Re: No time for Souleymane???

[jon breiner]

Lucas wins every award related to academics so I am very certain it is not 
grades with him.  I would also think that it is unlikely to be grades (at 
UC) for Banks as he has not had any yet.

Let's see what Mike says about the sickness.  I am wondering if it was what 
my family had this past weekend.  It was like a 36 hour flu.  All the 
symptoms, but then gone.  Maybe I gave it to them.  :)

Jon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Carmen" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] No time for Souleymane???


> Why was Lucas in street clothes?  Are Banks and Lucas not getting the 
> grades?  Also, I didn't even see Solly on the bench.  I saw Murray, but I 
> didn't see Solly, why didn't he play?  Hicks is just a beast on the glass 
> and acts like one on the court.  He had 19 points at the half and ended up 
> with just under 30.  Also, I noticed that Jihad was shooting NBA 3's and 
> making it.  What a great player he will turn out to be.  Also, I loved how 
> Bright played.  He was the first one off of the bench and reminds me a lot 
> of Max.  He played as much as Max did as a freshman.  I noticed Bright was 
> wearing Whaley's old number, but Bright actually has a 'bright' future as 
> a Bearcat.  Just my 2 cents...
> -Phil
>
>
> BTW: How did UK only win by 18 and at one time be down by 8?  UC beat up 
> on NKU.  I think UK is one of the more over rated teams and UC is one of 
> the more under rated teams, maybe because they don't have a true center.
>
>
> > From: "jon breiner" <address@hidden>
> > Reply-To: address@hidden
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] No time for Souleymane???
> > Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:02:55 -0500
> >
> > comments below...
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher K. Adams" 
> > <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:01 PM
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] No time for Souleymane???
> >
> >
> > > I was surprised that Souly did not get into the game. However, here are 
> > > some
> > > observations from this game.
> > >
> > > Hicks will score!!!  It wont be as easy against division I opponents, but 
> > > he
> > > will score. Defensively he may not even be close to the 5 that Kareem 
> > > was,
> > > but he will score WAY more points.
> >
> >
> > the way Hicks played tonight, he will be the star of this team and we may 
> > have more of an inside presence with him and Max than we ahve previously 
> > thought.  Of course the depth will be an issue when there is foul trouble.
> >
> >
> > > Bright will give valuable minutes to the interior. I was impressed
> > > offensively and defensively by him.
> >
> > He looked real good in the final minutes when he had most of his points. 
> > I thought he looked a bit tentative at times, but he will give us some 
> > minutes.  I think he will have to play some 4 for this team and will get 
> > more minutes if he rebounds well.
> >
> >
> > > Muhammad can give us the scoring point we've been missing. Think of 
> > > Logan,
> > > but don't expect him to have all his attributes yet. Offensively he's 
> > > there
> > > already, give him time on his defense and understanding of the offence.
> >
> > He is very quick and once he gets comfortable in the offense, lookout. 
> > Most of his scoring was one on one in the second half when the offense 
> > kind of stopped running, but he truly will be an asset.
> >
> >
> > > Moore is healthy! While not the scorer that Muhammad is he knows the 
> > > offence
> > > better which is evident by his 6 assists tonight.
> >
> >
> > Yea, the offense ran when Moore was in.  He is strongly the starting PG 
> > right now as he knows what to do, but it was nice to have 2 PG's who are 
> > really PG's and are both good!
> >
> >
> > > Max and White continue. Just like last year but with more experience!!!
> > > Double digit scoring from both and a total of 14 rebounds between them. 
> > > Cant
> > > say much more.
> >
> >
> > Max is Max.  Tory Reed (transfer from Charlotte) really wanted to to take 
> > it to him, and Max ate him up at both ends.  My guess is Reed finished 
> > with 6 points 6 rebounds and 6 TO's (4 of which were travelling trying to 
> > make a move on Max or Hicks). On one play Max tried to do a spin move 
> > around Reed and Reed fouled him and then gave him a push.  It would have 
> > been a T in a real game, but Max just walked away and smiled.  Such an 
> > even keel and smart player.  I am goin to miss him alot!
> >
> > White on the other hand has to become a smarter player.  Way skilled, but 
> > at times was a bit out of control.  I know it is hard in these kind of 
> > games, but perfect practice makes perfect!
> >
> >
> >
> > > Kirkland???  Not sure what to say except he needs to work on his 
> > > shooting.
> > > Ofer eight???
> >
> > Ugly.  I already said something in aother post.  The only thing I will add 
> > is the "topper".  In the final minutes, when the players usually try to 
> > get it to Meeker (or now also Patzwald) for a shot, he ignored them and 
> > forced the ball one on one 3 times.  He turned it over twice and then got 
> > lucky when he pushed off ona  guy, but Steve Welmer called it a block.  He 
> > should have had 3 TO's int he final minutes when he could have been trying 
> > to feed it to the "little" guys, but was selfish and poor in his execution 
> > at that. He could not even be selfish right!  He was THE biggest 
> > disapointment.
> >
> >
> > > I was also surprised by Patzwald and Murray. Murray had some clean-up 
> > > points
> > > off of a missed shot and from  the announcers comments it sounded like he
> > > just appeared there to take it! Hopefully this guy can develop and give
> > > valuable minutes. Patzwald had a steal at the end of the game, hopefully 
> > > he
> > > can also develop quickly to give us some minutes.
> >
> > Patzwald is 5'9" and 180.  A very stocky spark plug that will I will not 
> > see any minutes this year.  He is a hustler though and will play the walk 
> > on role well.  Murray could actually see some minutes.  Mostly because he 
> > looks like he can bang and rebound a bit if needed and I see a few games 
> > this year where we might need a few fouls.  I think he is too raw to count 
> > on for production though.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Only wish I have before the next exhibition game is that the defense gets
> > > better. Oh, and also that we see Souly play and find he is exactly the
> > > person we need to give the post players time to catch there breath.
> >
> > The defense was very good early on, but the team played with no killer 
> > instinct and let down once they built the lead up.  I am not sure why 
> > Souly did not play, but would have liked to have seen him.
> >
> > Jon
>
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