Xavier, Wed., Dec. 20, 7p, FS1

hardytime said:
I paid extra attention to Jenkins tonight since Marillac has been posting about his play so much. There is still room for growth with him looking to set up Dingle, in particular, when he's in the game. Twice in three first half trips Jenkins came off a Soriano pick into the key/foul line area, drew a defender and had Dingle open for a wide open 3. That's exactly the scenario we want Dingle shooting. No doubt the staff sees this, of course, and probably addresses it during practice and film sessions.

All that said, I do think Jenkins is "reigning it in" a bit more compared to prior games. He took less shots than Soriano, Ledlum, Dingle, and Alleyne tonight. He had 5 assists to 2 turnovers. As fans I think we are going to have to live with the one or two crazy inexplicable passes a game, which is fine, just like we will have to live with one or two crazy, inexplicable shots. But as long as he minimizes that it's all good.

The boys clearly were well prepared for X and digested the scouting report, it seemed. Early, for example, Ledlum was playing way off the young Euro kid that X starts at the 4. He made 1 three but otherwise was 1 for 7. The kid is shooting below 30% from three point range and we were going to let him bomb away until he gave us a reason to adjust.
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Love this post.

Daniss has a lot of potential to be a really good microwave scorer for us.

There’s just gonna be those moments where someone needs to simply unplug the microwave :)
 
hardytime said:
I paid extra attention to Jenkins tonight since Marillac has been posting about his play so much. There is still room for growth with him looking to set up Dingle, in particular, when he's in the game. Twice in three first half trips Jenkins came off a Soriano pick into the key/foul line area, drew a defender and had Dingle open for a wide open 3. That's exactly the scenario we want Dingle shooting. No doubt the staff sees this, of course, and probably addresses it during practice and film sessions.

All that said, I do think Jenkins is "reigning it in" a bit more compared to prior games. He took less shots than Soriano, Ledlum, Dingle, and Alleyne tonight. He had 5 assists to 2 turnovers. As fans I think we are going to have to live with the one or two crazy inexplicable passes a game, which is fine, just like we will have to live with one or two crazy, inexplicable shots. But as long as he minimizes that it's all good.

The boys clearly were well prepared for X and digested the scouting report, it seemed. Early, for example, Ledlum was playing way off the young Euro kid that X starts at the 4. He made 1 three but otherwise was 1 for 7. The kid is shooting below 30% from three point range and we were going to let him bomb away until he gave us a reason to adjust.
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Jenkins has a role, but it’s not this volume scorer/passer. He had some dimes today to Soriano, but even on those he dribbled the sh*t out of the ball and alienated 3 other players.

Is there anyone that thinks that Jenkins is THAT much more skilled than Taylor facilitating to warrant this extreme usage? Because Taylor puts the team first every time. He passes on good shots for great shots. Jenkins is the exact opposite.

The best we looked all season was when Jenkins was on the bench with 4 fouls and literally all 5 guys touched the ball 3 straight possessions.
 
Jack Williams said:
Love this post.

Daniss has a lot of potential to be a really good microwave scorer for us.

There’s just gonna be those moments where someone needs to simply unplug the microwave :)
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There is always a place for a Rasheem Dunn type who literally can’t be guarded. Those types either make it or they miss it and there’s not a goddamn thing a defender can do because they are so wild.

But you can’t live an die with that. They’re chemistry killers. Jenkins should do a TedTalk on confidence because I’ve never seen anything like it.
 
Thank goodness for good D cause Ledlum and Dingle would have shot us out of the game. There was one stretch that Ledlum missed like 5 or 6 in a row and coach yanked him. Kudos to the D

Again for those who (wrongfully) claimed that Pitino doesn’t play zone, hope this game settles that once and for all. Great effort by the good guys.
 
Marillac2 said:
Jenkins has a role, but it’s not this volume scorer/passer. He had some dimes today to Soriano, but even on those he dribbled the sh*t out of the ball and alienated 3 other players.

Is there anyone that thinks that Jenkins is THAT much more skilled than Taylor facilitating to warrant this extreme usage? Because Taylor puts the team first every time. He passes on good shots for great shots. Jenkins is the exact opposite.

The best we looked all season was when Jenkins was on the bench with 4 fouls and literally all 5 guys touched the ball 3 straight possessions.
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I get what you're saying but if we had 5 Taylors on the floor half our possessions would end in shot clock violations or contested chucks at the buzzer. I really like Taylor but he's not starting offense with the ball in his hands unless the defense is already scrambling and/or he's attacking a closeout
 
MugCostanza said:
I get what you're saying but if we had 5 Taylors on the floor half our possessions would end in shot clock violations or contested chucks at the buzzer. I really like Taylor but he's not starting offense with the ball in his hands unless the defense is already scrambling and/or he's attacking a closeout
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5 Taylors would be an issue but toss in Soriano, Dingle, Alleyne, and Ledlum and let the ball move around. Pick your spots. Lean on Soriano and Dingle for volume. I’m fine with those two taking tough shots and the other 3 taking only good shots.
 
Surprised that Jenkins played just 22 minutes; because of the fouls.
 
Marillac2 said:
5 Taylors would be an issue but toss in Soriano, Dingle, Alleyne, and Ledlum and let the ball move around. Pick your spots. Lean on Soriano and Dingle for volume. I’m fine with those two taking tough shots and the other 3 taking only good shots.
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I just don’t see what you see with DJ. Early season I fully agree but Ive seen a lot of change. He’s had some of the best passes in a pg we’ve had in years. He protects the ball. He orchestrates the offense, and yes part of that is dribbling, rolling off of the pick and either finding his shot or passing it, which is exactly what he’s doing. I don’t see unnecessary dribbling. Yes, he still takes a poor shot, but those are getting less per game and EOD they’re still kids, they all take bad ones sometimes. I felt our shot selection was overall pretty good tonight.

The sets with Alleyne and Dingle on the floor together looked lost. Neither are facilitators and both were putting up bad shots because the offense wasn’t moving and they felt they had too.

The team is better with DJ on the floor. He’s nowhere near perfect but for me he’s my pg for the season full stop.
 
1st TIME POSTER LONG TIME FAN…

1st off the hate of Jenkins in this board is uncalled for…The kid is running an offense of ALL new players! He’s been good not great so far but is the only 1 I want the ball in the hands bringing the ball up. He’s Pitinos boy and has a hard task gelling this team.
2) Alleyne- Love this kids Basketball IQ! Seems to always make the right Basketball move!
3) Soriano- Clearly playing at an All Big East level and I’m most impressed that he hasn’t forced it! What a game tonight across the stat sheet!
3) Ledlum-Hate/Love him he plays with heart and a lot of hustle. I like how he pump faked in the 1st half and drive and drew fouls! Please do more of this as it’ll open up the court for all.
4) Dingle- I have to say I’m most disappointed in him. We know he has the talent to score but he needs to be more aggressive and shoot more! The talent is there!
5) DEFENSE- The defense was ver very good tonight in the half court. Still much desired to be in the transition D after a bucket. I’m sure this will be emphasized with Pitino.

Conclusion-Lots of talent and very deep team if we keep on improving I can see us between 11-13 Wins in the conference…Keep the D up and the buckets will take care of themselves …Johnnie’s Sneak into the Tourney as a #9 season with a few upsets Let’s Go REDMEN!!!!
 
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