Fusiondad10
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Having gone back and watched the entire game on DVR a couple things stand out....
1) Xavier is a pretty bad shooting team from the perimeter. Their game is in the paint on drives by their two big guard/wings and offensive rebounds and put-backs by their bigs. In the first 30 minutes they could not get anything to fall and we frankly did a fabulous job on the defensive boards and also getting their key players in foul trouble.
2) Chaundee Brown had his best game for sure offensively, and may be our most potentially dominating player, but he's still not consistently our game changer. We need him to play like that EVERY night to relieve the pressure on Childress to lead our ragtag group. On his best nights Brandon plays above all expectations, and honestly Chaundee rarely does.
3) In the second half Xavier's pressure and comeback were what you'd expect from a team of their strength and experience. Some of our mistakes were what we'd expect from our team. But overall we did a darn good job of not folding, and keeping the game in our favor. I was impressed. Ody, Neath, and Massoud gave quality minutes. The game plan was well executed considering we were severely out-sized.
4) I'm not at all in agreement with all the criticism of Brandon Childress. Without his mentality and leadership in the second half, drawing fouls on purpose, and winning the game at the line, we could easily have lost. The biggest thing we lack offensively is the confidence of almost all the players except Childress to get their shots, take them, and make them. Childress is often over-matched in size, skill or quickness, but never in confidence or mentality. This team can't survive without him as a buffer while the rest of the players mature and develop.
5) This was one of our best wins in a couple of years considering our roster available, our opponent, and the suffocating cloud of doubt surrounding our entire program. Congrats to the guys and let's have some more overall quality performances.
1) Xavier is a pretty bad shooting team from the perimeter. Their game is in the paint on drives by their two big guard/wings and offensive rebounds and put-backs by their bigs. In the first 30 minutes they could not get anything to fall and we frankly did a fabulous job on the defensive boards and also getting their key players in foul trouble.
2) Chaundee Brown had his best game for sure offensively, and may be our most potentially dominating player, but he's still not consistently our game changer. We need him to play like that EVERY night to relieve the pressure on Childress to lead our ragtag group. On his best nights Brandon plays above all expectations, and honestly Chaundee rarely does.
3) In the second half Xavier's pressure and comeback were what you'd expect from a team of their strength and experience. Some of our mistakes were what we'd expect from our team. But overall we did a darn good job of not folding, and keeping the game in our favor. I was impressed. Ody, Neath, and Massoud gave quality minutes. The game plan was well executed considering we were severely out-sized.
4) I'm not at all in agreement with all the criticism of Brandon Childress. Without his mentality and leadership in the second half, drawing fouls on purpose, and winning the game at the line, we could easily have lost. The biggest thing we lack offensively is the confidence of almost all the players except Childress to get their shots, take them, and make them. Childress is often over-matched in size, skill or quickness, but never in confidence or mentality. This team can't survive without him as a buffer while the rest of the players mature and develop.
5) This was one of our best wins in a couple of years considering our roster available, our opponent, and the suffocating cloud of doubt surrounding our entire program. Congrats to the guys and let's have some more overall quality performances.