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Post by zbt69 on Mar 8, 2024 22:16:16 GMT -8
We all know match ups mean everything. We saw that last year in the tournament.
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Post by richpjr on Mar 8, 2024 22:16:48 GMT -8
This will be an unpopular opinion, but I think they may be slightly overrated. They sure aren't getting after it right now. Not shooting, not defending, certainly not winning. Boozie wanted the win, SDSU didn't. I'm not holding my breath for some kind of redemption in Las Vegas, I don't think this team has it in them. Some individuals certainly do and they play their AZZZZZZZZZZtecs off, but it's not an entire team effort. Could be a short MWCT and an even shorter NCCAAT if someone on the team doesn't take over and become a leader - probably already too late for that. It's reality. We will finish in 5th or 6th place and that is where we deserve to be. |
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Post by richpjr on Mar 8, 2024 22:17:54 GMT -8
We all know match ups mean everything. We saw that last year in the tournament. The BIG difference between last year and this year is that we peaked at the end of last year and faded badly at the end of this year. |
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Post by aztecking on Mar 8, 2024 22:19:30 GMT -8
Once of the more surprising things was our crappy fans, too numerous to count, departing the arena after regulation.
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Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 8, 2024 22:20:58 GMT -8
Once of the more surprising things was our crappy fans, too numerous to count, departing the arena after regulation. Most of them hung around the rim of the arena. |
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Post by Gundo on Mar 8, 2024 22:21:18 GMT -8
Not great when your five Guards are 0-9 from 3-pt Shooting 3s like this and continuing to do it is so tone deaf and situationally clueless. But this is what we’ve seen from this guys most of the season, except for the rare game where a few guys get hot. Essentially they stink shooting 3s and chuck them up with impunity. I love Dutch. LOVE him. But he needs to rethink this and lay down some different laws. It ain’t working … when you lose this many games in conference with the “talent” and experience most of our key players have, it’s bad. Feel like when Rocky kinda gave up on offense completely, was clueless once Penny left and he never had a generational, game breaking, take it to the house RB. Saunders - 37% Waters - 34% Byrd - 34% LeDee - 33%
Butler - 28%
Trammell - 26%
Parrish - 26%
Pal - 26%
Team 30% Opp 32% |
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Post by aztecking on Mar 8, 2024 22:23:00 GMT -8
Once of the more surprising things was our crappy fans, too numerous to count, departing the arena after regulation. Most of them hung around the rim of the arena. There were those, that get up with 2 min to go and just wait at the top ready to run out, but even more got up from their seats after regulation. |
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Post by AZK619 on Mar 8, 2024 22:23:16 GMT -8
It's going to take a lot to win the MWC tournament. This team is highly inconsistent and the level of play in the conference has only gotten better. Not having a center/power forward with experience to pair up with LeDee has hurt us this season. Just a decent one could have made all the difference. Team played good enough to win, just like many other toss up losses. There is one obvious thing in many of these games, the opponents are bigger and man handle our guards. It's hard to change that. Hoping for a miracle run. I think the very inconsistent shooting by Parrish, Waters, Butler and Trammell has hurt us more than another big. I think a decent big would have opened up spacing on the floor for them to get better shots off. As well as take off the work load from LeDee which is being asked to be our rim protector, primary rebounder and scorer. Just a shot here and shot there during the season would have made all the difference. Our guards are consistently inconsistent. |
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 8, 2024 22:24:25 GMT -8
We all know it's who's hot come tourney time. The only hope for our Aztecs is if all of a sudden our shooters get hot and shoot the lights out, or shoot very well. Stranger things have happened. We'll see.
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Post by bobcooper84 on Mar 8, 2024 22:25:56 GMT -8
I think the very inconsistent shooting by Parrish, Waters, Butler and Trammell has hurt us more than another big. I think a decent big would have opened up spacing on the floor for them to get better shots off. As well as take off the work load from LeDee which is being asked to be our rim protector, primary rebounder and scorer. Just a shot here and shot there during the season would have made all the difference. Our guards are consistently inconsistent. Yep, and we're not talking Nate Mensah.......Just a Kameron Rooks......would have made a ton of difference for all your stated reasons.... |
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Post by austinaztec on Mar 8, 2024 22:26:18 GMT -8
We all know match ups mean everything. We saw that last year in the tournament. The BIG difference between last year and this year is that we peaked at the end of last year and faded badly at the end of this year. The guys are in the midst of a crisis in confidence with outside shots. It can change in a moment. Or not. Either way, I know every single one of them are working their asses off to get better. I can live with that |
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Post by aztecdan8 on Mar 8, 2024 22:26:20 GMT -8
This team is one and done in the tourney, cant rebound and cant shoot. Probably 1 and done in both tourneys. Where are all the people on here saying … “it’s not a bad loss …. It’s ok we still XX in Kenpom and XX in the NET … How dare you question Dutcher, this program/team … we always get better in February and March, so chill the eff out?” This team is the “coulda, woulda, shoulda” team. So many winnable games lost this season. I’m sorry, this team does not have the ”IT” factor. I like these kids and staff so much, they’re classy as heck, and I will continue to support it. But something is amiss, this team feels very un-Aztec like. The O is bad again, but the D, toughness, intelligence, and intangibles are sadly lacking. |
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Post by aztecking on Mar 8, 2024 22:27:39 GMT -8
What’s this team gonna be next year? It could be really rough. I think Parrish probably stays, so him, Waters, Saunders, Heide, Byrd and a bunch of unknowns behind them. We will have to dig deep into the portal but I don’t think we have the NIL to grab and major game changers. This could be our worst team in years.
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Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 8, 2024 22:28:47 GMT -8
This will be an unpopular opinion, but I think they may be slightly overrated. They sure aren't getting after it right now. Not shooting, not defending, certainly not winning. Boozie wanted the win, SDSU didn't. I'm not holding my breath for some kind of redemption in Las Vegas, I don't think this team has it in them. Some individuals certainly do and they play their AZZZZZZZZZZtecs off, but it's not an entire team effort. Could be a short MWCT and an even shorter NCCAAT if someone on the team doesn't take over and become a leader - probably already too late for that. I totally agree with the overrated part. When Jeff Goodman said on a recent CBS Sports Network wrap up show that we'd make another deep tourney run because our offense was better than last year, I just about fell out of my chair laughing. We haven't won an important road game all year. We barely beat Cal and Washington, UCSD took us to the wire once and San Jose State did twice. We're a pretty good but not great team. I completely disagree regarding effort. I don't see any lack of effort. |
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Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 8, 2024 22:29:57 GMT -8
Most of them hung around the rim of the arena. There were those, that get up with 2 min to go and just wait at the top ready to run out, but even more got up from their seats after regulation. Yes, saw them, but they didn't all necessarily leave the arena. |
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Post by aztech on Mar 8, 2024 22:36:35 GMT -8
Where is Waters the last few games? I think he's still far from 100% due to his ankle sprain. He should have gone on the injury list instead of aggravating it. It might be affecting his defense too. |
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Post by aztecking on Mar 8, 2024 22:40:20 GMT -8
Where is Waters the last few games? I think he's still far from 100% due to his ankle sprain. He should have gone on the injury list instead of aggravating it. It might be affecting his defense too. It was over 2 months ago at this point, no ankle sprain takes that long and given he was still able to practice and play it wasn’t a severely sprained ankle. |
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Post by aztecdan8 on Mar 8, 2024 22:42:21 GMT -8
This will be an unpopular opinion, but I think they may be slightly overrated. They sure aren't getting after it right now. Not shooting, not defending, certainly not winning. Boozie wanted the win, SDSU didn't. I'm not holding my breath for some kind of redemption in Las Vegas, I don't think this team has it in them. Some individuals certainly do and they play their AZZZZZZZZZZtecs off, but it's not an entire team effort. Could be a short MWCT and an even shorter NCCAAT if someone on the team doesn't take over and become a leader - probably already too late for that. Agreed. When someone … or in this case our team … shows you who they are over the course of an entire season … believe it. Most of criticism here tonight … as in many of these “coulda, woulda, shoulda” losses … is spot on. Miracles can happen but this team seems worked. Toast. Done. Mentally not where they need to be. Telltale signs like … bad offense, chucking 3s with impunity (when you’re statistically the worst in the conference), not boxing or bodying guys to give up back breaking offensive rebound after offensive rebound, losing out on most of the 50/50 balls, getting out-hustled, definition of insanity offense, being worse at FTs than most any GIRLS HS BB team … I could go on … It’s really kinda mind boggling. Is it wrong that I now don’t care if Butler and Parrish come back? Especially when I was very much hoping they would a week ago? |
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Post by aztech on Mar 8, 2024 22:45:37 GMT -8
I think he's still far from 100% due to his ankle sprain. He should have gone on the injury list instead of aggravating it. It might be affecting his defense too. It was over 2 months ago at this point, no ankle sprain takes that long and given he was still able to practice and play it wasn’t a severely sprained ankle. If it is a high ankle sprain, they linger for quite some time. I hear of NFL players gutting it out despite the pain, which can last for months. |
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Post by aztecdan8 on Mar 8, 2024 22:53:26 GMT -8
It was over 2 months ago at this point, no ankle sprain takes that long and given he was still able to practice and play it wasn’t a severely sprained ankle. If it is a high ankle sprain, they linger for quite some time. I hear of NFL players gutting it out despite the pain, which can last for months. It’s hard to play with a high ankle sprain. Usually you’ve have to be completely healed, which is partly why it takes so long for players to get back. I think his issues could be two fold … loss of confidence/in his head … and … while the ankle could be healed, the injury created some other imbalances in his legs, body and form. Reese looked like possibly the purest shooter in my Aztec BB history going back to 1981 team … coached by Smokey Gaines with Michael Cage, Tony Gwynn, Eddie Gordon (Drew & Aaron’s dad), Zach Jones, etc. Now he’s terrible. You don’t go from being THAT smooth and good to being terrible. Something is definitely amiss. |
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