This has not been Bryan's style every year. I think we see games where he thinks his talent is inferior and decides that a lower possession game against teams that are experienced and really good gives us a better chance of competing. If we make just a few open shots he would be right too. We had every chance to pick off Loyola, Drake and UNI at home, really we should have, it just simply never went our way. Let's hope super seniors moving on, us being a year older and just some good fortune changes that next season.
They were just as slow paced in Mullins’ first year. They were 337th in the country in adjusted tempo in 2020 (64.2) and then took a bit of a step up to 274th last year (66.2) and now they’re back down to 349th this year (62.4)
The average possession length is actually identical this year as 2020 (19.6 seconds per possession). Last year they sped up a bit to 18.5 seconds per possession and that seemed to impact their defense.
Ive attached their adjusted tempo, adjusted offense, and adjusted defense below. The bottom number is what they rank nationally. This is Mullins’ best defensive team.
And for those wondering what SIU looked back in the glory days, SIU was a high tempo team under Weber and then completely halted things when Lowery became coach. But SIU was a top 100 offensive team in 2 of Lowery’s 3 tournament years and was #5 in the country in adjusted defense in 2006 and #3 in the country in 2007.
I’ve attached the 6 Tournament years. The first number is adjusted tempo, second is adjusted offense, and then adjusted defense
The ole assist-to-turnover category for Lance last night looked like this: 0 assists, 4 turnovers
Safe to say bringing in some fresh blood at the PG spot is at or near the top of the offseason to-do list.
Will say it again. An AVERAGE valley team beats UNI on the road tonight.
Not sure the Salukis are even that. That’s just a fact.
We are squarely in the middle of the pack. We are right at the average in this conference, even if that isn't all that impressive.
Will say it again. An AVERAGE valley team beats UNI on the road tonight.
Not sure the Salukis are even that. That’s just a fact.
We are squarely in the middle of the pack. We are right at the average in this conference, even if that isn't all that impressive.
Squarely middle of the pack implies 9-9. Let’s see if they win 4 of 5 to get there.
@siudawgs we are currently 0-16 against the top 4 teams in the Valley the last 2 years we do have 2 more chances to get a win against a top 4 team in either Bradley or Drake depending on whether either of them finish in the top 4. To me that makes it hard to believe we are on the cusp of a championship team . I need a little more proof than “we play hard.”
Will say it again. An AVERAGE valley team beats UNI on the road tonight.
Not sure the Salukis are even that. That’s just a fact.
We are squarely in the middle of the pack. We are right at the average in this conference, even if that isn't all that impressive.
Squarely middle of the pack implies 9-9. Let’s see if they win 4 of 5 to get there.
Feel like this year is a lot more different in the Valley where there's 4 clearly bad teams and 5 good teams and we're just...average. Most years there's probably 2 or 3 bad teams and a good team might actually fall to Thursday.
Bradley bothers me. They went out and make quick fixes and are now competing for a top spot if they can beat Drake this weekend. I really overestimated the gel of Muila and Filewich. I thought that and health would help. It really hasn’t.
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