Game thread....

[Nukem2]

The Nova PG, Arcidiacano had 20 points, 11 assists and had ZERO turnovers in 39 minutes of play. Great D job by Derrick Wilson, huh?. At least Dawson can hit the outside shot and keep Nova honest on "D".

Yep. Was at the game and Nova's guards went by Derrick and Jake at will Both had trouble getting past ball screens and were simply a step late. Jake Thomas contributed zip today in 29 minutes. At least play Dawson at the 2. Very puzzling and frustrating. The Thomas/Wilson combo simply just not give MU a chance to win against good teams.

[kneelb4zerg]

The Nova PG, Arcidiacano had 20 points, 11 assists and had ZERO turnovers in 39 minutes of play. Great D job by Derrick Wilson, huh?. At least Dawson get hit the outside shot and keep Nova honest on "D".

Our offense today was outstanding. Do you really think Dawson would have been the stopper we needed on Aricijs whatever his name?
We lost bc we gave up too many second chance points and couldn't stop the pick and roll especially in OT- not surprising bc our best team defender on switches had fouled out.
Bottom line Nova is just better. Playing Dawson more wouldn't have solved our problems today in my opinion.

[kneelb4zerg]

Dawson was torched in the first half.

Yes thank you.

[RJax55]

Dawson is more fluid offensively than DWill. When DWill has the ball and penetrates, he is far too mechanical and slow reacting. Dawson moves the ball better. After Monday Night, I thought he earned more playtime.

D. Wilson dribbles without a purpose. Its one of the worst things an offensive player can do. It creates floor-spacing issues and leads to the ball sticking to one-side of the floor.

The majority of his drives serve no purpose. Because he's non-shooter, he can't beat his man off the dribble. So, he rarely forces help. Instead, he has to pick-up his dribble or back it out.

[kneelb4zerg]

D. Wilson dribbles without a purpose. Its one of the worst things an offensive player can do. It creates floor-spacing issues and leads to the ball sticking to one-side of the floor.

The majority of his drives serve no purpose. Because he's non-shooter, he can't beat his man off the dribble. So, he rarely forces help. Instead, he has to pick-up his dribble or back it out.

That's great. But our offense was outstanding today. All year we've been complaining about him because our offense sucks. Now we show signs on offense and he sucks on defense. Playing against really good teams and players can make lots of players look bad. Nova is just better this year across the board.

[MUMac]

Our offense today was outstanding. Do you really think Dawson would have been the stopper we needed on Aricijs whatever his name?
We lost bc we gave up too many second chance points and couldn't stop the pick and roll especially in OT- not surprising bc our best team defender on switches had fouled out.
Bottom line Nova is just better. Playing Dawson more wouldn't have solved our problems today in my opinion.

Dawson has shown me a better ability to feed the post. The announcers commented on how when DWill penetrated, his man would play the pass - that is all he has. He is too mechanical and slow with the ball. There is less movement when he is in the game. I do not believe DWill did much to enhance the offense today. I think Dawson could have fed the post better (where MU was killing Nova) and might have made a difference.

Would Dawson have solved our problems? Who knows. In extended play Monday he did. He did not get much of a run today to see if he could. DWill's d was bad all day as well. He did nothing to stop the Nova guards from dominating and killing MU. If he can't do it on d, then he does not add much value to the team, IMHO. And I have not been one to attack DWill in the past. I just wanted to see more of Dawson, specifically in the 2nd half.

[kneelb4zerg]

Dawson has shown me a better ability to feed the post. The announcers commented on how when DWill penetrated, his man would play the pass - that is all he has. I do not believe DWill did much to enhance the offense today.

Would Dawson have solved our problems? Who knows. In extended play Monday he did. He did not get much of a run today to see if he could. DWill's d was bad all day as well. He did nothing to stop the Nova guards from dominating and killing MU. If he can't do it on d, then he does not add much value to the team, IMHO. And I have not been one to attack DWill in the past. I just wanted to see more of Dawson, specifically in the 2nd half.

It's team defense. The rotations are slow. Not all his fault just bc he's the guy matched up positionally. All our guys were a step slow on d. That's a credit to nova and it's also been a problem for us all year when we face teams with good perimeter players z

[ge1974]

Dawson was torched in the first half.

Derrick Wilson was torched in both the first and second halfs.

[kneelb4zerg]

Derrick Wilson was torched in both the first and second halfs.

Fine but the entire team was torched not just Derrick. And even when they missed we couldn't get the rebound. Derricks fault also, or can we spread the blame around to someone else instead of constantly ripping on this guy?

[Markedman]

None of our perimeter guys could defend them off the dribble. Dawson against a zone is much different then against the man we saw today. Nova went at him time after time in the first half and scored eveytime. Unfortunately Derrick wasn't any more effective.

Amazing the game was as close as it was....I never for a second thought we would win.