Lamar Peters....

[Philly Dawg]

...if he can keep playing like this, he can really raise the level of the team.

 

[57stratdawg]

He’s the only chance we have at making a run at the NIT.

 

[fortysix&2]

Someone may be finally telling him not to shoot and distribute the ball. I see improvement, but can we close one out? Also, I've been critical of Ado, but he's getting better by the game also. He needs to go workout with the football team this summer though.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Lamar needs to be a point guard and not a ball hog. You can actually score more by shooting less and passing more.

 

[Philly Dawg]

I feel confident they’ve been telling him this since the day he set foot on campus, but it probably took a taking some lumps to get him to listen.

 

[fortysix&2]

Best movement I've seen all year. Still got a lot to work on, but if we close this one out I'll feel much better going forward.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I’m not gonna get my hopes up, but maybe, just maybe benching him for those few weeks woke him up.

He always played hard and hustled on defense, just would not run the offense like I’m sure Howland wanted him too.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

If we could get Lamar thinking like that and Stapleton to stop being so horribly selfish in his shot selection we might actually put a little run together in the next six weeks.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

If we could get Lamar thinking like that and Stapleton to stop being so horribly selfish in his shot selection we might actually put a little run together in the next six weeks.

Yea, I don’t mind Stapleton shooting open 3s because he hits this consistently. He’s so damn athletic if he would cut and be more active off the ball, he would score a lot more and make a bunch of SC top 10s.

 

[dannyripms]

that's the biggest difference in men's and women's bball team. there's a lot more movement and passing on the women's team. also better shot selection.

 

[Philly Dawg]

All of these guards and small forwards are capable of shooting a decent percentage from three if they take good shots. One thing that happened tonight is we attacked the zone well and got them out of it.

 

[DAWG61]

that's the biggest difference in men's and women's bball team. there's a lot more movement and passing on the women's team. also better shot selection.

It took Vivians three plus years to learn what a good shot is maybe some people just have zero patience for the men's team.

 

[She Mate Me]

It took Vivians three plus years to learn what a good shot is maybe some people just have zero patience for the men's team.

Patience is a virtue...

" You 17ed it up with whatever dumbass teaching mechanics you implemented now go hire someone who knows how to shoot a basketball and have them teach everyone. Hire them as your assistant coach and fire one of your limp dick assistants. FIX THE GAWD DAMN SHOOTING!! We are the WORST shooting team I have ever seen play college basketball. Ranked 343rd in the country in 3point shooting before tonights brutal performance. I can shoot better than that left-handed and drunk."

 

[DAWG61]

Patience is a virtue...

" You 17ed it up with whatever dumbass teaching mechanics you implemented now go hire someone who knows how to shoot a basketball and have them teach everyone. Hire them as your assistant coach and fire one of your limp dick assistants. FIX THE GAWD DAMN SHOOTING!! We are the WORST shooting team I have ever seen play college basketball. Ranked 343rd in the country in 3point shooting before tonights brutal performance. I can shoot better than that left-handed and drunk."

Cool. One game of not shooting 29 3's isn't exactly fixing the shooting epidemic plaguing our basketball team. Hasn't been the offseason yet though either so your point is??

 

[paindonthurt_]

This. If everyone would find their role and play it, we’d be better and so would each individual.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

There are plenty of decafs on the market that are just as tasty.

 

[missouridawg]

If we could get Lamar thinking like that and Stapleton to stop being so horribly selfish in his shot selection we might actually put a little run together in the next six weeks.

If we could transport the thought processes of Timmy B and Brandon V into Lamar and X, respectivley, we’d be an NCAAT Team. It’s all mental with these guys, in my opinion.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Timmy B started six games his freshman and sophomore years at MSU. Derrick Zimmerman started five games his freshman and sophomore years. We should remember that we are comparing freshmen and sophomores to junior and senior players of the past.

 

[missouridawg]

Timmy B started six games his freshman and sophomore years at MSU. Derrick Zimmerman started five games his freshman and sophomore years. We should remember that we are comparing freshmen and sophomores to junior and senior players of the past.

I definitely remember that fact. A lot on here don’t. Assuming we can find 10-15 minutes at the 4 and 5 oer game from quality underclassmen the next two years, we should be really good.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Lamar Peters can be an NBA point guard if he will distribute the damned basketball like he did last night. We play some winnable games the next 3 weeks. This team could still play post season basketball and being on the the bubble is not totally unrealistic entering the SECT.
1/31 @ USC
2/03 UGA
2/06 Bama
2/10 @ Missouri
2/14 @ Vandy
2/17 Ole Miss

Our current RPI is 70 - if we can go 3-3 in these 6 games, we will be in the bubble conversation. If we play like we have recently, we will at least be a NIT team.

It is amazing how tough it is to win on the road in the SEC these days though.