- January 1st, 2021, 5:36 pm
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I absolutely hate this stupid schedule. Going to be tough to win tomorrow after battling from behind all game.
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lueer wrote: ↑January 1st, 2021, 5:36 pm I absolutely hate this stupid schedule. Going to be tough to win tomorrow after battling from behind all game.No tougher IMHO than if it had been close throughout. Looking at the stats, Lipscomb's top players played more minutes than ours, and I have a ton of confidence in our conditioning. I think we will be fine.
lueer wrote: ↑January 1st, 2021, 5:59 pm I’m not as confident as you are. We got no one for Asadullah.Disagree. The problem is, Preston can't play 40 minutes. We were +4 with him in there. Asadullah did most of his damage against Abii (-13). He can't play 40 either, so I'm hoping Soucie will try to have Blake in there as much as possible when Ahsan is, and rest him when he isn't.
stokesjokes wrote: ↑January 1st, 2021, 6:40 pm Seems like Asadullah didn’t play a ton of minutes, it shouldn’t be too hard to spell Preston. I think the quick double is a good adjustment, but Asadullah is a good passer out of doubles. I’d still rather have someone else shooting an open jumper vs. Asadullah one on one in the post.He played 31, which I think is pretty much max for him. He's come a long way in the stamina department, but with 280 pounds to carry around, he's never going to be a Darius McGhee in that department. Blake played a career high 27, but they did not always sync up with Asadullah's minutes, and he really abused Abii when he had that matchup.
Jonathan Carone wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2021, 12:58 pm It’s hard to call Lipscomb an inferior opponent. They are set up perfectly to beat us. With their outside shooting and a big dude in the middle, it’s the recipe for beating the pack.Add to that the fact that said big guy is by consensus the best player in the league and they have considerably more overall experience returning than we do, and I totally agree. Do I think we have more upside and will eventually be better than them? Yes, and possibly starting as early as today.