Topic: Biggest difference from last year to this year in Basketball

[saherdfan]

1.  Length
2.  Offensive Rebounding
3.  We have a Defense.
5.  We hit the 3 we can be a really good team.

[herdorbust2]

1.  Length
2.  Offensive Rebounding
3.  We have a Defense.
5.  We hit the 3 we can be a really good team.

We could see this team was going to completely turn it around during the summer. The atletic length of this team with the 3 freshman is the difference. And Cam doesn't get the credit he deserves. He is such a hard nosed player and hits some big 3s at clutch times. Fun times for sure.

[coalherd]

No doubt on Curfman.  If he hits close to the 3-point percentage for the HERD that he shot in his career at VMI (3 seasons) it just opens up some many other scoring opportunities for the other 4 guys on the floor.  And tonight showed clearly that we have a lot of OTHER firepower out on the court!!

[Scottyo614]

I said it last year and in the off-season, just on numbers we shot way below average last year. Only 2-3 players off the bench came close to their career averages but they didn't impact. As long as this team hits their career average and the freshmen play their role we should win 85% or more.

But that was fun to watch last night. The breaks, the extra pass, the D. Hope the Herd finds its way on cable ESPN more.

[Garbanjo]

We could see this team was going to completely turn it around during the summer. The atletic length of this team with the 3 freshman is the difference. And Cam doesn't get the credit he deserves. He is such a hard nosed player and hits some big 3s at clutch times. Fun times for sure.

Cam is taking better shots than he has at times during the season. Even the deep 3s are good shots if he's squared up and "feeling it".

Go Herd!

[Buffalo Bop]

Micah

Conners

Curfman

Fricks

Dan playing a shorter bench and allowing Kinsey to play his role.

[wlf]

Recruiting , maybe we're beginning to solve the problem.
Recruiting
Recruiting

[herdfifteen]

All of the above. The major difference to me is the defense, with our length it can be stifling.

[herdorbust2]

All of the above. The major difference to me is the defense, with our length it can be stifling.

Agree. The big difference is the 3 freshman move their feet and usually stay in front of their man. Beyers and Jannson always let their man by and tried to block it from the back. Also the 3 freshman being so long and athletic, close very fast out to the 3 point line. The Robert Morris coach said they thought they had an open 3 at times and it was shut down because of our length and speed inside out.

[elginherd]

Agree. The big difference is the 3 freshman move their feet and usually stay in front of their man. Beyers and Jannson always let their man by and tried to block it from the back. Also the 3 freshman being so long and athletic, close very fast out to the 3 point line. The Robert Morris coach said they thought they had an open 3 at times and it was shut down because of our length and speed inside out.

There's another element in the perimeter defense...the Herd is MUCH better than any other year in reading the moment to switch.

[herdfan48]

I said it last year and in the off-season, just on numbers we shot way below average last year. Only 2-3 players off the bench came close to their career averages but they didn't impact. As long as this team hits their career average and the freshmen play their role we should win 85% or more.

But that was fun to watch last night. The breaks, the extra pass, the D. Hope the Herd finds its way on cable ESPN more.

I told a buddy of mine the other night that I thought that MU was represented well by the team, fan base, student body, and university as a whole showing ESPN and the SBC that they deserve more actual TV games on one of the ESPN networks.


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[Herdiowa]

1.  Length
2.  Offensive Rebounding
3.  We have a Defense.
5.  We hit the 3 we can be a really good team.

6.  Attitude which reflects on 2 and 3

[wlf]

We have the same coaches , except swapped Rigot for Williams (and Rigot recruited Handlogden), same. It's the recruits, these freshmen are better ballplayers than we're used to period. You can't teach natural ability and competitiveness. We're racing with better horses. Seems we got lucky recruiting this time to me.

[herdinphilly]

I love watching Curfman shoot!n From any zip code!

[GreenWhite]

Kurman was deadly in the first half. He slowed down a little in the 2nd half. I credit some of that to ODU's defense. But he showed what he can do at the three-point line. I just think early in the year, he was trying to impress too much, and he pushed things. He is now letting the game come to him.

[herdorbust2]

Kurman was deadly in the first half. He slowed down a little in the 2nd half. I credit some of that to ODU's defense. But he showed what he can do at the three-point line. I just think early in the year, he was trying to impress too much, and he pushed things. He is now letting the game come to him.

I had told everyone how he could light it up before the season. The first couple games he struggled mainly because he was pressing and wanted to live up to the hype. I had people say he can't shoot and almost seemed to enjoy that a practice report was going to be so wrong. But we have seen him in practice just completely go off and he is a machine. I've seen him warming up from between the 3 point line and half court and he would nail 13-14 in a row different times. It's crazy watching him do that sometimes.