Definitely planning on continuing the momentum! Development is very high on my priority - a trustworthy group of leaders I can pass it onto after I graduate.

Where would we be without Tommy Schmock? He has counteracted the disappearance of Roderick's outside shot. All we heard of Schmock going in was a backup point guard who was an assist machine. He ends up essentially being a shooting guard sniper. Tommy is now 5th in the conference in 3 pt %.

By the way, Sears is ahead of his at #4 and despite playing significantly more minutes, Sears has attempted less threes than Tommy. Sears needs to fire behind the arc more. Carter & BVP less. We are 9th in the conference in 3 point % but have attempted more threes than any other team in the league. That's not a great formula.

BVP staying in with 4 bench players and essentially running point to get the 10th assist was hysterical. I came on here expecting at least 1 poster being upset about coach putting individual accolades in front of team health...I'm glad I didn't see it. What a great accomplishment for BVP and to be exactly 10/10/10, never seen that before. Also had 4 steals.

Passing was elite last night. Exactly what we need. Several good dishes from BVP & Sears especially. Some turnovers went to passers but really were a result of Ezuma or Clayton not handling the heat. I've noticed that with both of them in the post, they aren't quite catching passes clean and in some cases completely whiffing. But not uncommon for freshmen.

All that being said, CMU shot really poorly even when left wide open and had Tommy not drilled 7 threes this game would've been uncomfortably close. Still not quite where we need to be for Toledo/Kent. Keep up the good passing and hit a few more shots and we'll be ready.

Towns

Ezuma and Clayton had back to back dropped passes from BVP for layups under the hoop. They catch and finish those, BVP is out of the game earlier in the 4th with his triple double.

BVP noticeably frustrated with the second one. Growing pains for a couple of freshman, gotta have the hands ready whenever under the rim. To me this will come with experience as they learn the offense better and the game slows down a little bit for them. BVP was looking for those guys as the play was developing as if he knew they would be open.

Also should note that Frazier was at the scorers table to check in, presumably for Ben regardless what happened on the floor, before BVP's last assist so it did not appear that Boals was going to leave him in until he got it.

It may be an OK formula. I don't know. Carter may shoot too many and BVP may shoot too many from 26 feet but in general the analytics say that for most players if you have an open three that you want to take it. We shoot 33.8% from three. That's 1.014 points per shot attempt. You have to shoot 50.7% from 2 to match that. I think that's right about what we are shooting from two. That's an over simplification. It doesn't think about how likely you are to draw a foul, turn it over, get an offensive board but we are not way off here. We might just be better at getting open looks and not as good at hitting them.

I disagree with you on this. First year coach rebuilding this program from the ground up. Only one player back from last year. Basically had to find a way to throw together a roster for this transition season. Considering all this, they have made some strides toward the end of the season.

Also coming off what should have been a win at #1 Toledo.

Fair point. I am NOT a 3 point hater and agree with the analytical point you're making. It was more a plea for shifting who is shooting those threes. Sears passes up too many chances. I am not mad at Carter & BVP for a good bit of their shots. But sometimes it is early in the shot clock, or well defended, or both. In the end it is all about using the trip down the court to get a high percentage shot.