This team is so bipolar. **** on defense, great on offense early. Script has flipped completely.
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Games thread- MEN'S bball hosts Washington (Thurs., 1/19/23, 7:00 MT; ESPNU) and WSU (Sunday, 4:00 PM MT, ESPNU)
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Buffsbball
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That bleach blonde haired ref made many mistakes in the buffs game. He was the one that called the tec on Tristane after the made 3 too. I was at the Minnesota Gopher- Purdue game last week and he reffed that game and made many terrible calls in that game too.How is that not a foul with the follow through on the arm swing?That's ridiculous.
The bald ref was also horrible and inconsistent. That sequence where he called javon for a charge inside the arc when the guy flopped then called a flop on us when Julian was braced and got sent flying because he was smaller than the other guy was infuriating.
So many bad touch calls against both teams in the 2d half too
Thank you. I could not remember the name of the chain smoker guy!
I used to call him "the güze", which is convenient because it's the same sound that came from my body anytime he stepped onto the court. Easy way to remember.
SoDak
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As long as we're tossing around "horrible" and "inconsistent," Sabatino Chen and I need to mention last night's 3rd referee: our old friend Verne Harris.
'99
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Agreed. I can't believe I forgot him. In his defense, Kenan actually knocked down 50% of his 3-pointers at CU (2-4). Better than Ethan Wright!
I still haven't gotten over that. Don't think I'll ever stop being pissed.
Quick notes from yesterday's game:
- Two very mediocre teams went at it. Yes we won, but winning on a last second 3 over that group of stiffs should be very concerning for us all.
- Still asking/looking for that one game where we get some home calls. Pac12 MBB officials are the worst in the nation. I dare anyone to find worse.
- Very good game from Tristan. That said, I stick to my previous observation that TDS feasts on mediocre and bad opponents and loses all confidence against tougher competition
- KJ took over at various points yesterday and that's good. A confident (and yes, sometimes reckless) KJ is what we need the rest of the way if we're going to win games.
- Grateful that Tad might finally be seeing what we've all known for 8-10 games now: Clifford ain't it. If he's not pushed (gently, yet firmly) out the door at the end of the season, I will have lost all respect for Tad.
- We're missing Ruffin more than I think we realize. That dude has an energy, a spark that has become vital to the team. Plus, he and KJ are the only players I trust to shoot 3s at this point.
- Hadley seemed to get off the snide a bit yesterday. Hope it continues.
- Wright sits = good for the team.
- Hoping Gabbidon continues to get back in the flow, if for no other reason in that he can take Wright and Clifford's minutes.
- Starters going forward should be LL, TDS, KJ, Ruffin, and Hadley. LOB, Hammond, Clifford, and Gabbidon off the bench in that order.
- Seeing a best case scenario of a 17-14 finish. We'll be playing Day 1 of the Pac12 Tourney I'm afraid.
- Two very mediocre teams went at it. Yes we won, but winning on a last second 3 over that group of stiffs should be very concerning for us all.
- Still asking/looking for that one game where we get some home calls. Pac12 MBB officials are the worst in the nation. I dare anyone to find worse.
- Very good game from Tristan. That said, I stick to my previous observation that TDS feasts on mediocre and bad opponents and loses all confidence against tougher competition
- KJ took over at various points yesterday and that's good. A confident (and yes, sometimes reckless) KJ is what we need the rest of the way if we're going to win games.
- Grateful that Tad might finally be seeing what we've all known for 8-10 games now: Clifford ain't it. If he's not pushed (gently, yet firmly) out the door at the end of the season, I will have lost all respect for Tad.
- We're missing Ruffin more than I think we realize. That dude has an energy, a spark that has become vital to the team. Plus, he and KJ are the only players I trust to shoot 3s at this point.
- Hadley seemed to get off the snide a bit yesterday. Hope it continues.
- Wright sits = good for the team.
- Hoping Gabbidon continues to get back in the flow, if for no other reason in that he can take Wright and Clifford's minutes.
- Starters going forward should be LL, TDS, KJ, Ruffin, and Hadley. LOB, Hammond, Clifford, and Gabbidon off the bench in that order.
- Seeing a best case scenario of a 17-14 finish. We'll be playing Day 1 of the Pac12 Tourney I'm afraid.
Amazing job doing 1 of his many jobs as a starter
0 points, 0-3 on Free Throws
2 Rebounds
0 Assists
2 Turnovers
3 Fouls
Played only 22 minutes
Everyone on this team has to get better, period, everyone. I will agree with all of you that LL is one of the most dedicated players and is trying to get better, but so many of you have anointed him an automatic starter and a huge part of the present and future. I am still not convinced.
Nique has shown that he is struggling in all phases and thus his minutes went down, and maybe he loses his starting job
I thought that Tristan had easily the best game in a Buff uniform ever, his shot was so smooth and so on the money that without his scoring, we would not have even been in this game, and he played solid defense and only had 2 fouls, so he was not forced to sit and could stay on the floor.
Bookmarked for the dick ch*rd game.
This is exactly the team that goes into that hellhole and wins.
No ****. This is going to be the year we win at Arizona, beat Tennessee on neutral and beat UCLA at home while somehow losing to Grambling St and UMass.
I still think bringing Williams in and bringing in a capable solid PG who can play 15-20 min a night solves a LOT of this team's problems.
Or just having Klintman. Sigh.
Does he solve the big problems this year though? Don't get me wrong, having him next year would have been great. But, like Key, I don't think he solves this year's problem(s).
He's playing LOB levels of minutes this year (although that has dropped in conference), and yea, is not an offensive force. Could argue he'd be better for this team on defense though.
Yea, I'm coming around. Where this team is hurting big time is leadership and at the wing. Hopefully Tad and Co fix the first one this season and the 2d one this offseason.
Williams sliding everyone down a slot is going to help. TDS is now your third option instead of first/second. That's better for everyone. I have faith that either Smith or Anderson will be able to step up and play 10-15 minutes per night without making us want to light ourselves on fire. A POINT GUARD WOULD HELP TOO. Hurlburt or Diop will hopefully be able to provide some frontcourt minutes as well. We just need someone to step up leadership wise - and if not, Tad needs to go out and get one somehow.
I'm still sky high on next year, despite this year being a clusterfornication.
MarkW
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Statistics that caught my attention from this game -
At the half CU had committed 11 turnovers while assisting on one basket.
CU hit two threes for the game, TDS to begin CU's scoring and KJ to end it.
TDS was brilliant and efficient with his scoring 11-13 for 27 points, wow. And at times it seemed as if he was the only Buff that could score.
At the half CU had committed 11 turnovers while assisting on one basket.
CU hit two threes for the game, TDS to begin CU's scoring and KJ to end it.
TDS was brilliant and efficient with his scoring 11-13 for 27 points, wow. And at times it seemed as if he was the only Buff that could score.
Says something that a year where Tad has a top 60 kenpom team is a clusterfornication. And we are just a few made free throws or threes from much much better. Tad has raised the floor in the last 13 years.
But... yea, he done ****ed up with the iveys. We really need to hope Ruffin gets healthy or this team is going to be painful the rest of the way. He's our lone remaining hope when it comes to progress this year iyam.
Adversity is great fertilizer!
Also, I still don't get why people keep saying this season is a steaming pile of ****. It's not like it's been all downs. It's just extreme downs and silly ups.
I think what is driving that thinking is that this team absolutely had the ability to win 20+ games and make the tourney and now we're very much in jeopardy of even making any sort of post season tourney. I also think the fanbase is struggling with what looks to be some terrible roster decisions, questionable coaching and brutal play by a 1/3 of the team on a regular basis. This is very much a down year.
Honestly, I don't think this team had that ability because Tad ****ed up with the iveys. It's a down year, not a horrible year.
Edit: the biggest problem is that Nique didn't develop. The last 10 games of last year or whatever were a mirage and that ****ed us
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