Kansas St. 69, Texas Tech 47 | Post Game Thoughts

1. KWag got speed and can handle the ball and score too.
2. Lew is like lamar odom of dallas mavs.
3. Nurse and Nash is not going to be here next year.
4. WE NEED A DAMN PLAYER THAT CAN SCORE AND HE CAN HELP OUT TOLBERT. One player can’t do it all. It’s like oralando magic without dwight howard they can’t even win a game.
5.Wills have to step his game up.
6. We need a true PG and a good 3pt shooter. for example look at the 08 Magic team. they had Rashard Lewis, hedo turkoglu, jameer nelson all of whom are good 3pt shooters. when they double dwight howard, he kicks it out to one of those 3pt shooters and they knock it down. For us it’s like we have dwight howard (jordan tolbert) and no shooters that he can pass to. if we have some shooters we can be extremely good.

I’ve been thinking he should get more of an opportunity (EVERYONE on this team should get an opportunity) and he made good use of his. Like his quickness. Nice to see someone who has played so little take it right at the defense on the first possession. Thought he had a nice game early, but started forcing things late. Got sloppy with the ball, but also found people. Needs to finish better on drives. But I would be happy to see him get more court time.

Tolbert – Hopefully he’s back to form. If he can play like this when the supporting cast is a bit thin, he will be something to see as the team improves.

Willis – I think BCG likes him for his defense and ball pressure. Although if you can argue that Adams is too much of a defensive liability to play a lot, I could argue that Willis was too much of an offensive liability to play a lot last night.

Lew – I’m guessing he gets rewarded for having a good attitude and maturity (and he may benefit when the younger guys are punished for lacking those qualities). BCG may also be harder on the guys who have potential and will be back next year. Still, it seems like production has to be a factor in determining playing time.

Nash – When coaches and analysts talk about a player’s ability to get to the line, it’s supposed to be a good thing.

I feel BCG is being completely honest when he says he has no idea what he will get out of any player in a particular game. That, along with possible discipline issues, may explain why the playing time of some players fluctuates wildly.

To explain why this team doesn’t have a regular starting line-up, I think Coach BG has grown to understand that it’s going to be a rough season for Tech regardless of who plays this season so his logic is probably to use different players for each game, and provide everyone a good balance of minutes played by the end of the season. That way everyone on the roster has experience of Big 12 action, and will have a better feel of what to expect next season. As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect…and I do believe BG is treating this season as “practice”.

This season is more of an experiment for Men’s Basketball just to see the strengths and weaknesses of each of the players (especially the Freshmen) and let them shine and fall where they may.

Next season should be more balanced and I would expect the starting line-up then to be: Wagner, Crockett, Tolbert, Gotcher, and whoever else shows that they can play well for each game. Adams I think will grow to be the team’s 3-pt specialist over time, and will probably be used in certain circumstances.

I really don’t know what to think of Nurse really. It’s almost like the guy plays well during non-conference play but when it comes to Big 12 play he is just completely useless and careless with the basketball turning it over way too many times. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he is used as a bench back-up next season.