The pessimist in me says, it's time to lose. If this game was on the road, I'd say it's a sure bet loss. But being at home evens the playing field for us. Big game as this was one that I have had chalked up as a loss. This win would go a long ways towards getting into the dance.
Connor is good for 15, sometimes. Other times its low, single digits. Need more consistency from him down the stretch of the season to take the pressure off Williams and Gary, particularly with Berke on the shelf.
A lot of his variability is how much PT he gets. I would like to see him play more.
No... 19 is the magic number
Good analysis. I just hope we get Berke back soon and he's close to full go. I never thought I'd say that a month ago, but he's really become an important piece. My hopes for the rest of the schedule really take a hit if he's out 2+ weeks.
Michigan is the only game I’m not confident winning at home the rest of the way.
I don't care how savvy Cale is. He doesn't match up with a 6'9+ post. If we are in this position in any game we are in trouble.
It's interesting to just isolate on him while watching him play...the defender NEVER leaves him. Fred needs to find some ways to get him open.
Seriously, what is wrong with Fred? CJ wouldn’t stick out in a D2, He has no business playing a second in a D1 game that isn’t garbage time. Either Fred has extremely poor judgement, or is trying to cover for poor recruiting. It is unacceptable that we are even having this conversation.
Yeah. I think that would be on a good day. I coached against Cale in HS. He is an awesome kid, and was a great HS athlete at our level. I think guarding a post is asking an awful lot of him. But if anyone would willing to give it a go, it would be Cale.
I mean, there are times where a guy who lives on the bench gets an opportunity and he takes off. I remember Johnny Trueblood finally got some playing time and I think most people were surprised at what he could do. Cale looks like he just wants the ball out of his hands. I think Fred likes his understanding of the gameplan but at the end of the day most players need to have some scoring ability to have value (7'1" shot blockers excepted). Maybe if he got some confidence but I still don't see how he is mentioned for additional playing time as a result of a 6'10" guy going down.
Good point, I'm probably overreacting. Truthfully, I hope if CJ gets extra minutes he does something that makes me eat my words.
You are confident in this one without Berke? Maryland is known for their bigs this year, so it is a big loss IMO
Is he definitely out tonight?
100%. How can a guy with that resume as a Freshman be incapable of playing now, a year later? I don't get it.
I'm aware. That's why he hasn't played a minute outside of garbage time since then. I saw his potential when he scored 8 points in 3 minutes in the Southern game. If you want to say what you saw in the non-con is important then you should probably acknowledge that playing 33 minutes and scoring 16 vs Maryland in the B1G tourney last season means he might have more to offer. Nevertheless, it's pretty obvious we're going to see more Jacobsen tonight and I hope he does well.
