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Post by Tony on Jul 9, 2014 16:23:27 GMT -5
For the most part we all feel pretty good going into season- but Siena is not without question marks..Even though we won CBI—team finished 5th in MAAC and really struggled against good teams that could score the ball
We lack a go – to scorer.. Not a killer and can be done by committee, but unusual in MAAC -- most MAAC champions have that AS a team we are relatively slooooooooow – we are below avg speed wise with our starting 2, our starting 3 and our starting 4… Jimmy has never won regular season MAAC – and main reason for that his teams struggle to score. Yes yes I know a few exceptions over last 25-30 years but for most part regular season champ and usually tournament champ are in top 3 in scoring—Will Jimmy open it up a bit this year?—or will he be content to score around 68 ppg ( if so look for a 2nd or 3rd place finish)
All these questions marks can be mitigated – question is will they? What’s your take?
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Post by gorvy on Jul 9, 2014 18:13:58 GMT -5
As stated before--- I don't think we need that true scorer but we do need at least one player to step up consistently in the last five minutes of the games. Last year we lacked confidence in this area. Perhaps Brett can do this for us if not Poole or Long. With more options this year I think scoring will go up and it will have to if the team is going to improve.
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Post by MTS on Jul 9, 2014 19:48:08 GMT -5
Did you know the only current MAAC coach to finish first is Tim Cluess. I think (and hope) that Jimmy will get us first this season. Of course I'd rather finish second and win the MAAC tournament like Manhattan last year rather than win the league and choke (i.e. the Gals). I think we can finish 1st (and guarantee at worst an NIT bid) and win the MAAC tournament and get to the ultimate prize the NCAA tournament.
Jimmy won't play super fast but I expect him to pick up the pace. Adding a player like Cole will boost the offense. It seemed like we were one player short last year. I expect Poole to get better looks as he won't be the focal point on the offense.
Look at Fran's team there was no big time scorer - Kenny averaged 14.6, Ubiles 15, Franklin 13.6, Rossiter 10, Moore 8.7 and CJ 8.3 (that was from the 2008-09 season)
I think Poole will average around 14, Cole 14, Bisping 13, Long 13, Wright 10 - that's 64 points and you get 10 from the bench that's 74 points a game which should win Siena a lot of games.
Team speed is a concern but I'm sure the coaching staff will mix and match depending on opponents. The emergence of Maurice White will help in this regard too. We do have a nice size advantage.
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Post by SIENA1971 on Jul 9, 2014 19:56:27 GMT -5
Depth will be Saints biggest gain this upcoming season ... A stronger (i.e. strength) team will also be on the floor ... Hopefully fresher legs will translate to end-of-game scoring and tighter D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 20:30:33 GMT -5
Next year, the last five minutes of each game will be called "Lavon Time." Soon, no one in the MAAC will be able to stop him. Look at the tape of the CBI tourney. The only thing that stopped him from scoring 20+ each game was sitting on the bench with fouls. Yeah, Brett was more consistent and focused, and that's exactly what we'll see with Lavon as a sophomore. He improved the whole season and I don't think his development will be slowing down anytime soon.
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Post by IndianSaint on Jul 9, 2014 21:32:17 GMT -5
The only question I have for 2014-15 is will we win 20 or 25 games? No in between. We 're either winning 20 or 25.
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Post by SaintMisbehavin on Jul 10, 2014 8:05:16 GMT -5
In addition to the valid scoring questions, mine would be: - Will we see a Freshman or Sophomore redshirt? - Who will be the primary backup PG? - How will the logjam of players at the 2 play out in terms of PT/usage? - Will this season's less demanding (not easy, just less demanding than '13-'14) OOC schedule appropriately prepare this team for MAAC play? - Will Under Armour fit Jimmy with some apparel that will keep him from sweating through his suit?
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Post by SaintsFan on Jul 10, 2014 8:35:55 GMT -5
Did you know the only current MAAC coach to finish first is Tim Cluess. I think (and hope) that Jimmy will get us first this season. Of course I'd rather finish second and win the MAAC tournament like Manhattan last year rather than win the league and choke (i.e. the Gals). I think we can finish 1st (and guarantee at worst an NIT bid) and win the MAAC tournament and get to the ultimate prize the NCAA tournament. Jimmy won't play super fast but I expect him to pick up the pace. Adding a player like Cole will boost the offense. It seemed like we were one player short last year. I expect Poole to get better looks as he won't be the focal point on the offense. Look at Fran's team there was no big time scorer - Kenny averaged 14.6, Ubiles 15, Franklin 13.6, Rossiter 10, Moore 8.7 and CJ 8.3 (that was from the 2008-09 season) I think Poole will average around 14, Cole 14, Bisping 13, Long 13, Wright 10 - that's 64 points and you get 10 from the bench that's 74 points a game which should win Siena a lot of games. Team speed is a concern but I'm sure the coaching staff will mix and match depending on opponents. The emergence of Maurice White will help in this regard too. We do have a nice size advantage. No big time scorer? The difference with that team was Hasbrouck, Ubiles, Franklin, Jackson and even Rossiter could put up 20+ on a given night. They were all very good scorers and were in a system that took advantage of it. Right now... no-one on the roster has the scoring ability of those guys. Does Cole perhaps? Lavon may get there. Poole is a complimentary player being asked to lead the team in scoring against a fairly week schedule last year and even weaker this year
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 8:44:13 GMT -5
I expect Poole to get better looks as he won't be the focal point on the offense. Exactly! Picture Cole driving, drawing defenders, and then popping it out to Poole for the open 3. It'll be interesting to see Cole's impact.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 10:26:21 GMT -5
I expect Poole to get better looks as he won't be the focal point on the offense. Exactly! Picture Cole driving, drawing defenders, and then popping it out to Poole for the open 3. It'll be interesting to see Cole's impact. SG is obviously the #1 question mark.If Cole is doing that efficiently...assisting like he did in HS, drawing fouls, making his FT, and repeating that frosh year steal rate we'll be hard to beat. If not, it will be a SG by committee...which could also work out but we'd lose that go-to-scorer upside factor Cole could provide. Big Men & Interior D:Who do we go with and what are we sacrificing to go with them? Go with Silas...get rebounding and defense....but lose offense and be more turnover prone. Go with JO...still have some shotblocking and be less turnover prone. Go with WB...get some jumpshooting and FT shooting...but will we lose interior toughness? How will his Wiggy energy translate? Go with Wolfe..gain athleticism and ballskills but lose toughness and defense. Our interior D was very good last year. Will the decision here cause us to lose that and throw the defense into a downward spiral? Overall Rebounding:Can we cover weaknesses by suffocating teams with it? We were very good last year as underclassmen. Can we be better? Will Bisping and Long be better? Perimeter D:Linked largely to Cole...we need to force more turnovers. Outside of Wright...we suck. Cole did ok at Coppin here. Turnovers:Outside of Wright, Hymes, Oliver, and suprisingly Wolfe no one else had positive assist ratio. Can we improve? Will Cole help or hinder? Will playing Hymes less hinder? 3 Point shooting:The decision of who to play where largely affects this. We don't take a lot of threes but we NEED the threat of the three to survive on offense. How do we work this in if Cole, Long, and Wright are playing so much? Will it matter? Jimmy won 23 games 2 years ago without it. ImprovementWho takes the next step and increases our upside? FG%It needs to go up.
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Post by MTS on Jul 10, 2014 10:43:22 GMT -5
Did you know the only current MAAC coach to finish first is Tim Cluess. I think (and hope) that Jimmy will get us first this season. Of course I'd rather finish second and win the MAAC tournament like Manhattan last year rather than win the league and choke (i.e. the Gals). I think we can finish 1st (and guarantee at worst an NIT bid) and win the MAAC tournament and get to the ultimate prize the NCAA tournament. Jimmy won't play super fast but I expect him to pick up the pace. Adding a player like Cole will boost the offense. It seemed like we were one player short last year. I expect Poole to get better looks as he won't be the focal point on the offense. Look at Fran's team there was no big time scorer - Kenny averaged 14.6, Ubiles 15, Franklin 13.6, Rossiter 10, Moore 8.7 and CJ 8.3 (that was from the 2008-09 season) I think Poole will average around 14, Cole 14, Bisping 13, Long 13, Wright 10 - that's 64 points and you get 10 from the bench that's 74 points a game which should win Siena a lot of games. Team speed is a concern but I'm sure the coaching staff will mix and match depending on opponents. The emergence of Maurice White will help in this regard too. We do have a nice size advantage. No big time scorer? The difference with that team was Hasbrouck, Ubiles, Franklin, Jackson and even Rossiter could put up 20+ on a given night. They were all very good scorers and were in a system that took advantage of it. Right now... no-one on the roster has the scoring ability of those guys. Does Cole perhaps? Lavon may get there. Poole is a complimentary player being asked to lead the team in scoring against a fairly week schedule last year and even weaker this year Wright had a 20 point game last year (don't think Moore ever did that as a frosh). Long did not score 20 in a game but we know he is capable of it (a bunch of games in the high teens in limited minutes with foul trouble). Bisping had 6 games of 20 points or more 4 of them in postseason play (MAAC tournament and CBI). Cole dropped 25 on USC, 15 on Texas and 13 on Arizona State as a freshman on a bad Coppin State team plus had a 29 point game later that season. Poole scored 33 on Canisius last year in the 3 OT loss... 26 on Quinnipiac at home (another OT loss) 28 in the comeback win over Fordham, 21 at LaSalle. He had 20 against Stony Brook and 23 in the CBI clinching win against Fresno State. All this while being the focal point. The kid can score the ball. Now granted he disappeared in some games too (had a zero at SPU). But I expect a big senior season out of Rob. He likely is your go to guy at least early on. Heck even your buddie Hymes is capable of dropping 20 on someone in a flash! That's six guys on the roster which is pretty good.
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Post by Tony on Jul 11, 2014 5:28:58 GMT -5
Exactly! Picture Cole driving, drawing defenders, and then popping it out to Poole for the open 3. It'll be interesting to see Cole's impact. SG is obviously the #1 question mark.If Cole is doing that efficiently...assisting like he did in HS, drawing fouls, making his FT, and repeating that frosh year steal rate we'll be hard to beat. If not, it will be a SG by committee...which could also work out but we'd lose that go-to-scorer upside factor Cole could provide. Big Men & Interior D:Who do we go with and what are we sacrificing to go with them? Go with Silas...get rebounding and defense....but lose offense and be more turnover prone. Go with JO...still have some shotblocking and be less turnover prone. Go with WB...get some jumpshooting and FT shooting...but will we lose interior toughness? How will his Wiggy energy translate? Go with Wolfe..gain athleticism and ballskills but lose toughness and defense. Our interior D was very good last year. Will the decision here cause us to lose that and throw the defense into a downward spiral? Overall Rebounding:Can we cover weaknesses by suffocating teams with it? We were very good last year as underclassmen. Can we be better? Will Bisping and Long be better? Perimeter D:Linked largely to Cole...we need to force more turnovers. Outside of Wright...we suck. Cole did ok at Coppin here. Turnovers:Outside of Wright, Hymes, Oliver, and suprisingly Wolfe no one else had positive assist ratio. Can we improve? Will Cole help or hinder? Will playing Hymes less hinder? 3 Point shooting:The decision of who to play where largely affects this. We don't take a lot of threes but we NEED the threat of the three to survive on offense. How do we work this in if Cole, Long, and Wright are playing so much? Will it matter? Jimmy won 23 games 2 years ago without it. ImprovementWho takes the next step and increases our upside? FG%It needs to go up. Pretty good post KK-- and it sums up most of our question marks,very accurately
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 9:29:32 GMT -5
Pretty good post KK-- and it sums up most of our question marks,very accurately I do the best with what Ryan Oliver gave me.
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Post by MTS on Jul 11, 2014 20:10:28 GMT -5
We shot only .419 as a team last year that has to improve. We need to be at .450 at least. I don't care how well you rebound offensively that is not going to win the league. Opponents shot .414 against us that is very good hopefully we can keep it at that number. The team shot .720 from the foul line...would like to see it get to 75% but 72% is solid. The biggest problem is we shot 903 free throws to our opponents 1070 attempts. I know Jimmy's style fouls a lot but I'm hoping more experience/depth and smarter play will level those numbers.
Siena shot .328 from three and gave up .330 from beyond the arc. Fran's teams did not shoot the three ball that well either but it would be nice to shoot around 35%. Rebounding we did well in 2013-14 - besting opponents by 2.7 more per game - that could be better with more muscle on the younger players (of course if we shoot better it may negate it with less offensive rebounds).
The team's assist to turnover numbers from 514 to 523. You need a positive ratio to win the regular season title and to cut the nets down. We need guys like Poole, Cole and White to step up in this area.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 20:16:01 GMT -5
We shot only .419 as a team last year that has to improve. We need to be at .450 at least. I don't care how well you rebound offensively that is not going to win the league. Opponents shot .414 against us that is very good hopefully we can keep it at that number. The team shot .720 from the foul line...would like to see it get to 75% but 72% is solid. Siena shot .328 from three and gave up .330 from beyond the arc. Fran's teams did not shoot the three ball that well either but it would be nice to shoot around 35%. Rebounding we did well in 2013-14 - besting opponents by 2.7 more per game - that could be better with more muscle on the younger players (of course if we shoot better it may negate it with less offensive rebounds). The team's assist to turnover numbers from 514 to 523. You need a positive ratio to win the regular season title and to cut the nets down. We need guys like Poole, Cole and White to step up in this area. Last year we were due for a huge jump in FT% since we didn't have Anosike taking 1/3 of the attempts. If Brandwijk is good enough defensively to take minutes away from Silas and JO, then we could lead the league.
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