Official FSU Game Thread

kiwibacon wrote:
WOW! Sounds like a great game. Too bad we will never see highlights of it.

True Blue will show highlights wednesday and after you can watch them online whenever you want.



True Blue has quietly become my favorite show of the week.

While I've mentioned that I feel that Davies is soft and our biggest liability of the starters, you have to give him credit for his defense.



The one player that could have caused the Cougs trouble, Smith, the big 6-10 stud, was nonexistant and it's because Dave Rose told the bigs to double him and keep him out of the paint and the Cougs did just that, including Brandon.



He still doesn't rebound well, box out well or scare other teams inside, but he managed to defend and that means something.



For those that called Hartsock and Abouo "garbage" last year.... I'll just say, I told you so. Both juniors; both now coming of age. It was going to happen eventually, they're talented kids with the ability to score and be efficient and more than anything that's why I like them. They're efficient, they do a great job on defense, dont' pick up a ton of fouls, make their free throws, and can help you on offense when they get open shots.



I don't like how the Cougs came out this game and how they came out against BYUH - sometimes slow starts and early turnovers can put you in a catch up that requires more than 40 minutes to overcome (given that most games only last 40... well you see where I'm going) We know teams are going to press Jimmer to start and Dave Rose needs a strategy to start every game with a plan on what they want to do. Waiting to figure it out til the 15 minute mark will not win us every game.

Mars wrote:


Statistically (I'd love more input from those who actually SAW the game)...



Great Games:

Jimmer- 24 points, 8 assists

Hartsock- 21 points, 5 rebounds

Abouo- 13 points, 5 rebounds

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201011120068" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Poor Games: Everyone else (Anderson, CC, KC, Davies, Emery, Magnusson, Martineau, Rogers, Zylsta.



Maybe some worries for the long season ahead?

3-point shooting: 6-22 (.273)

Free Throws: 17-29 (.586)

Yes, worries for the long seasons ahead start and end (assuming no injuries to Jimmer, jax, charles or noah) with our posts. They are weak, very turnover prone and get outmuscled. Davies is just soft. Looks like a nice kid, but just soft. Anderson is still oafy. He got a couple questionable foul calls. but he looks all of the slow lumbering tall drink of water that he is.

Wrubel made a comment at game end that Noah had a better scoring gfame in part because of Jimmer's assists. THIS IS HUGE. If Jimmer continues to distribute this well, he will take on a Michael Jordan-esque (i said esque--nobody think I am saying hes that good) quality of making everybody else better and not forcing as much as he did last year--but always or pretty darn close, able to create points. He is in much more control than the sometimes out of control circus shots he would take last year. He will have those, but his game has matured for sure.

3 point shooting. Jax fired several that missed. Black-hole Steven chucked three 3's that missed, and CC chucked two, one way off as the shot clock was at 6 sec.

CC does at least play strong underneath. For awhile, CC, NH and Charles were 4, 5, and 3. That was one of the better big-man rotations.

Did i mention Jimmer's passing is improved? Wow he threw some that looked NBA-ish with some nice over-the-top feeds down low and some angles that were tricky. Jimmer had 26 (or 24) eight assists and 3 reboiunds in 31 minutes. Good stuff.

Mars wrote:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700081366/BYU-basketball-Cougars-clobber-Fresno-State-Steve-Cleveland.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=272&sid=13260168" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good rebounding numbers from our post guys:

Davies: 5 rebounds in 14 minutes

Collinsworth: 7 rebounds in 17 minutes

kitic77 wrote:

Not sure it's been mentioned but Danny ainge is at this game... Could he be looking for a draft choice next year?



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Yeah, he might be able to snag Jimmer in the late 1st round. But I'm not sure Boston needs a PG - they've got a halfway decent one.

i hope not, Jimmer wouldn't see playing time for forever. Rondo is a fantastic point guard, and i don't know if he could compete with Nate Robinson out of the gate.

I should mention that Hartsock looked very good. He played well around the basket and had a great touch to his outside shooting (even hit a three with the shot clock running low). Davies looks like he's put on a little weight, but still needs more.

Heard Abouo had a sick alley oop dunk, wish there was some damn video from this game.

kfilly20 wrote:
Heard Abouo had a sick alley oop dunk, wish there was some damn video from this game.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=272&sid=13260168



Mars found this link already. It's a pretty basic oops as they go, but for our below the rim expectations that was, relatively, about as good as Vince Carter jumping over people.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrPjl-927Q

Mars wrote:


Statistically (I'd love more input from those who actually SAW the game)...



Great Games:

Jimmer- 24 points, 8 assists

Hartsock- 21 points, 5 rebounds

Abouo- 13 points, 5 rebounds

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201011120068" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Poor Games: Everyone else (Anderson, CC, KC, Davies, Emery, Magnusson, Martineau, Rogers, Zylsta.



Maybe some worries for the long season ahead?

3-point shooting: 6-22 (.273)

Free Throws: 17-29 (.586)

First let me say I didn't, but wish I could have seen the game. Stupid Mtn.



Very glad to hear Noah chipped in 21 pts. I admit, I'm a bit surprised. Also super glad to hear Abouo not only grabbed 5 boards, but also chipped in with 13 pts. I'm sure his defensive effort contributed as well.



I think we need to keep in mind Jackson is coming off an injury, so may take him another week or so to get into the swing of things. If Jimmer can average 20 - 25 pts a game with Abouo, Jackson and Hartsock averaging 12 - 15 pts a game we'll be in pretty good shape. When was the last time we had a big averaging more than 10 pts a game? Been a few years and an inside threat would do us wonders. If Noah can step it up on offense, I'm fine with lackluster offensive play by Davies as long as Davies holds it on defense.



3 point shooting ought to pick up. I'm a bit concerned about free-throw shooting. Maybe it's just me, but that's something that should remain fairly consistent year to year and I would expect players to work on during the off season.



The slow start bothers me a bit too, but I'm not entirely surprised. I'm sure our guys kind of came in thinking they could flip it on when they needed, which it looks like they did. Against better teams, that could kill us. USU will come out of the gates next week and we need to be ready.



Read a story on ESPN that USU has the highest chances of going undefeated this season. We're one of if not the toughest team on their schedule, so USU will come out and play hard.