I’ll be the cynical jerk: be more confident is NOT good advice. It’s a good goal, but bad advice.
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TB is letting us know Reece!! has reasons to be more confident. Read between the lines shit
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Fair
This is exactly right. TB knows Reece is the key going forward. Must keep his confidence up. The good news is, despite the results, he’s hunted his drive and shot a lot more the past few games. He really really needs to master a floater. Yes I know
It’s a very hard shot but he can easily get in the lane or free on the baseline and elevate over his man.
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Game #7 vs. Lehigh - Data: Per 100 Possessions
Team - Offensive Rating 100.0 – Terrible
Defensive Rating 70.5 – Great
Net Rating: +29.5
Individuals:
Net Rating:
Shedrick +93
Clark: +56
Beekman +52
Caffaro: +46
Poindexter: +37
Franklin: +22
Milicic: +15
Gardner: +3
McCorkle: 0
Stattmann: -25
Murray: 3 min with Walk-ons
Offensive Rating:
Shedrick: 154
Clark: 133
Caffaro: 124
Poindexter: 115
Beekman: 112
Franklin: 101
Gardner: 76
Milicic 66
Stattmann: 62
McCorkle: No rating - 1 shot attempt
Murray: 3 min with Walk-ons
Defensive Rating:
Milicic: 51
Beekman: 60
Shedrick: 61
Gardner: 73
McCorkle: 76
Clark: 77
Caffaro: 78
Poindexter: 78
Franklin: 79
Stattmann: 87
Murray: 3 min with Walk-ons
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I mean Luke Maye went from walk-on to All-American at Carolina, so stranger things happen…
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For clarification prirposes, Carson’s O rating was actually 0, meaning his net rating was -76
Torvik has adjusted game O ratings and D ratings for the team.
For last night
Adjusted O rating 94.3 (the 331st ranked offense in the country has this rating)
Adjusted D rating 80.8 (VCU’s defense is #1 at 85.2)
I like the sentiment but confidence isn’t going to put the muscle on Reece he somehow didn’t add in the offseason. His issues at the rim seen to be mostly about that imo. Maybe not last night but on the year overall.
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I thought his post-game press conference last night had a lot of basketball philosophy nuggets. Much more than just a post-game analysis.
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That sounds about right. Our scoring in the second half was good but not amazing, and our scoring in the first half was comically bad.
Well, self-awareness is the first step towards enlightenment. 
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Oh yeah, I watched a ton of his high school highlights and full games where I could find them. That’s why I said he has some bounce, but maybe I didn’t word that as well as I could have. The thing is, to me that’s high school bounce. He can dunk it, but he’s (probably) not strong or bouncy enough to do it through a crowded lane at this level. Kyle Guy was in dunk contests in high school, and he almost never dunked in college. Carson wasn’t at that level in high school, so I’m not expecting a ton of it at this level. But you never know.
Outlast your doubt is some deep shit. I tell young dudes, who think they have it all figured out, all the time “The smart people who came before you didnt all the sudden become dumb”
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I didn’t follow Malachi, who was recruiting him in HS or where he was ranked. Sounds like when he walked on, he was comparable to Kihei before Kihei blew up at Peach Jam.
He was not ranked. He had a D-I scholarship offer from Manhattan. Other than that I think he had been recruited by Maryland Eastern Shore and Howard but not sure he had offers to either.
Not really similar to Kihei who was picking up P-5 interest after the Peach Jam and was choosing a program with the expectation of minutes somewhere down the line.
Right, he picked up P5 after Peach Jam, but I meant before. When he was committed to UC-Davis.
I know as power conference fans we typically lump every non-power conference team together but UC Davis was a pretty good program when Kihei was in high school. While Manhattan has sucked recently. It’s like the difference between a kid being recruited to VCU and a kid being recruited to Maine.
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Oh yeah, I read that wrong. I mean still not really. Kihei played for a legit AAU team that sends players to P-5 and the League.
Malachi was a guy that played for an AAU team where he’s the only guy in its history to play for a P-5 team.
Either way, awesome story for Malachi to see real minutes. I don’t know the guy, but pretty sure he didn’t expect anything outside of mop up duty when he signed.
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