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Cowboys @ Fort Lewis

laxwyo said:
shyatt won't be pleased with the showboat move by Adams at the buzzer.
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Yeah , I'm not sure why Adams decided to go for the dunk after Shyatt said not to shoot. It sounds like he must be okay. I'm glad he didn't hurt himself bad on that play.
 
Cowboy Junky said:
laxwyo said:
shyatt won't be pleased with the showboat move by Adams at the buzzer.
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Yet extremely happy for all the dunks he had during the game. That kid is exciting.
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Adams had a good game? I missed the best part of the second half.
 
Nance Jr. played lights out in the post tonight. Great rebounding. He got to the rim for some dunks.

Almost as impressive was the kid from Torrington: McManamen. He was draining open looks all night and was hitting the glass as well.

Aside from a few turnovers and some suspect post defense, we sounded pretty good.

I'm glad they could do it on Wyoming Indian's stomping grounds. They deserve that.
 
laxwyo said:
Cowboy Junky said:
laxwyo said:
shyatt won't be pleased with the showboat move by Adams at the buzzer.
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Yet extremely happy for all the dunks he had during the game. That kid is exciting.
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Adams had a good game? I missed the best part of the second half.
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At least two big dunks. One was on a steal and break and the other might have been a put back. My computer was cutting out for that one.
 
gopokes1399 said:
seattlecowboy said:
I missed the start of the game. Who was the starting 5?
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Tonight it was Sellers, Martinez, Grabau, Gilmore, and nance i believe
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Thanks! I just saw that as well. I wonder who will start when Washington gets back. Looks like Martinez will move to the 2 spot and Washington will be the 3 with Gilmore, Nance and Sellers I would guess.
 
It will be interesting to see if any posters were able to attend to provide a first hand account. From a distance here are some random thoughts:

1. Competition level was low, but I think the dominance on the glass was a good sign, especially without Leonard in the game. Nance appears to be improving and Cooke's performance seems to back up what we saw from him in JC. Rebounding was the primary weakness in Waddell's game last year. We may be a better rebounding team this year with a 4/5 rotation of Nance, Washington, and Cooke.

2. Free throws aren't affected by level of competition, have to hit those. That was one of the strengths of last year's team. I understand that Cooke will likely struggle at times, but no real excuse for some of the other misses.

3. Adams will be a primary topic of discussion on this team this year, I suspect. He may be that one perimeter player on the roster that can make things happen going to the rim. An exciting player that will be fun to watch...if he isn't stuck on the bench for doing things like trying to dunk it at the end when Shyatt has called off the dogs.

4. Somewhat surprised by how little Sobey played. Coming in from JC, I expected him to be able to make an impact a little bit sooner.

5. A lot of perimeter threats on this team. Nance has range to the line and Gilmore adds more in that department than Jaydee could. McManamen had a nice showing from the arc in this game as well.

6. Interior defense was a major issue, but Leonard's absence didn't help. Still, this is something that needs to be improved upon. Sellers will probably see diminished playing time as Leonard comes back and the season moves along, but Cooke and Nance will be on the court plenty and they were both involved in some of the Ft. Lewis scoring.



Overall, it's always hard to read too much into an exhibition. Last year's first exhibition game was an underwhelming 85-78 win over CSU-Pueblo that hardly hinted at the defensive capabilities of that team.

Can't wait to actually see this team play and to see Leonard back in uniform.
 
seattlecowboy said:
gopokes1399 said:
seattlecowboy said:
I missed the start of the game. Who was the starting 5?
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Tonight it was Sellers, Martinez, Grabau, Gilmore, and nance i believe
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Thanks! I just saw that as well. I wonder who will start when Washington gets back. Looks like Martinez will move to the 2 spot and Washington will be the 3 with Gilmore, Nance and Sellers I would guess.
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Nah, Sellers won't start at that point IMO. Nance, Washington, Gilmore, Martinez and whomever else steps up at the wing. Obviously Grabau was given first shot, but I kind of suspect Adams could play himself into that spot as the season goes along.

They could go big and start Cooke instead of another wing. Might be matchup dependent.
 
In response to Sobey, he had his appendix removed or something didn't he? I would think he would be limited if that is true. I think this team will be better than last year, their record may not be better. Shyatt gets guys to buy in, his players like him and it shows. A team that buys in and works hard def. makes up for lesser talent than say a UNLV who may be a top 10 team if you are looking at a pure talent stand point. They are going to be in every game they play because of their Defense, just like last year. I just hope we have a half court offense because last year we really didn't. I am excited to watch them Saturday.

I also don't think Sellers will start, Sellers isn't considered a newcomer at this point because he was here last semester and it looks like Shyatt didn't want to start any of them. Just like the poster doesn't feature any of them.
 
NowherePoke said:
It will be interesting to see if any posters were able to attend to provide a first hand account. From a distance here are some random thoughts:

1. Competition level was low, but I think the dominance on the glass was a good sign, especially without Leonard in the game. Nance appears to be improving and Cooke's performance seems to back up what we saw from him in JC. Rebounding was the primary weakness in Waddell's game last year. We may be a better rebounding team this year with a 4/5 rotation of Nance, Washington, and Cooke.

2. Free throws aren't affected by level of competition, have to hit those. That was one of the strengths of last year's team. I understand that Cooke will likely struggle at times, but no real excuse for some of the other misses.

3. Adams will be a primary topic of discussion on this team this year, I suspect. He may be that one perimeter player on the roster that can make things happen going to the rim. An exciting player that will be fun to watch...if he isn't stuck on the bench for doing things like trying to dunk it at the end when Shyatt has called off the dogs.

4. Somewhat surprised by how little Sobey played. Coming in from JC, I expected him to be able to make an impact a little bit sooner.

5. A lot of perimeter threats on this team. Nance has range to the line and Gilmore adds more in that department than Jaydee could. McManamen had a nice showing from the arc in this game as well.

6. Interior defense was a major issue, but Leonard's absence didn't help. Still, this is something that needs to be improved upon. Sellers will probably see diminished playing time as Leonard comes back and the season moves along, but Cooke and Nance will be on the court plenty and they were both involved in some of the Ft. Lewis scoring.



Overall, it's always hard to read too much into an exhibition. Last year's first exhibition game was an underwhelming 85-78 win over CSU-Pueblo that hardly hinted at the defensive capabilities of that team.

Can't wait to actually see this team play and to see Leonard back in uniform.
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The things you can tell from the radio: we have hustlers on the glass. When the shot wasn't falling Nance and Cooke we're getting us second chances. Sometimes the shot won't fall. You can always play defense and rebound.

I don't know what Shy told them at half, but in the second half, the opposing points in the paint were almost non-existent. It was like night and day. It sucks we struggled defensively in the paint in the first half, but at least we were able to figure it out and completely shut it down in the second half.
 
I just think the first half struggles could have to do with 2 things

1) we had a handful of guys playing in their first game for wyoming and may have been a bit nervous, and the returners may have looked at our opponent and came out sluggish
2) Fort Lewis was probably hyped to play a D1 opponent and came out fired up
 
gopokes1399 said:
In response to Sobey, he had his appendix removed or something didn't he? I would think he would be limited if that is true. I think this team will be better than last year, their record may not be better. Shyatt gets guys to buy in, his players like him and it shows. A team that buys in and works hard def. makes up for lesser talent than say a UNLV who may be a top 10 team if you are looking at a pure talent stand point. They are going to be in every game they play because of their Defense, just like last year. I just hope we have a half court offense because last year we really didn't. I am excited to watch them Saturday.

I also don't think Sellers will start, Sellers isn't considered a newcomer at this point because he was here last semester and it looks like Shyatt didn't want to start any of them. Just like the poster doesn't feature any of them.
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You are correct about Sobey. That might explain it. He must have missed significant practice and preparation time, so he might be a little bit behind the curve, even if he is 100% now (I don't know if he actually is or not).
 
Fullback41 said:
Just FYI the game wasn't "@ Fort Lewis" FLC is a school in colorado. The game was in Ethete, Wyoming.
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Yup I know just didn't want to put neutral location in the title.
 
It looks like there will be good depth although some of it will be inexperienced at this level. By the time conference season comes, the inexperience level should be minimal. Looks like Shyatt & his staff will have quite a few options for a line-up.
 
Wyo2dal said:
Fullback41 said:
Just FYI the game wasn't "@ Fort Lewis" FLC is a school in colorado. The game was in Ethete, Wyoming.
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Yup I know just didn't want to put neutral location in the title.
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You coulda put...."WYO/Ft. Lewis @ Ethete, WY" or "WYO v. Ft. Lewis @ Ethete, WY."
 
I know it was an exibition, but everyone is loving what they've seen with nance and adams and mcmanamen.
I'm gonna be the internet d-bag and say i told you so.
No one is thinking this team will do shit for some reason and I am sittin here arguing that we will and now that they play a game and have some stats everyone is all over the bandwagon agian
 
BeaverPoke said:
I know it was an exibition, but everyone is loving what they've seen with nance and adams and mcmanamen.
I'm gonna be the internet d-bag and say i told you so.
No one is thinking this team will do shit for some reason and I am sittin here arguing that we will and now that they play a game and have some stats everyone is all over the bandwagon agian
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I don't know who all these people are that think the team won't do shit or what your representation of shit is or isn't. Most people predicted the team to be about the same as last year with a soft SOS we should be. But at the same time I think most people also think we are a 50% conference win team which to me is still reasonable.

No bandwagoning going on here yet. Just happy we have at least one team we can actually watch win because they are good.
 
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