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Post by ncaam on Mar 21, 2018 17:16:34 GMT -5
He reminds me of departed Mitch.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2018 17:22:34 GMT -5
I expect Matt, who certainly has a lot of talent on offensive end of the court, to make a big move forward next season--weight training, increased physical maturity, maybe some work with Coach Scott? Agree - we all know he needs to work on his defense, but he sure looks like a kid that has a real idea of how to play at the offensive end. Steaks and Weights! Steaks and Weights! In his limited minutes(10.6 ppg) Matt demonstrated good timing to get 13 blocks, second on the team., 25th in PL We had 105 blocks, second in the PL to Bucknell, to our opponents’ 66.
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Post by sader81 on Mar 21, 2018 18:12:45 GMT -5
He reminds me of departed Mitch. MH was/is an outstanding player that I was sorry to see go, but Faw is a much tougher player at this stage.
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Post by possum on Mar 21, 2018 18:24:27 GMT -5
Mitch has missed a ton of time due to injury in his career not sure if it's a toughness issue or just bad luck. Faw at least in his first season seems to be a more consistent shooter than Mitch who seems to be more of a streaky shooter.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2018 18:50:29 GMT -5
Mitch has missed a ton of time due to injury in his career not sure if it's a toughness issue or just bad luck. Faw at least in his first season seems to be a more consistent shooter than Mitch who seems to be more of a streaky shooter. As a freshmen their 3 pt % MH—.373 MF—.477
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 21, 2018 19:54:06 GMT -5
Mitch has missed a ton of time due to injury in his career not sure if it's a toughness issue or just bad luck. Faw at least in his first season seems to be a more consistent shooter than Mitch who seems to be more of a streaky shooter. As a freshmen their 3 pt % MH—.373 MF—.477 Correction on Mitch--he was 17/48 for .354 on threes as a freshman. Matt was 21/44 for the season from the three point line and a look at his game logs shows that he never missed more than 5 shots in a row (over multiple games). He only took more than 3 threes in a game twice. 1 shot games: he took a single three in 11 games and made 0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1 to go 5/11 2 shot games: he took 2 shots in a game 5 times and made 1,1,1,2,1 6 for 10 in those games 3 shot games: he took three shots in 5 games and made 3,0,0,2,2 so 7 for 15 in those games 4 shot games: he took four shots in two games and made 2,1 so 3 for 8 there Take away Matt's best three point shooting game and he still shot .439. Take away his two best games and he shot .410. Okay, his three best games gone and he still shot .389. Mitch was helped by that historic 6/6 game versus Albany. Take that away and he shot .262, his two best games and he shot .216; his three best gone and he shot .182. I understand math and stats: anyone looks worse if you take away his best game or games. However, looking at things this way shows, I believe, what a consistently excellent shooter Matt Faw was over the small sample we have for his freshman season. I did like Mitch and wish him the best. He showed promise at HC and had an outstanding first season at Omaha.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 21, 2018 20:44:10 GMT -5
Which Begs the ? why Matt spent so much time on the bench. Bill Carmody must believe he is an atrocious defender because such sterling three-point shooting should give you more playing time.
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Post by joe on Mar 22, 2018 7:05:07 GMT -5
We have a solid nucleus for the future, but it would be a shame if, when these freshman are junior and seniors and without JF, they fail to achieve excellence because they have no inside presence. JF is once-every-decade athletic wunderkind, but is ultimately a D1 (major level) power forward with no outside game yet managing to play effectively as a center in a PO, round peg in a square hole, and I give him a lot of credit for his ability to grow over 3 seasons, just spectacular commitment and leadership. But imagine if we had Dudzinski (or even MH with his outside game) at the 5 and JF on the court together? Now we're talking about the NCAAs and winning a game or two. That's what I'm talking about, and I see no reason why we can't find one. We all know that the teams that consistently succeed in the PL (LU, Buck, etc. etc.) and elsewhere in D1 virtually always have a solid 5 anchoring the team who can not only score and defend inside, but can also shoot from short range, keeping the defenses on their toes and opening up the full offensive armamentarium. If Carm and his staff are not focusing their energies on finding a 5 right now I'd be surprised.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 22, 2018 7:56:12 GMT -5
"Armamentarium"---very nice addition
"a collection of resources available or utilized for an undertaking or field of activity; especially : the equipment, methods, and pharmaceuticals used in medicine"
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Post by DiMarz on Mar 22, 2018 7:58:32 GMT -5
Which Begs the ? why Matt spent so much time on the bench. Bill Carmody must believe he is an atrocious defender because such sterling three-point shooting should give you more playing time. Towards the end of the season, we saw Floyd and Faw on the court together a few times. I remember Coach Carm saying he would like to do that, however both played the same position..Faw was the backup for Floyd..At the beginning of the season, Floyd had yet to blossom, and Faw was groomed to step in when Floyd got into foul trouble or HC needed some offense..That all changed with Floyd's emergence. Perhaps next season we will see them on the floor together more.
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Post by joe on Mar 22, 2018 8:30:09 GMT -5
"Armamentarium"---very nice addition "a collection of resources available or utilized for an undertaking or field of activity; especially : the equipment, methods, and pharmaceuticals used in medicine" 25 cent word, for sure. Commonly used in medicine, particularly in reference to surgical devices or specialized procedures.
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Post by Tom on Mar 22, 2018 8:56:47 GMT -5
Which Begs the ? why Matt spent so much time on the bench. Bill Carmody must believe he is an atrocious defender because such sterling three-point shooting should give you more playing time. Towards the end of the season, we saw Floyd and Faw on the court together a few times. I remember Coach Carm saying he would like to do that, however both played the same position..Faw was the backup for Floyd..At the beginning of the season, Floyd had yet to blossom, and Faw was groomed to step in when Floyd got into foul trouble or HC needed some offense..That all changed with Floyd's emergence. Perhaps next season we will see them on the floor together more. Also, Faw was a bit of a foul machine and for the most part wouldn't have been able to play more minutes. That seemed to get better late in the season. For what it's worth, underclassman Floyd also had a tendency to foul a lot, but he learned to get that under control
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 22, 2018 8:59:31 GMT -5
They each had issues with PFs. As the season went on they each got better and as a result, their minutes increased. Now if we see a bit more beef on MF, who knows what we may see on the court next season?
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Post by hchoops on Mar 22, 2018 9:04:24 GMT -5
Towards the end of the season, we saw Floyd and Faw on the court together a few times. I remember Coach Carm saying he would like to do that, however both played the same position..Faw was the backup for Floyd..At the beginning of the season, Floyd had yet to blossom, and Faw was groomed to step in when Floyd got into foul trouble or HC needed some offense..That all changed with Floyd's emergence. Perhaps next season we will see them on the floor together more. Also, Faw was a bit of a foul machine and for the most part wouldn't have been able to play more minutes. Although Matt was prone to fouling, since he played the 5 position almost exclusively, his minutes were solely determined by JF’s bench minutes.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 22, 2018 9:27:46 GMT -5
JF has reduced his fouling significantly over his career:
Freshman: 8.5 PF/40 minutes Sophomore: 6.7 PF/40 Junior: 4.5 PF/40
Matt Faw had the same rate of fouling that JF had as a freshman: 8.5 PF/40 minutes. He did not reduce his fouling over the season
OOC: 8.5 PF/40 PL-First 9 games: 7.8/40 PL: Last 9 reg season games & 2 tournament games: 9.3/40
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 22, 2018 9:55:59 GMT -5
Towards the end of the season, we saw Floyd and Faw on the court together a few times. I remember Coach Carm saying he would like to do that, however both played the same position..Faw was the backup for Floyd..At the beginning of the season, Floyd had yet to blossom, and Faw was groomed to step in when Floyd got into foul trouble or HC needed some offense..That all changed with Floyd's emergence. Perhaps next season we will see them on the floor together more. I hope so, but I'm doubtful. Matt's lack of foot speed is a liability in this defensive scheme, which requires the 5 to extend himself well beyond the paint. He's got the most versatile offensive game of anybody on the team, so maybe the trade-off will be deemed worthwhile next year.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 22, 2018 10:20:58 GMT -5
Towards the end of the season, we saw Floyd and Faw on the court together a few times. I remember Coach Carm saying he would like to do that, however both played the same position..Faw was the backup for Floyd..At the beginning of the season, Floyd had yet to blossom, and Faw was groomed to step in when Floyd got into foul trouble or HC needed some offense..That all changed with Floyd's emergence. Perhaps next season we will see them on the floor together more. I hope so, but I'm doubtful. Matt's lack of foot speed is a liability in this defensive scheme, which requires the 5 to extend himself well beyond the paint. He's got the most versatile offensive game of anybody on the team, so maybe the trade-off will be deemed worthwhile next year. I believe that AB and Grandy have more versatile offensive games. As the 5 Matt did OK in the matchup and in the middle of the 1-3-1. I think the issue is wanting to keep JF at the 5 in both the matchup, who comes out to the perimeter less than the 4, and keep JF in the middle of the 1-3-1,—both situations for rebounding and shot blocking purposes Matt has to improve his quickness so he can play the 4 in the matchup and a wing on the 1-3-1
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Post by ncaam on Mar 30, 2018 9:36:59 GMT -5
Is it too late? Plus Crusader-gate and Professor -gate are going to have an impact on recruitees, especially those using the term “blessed.”
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Post by cmo on Mar 30, 2018 10:50:34 GMT -5
Little to no effect, imho
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 30, 2018 11:05:16 GMT -5
They have more sense, I would hope, than to be dissuaded by such unimportant nonsense. (Unimportant, that is, to those not bogged down in trivia.)
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 10, 2018 6:49:51 GMT -5
Twitter says we’re visiting Michigan senior guard Luke Toliver. Serious shooter. Preferred walk-on offer at Western Michigan. 6’4” now but only 17 years old and maybe still growing. Averaging 30+ ppg.
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Post by ncaam on Apr 10, 2018 7:29:13 GMT -5
Reminds me of CLS.
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Post by sader1970 on Apr 10, 2018 9:06:15 GMT -5
Why? Is he Swiss?
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Post by lou on Apr 10, 2018 9:08:34 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Apr 10, 2018 11:15:50 GMT -5
Don’t know his heritage. Excellent in the gym by yourself shooter. Not fast or athletic. No d1 scholarship offers. That being said if he signs I hope he develops like gangbusters.
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