Post by elon78 on Nov 11, 2017 6:31:04 GMT -5
Was at the game last night and here are some observations:
1. Elon came out scared and rushed a lot of shots due to Duke's athleticism and size. That was surprising given our game last year and the experience we had coming back.
2. I agree with above that we show very little athleticism but we are comparing it to Duke with the No. 1 recruiting class.
3. Some good things did happen including Dimitri had a solid game as did Siebring. Sheldon and Karolis played well in spurts and the shooting of Fuller surprised me.
4. What was with Santa Ana? That was by far the worst game I have seen him play. As our only 3 star recruit I expected a lot more out of him at the beginning of his Junior year.
5. I think early on we are going to miss Luke Eddy at point a lot more than we realize. He was one of our most aggressive drivers and assist guys.....Swoop is just not that. I hope he gets his shot working because he was definitely flustered last night. Again....it was Duke.....not UNCG or UNCW. He will improve.
6. Grayson Allen took his captains role seriously and came out on fire. He was the difference in Duke opening the big lead. I think he wanted to make a statement given his last game against Elon did not go so well. Duke has great talent but I do not think with this young a team they will win the ACC. We shall see.
LAST......while our performance was disheartening.......at least we wanted to see Elon compete with Duke and the fact that we didn't bothers all of us. We need to regroup and come out strong tonight....have a great tourney in Milwaukee (we should win all those games), and build confidence going into the CAA. Our whole season is still ahead of us and we will not see anything close to the talent Duke had in any opponent the rest of the season. We need to fix a lot coming out of this game. Learn from this but do not let it define our season. We can still have a special season. BTW.....we will finish in the top half of the CAA.
1. Elon came out scared and rushed a lot of shots due to Duke's athleticism and size. That was surprising given our game last year and the experience we had coming back.
2. I agree with above that we show very little athleticism but we are comparing it to Duke with the No. 1 recruiting class.
3. Some good things did happen including Dimitri had a solid game as did Siebring. Sheldon and Karolis played well in spurts and the shooting of Fuller surprised me.
4. What was with Santa Ana? That was by far the worst game I have seen him play. As our only 3 star recruit I expected a lot more out of him at the beginning of his Junior year.
5. I think early on we are going to miss Luke Eddy at point a lot more than we realize. He was one of our most aggressive drivers and assist guys.....Swoop is just not that. I hope he gets his shot working because he was definitely flustered last night. Again....it was Duke.....not UNCG or UNCW. He will improve.
6. Grayson Allen took his captains role seriously and came out on fire. He was the difference in Duke opening the big lead. I think he wanted to make a statement given his last game against Elon did not go so well. Duke has great talent but I do not think with this young a team they will win the ACC. We shall see.
LAST......while our performance was disheartening.......at least we wanted to see Elon compete with Duke and the fact that we didn't bothers all of us. We need to regroup and come out strong tonight....have a great tourney in Milwaukee (we should win all those games), and build confidence going into the CAA. Our whole season is still ahead of us and we will not see anything close to the talent Duke had in any opponent the rest of the season. We need to fix a lot coming out of this game. Learn from this but do not let it define our season. We can still have a special season. BTW.....we will finish in the top half of the CAA.