This is an interesting post over there. Hopefully this means big games again for N'Dour and JS
The more I think about the game tonight and most of the games thus far we have gotten virtually nothing going in the paint. Our great guard play / small forward play has overshadowed what we really don't have...an inside game. Next year..same thing..we have no scholarships.... Giddy has not shown any improvement from last year and Moore and Howard are only capable of so much which so far does not appear to be much. We don't help ourselves and play small with only one of the bigger guys in the game at a time. Rarely do we have two players on the floor 6'6" or bigger..we are going to continue to lose games vs bigger, physical teams because we simply are outmatched and undersized compared to the opposition. We cannot go inside and score or draw fouls, we cannot hold our own on the boards and we can't rely on the perimeter to win the big games.
The handful of times we made it to post season play over the last 30 years we had one or more big men inside who could hold their own...Sasha Hupmann, Kwame James, Brian Hill/Dan Godfried, even Emir Turam/Richie Johnson. I guess I am showing my age here guys. Last year Giddy stepped up and gave us some hope. Right now I am pretty unimpressed with his play inside and his silly over the back and reach in fouls. He has to raise his play like some of the other guys have (Wing and Balentine) or we are not going to reach the full potential of this team.