Monsanto, Parker, along with Sallis, Boopie and Cam should make that 1-3-1 zone a recipe for disaster for opponents soon. However, right now Monsanto is injured and our and Friedrichsen is still learning how he fits in and earning the coaches trust.
Monsanto was putting up threes at a higher volume and higher shooting percentage than anyone since JJ Redick so no.
He plays way better man defense than Monsanto does tho
One of the things I still marvel at from last season is Monsanto was the only defender to have any success slowing down DJ Burns.
Maybe more consistently, but Monsanto is much bigger. We put Monsanto on Burns at the end of the NCSU game where he dropped 30 and he got a stop
No. Wake was at no point better without a 40% three point shooter with a 111 offensive efficiency on 23% usage on the floor. This is beyond dumb
yeah, no. While prone to attention lapses at times, he was a decent defender, good+ rebounder, and his offensive production (especially adding the mid-range game last year) was a definite benefit.
Monsanto had to be guarded anywhere he was in the front court. Left unguarded he was better than 50% shooting. That meant also that his defender couldn't leave him to double elsewhere without a big risk of Wak scoring.
I think we all acknowledge that we are still rebuilding and are generally not as deep as others , especially in the front court. having 2 7-foot guys out at our weakest spot is a tall task for any team. the fact that we have 2 freshmen that have and will continue to see significant minutes is all you really need to know. And if we had 13 healthy/eligible scholly players that would not be the case. I am concerned about our injuries generally over the last 3 seasons. i dont have any data, but they seem outsized relative. having 3 guys down in November is ALOT. Monsanto has missed a significant portion of 3 seasons, Ituka has not played a healthy reg season game yet. Marsh is on concussion #2 in a little more than 2.5 years. Cam and Hunter, it is rumored, are already banged up and yet still very effective. you expect this sort of thing by feb/march, not November. We're doing something wrong.
I think with everyone healthy we will be a good team. Keller is decent but still young and a bit slow. Marsh would have helped at the very least picking up a few of Carson's fouls and perhaps fended off a few dunks. . When Carson went out that hurt big time. Despite the size difference we played with them all game.
Nobody thinks we lost to a shit team. We needed a win against a good team.
He's actually a good rebounder. We definitely need that
Losses to good teams eventually get old.
Our specialty these days.
Probably only 5 percent though if they were wearing the right shoes for the turf though.
Do you own a DeLorean?
