Exactly it was very obvious yesterday how much he was struggling . He’s so valuable we have to have him for what time we can
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I am not a Dr so I am not going to pretend I know if he can fully heal playing each game or not. But it sucks because we may never get to see 100% Beeks again. I have to imagine he will be 100% for NBA workouts etc and 100% Beeks will get a 1st round draft grade.
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Agreed. It’s why I wish we would have sat him for all those Dec games.
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Good question, I calculated it manually. I tried to find teams similar in record, KenPom, and SOS. Seems more like each team has “quarters” they struggle in more than others, but it isn’t always the last quarter.
Arkansas, 12-3, KenPom 11, SOS 63
+7, +27, +97, +55
Auburn, 12-3, KenPom 20, SOS 36
+43, +4, +74, +22
And just for reference, through 3 “quarters” we are +144 through 14 games, average of +10.3 going into the last 10 minutes. Both Arkansas and Auburn are +131 through 3 “quarters” through 15 games for an average of +8.7.
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I agree 100%. We need to be our best in March, not December
I want what’s best for him but PLEASE STAY!
unfortunate no reporters thought to ask our head coach the injury status of our best player
Where do you guys think we’ll be ranked tomorrow?
No idea what those around us did but I’ll say 16-18
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I was gonna say 17
12, 13, 14, 15 (x2), 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 lost bw teams ranked 12 and 22. Maybe we drop a spot or two. Not much.
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I haven’t seen it mentioned here, but Cavs Corner tweeted Reece came out for warmups with a wrap and splint on his hand. He eventually came out later with just tape on his fingers, but sounds like he may have been dealing with a new injury yesterday.
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You hear that NBA execs? Chronic 2023 injury issue. Only cure is another year in college.
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I can tell you this … if Beekman can get to 90+% healthy we could be elite again. A guard who can drive and elevate … and shoot 50% from 3. Combined with an obviously emerging IMAC would put us at another level. Dunn’s game has suffered with the injury to Reece because now the opposing defence can focus more attention on shuting down his athleticism.
Get a 90% Reece and we are golden …
Dunn’s game also has suffered because defenses can focus on watching him sit on the bench.
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His time will come. He needs to be a bigger threat offensively and he will be fine. There will also be several games he should see a lot of time. Just according to the matchups
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Yep, Dunn’s jumper is not there yet. Looked very inconsistent form-wise in warm ups. About the same as Bond’s shot to my eye. Both have some serious hops and athleticism which we need so badly.
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Dunn is a situational piece currently. But I think having him having played a few hundred minutes by March will be useful in tournament situations. It would be great if he got to the point where staff was comfortable using him for high stakes defensive possessions.
Also, I assume Dunn didn’t play against cuse because we want as many shooters as possible. And for a lot of the game, the defense was working fine.
He has played double digit minutes in 5 of the last 8 games
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Yea, we definitely need them and in each case I believe their offense will improve a lot. I haven’t seen him lately but Bond’s offense improve over the last year