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The TCU road win is something that last year’s team couldn’t do. So I feel very encouraged.
It seems like we have less talent this year (versus last year), but perhaps more grit. I think that will translate well to the game this weekend. It’s just one game (I guess two, if you count the OK State game) so I don’t think we should get our hopes…[Read more]

Majerus also had 2-3 NBA caliber players besides Van Horne who he could rely on. Smith doesn’t that the luxury. Also, using Majerus and Smith in the same post seems almost sacrilegious and wrong!

Majerus didn’t keep his best scorer (Van Horn) off the court because he didn’t play defense.

Majerus stressed defense, yet he saw the net gain with Van Horn on the court.

This team is ranked 132nd in scoring defense, so how well does anyone on this team play defense?

As was posted earlier, Dawes plus/minus is second best on the tea…[Read more]

Wow what an insightful post. Could be that Smith had him on the bench until he upped his defensive effort. Many on here crapped on Whalin early on. They thought he did not have the skills to play in the big bad big 12. I saw him as more of an Alex Jensen with more athleticism. His defensive effort has been phenomenal, not that his conditioning…[Read more]

Wow what an insightful post. Could be that Smith had him on the bench until he upped his defensive effort. Many on here crapped on Whalin early on. They thought he did not have the skills to play in the big bad big 12. I saw him as more of an Alex Jensen with more athleticism. His defensive effort has been phenomenal, not that his conditioning…[Read more]

fire Smith for keeping him on the bench,

Part of settling down the rotation is consistency and that extends to what the other team is prepared for. Sometimes developments disappear when the next team prepares for a specific thing better. Either way, we seem to be settling into more options and better options. Figuring that out with matchups that change game to game is difficult. We tend…[Read more]

Part of me feels like I should be making the argument that Ezra shouldn’t be playing at all. A BPM of -0.2 is pretty bad, and he turns the ball over very regularly. He has 22 turnovers which is 3rd highest on the team behind Miro(29) and Gabe(26), so that’s a lot for a non-guard. He drives me crazy when he just puts his head down and drives i…[Read more]

I think the reason Dawes was not playing as much was mainly his defense. He was a little slow afoot in sliding left or right to stay in front of an opponent. I think coach Smith’s emphasis has been on who plays hard and with some skill on defense. Lohner and Keller have seen playing time because of their defense, as well as rebounding. They…[Read more]

Your most athletic players give you the best chance to win. Play them and let them develop. If they make mistakes sit for a few minutes then put them back in.

To me, the most shocking thing about D. Smith is that, despite missing a portion of the season, he set the PAC record for triple-doubles in a season. When you think of all the Hall of Famers that have played in that conference, it’s just crazy to know that no other player had more triple-doubles than Smith. And, no one will ever be able to take…[Read more]

I don’t know about that. I don’t recall the team really accomplishing anything when Worster was getting major minutes. On the other hand, you could make a solid case that Smith was the only reason why last season’s team made it to the NIT Semis. Do you know why Worster transferred to Nebraska?

Interestingly my impression of him is that he has a lot of turnovers, but the stats disagree. Stats say he is averaging 1 per game give or take. I wonder if that’s because they don’t consider it a turnover if you lose the ball going to the hole. It seems like at least 2 to 3 times per game, he goes hard to the basket and just loses the handle.…[Read more]

I love him in the 6th man role. Come off the bench and take as many shots as he wants against the oppositions second stringers. Not a bad gig.

The players looked like they were having fun and enjoying things.

Hope a lot of Utah fans (in particular the students) come out and cheer loudly Saturday.

The team was better with Rolly than Smith. Smith was a me first player that dribbled himself into trouble and was able to bail himself out with phenomenal athleticism. He was benched by Pitino early in the season for his me first attitude.

Pettiness? Do you see the irony in your post.

I’ve brought this up before that Drake Toll is annoying but I suprisingly got alot down votes for it…

How do you expect some to keep the drama up in the Fan World with you spewing facts like that?