Butler, Tue., Jan. 2, 8:30p, FS-1

Larry Wright said:
He is exciting, but to be fair has to be reigned in. Can’t kill Jenkins and then overlook Luis jacking up shots.
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Why does Jenkins shoot jumpers though? He was 1-5 tonight from 3 with an airball and the one he made was a terrible off balance shot. He’s 24% on the year and 3 for his last 28 taking out the Sacred Heart game.

Take it to the basket, Daniss! Literally everyone else is a better jump shooter besides Zuby. Soriano is 78%, Ledlum is 36%, Taylor is 43%, Alleyne is 38%, Wilcher is 33%…even Traore is 45%. Why does Jenkins have 20+ more three pt attempts than everyone but Dingle?

Luis is 4 games into his soph season. Jenkins is a 5th year senior.
 
sjc88 said:
I think Paultz hit the nail on the head. Dingle has been an “enigma”.

He might be the key to the whole season. Kid was the 2nd leading scorer in ALL of College Basketball. Sure the speed of the game is much different the higher the level. BUT, right now I just don’t see him playing with a scorers mentality. We can’t let him get “lost”. Need to turn him around pronto. I know he’s a really smart, intelligent kid. We need to get him going. I don’t think we’ve seen his best yet.
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He needs to come off the bench now. Dingle and Jenkins can’t coexist and Jenkins plays better defense.

Let him play 15 minutes when Jenkins sits for instant offense.
 
espken said:
This team has mastered the ability of leaving the crowd wanting more.
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Great win.

Ledlum and Alleyne seem to be finding their "roles" and they can play those roles at a high, high level.

We are going to have to live with the good and bad from Jenkins. No doubt the staff sees what everyone else does. Let's keep hoping for more of the good than the bad.

Don't write-off Dingle. He hasn't been as advertised to say the least, but games like Utah were not a mirage. Struggling with his confidence, and I'm sure missing time this summer with the injury did not help. I have so much faith in Pitino though to "unlock" whatever he can from this group, and that includes Dingle.

Ditto for Wilcher -- oozes with talent. Everyone can see it. Figuring out how to play PG against grown men who can play at a high-level, not undisciplined HS kids. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a "Wilcher game" like we just saw a "Dunlap game".

RJ looks the part of our best wing/guard player and is a big time talent. He's trying to find his game right now and forcing things some on the offensive end, but you can see by Pitino's response he is trying to reign that stuff in, especially with the planted post-game comment about RJ maximizing his passing ability.

No idea why Taylor -- one of my favorites so far -- didn't get more minutes tonight. Perhaps because of how well Dunlap played. I never doubt Pitino with this stuff, but anyone thinking Taylor is now forever-glued to the bench is off base IMO.

Most coaches seem to play lip-service to the "whoever performs in practice will get in the rotation" stuff. But Pitino seems to be driving that point home to try and motivate these games to get better as a whole and make practices as competitive as possible.
 
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