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UND (5-3) @ #23 Iowa State (5-1) 11/30 7PM

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SiouxFan100
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We competed against a ranked team. Nuff said   

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UND looks to build off of their excellent performances this weekend with a trip to Ames to take on Iowa State. The Cyclones were picked 8th out of 10th in the Big 12 conference but they have had

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He just needs to smooth his offensive game out, he actually has some good moves in the post that he just needs to perfect.   

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Work to be done

out of bounds plays

dribbling into corner with nowhere to go

skip passes 

Yup, this team is far from a finished product...

But it is steps ahead of last year team. 

 

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Woof.

Lots of 3s that looked.... 

well... bad

 

4 or 5 guys shot airballs.  Good effort.  I hope Brooks gets some playing time against Portland to get him in playing shape.

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Interesting game last night and interesting dynamic to watch on this team going forward.

1. PG position- to me the obvious choice is Trent, but man he does a lot of doy doy things offensively... Coach Sather also has a pretty quick hook on him right now.. but man can he change a game on the defensive end. Be more aggressive and score at the rim!!!

2. It looks like we have a 3 man rotation setting up at the 5 spot. T, Brian, and Mitch. If Mitch could hit a 3 with any consistency this would be great.. Last night he should have been able to get wide open looks at the top of the key and spread out 5's, but he can't hit a shot right now. Brian is bringing great energy on the defensive end, but leaves a lot to be desired when he has the ball in his hands. T is showing improvement which is great to see.

3. Rotation questions going forward are going to be interesting... who loses minutes???? If I had a vote, starters would be Trent, Norman, Omot, Levias, T- Bench would be Brian or Mitch at 5 depending on matchups, brooks, danielson, and eaglestaff..

 

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10 hours ago, UND1983 said:

Omot was off tonight. Defense looks sound for most part. 

The big picture takeaway is your second sentance.   The improvement on that part of the team is legit and it isn't just with the insertion of Trent.  Is it a finished product on that end of the ball? No, there is still more to be done but steps are being taking in the right direction.

Still have to remember that Omot is a freshman and will play like one from time to time.  I'm not too worried about him. 

 

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35 minutes ago, SD UND said:

Interesting game last night and interesting dynamic to watch on this team going forward.

1. PG position- to me the obvious choice is Trent, but man he does a lot of doy doy things offensively... Coach Sather also has a pretty quick hook on him right now.. but man can he change a game on the defensive end. Be more aggressive and score at the rim!!!

2. It looks like we have a 3 man rotation setting up at the 5 spot. T, Brian, and Mitch. If Mitch could hit a 3 with any consistency this would be great.. Last night he should have been able to get wide open looks at the top of the key and spread out 5's, but he can't hit a shot right now. Brian is bringing great energy on the defensive end, but leaves a lot to be desired when he has the ball in his hands. T is showing improvement which is great to see.

3. Rotation questions going forward are going to be interesting... who loses minutes???? If I had a vote, starters would be Trent, Norman, Omot, Levias, T- Bench would be Brian or Mitch at 5 depending on matchups, brooks, danielson, and eaglestaff..

 

1) Trent really needs to start looking to score because the book is out that he will look to pass first (I never thought I would complain about a pass first PG), and teams will just clog the passing lanes.  Even if he could perfect a 10 foot jump shot in the middle of the paint, that alone with open things up.   He really does bring it on the defensive side of the basketball and it is rubbing off on the team.  

2) T is getting better and it is good to see that improvement.  He does seem to still get pushed around in the post a little bit but compare to last year, he is a different player. Would love to see more of the CS-Fullerton version of T on a nightly basis That's the tough thing about Mathews, if he wasn't healing up from his back injury over the summer he might have been able to work on his offensive side more. It sucks because he does have a few good moves in the post that he can perform. I think an offseason where he spends training and not rehabbing will be wonders for him.  He probably is the best post defender that we have.  He is starting to move a lot better than he did in the beginning of the season.  Wonder if Sueker is just overthinking things a little bit.

3) I like the starting lineup as is right now and they should run with it.  The one issue I have is how they will rebound against a taller lineup (see NDSU) in the frontcourt.   That is going to be tough to go from 11 players to 8-9 regulars and the other getting a few minutes.  Of course other things can help solve this issue (although we don't want that).  Nice to have this problem instead of the other one we had last year.   Everyone needs to be ready because you don't know when your number gets called and a good performance here or there could mean more time (see Levias).

 

 

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4 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

i think we could have actually won this game if....

1. sather shortened his bench for this game

2. sather had any clue how to run an in bounds play in the offensive zone

You're right, it's coach Sather's fault that they didn't beat the team that just got done beating the #1 team in the country. Bad coach.

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3 hours ago, SD UND said:

You're right, it's coach Sather's fault that they didn't beat the team that just got done beating the #1 team in the country. Bad coach.

did you watch the game?  i don't think i've seen that many bad bad inbounding throws since  i went to the ymca last week.....

we could've won this game

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16 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

did you watch the game?  i don't think i've seen that many bad bad inbounding throws since  i went to the ymca last week.....

we could've won this game

Yes, I watched the game. Inbounds plays were not the reason why they lost the game... and it wouldn't have been the reason they won the game if it had gone differently.

 

If you think that this UND team, without any all conference players, picked 10th in the Summit league, is going to go on the road and beat the #23 team in the country, than I think you're probably never going to be happy watching UND basketball.

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