Didn't watch the game - so from someone who did - did we pull our starters for the majority of the game just because it was so far out of hand?
Block with only 16 minutes and 3 points. I see he also had 4 fouls though - was he on the bench due to fouls?
Dartis with only 17 minutes, 3 shot attempts (all misses) and ZERO points. Ummm....WTF? We can't beat Eastern Michigan with that line, let alone Maryland.
Kirk also only played 20 minutes and had 4 turnovers.
Only Taylor and Laster played somewhat "normal" minutes.
Did we just go to the bench early and often? Saul trying different combinations to try and get a spark? Giving up and letting some of the guys who we've leaned on very heavily early this year get a break in a non-competitive game?
I didn't expect to win in the least. In fact seeing we lost by 25 wasn't a shock at all, but seems like a really odd box score. I know we wanted to limit Carter and just work on getting him some run, but we're going nowhere without Dartis and Block. Their lines tonight were pretty unacceptable - unless someone who watched can give me a reason for what went on.
Any help?
Dartis hurt his foot the first minute of the second half and sat the rest of the game with an ice bag on his foot. Can't afford to have him out an extended period of time but it might not be a killer to have him out a game or two letting us get more minutes for Butler and Gollon.
Block was in foul trouble so sat a lot and after a while I think Saul decided to let the bench run with it.
Kirk did what Kirk does but it's not going to work against guys the size of Maryland's front line.
I thought Doug Taylor played pretty well considering what he was going up against and Laster was Laster which is a good thing.
But we've got to figure this out. We've got some of the guys running Saul Ball and a couple who aren't and ball movement is the casualty. We aren't going to beat anyone unless we get a lot of assists.
At the risk of bringing Lavar Truelove out of the woodwork, we need to get more minutes for Zach Butler. He sees the floor well and moves the ball.
No excuse for the ball not finding Jason Carter's hands on every possession.
That being said I said earlier in the week that I didn't like this match-up for us and we played right into their hands.