Temple is sneaking up the conference standings while no one is looking and stand at 10-6 and 3-2 in conference. They had a horrible start to the season in OOC tournaments and then ran off 5 straight when they got home. Most of their wins have been close affairs and a lot of their losses have been blow outs. The Owls have had 4 games postponed by Covid, including their two most recent games against WSU and USF. When we get to Philly, they will not have played for 2 weeks.
Their best player, Khalif Batlle only played in 7 games this season. He fractured his foot in December and is out for the remainder of the season. That leaves the scoring load to Damian Dunn. This team is very guard heavy and they all rebound well so boxing out well will be key and that's something UC hasn't done well this season. They don't have a ton of height but Nick Jourdain and Emanuel Okpomo will see time if we go big. Temple is a very young team with one senior and mostly freshmen so the rebuild under Aaron McKie is still in effect.
I have not seen the status of Viktor Lahkin for this game. He's still dealing with a hip problem last I heard. The knee that John Newman injured in the last game hasn't been mentioned by the staff and I haven't seen anything on his availability either. Rob Banks is still out to my knowledge.
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He did have a couple buckets in the game I believe both in the first half. He just so slow to react around the bucket for a kid his size it's hard to try and ride him.
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Originally posted by Gmann View PostI agree with Coach's assessment of our current situation. When they do rarely throw it inside it is usually a weak off balance miss or a turnover. Also very little chance for an offensive rebound. I would go more with VL and OO and fade Ado and Kavel. I'd like to see what the two guys that may be here after this year get more run. I know VL needs to stay healthy and both need to limit the fouls. I also like Newman's tenacity. They need more of that on this team.
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I agree with Coach's assessment of our current situation. When they do rarely throw it inside it is usually a weak off balance miss or a turnover. Also very little chance for an offensive rebound. I would go more with VL and OO and fade Ado and Kavel. I'd like to see what the two guys that may be here after this year get more run. I know VL needs to stay healthy and both need to limit the fouls. I also like Newman's tenacity. They need more of that on this team.
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Originally posted by bearcatjd View PostWe need to stop shooting all of those 3 pointers. Better shot selection & shots closer to the basket would be a big offensive improvement.
Plea to JD, quit complaining and dramatizing every foul that gets called. You're inviting more from the majority of officials.
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Originally posted by bearcatbret View PostAnd how I miss Chuck. He was one of the best.
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I have one thing to say about this game:
I don't know Chuck. I just don't know.........
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Originally posted by BearKatz View PostDavenport close to shooting from Mid Court...Seriously!Last edited by leo from jersey; 01-26-2022, 08:54 PM.
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Originally posted by bearcatjd View PostWe need to stop shooting all of those 3 pointers. Better shot selection & shots closer to the basket would be a big offensive improvement.
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Originally posted by Lobot View PostWeather. Team got stuck in Philly and didn't fly back until this morning.
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Weather. Team got stuck in Philly and didn't fly back until this morning.
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We need to stop shooting all of those 3 pointers. Better shot selection & shots closer to the basket would be a big offensive improvement.
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I'm going to be negative for a second here.
Bad:
Offense
Effort in the 2nd half
Shot selection
Coaching
Substitution pattern
Referees
Camera angle
Arena
Court floor
Did I miss anything?
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