Vs. Southeastern OSU

[Stikboy]

I am very excited as many are about the new influx of talent. Now the question is can Lon and company mold them, help them find their roles, and overall get them playing as a cohesive unit, starters and backups. I'm a little worried about leadership. Manek and Doolittle seem to be good guys but they are quiet and we'll see how that role fits them. Both in the past have seemed to "pout" when things aren't going theirs or the Sooners' way. Harmon's leadership appears to be off the charts for a freshman. But again, he's just a freshman. Two wildcards for me are how Molinari is able to get them playing defense, and how guys like Hill, Iwoukor, and Williams can bring scoring punch off the bench to avoid bad droughts. And I guess a third is consistency. Will OU's main scorers disappear on some nights? Again that's where I hope defense comes into play and we can stay in games when the offense inevitable disappears in some games..

I think the Minnesota game early will be an interesting early barometer.

 

[MsProudSooner]

Any extreme reaction - positive or negative - after an October exhibition game is an overreaction.

 

[thebigabd]

What would buckingham look like on our team?

Honestly. Off then bench? 8th man? Starter?

Curious for real

Probably wouldn't make our team.

 

[WTSooner]

Reasons I am worried.....

The team gave up 76 points Southeastern Oklahoma.
They only won the rebounding battle by 3 rebounds.
11 assists and 7 turnovers.... eh

• Alondes Williams didn't score
• Kur Kuath had 2 points
• Corbin Merritt played 2 minutes
• The bench scored 23 points... That means the primary starters were heavily relied on just to win the game. Starters had to stay in the game and score about 70 points.

Were there bright spots? Sure? Harmon looked great, Hill looked good, and Manek played like you would expect Manek to play against Southeastern Oklahoma. I am positive Harmon is going to be a really good player, but lets not forget he was facing off against Adam Dworsky. Who is a 5'10'' math major playing point guard, and a 6'5'' forward put up 25 points and 7 rebounds on team that is supposedly big, athletic, strong, etc... Those stats wouldn't matter if the game wasn't competitive. If OU won by 35 or something it wouldn't matter.

But I see a lot of risk of more scholarship players unable to contribute in a meaningful way again, no defense, bad rebounding, etc. Those are the things that have plagued Kruger teams these last few years.

It's valid. Too early for anything to be set in stone, but the same thing has happened in prior seasons, and a lot of the time, it ended up being pretty telling for how the season went.

 

[Darwin]

any extreme reaction - positive or negative - after an october exhibition game is an overreaction.

drop the mic

 

[thebigabd]

Kur/Merritt/Alondes...How concerned are you with these 3 guys after the exhibition game?

 

[BCSooners]

Kur/Merritt/Alondes...How concerned are you with these 3 guys after the exhibition game?

Kur was the biggest surprise since he's been with the team, but maybe just jitters and he hasn't played a game in over a year. Alondes will find his footing I believe. I don't expect anything from Merritt this year, so that's not a concern of mine.

Definitely going to need Kur more imo, especially if Hill keeps playing this well.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Reasons I am worried.....

The team gave up 76 points Southeastern Oklahoma.
They only won the rebounding battle by 3 rebounds.
11 assists and 7 turnovers.... eh

• Alondes Williams didn't score
• Kur Kuath had 2 points
• Corbin Merritt played 2 minutes
• The bench scored 23 points... That means the primary starters were heavily relied on just to win the game. Starters had to stay in the game and score about 70 points.

Were there bright spots? Sure? Harmon looked great, Hill looked good, and Manek played like you would expect Manek to play against Southeastern Oklahoma. I am positive Harmon is going to be a really good player, but lets not forget he was facing off against Adam Dworsky. Who is a 5'10'' math major playing point guard, and a 6'5'' forward put up 25 points and 7 rebounds on team that is supposedly big, athletic, strong, etc... Those stats wouldn't matter if the game wasn't competitive. If OU won by 35 or something it wouldn't matter.

But I see a lot of risk of more scholarship players unable to contribute in a meaningful way again, no defense, bad rebounding, etc. Those are the things that have plagued Kruger teams these last few years.

tap the breaks man. We've looked terrible before in exhibitions. GIve it a couple real games before the doom and gloom

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Kur/Merritt/Alondes...How concerned are you with these 3 guys after the exhibition game?

I've been concerned about Merritt since we signed him. I don't think he ever sees the floor.

 

[thebigabd]

My less than cheery attitude could be in part because I am under the weather.

Perhaps it made me grumpy.

 

[OULad]

Hard to take much away from an exhibition game in October. The team is young, but should be pretty good by Mid-December.