Washington - NIU - Tues 7PM

ChillyDawg · November 2021

UW 64 NIU 71 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401364992

So much for the cup cake OOC schedule. Poor shooting all the way around doomed the UW in this game:

UW FG 20-75 (26%)
UW 3FG 3-18 (16%)
UW FT 21-36 (58%)

In comparison NIU shot:

NIU FG 21-48 (43%)
NIU 3FG 12-23 (52%)
NIU FT 17-25 (68%)

UW outrebounded NIU 51-37 while they also had 12 steals, 12 turnovers, 6 blocks but only 4 assists total as a team.

I wonder how much time does Mike Hopkins spend on ft shooting in practices? Also, can Mike Hopkins identify good shooters (FG/FT/3FG) when recruiting players and/or develop them into shooters? Bey, Bajema and Roberts look pretty much the same the players- how well does Mike Hopkins develop players that stay 3-4 years in the program? Is Riley Sorn, who was on the bench in street clothes, injured? His size in the paint would have helped out a lot against a smallish NIU team.

The UW's next opponent, Northern Arizona, lost 81-52 to Arizona tonight. The UW should beat NAU on Thursday but I thought the same concerning tonight's opponent.

theknowledge · November 2021

Edwin_Bambino said:
Well, uh if UW shoots like this all year it’s going to be a long season, and Hopkins last. NIU isn’t good, if UW just shoots decently they win this game comfortably.

Roberts monster game, if only he was average offensively.

Thought Terrell Brown looked like a player.

Davis, Matthew’s, and Bey all had absolute stinkers. Bajema was invisible.

Offensive in the half court looked stagnant. Press looked good, that’s about it. If I’m trying to be an optimist hopefully this cold shooting night was an aberration and the team gels with more experience together. Most likely it’s going to be a long season but the investigation into if this team sucks will continue for a few more games. So far all signs point to yes.

Also NIU with dagger three pointers anytime they really needed to stop the momentum. Brutal.

This is spot on. Average shooting, 40% on 2’s, 30% on 3’s and 65% from the line and UW wins by six or seven. Half court defense lacked rotation which led to a slew of open 3’s for NIU and they buried them at over 50%. Outside of better rebounding and a decent press this looks like the last two versions of UW. Can’t shoot, can’t shoot, poor half court defense, can’t shoot.

HireBRoy · November 2021

27 more shots and 11 more free throws...

Edwin_Bambino · November 2021

ChillyDawg said:
UW 64 NIU 71 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401364992

So much for the cup cake OOC schedule. Poor shooting all the way around doomed the UW in this game:

UW FG 20-75 (26%)
UW 3FG 3-18 (16%)
UW FT 21-36 (58%)
In comparison NIU shot:
NIU FG 21-48 (43%)
NIU 3FG 12-23 (52%)
NIU FT 17-25 (68%)
UW outrebounded NIU 51-37 while they also had 12 steals, 12 turnovers, 6 blocks but only 4 assists total as a team.

I wonder how much time does Mike Hopkins spend on ft shooting in practices? Also, can Mike Hopkins identify good shooters (FG/FT/3FG) when recruiting players and/or develop them into shooters? Bey, Bajema and Roberts look pretty much the same the players- how well does Mike Hopkins develop players that stay 3-4 years in the program? Is Riley Sorn, who was on the bench in street clothes, injured? His size in the paint would have helped out a lot against a smallish NIU team.

The UW's next opponent, Northern Arizona, lost 81-52 to Arizona tonight. The UW should beat NAU on Thursday but I thought the same concerning tonight's opponent.

I think the glass half full view would be that Daejon Davis, Emmitt Matthews, and Bey all performed much worse than their average game body of work throughout the course of their careers and from when I have seen them play, so hopefully it was just a few off nights.

The Hopkins abused side of my mind immediately thinks he just made them all shitter by having them play whatever offensive system this is supposed to be.

ChillyDawg · November 2021

Edwin_Bambino said:

ChillyDawg said:
UW 64 NIU 71 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401364992

So much for the cup cake OOC schedule. Poor shooting all the way around doomed the UW in this game:

UW FG 20-75 (26%)
UW 3FG 3-18 (16%)
UW FT 21-36 (58%)
In comparison NIU shot:
NIU FG 21-48 (43%)
NIU 3FG 12-23 (52%)
NIU FT 17-25 (68%)
UW outrebounded NIU 51-37 while they also had 12 steals, 12 turnovers, 6 blocks but only 4 assists total as a team.

I wonder how much time does Mike Hopkins spend on ft shooting in practices? Also, can Mike Hopkins identify good shooters (FG/FT/3FG) when recruiting players and/or develop them into shooters? Bey, Bajema and Roberts look pretty much the same the players- how well does Mike Hopkins develop players that stay 3-4 years in the program? Is Riley Sorn, who was on the bench in street clothes, injured? His size in the paint would have helped out a lot against a smallish NIU team.

The UW's next opponent, Northern Arizona, lost 81-52 to Arizona tonight. The UW should beat NAU on Thursday but I thought the same concerning tonight's opponent.
I think the glass half full view would be that Daejon Davis, Emmitt Matthews, and Bey all performed much worse than their average game body of work throughout the course of their careers and from when I have seen them play, so hopefully it was just a few off nights.

The Hopkins abused side of my mind immediately thinks he just made them all shitter buy having them play whatever offensive system this is supposed to be.

This is Hopkins 5th season at Montlake and we still don't know what type of offensive system he is running. To me it seems like just give the ball to the best player and everyone else get out of the way. He did mix it up on defense with more man to man and full court pressing but that 2-3 zone defense needs to be limited as it gives up a lot of wide open 3s and is hard to defensive rebound out of when played consistently.

Emmitt was a high energy role player at West Virginia. Daejon never led Stanford to March Madness in 4 seasons. Brown has bounced around a lot as a player- he was a high scorer at Seattle U but more of a role player at Arizona last season.

Mike Hopkins hasn't shown the ability to coach players up...time will tell.