Man, Franz, what a cocktail of production. Glad to see him surging.
If Livers, Franz, and HD are all in sync, high octane upside for this team.
Whole different ceiling for this team if Brooks and Wagner make 3s
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As a maker of many of those comments, I give both Franz and the coaches a ton of credit. Heâs being used in ways he wasnât earlier this season and he looks massively better. Everything I wanted to see ive seen! Superstar!
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I donât mind the tech honestly. Flex on em Chaundee!
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Also only 6 attempted threes by NW is a huge win. If you can hold teams to 6 3âs a half and 42% from 2, youâre gonna win a lot of games.
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And yet some have started making them about LiversâŚ2 or 3 bad games doesnât define a season even a shortened one
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Crazy that NW only shot 6 3s that half. You gotta think hey will be over 20 3PA by the end of the game. Probably over 25 if they want a chance at winning this.
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While our 3pt shooting seems unsustainably good right now, hard not to think we have been unlucky on 2s. Missed dunk, Hunter had a couple he normally makes, Smith missed a layup. Northwestern meanwhile hasnât had an easy look in a while.
This hasnât been mentioned but Mike Smith is working his a$$ off on defense. Multiple times he worked hard to front a bigger guy, he took a charge, he has a steal or two. Heâs never going to be âgoodâ but you can live with him when heâs working hard like that
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After this half Franz is up to 33% from 3 and Brooks is up to 37%
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I cannot believe how much my hope for this season has changed in a month. âHope we stay healthy and scrap to .500 in conference playâ to âhope we win the conference and make a final 4 run if the tournament happensâ. Literally everyone in the rotation is playing close to the best outcome I would have predicted preseason. This is so much fun.
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The coaches get Hunter more touches in the 2nd half ??
If Smith had shot, with no hesitation, he may have missed. We canât know for sure.
Iâll take a 14-point lead, at any rate.
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Hard to force feed touches inside against that zone with so much length on the perimeter.
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Just realized this guy on BTN is THE Ben Brust from the 2013 loss @Wisconsin
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Man, just canât get over how good Mike Smith has been and how wrong I was. Might not be the biggest, but he fights for defensive position and brings that true PG element to a team that desperately needed it.
Franz playing unbelievable on both ends (but this is the Franz I thought weâd get!).
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Booie is going throw warmups. Did a run through the layup line and then did some sprints up and down the court. Talking to the trainer and looks like he will play.
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Yup.
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General comment: I donât like how eager refs are to call technical fouls on anyone displaying emotion/passion on the court.
Other general complaints about officiating:
-Changing momentum by taking an eternity looking at replays and then still getting the call wrong after watching the play in slow motion from all angles for five minutes
-I remember a time when a player slipping and sliding on the floor with the ball was an automatic travel. Now itâs never called. Must have been a rule change some years back I missed, but it doesnât make sense to me.
-Flops are rewarded much more often than punished. Too many offensive fouls are being called.
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9-17 from deep for us
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Only FT this half was from the tech too. If one team starts to benefit from FTs in the second half, youâd have to imagine itâs us
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