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Post by aztecking on Mar 8, 2024 23:04:34 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. If it was a high ankle sprain he would not have been practicing and playing on it a couple days later. |
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 8, 2024 23:04:36 GMT -8
Either everyone shoots well from outside or no one does. It’s truly confounding. When we play inferior teams the guys are all confident and make outside shots. It’s the exact opposite against better teams. There’s no mystery in how to beat us - double and triple LeDee and dare our shooters to beat them. Lately, we haven’t been able to. Yes, we get tight when playing against better teams lately. |
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Post by naztec on Mar 8, 2024 23:20:47 GMT -8
Has anyone besides LeDee gotten better since the start of the year?
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Post by MontezumasRevenge on Mar 8, 2024 23:23:09 GMT -8
Has anyone besides LeDee gotten better since the start of the year? Byrd and Heide. I'll throw Pal in there too. |
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Post by heuschele on Mar 8, 2024 23:41:49 GMT -8
Ok who is going to be Mr. Clutch??? Max Rice? Mr clutch or Mr luck. Does not matter as he was game mvp. |
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Post by oldie on Mar 8, 2024 23:41:57 GMT -8
hard to believe, but there are 2 more games and at the current quality of play, two one and dones. this year's edition of the aztecs just can't get over the hump with a key basket or key defensive stop to put a game away against a well coached hustling team like frez-no was today. and Vegas and new Mex, etc. today's lose was a team lost, no one player can be blamed. you can list them all and point out something that they did wrong. lose by 2, frez had 2 points on a T-foul. missed free throws all game long, no rebounding in overtime, crap refs, and so on. let's hope next season will be better and the team picks up a player or two or three that can score regularly.
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Post by heuschele on Mar 8, 2024 23:49:14 GMT -8
According to my calculations: If New Mexico wins against Utah St, Aztecs will play Weds against Air Force If Utah St wins, Aztecs will play the loser of UNLV/Nevada Thursday. Guess we are Utah St fans this weekend! Statement 1: flawed Statement 2: flawed Statement 3: correct |
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Post by heuschele on Mar 9, 2024 1:24:28 GMT -8
hard to believe, but there are 2 more games and at the current quality of play, two one and dones. this year's edition of the aztecs just can't get over the hump with a key basket or key defensive stop to put a game away against a well coached hustling team like frez-no was today. and Vegas and new Mex, etc. today's lose was a team lost, no one player can be blamed. you can list them all and point out something that they did wrong. lose by 2, frez had 2 points on a T-foul. missed free throws all game long, no rebounding in overtime, crap refs, and so on. let's hope next season will be better and the team picks up a player or two or three that can score regularly. Free-no Boyzee |
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Post by sdsuball on Mar 9, 2024 1:29:16 GMT -8
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. If it was a high ankle sprain he would not have been practicing and playing on it a couple days later. Waters has to be injured, there's no other way to explain how drastically his shooting numbers have changed. Waters shouldn't be playing if he's that injured, he isn't helping the team right now. Parrish has clearly shown that he is not up to the task of being the team's primary sharpshooter. When will Dutch bench him? I feel like if Byrd was a more consistent shooter, or if Saunders could be as effective starting as he has been on the bench, he could bench Parrish. I think if we had one more good forward, or one more good guard, we would be a significantly better team. Like if you added Keshad, or Seiko to this team, we would have won a lot of these close games that we are losing. Makes you wonder how Davis and Gwath are doing in practice. |
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Post by aztecnails on Mar 9, 2024 3:25:02 GMT -8
What was the reason for Parrish getting a technical foul at 16:54 in the first half? Thanks for the answer as I worked Friday night and missed this game.
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Post by docmm on Mar 9, 2024 6:13:04 GMT -8
What was the reason for Parrish getting a technical foul at 16:54 in the first half? Thanks for the answer as I worked Friday night and missed this game. Parrish missed a layup, then an open 3 and finally a shot in the lane close to the rim. He may have been fouled on the last shot although that non-call didn't appear as egregious as 68 other ones were last night. On the way back up the floor he expressed his frustration to the ref and got the T. I think it was the 0-3 start in the first 3:02 of the game that was the biggest source of frustration. |
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Post by docmm on Mar 9, 2024 6:36:13 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? I know that I'm walking on sacred ground here but once again, Dutcher needs to be called out for not running a much tighter offensive ship. The constant barrage of unsuccessful and even horribly-missed 3s is NOT good coaching. Letting them bomb away because "they try hard on defense" is just plain stupid. And no, I don't know more than him and no, he's not a bad coach but come on, to keep doing the same thing over and over and over when it doesn't work is inanity mixed with stupidity. In the last 5 games, even including the Fresno blow-out, everybody on the team not named Saunders is shooting a collective 22% (22-100) from 3. Meanwhile, Saunders is shooting 44% (11-25). How about some specific plays to get HIM open instead of going back to Parrish over and over when you really need a 3? As far as FTs go, between Butler's season-long 56% and LeDee's 11-19 the last two games we lost the last games because of that and of course our 3s. LeDee at least has an excuse as he's fouled literally almost every time down the court and looks exhausted by the 10:00 mark of the 1st half. |
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Post by docmm on Mar 9, 2024 7:04:56 GMT -8
[quote author=" aztecking" timestamp="1709967874" source="/post/1380513/thread" If it was a high ankle sprain he would not have been practicing and playing on it a couple days later. Waters has to be injured, there's no other way to explain how drastically his shooting numbers have changed. Waters shouldn't be playing if he's that injured, he isn't helping the team right now. Parrish has clearly shown that he is not up to the task of being the team's primary sharpshooter. When will Dutch bench him? I feel like if Byrd was a more consistent shooter, or if Saunders could be as effective starting as he has been on the bench, he could bench Parrish. I think if we had one more good forward, or one more good guard, we would be a significantly better team. Like if you added Keshad, or Seiko to this team, we would have won a lot of these close games that we are losing. Makes you wonder how Davis and Gwath are doing in practice.[/quote I specifically watched Waters last night at the game whenever he was on the floor and most of the time he was guarding Rice hard and doing a great job of not giving him space to shoot or even get the ball. He sure wasn't running around screens and chasing Rice to his spots like there could have been anything wrong with his ankle. Without that ridiculous 40-foot heave, Rice would have been 1-6 from 3 and only 7 total points for the game, 2 of which came from Parrish's Technical FTs. I think it's more lack of confidence and frustration. He was 0-3 from 3 last night and 1-6 overall. He even missed a FT. When he missed a lay up but LeDee got the rebound and was fouled, Waters slammed the ball down hard in anger but caught it at his waist. I was waiting for Moe, Larry or Curley to call a Technical and then watch Dutcher's head explode. He's 3-16 overall in the last 3 games, including 2-9 from 3. He's still getting rebounds and assists, he's just not making shots. Like many on this board, at the beginning of the season I thought we'd FINALLY had a real shooter for our offense. Someone who'd get the big bucket when we needed it and could even create his own shot. That's what makes this all so hard to watch. |
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Post by NCAztec82 on Mar 9, 2024 7:16:59 GMT -8
I don't know if we making the tourney? They need to win some games now! lol you think we winning one march madness game?! Yes |
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Post by NCAztec82 on Mar 9, 2024 7:22:38 GMT -8
Has anyone besides LeDee gotten better since the start of the year? yes |
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Post by ramrodd23 on Mar 9, 2024 9:59:24 GMT -8
Has anyone besides LeDee gotten better since the start of the year? Byrd and Heide. I'll throw Pal in there too. I don’t know about Pal. Saunders has been better. |
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Post by perch on Mar 9, 2024 10:25:26 GMT -8
I don't know why Saunders wasn't in at the end of both the last two games insread of Parrish.
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Post by chris92065 on Mar 9, 2024 15:20:00 GMT -8
This conference is an absolute dog sheet.
I am so tired of the bias in officiating and playing in altitude. Read Zeigler's article for proof.
I am honestly at a point where I wouldn't mind being in the same conference as the Tritons. I am hoping we get some weird football-only invite.
Not one team will get a March madness win because the officials won't give them the calls they are used to.
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Post by smoothcat on Mar 10, 2024 10:09:10 GMT -8
What was the reason for Parrish getting a technical foul at 16:54 in the first half? Thanks for the answer as I worked Friday night and missed this game. Parrish missed a layup, then an open 3 and finally a shot in the lane close to the rim. He may have been fouled on the last shot although that non-call didn't appear as egregious as 68 other ones were last night. On the way back up the floor he expressed his frustration to the ref and got the T. I think it was the 0-3 start in the first 3:02 of the game that was the biggest source of frustration. Parrish is taking too many shots, especially early in the game. "Some guys don't know they are open for a reason" -- Chick Hearn |
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Post by sdsustoner on Mar 10, 2024 10:17:50 GMT -8
Has anyone besides LeDee gotten better since the start of the year? Byrd and Heide. I'll throw Pal in there too. Saunders too He's also playing his size on the boards. |
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