CrimsonBlood
Freshman
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Age: 33
Reg: 03-15-18
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12-22-22 10:33 PM - Post#348448
In response to whitakk
Harvard played tough. Remarkably, they had a chance to win despite not playing our best.
A few learnings from this game:
-The team is tough and won’t back down. Typical Amaker-coached team. Look, this team is nowhere near as talented as some squads from previous years, but they went into the defending National champions home court and had a single digit game down the stretch. They will compete with any Ivy team all year.
-Free throws continue to be a problem. 5/14 from the charity stripe is not going to cut it. Ajogbor in particular… 0/5. I mean, come on. Some of his attempts were laughably bad. He is a good athlete but becomes a liability if he can’t put up a half decent free throw and make at least 50%.
-Ledlum forced it tonight. He’s our best player, but seemed to be pressing. Maybe to show off to scouts, not sure. But he played too much 1 v 1 basketball. That works in the Ivy League, but not against a team like Kansas. 6-18 on the night with 5 turnovers.
-Guard play continues to be erratic. 15 team turnovers vs 12 assists is not good. Silverstein and Sakota in particular seemed uncomfortable out there. Silverstein will often drive to the paint, pick up his dribble, and then force a turnover. Sakota just doesn’t seem that comfortable off the dribble at all.
-on the other hand, I liked what I saw from Nelson. 4-7 from the field, only one turnover to 4 assists. In my opinion, he needs to be given more responsibility of this offense because he showed a spark against elite competition.
-Finally, I was surprised at how little Okpara played. I would’ve rather seen him get more minutes than Ajogbor, given the Ajogbor’s turnovers and inability to make a free throw. Ajogbor did play good defense with high energy- I’ll give him that.
It will be interesting to see how this team looks in Ivy play.
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