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SL Xpress last won the day on August 7 2021
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It's more misguided with Herman since the guy was a pos. I do reminisce about the glory days under Shaka Smart. No way he loses to Duke in that game. Never should have strongly encouraged him to take that job at Marquette and saved us the hassle of firing of him. I'm glad Miller is the head coach now. I don't know how he ends up doing, but I have hope for the program again.
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I think game threads in general bring out the toxicity. I like what I saw. I didn't know what to expect, but whatever it was, this team exceeded it. Now we have a good baseline. I knew there were going to be parts missing from this roster. I had doubts whether we had enough shooters. I had doubts about how much playmaking is on this team. I had doubts about how good we'd play defensively. And all those are question marks. But I do feel like we have the semblance of a legitimate tournament level frontcourt. I believe we have a legitimate stud for a swingman in Swain. And our backcourt has some length and effort. I wish we had more of true point guard, but as a friend of mine pointed out to me, "is that even a thing any more? Florida won the national championship last year with a game runner. Duke doesn't really have a true point guard this year." I just replied I'm old and I want what I want. There probably isn't a team on the schedule with as much length in the backcourt as Duke. We couldn't run transition because the guards had to help rebound defensively. I'm interested to see how the team evolves this year. It's about Miller creating an identity for this team, and establishing what he wants potential incoming players to see so he can upgrade the roster. This was the opening salvo, and as should be expected, mixed results were achieved. A little irritated by the coverage. I expected this on some level, but the fellating of Duke and Boozer exceeded my expectations. By a lot.
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Oh man. Thanks for the correction. Yeah, I need to get that right. Like I said, I'm amazing at getting names wrong. So I nail Vokietaitis and Traore, but screw up Swain. That's on me for sure. I was over here double and triple checking, too, lol.
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Whose name did I misspell? I honestly get names wrong all the time in embarrassing ways, but I don't think I did there, and neither one of those names are super easy.
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Nice high low from Vokietaitis to Traore. Traore is just rusty out there. Couldn't finish. Swaim directing traffic. I really really like this kid.
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I'm looking at the box score and he's got 16 shots, with the next closest Pope at 9. I guess I want him to shoot every shot. I hope I don't think that, but I would like to see him touch the ball more regularly on every possession.
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This doesn't feel like sharing. This feels like Swaim passing the ball out and never seeing it come back in. It's the first game. Not really complaining. He's just really good and he needs the opportunity to be a difference maker. Especially when this roster lacks them.
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With Smart and Terry 9 of the last 10 years it feels like a luxury. Penders' teams gave off the same vibe, too. It's nice to have a real coach in charge, regardless of what ends up transpiring. Other than being arrested for domestic violence. Almost regardless.
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It's like we're freezing Swaim out. He gives up the ball and it never goes back to him. His teammates aren't even looking for him. Of course, Pope hit a couple of nice 3s, so I'm happy about that. But we need to make sure we're giving the ball to our best player consistently.
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More Swaim, please.
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If I was sent to prison and my cellmate sodomized me, knowing it was probably going to happen wouldn't make it feel any better.
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Another phantom foul call in favor of Duke with no replay.
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I find myself thinking Swaim needs to be touching the ball every possession. At some point this season he's going to take over this team. He's clearly a much better player than anyone else.
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That was highly entertaining. Bad pass, but thank you.
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They're going to talk more about Kansas tonight than they do about Texas.
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