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    Maryland at Illinois

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

    Posted · Edited by Oriole4Life

    Turgeon has this team believing, I think that is important.  And they are motivated - which in my opinion is the number one job of any coach, to get the team mentally ready and giving full effort.  People may not like the offensive sets at times, and that's fair, but I do  think the criticism of him has been a little exaggerated. 

    Now of course, if the Terps come out flat in March, we will be back to talking about how Turgeon can't draw an offensive play to save his life haha.  From what I see there is definite flow to the offense and guy are playing together.  When you hit shots everything looks better.  And the defense has been absolutely stellar.  All that helping, rotating, and boxing out - that comes from preaching it in practice.

    Maryland at Illinois

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

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    One thing you gotta credit Turgeon for - he has this team playing incredible defense this half and for the whole season really. They hustle and give full effort every play.

    We could be up even more, Scott had some nice drives, just couldn't finish. I love that dude's game.

    Could Pittsburgh use Mullins

    in Orioles Talk

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    Things I took from this thread -

    Seeing the word "mesa" being used to describe a player's development.  That was cool, I had never heard that before.  Kinda makes sense.

    Some guy mentioned Josh Bell, and I got sad for a second, because I thought he was talking about the first baseman for the Pirates, and I thought "we let him get away?"  Then I googled it and realized it was that scrub we got from the Dodgers.

    I saw Christian Walker's name mentioned, then I got a little sad, cuz he's a pretty good player.  Only had one real good year though.  He's no Jake Arrieta (still angry we traded him, I always saw tons of potential in him).

    I like Mullins by the way, he has tons of speed.  I like him for that reason alone, always envisioned him as a great leadoff guy.  I don't follow stats or player development nearly as close as you guys, I just figured he fell off...which he did.  He's only 25 so I'd like to see him get some more chances.  I also just realized that our outfielders are really bad :( Other than Mancini of course.

    Maryland vs. Iowa

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

    I think you are looking at the wrong person or stats.

    Wiggens shot 41.2% from 3pt LAST year, 32.2% this year. 86.7% from the line LAST year, 75.5% this year. 

    Bleh....thought you guys were talking about Jalen Smith for some reason.  I saw the words NBA and assumed.

    Yeah Wiggins has taken a step back this year.  He has the ability to slash but his strength is shooting.

    Maryland vs. Iowa

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

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    29 minutes ago, scbalt52 said:

    I think this off-season he was told by NBA people that he needs to be more than just a spot shooter. So, I think he has bulked up some and tried to elevate his dribbling/driving. However, he's lost some of his shine on outside shooting since he isn't working on it as much. And his driving is a work in progress too. I think this year he's just been in such a tweener phase with all sides of his game. If he stays next year he should have it all developed and could be a top player in the country, just need to stay a little patient right now. Just my 2 cents.

     

    Great game, fun to watch. Unfortunately that means the next game will be a clunker. Hopefully I'm wrong and this team starts rolling. They can be very good and Smith has played with passion lately. Not sure what lit a fire under him but I always thought he played good when he gets mad at something. And he's been playing like that for the past month.

    I haven't looked at the stats, but isn't he shooting better from outside this year?  Sure looks like it to me.  Let me check - yes he is shooting 41.2% from 3 point land this year compared to 26.8% last year.  His free throw percentage has also improved dramatically up to 76.4%.  Overall field goal percentage too. 

    He's just stepped his game up totally.  I've noticed he has been more decisive when under the basket, less shots falling away from the hoop.  He is trusting his strength.  Next step is to work on his dribbling and driving ability as you mentioned.   He indeed plays way better with a fire. 

    I hope he can stay healthy and doesn't get burned out by late March.  He is getting tons of minutes.  Maryland's lack of depth when it comes to bigs may end up hurting them.  I hope not.  Like I said when they left, the Mitchell twins added lots of size.  I don't trust Lindo, Marial, or Tomaic that much.  Need them to guard and rebound, Smith is essentially doing all of that near the rim.

    Maryland vs. Iowa

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

    Posted

    That was vintage Cowan. Probably the best I've seen him play the last couple of years. He drove the ball with such confidence, amazing footwork in the lane. Shot well. Just excellent. 

    Made free throws! I love that. If we could shoot a little better and limit some turnovers this could be a top tier team.

    Jalen Smith's defense was tremendous tonight as well. Undefeated at home.

     

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    Maryland vs. Iowa

    in Maryland Terp Basketball

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    Cowan directing the offense. Shot clock running down, he calls for a screen from Scott, breaks his defender and draws help, then finds Ayala for an open 3. Buckets.

    As bad as Wiggins is playing, he and Stix had a nice pick and roll. Wiggins made the great pass for a dunk.

    Look at this team running plays! Scott and Stix playing tough defense all night. Morsell too.

    Gotta close it out. No open threes for Iowa please.

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