[LU Armchair coach]

The one thing that jumps out at you re: Jones is his ability to drive and get to the basket. He has no problem driving and initiating contact and he appears to finish well. From watching the highlights and considering his FT % it appears he has a solid midrange game, which I don't know that we've had much of recently. If he learns the defense, he could be a nice mixture of Maughmer and Peter. Seems likely he will see the court plenty.

Starting Line-up:
PG - Porter
SG - Metheny
SG - Jones
F - Cleveland
F - Smith/Ihnen

The reason you see no mid range is because analytics per LU says it’s not a good shot. Either dunk/layup or 3 point attempts.


My lineup for next year depends on if the 6’5” kid from UTEP Camper Jr comes. If this happens he becomes the wing defender and Smith starts the 5. If he don’t I say Cleveland plays the 3 and we play big.

[olldflame]

The one thing that jumps out at you re: Jones is his ability to drive and get to the basket. He has no problem driving and initiating contact and he appears to finish well. From watching the highlights and considering his FT % it appears he has a solid midrange game, which I don't know that we've had much of recently. If he learns the defense, he could be a nice mixture of Maughmer and Peter. Seems likely he will see the court plenty.

Starting Line-up:
PG - Porter
SG - Metheny
SG - Jones
F - Cleveland
F - Smith/Ihnen

Sounds to me like you are talking about Harper, not Jones.

[paradox]

Harper comes in as the lead defender on the 3. RM almost always starts D first to set the stage and to read opponent strategy

[paradox]

…Jones…

…Cleveland…
…Camper…

RM likely takes advantage of RJ’s ability to pull bigs out of the post. He’s got really deep range too. So, situational option.

Cleveland obviously remains a staple in the front court.

Camper isn’t coming here this year.

[olldflame]

The one thing that jumps out at you re: Jones is his ability to drive and get to the basket. He has no problem driving and initiating contact and he appears to finish well. From watching the highlights and considering his FT % it appears he has a solid midrange game, which I don't know that we've had much of recently. If he learns the defense, he could be a nice mixture of Maughmer and Peter. Seems likely he will see the court plenty.

Starting Line-up:
PG - Porter
SG - Metheny
SG - Jones
F - Cleveland
F - Smith/Ihnen

The reason you see no mid range is because analytics per LU says it’s not a good shot. Either dunk/layup or 3 point attempts.


My lineup for next year depends on if the 6’5” kid from UTEP Camper Jr comes. If this happens he becomes the wing defender and Smith starts the 5. If he don’t I say Cleveland plays the 3 and we play big.

IMHO the commit from Harper pretty much shuts the door on Camper.
I also think there is a good chance we play big with the starting front line.

[paradox]

…8-9 guys that are playable…

Why not 10? Definitely 4 guys getting 39 minutes. Followed by 6 guys getting 3.9 each. Leaving 20.6 esoteric minutes TBD.

[LU Armchair coach]

The one thing that jumps out at you re: Jones is his ability to drive and get to the basket. He has no problem driving and initiating contact and he appears to finish well. From watching the highlights and considering his FT % it appears he has a solid midrange game, which I don't know that we've had much of recently. If he learns the defense, he could be a nice mixture of Maughmer and Peter. Seems likely he will see the court plenty.

Starting Line-up:
PG - Porter
SG - Metheny
SG - Jones
F - Cleveland
F - Smith/Ihnen

The reason you see no mid range is because analytics per LU says it’s not a good shot. Either dunk/layup or 3 point attempts.


My lineup for next year depends on if the 6’5” kid from UTEP Camper Jr comes. If this happens he becomes the wing defender and Smith starts the 5. If he don’t I say Cleveland plays the 3 and we play big.

IMHO the commit from Harper pretty much shuts the door on Camper.
I also think there is a good chance we play big with the starting front line.

Harper is a poor man’s Jayvon little better athlete but not a better BASKETBALL PLAYER. My guess he gets some minutes. Camper is still on the big board. But yes smith will be hard to keep off floor and I also think LU could play big this depends on how well smith can help defend on the perimeter hedging ball screens.

[LU Armchair coach]

Harper comes in as the lead defender on the 3. RM almost always starts D first to set the stage and to read opponent strategy

Tell if I’m wrong but didn’t LU use Zach to defend the 3 in the tourney. The only Problem doing this I see would take away his advantage on offense of a mismatch with a bigger 4-5.

[olldflame]

Harper comes in as the lead defender on the 3. RM almost always starts D first to set the stage and to read opponent strategy

Tell if I’m wrong but didn’t LU use Zach to defend the 3 in the tourney. The only Problem doing this I see would take away his advantage on offense of a mismatch with a bigger 4-5.

Zach has guarded the 3 quite a bit in his career. As far as who they use to guard him is concerned, there is not a direct correlation between that and who he guards (assuming it is a mxm defense). That's up to the opposing coach.

[Humble_Opinion]

The one thing that jumps out at you re: Jones is his ability to drive and get to the basket. He has no problem driving and initiating contact and he appears to finish well. From watching the highlights and considering his FT % it appears he has a solid midrange game, which I don't know that we've had much of recently. If he learns the defense, he could be a nice mixture of Maughmer and Peter. Seems likely he will see the court plenty.

Starting Line-up:
PG - Porter
SG - Metheny
SG - Jones
F - Cleveland
F - Smith/Ihnen

Sounds to me like you are talking about Harper, not Jones.

Yes I was.

[Humble_Opinion]

Harper is a poor man’s Jayvon little better athlete but not a better BASKETBALL PLAYER. My guess he gets some minutes. Camper is still on the big board. But yes smith will be hard to keep off floor and I also think LU could play big this depends on how well smith can help defend on the perimeter hedging ball screens.

That's a big statement... Harper is clearly more athletic and gets to the basket better. His 3P% is about the same as Maughmer's and his build is also similar. They also played against a similar level of competition coming from D2 so I think it's too soon to say he's a "poor man's Maughmer".

[paradox]

Harper comes in as the lead defender on the 3. RM almost always starts D first to set the stage and to read opponent strategy

Tell if I’m wrong but didn’t LU use Zach to defend the 3 in the tourney. The only Problem doing this I see would take away his advantage on offense of a mismatch with a bigger 4-5.

If you’re asking if Zach matches guards? Seems like it would depend on the match-up, and whether the bigger lineup was advantageous on both ends of the floor.

[paradox]

As far as Harper goes, Camper is a better overall player, but Harper is a better overall fit in the context of what they need.

[LU Armchair coach]

Harper is a poor man’s Jayvon little better athlete but not a better BASKETBALL PLAYER. My guess he gets some minutes. Camper is still on the big board. But yes smith will be hard to keep off floor and I also think LU could play big this depends on how well smith can help defend on the perimeter hedging ball screens.

That's a big statement... Harper is clearly more athletic and gets to the basket better. His 3P% is about the same as Maughmer's and his build is also similar. They also played against a similar level of competition coming from D2 so I think it's too soon to say he's a "poor man's Maughmer".

Have you looked at my profile picture? I’ve read so many LU Armchair post since I’ve been a member I think this LU Armchair coach should have one also!!!

[LU Armchair coach]

As far as Harper goes, Camper is a better overall player, but Harper is a better overall fit in the context of what they need.

So this LU Armchair coach knows the needs of HCRM? Could you be saying this because of maybe Camper would require more money?

[paradox]

I only claim to know about his hair needs

[olldflame]

As far as Harper goes, Camper is a better overall player, but Harper is a better overall fit in the context of what they need.

And is almost certainly less expensive.

[paradox]

Any established D1 starter would be more expensive

[LU Armchair coach]

As far as Harper goes, Camper is a better overall player, but Harper is a better overall fit in the context of what they need.

And is almost certainly less expensive.

You get what you pay for or loose what you can’t pay for.

[LU Armchair coach]

Any established D1 starter would be more expensive

And all over LU peoples social media LU Armchair coaches are complaining about Bush and Hardy entering the portal and saying it’s because of money. Are we playing the game or are we just acting like we are playing the game.

[paradox]

Focus on the game, and not the business

[olldflame]

As far as Harper goes, Camper is a better overall player, but Harper is a better overall fit in the context of what they need.

And is almost certainly less expensive.

You get what you pay for or loose what you can’t pay for.

I believe in this case what we got is value.
For now, experienced D2 and underutilized young D1 is what gives us that.

[jmclaughlin]

Focus on the game, and not the business

Is the business a game or the game a business?....a paradox

[LU Armchair coach]

And is almost certainly less expensive.

You get what you pay for or loose what you can’t pay for.

I believe in this case what we got is value.
For now, experienced D2 and underutilized young D1 is what gives us that.

Yes, this would be considered value. This is when we see all of these other not titled LU Armchair coach posters start complaining about needing this and that.

[olldflame]

I'm starting to read people resurrecting Doc's saying "If it's Christian, it should be better" as if it implied that cost is no object to attain superiority. As one of the few people still around who saw first hand how he lived his life and what his priorities were, I call on that.

One of his favorite stories was about the time a wealthy supporter of the ministry gifted him a pair of beautiful purebred Irish Setters with a list of the choice cuts of beef he should feed them. "As soon as they left, I went out and bought a 50 lb bag of Purina, and sure enough, they wouldn't eat it....................................... 4 days later they did." Did he have the money to feed the dogs what was on the list? Sure. But he also knew that they could do as well or better on a quality commercial dog food.

He preached stewardship constantly, and was a huge critic of other televangelists who lived and flaunted an extravagant life style. If he were still with us, I'm sure he would want to take a strategic approach toward being competitive without throwing the Lord's money around just because we were blessed with it.