SDSU Game

[jdlr33]

I thought they did just about everything they could to win that game. In the end, we lack a dynamic great scorer on offense. I guess you can fault the recruiting, if anything, but I loved the play of the guys we have. They did not allow dribble penetration for once. I hope that is the new norm for the rest of this season and moving into next. Kind of concerned about next year though for two reasons:

1. As good as a front line of Juice, Ntambwe, and Diong sounds, do we lose lateral quickness on defense and fall back into pattern of allowing other team to run layup lines on us?

2. A GAPING hole at the 2. Hamilton? Woodberry? Is there someone coming in next year?

 

[j. spilotro]

I thought they did just about everything they could to win that game. In the end, we lack a dynamic great scorer on offense. I guess you can fault the recruiting, if anything, but I loved the play of the guys we have. They did not allow dribble penetration for once. I hope that is the new norm for the rest of this season and moving into next. Kind of concerned about next year though for two reasons:

1. As good as a front line of Juice, Ntambwe, and Diong sounds, do we lose lateral quickness on defense and fall back into pattern of allowing other team to run layup lines on us?

2. A GAPING hole at the 2. Hamilton? Woodberry? Is there someone coming in next year?

I thought both teams did everything they could to lose the game, UNLV was just a tiny bit better at it. Missed free throws, turnovers out of timeouts, poor shooting by both teams. The last couple of minutes was the team that makes more mistakes loses, not the team that makes a big play wins.

They did fight hard though, both teams battled.

 

[Rebel1986]

This game was a continuation of a pattern we have seen all season. UNLV comes out cold, lucky for them SDSU did also, digs a hole, and then spends most of the game trying to dig out of that hole. Menzies may have made corrections at half time that made the game very competitive, but he has never had the team ready at the start of the game, and UNLV lost again. UNLV is 0-5 verse the top 5 teams in the conference. byu is the only decent (not good) team they have beat all season long.

Notable wins:
byu is ranked 81st and that is the highest ranked team UNLV has beat
next highest is Hawaii #197
next New Mexico #200

Notable bad loses:
Air Force #213
Valparaiso #198
Indiana St. #182
Blowout lost to Bucknell #136

This shows me that UNLV plays like a team that should be ranked around #200 in the country. In no universe do I consider that even decent. That level of play shows nothing to build on!

 

[j. spilotro]

This game was a continuation of a pattern we have seen all season. UNLV comes out cold, lucky for them SDSU did also, digs a hole, and then spends most of the game trying to dig out of that hole. Menzies may have made corrections at half time that made the game very competitive, but he has never had the team ready at the start of the game, and UNLV lost again. UNLV is 0-5 verse the top 5 teams in the conference. byu is the only decent (not good) team they have beat all season long.

Notable wins:
byu is ranked 81st and that is the highest ranked team UNLV has beat
next highest is Hawaii #197
next New Mexico #200

Notable bad loses:
Air Force #213
Valparaiso #198
Indiana St. #182
Blowout lost to Bucknell #136

This shows me that UNLV plays like a team that should be ranked around #200 in the country. In no universe do I consider that even decent. That level of play shows nothing to build on!

It’s an ugly picture.

 

[Rebel1986]

For those who believe there has been improvement:
In 2016 (last year under coach Rice)

Notable wins:
#6 Oregon
#18 Indiana
#103 Nevada
#108 Boise State

Notable bad loses:
#213 Air Force
#183 Wyoming
#140 New Mexcio
#138 Colorado State

UNLV played a much better schedule, the MWC was much better, and Rice was shown the door.

Please tell me how Menzies has done anything to improve the program?

 

[j. spilotro]

For those who believe there has been improvement:
In 2016 (last year under coach Rice)

Notable wins:
#6 Oregon
#18 Indiana
#103 Nevada
#108 Boise State

Notable bad loses:
#213 Air Force
#183 Wyoming
#140 New Mexcio
#138 Colorado State

UNLV played a much better schedule, the MWC was much better, and Rice was shown the door.

Please tell me how Menzies has done anything to improve the program?

He’s improved the program by single handedly defeating the parking and gridlock issue along with concourse congestion.

Thumbs up for that.

 

[Rebel1986]

For those who say he needs more time, please explain why he has fallen so far from 2018 with many of the same players and a harder schedule?

Notable wins:
#24 Nevada
#45 Utah
#48 SDSU
#89 Northern Colorado

Notable bad loses:
#137 Utah St.
#137 Utah St. (second game)
#125 Northern Iowa
#93 New Mexico

In 2016 UNLV played 9 games against teams in the top 100
In 2017 UNLV played 13 games against teams in the top 100
In 2018 UNLV played 14 games against teams in the top 100
In 2019 UNLV played 7 games against teams in the top 100

UNLV has a combination of a weaker MWC and a weaker overall schedule, and still fell of a cliff!

 

[Rebel1986]

I think we will quickly find out if the AD is at UNLV to do a job, or if she is another TKM, based on what happens as soon as the season ends. J Spilotro I didn't even look at the fact that UNLV is 4-11 verse teams in the top 200, and that almost all of their wins came at home against cupcakes.

 

[j. spilotro]

I think we will quickly find out if the AD is at UNLV to do a job, or if she is another TKM, based on what happens as soon as the season ends. J Spilotro I didn't even look at the fact that UNLV is 4-11 verse teams in the top 200, and that almost all of their wins came at home against cupcakes.

That’s because everywhere you look, for the last couple of years, it’s being spun out of control.