hate that.
i rewatched the play after hearing the comments. We set up with Kugel and and Colin high. Jones sets a screen for Kugel… who benignly runs to the corner. TAMU easily switches there, and follows Jones out to the perimeter, where he get the ball … going away from the hoop. But this was clearly not the intent. Lofton was in-bounding. Buzz put 6’10 Marble on the ball. You could see Lofton straining to see Colin on the other side of the court… but that pass was never going to be there. Colin got the screen from Richard… and the switch, but the pass was simply impossible. Buzz called a timeout just prior… having seen our set. Before the timeout, he also showed Marble on the inbound passer. I’m really surprised Golden did change the call. It was doomed from the start.
Yet we lost by 3 and 2 points in our two games. We're close to being a good team. But, we've got to start games better.
In both games against Tammy, Buzzard has ventured way out onto the court during live action. How is that acceptable?
Good teams win mainly by having better players playing together. More times you win with an occasional brain fart. Golden is 3-0 against rookie SEC coaches. The other losses are against mature programs. aTm is equal to UF in talent. The main difference is the maturity of the program. And obviously the maturity of the players playing in the system and with each other.
While I appreciate the boards comments about the last shot, the ENTIRE first half needed a little work don't you think? IMO this is one of the worst first half ballclubs I have seen in the O&B in quite awhile. They are as poor a starting team as I can remember. Not to many more opportunities to blow games at 10-8 now unless of course watching the tourney from the couch is the goal. Right when I thought the club was picking up a little momentum. Dang
We are not a young team. We are a veterans team with CC, Jones, Lofton, Richards, Bodman and Fudge. I don't accept the premise we are a young team or lack maturity. They just seem not to play well together. It is not the maturity factor but the talent factor.
Just curious, did anybody suggest that here? If so, I missed it. The poster who mentioned A&M is a bad matchup for this Gator team is correct. The silver lining is that this A&M team, with its defense, is a bad matchup for most teams. The Debbie Downer in me says that a whole bunch of SEC teams, which grind it out and play tough defense, are bad matchups for this Gator team.
