vs. Morgan State (12/7)

[hammb]

Did anyone elaborate on the timeline of the injured guys at all?

Unfortunately I didn't catch must of the post game.

It is uncanny to me how much better all the other guards look when Thomas is not on the floor. He was in foul trouble the whole first half and we put up 55 points. He's the only guard on the team that cannot win off the dribble and we had 21 assists on the game.

Felt didn't end up stuffing the star sheet since he couldn't stop fouling in the 2nd half, but in the first half he was tremendous altering shots around the rim and pulling down some big time rebounds. To me his ability to help on defense and rebound makes him a much better fit next to Johnson than Towns.

Green and Butler were great yesterday.

Was really nice to see a dominant end to end win. Not that I think Morgan is any good, but we thoroughly enjoyed it.

[guest44]

As Green has started to find his role, I think we will see the ball in Thomas hands much less. Simon made a comment about Butler being more of an attack guard as opposed to playing off the ball and spacing the floor like he did at Central and in the first few games here. Butler and Campbell in the open court are pretty dang good. With the injuries clearly Thomas is going to have to play a good amount, but Butler isn't going back to the bench and Green is only going to keep playing when they do get healthy. One other thing, while Squire hasn't found his shot he plays pretty well off the ball. Now Morgan St. plays essentially no defense, but Squire can contribute.

[hammb]

As Green has started to find his role, I think we will see the ball in Thomas hands much less. Simon made a comment about Butler being more of an attack guard as opposed to playing off the ball and spacing the floor like he did at Central and in the first few games here. Butler and Campbell in the open court are pretty dang good. With the injuries clearly Thomas is going to have to play a good amount, but Butler isn't going back to the bench and Green is only going to keep playing when they do get healthy. One other thing, while Squire hasn't found his shot he plays pretty well off the ball. Now Morgan St. plays essentially no defense, but Squire can contribute.

I hope you're right. I'm not saying Thomas doesn't deserve to play or anything, but he's not good enough to have the ball in his hands every possession. He's too slow to make decisions, he's not quick off the bounce, and too often is focused on getting his own shot.

Squire does move well off the ball. He probably just needs minutes to gain comfort. He received a couple of really good passes and instead of shooting when he was in a good spot he passed up the looks of hesitated. He was a good shooter in juco, those open 3s will start to drop.

[mbenecke]

Derrick Butler named MAC Player of the Week for his performance in this game.