Comments on: Live basketball blog: Hawaii vs. No. 21 Washington

By: cappie the $2000 dog

cappie the $2000 dog — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 18:43:45 +0000

Can’t Dawson Carper pump-fake or something to draw fouls. Can that be taught or is that an instinct? If you don’t learn this at the high school level, is it too late? A muscle memory thing? My take on Dawson Carper is that he is a D1 player. At least you can put him on the court. Past seven footers, pretty much, rode the pine. And Zigmars Raimo is an overachiever. This guy worked his butt off to get where he is; a functional player who intermittently frustrates and delights. You want frustration, how about Xander Joaquim holding the ball over his head at the baseline from fifteen-twenty-feet out, figuring out his next move like a chess master.

By: Aiea 7

Aiea 7 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:08:18 +0000

this game clearly showed the big hole in UH’s team – the two 7 footers, who ae are slow, cannot jump and dunk. the 3 6’9″ forwards of washington ran circles around them. if they continue to recruit such guys, the team will never get better.

By: Whitey

Whitey — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:36:52 +0000

Where is Red Rocha when you need him?

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 14:24:08 +0000

I’m telling you…..UW’s length is the reason why. Raimo saw how long these guys are and probably didn’t think he is able to get it over them cleanly. They blocked our 7ft Dawson Carper at least twice and everyone got scared to attack the basket….thus end up shooting so much three pointers.

Our strength is the motion offense where we move, pick and roll, make backdoor cuts, etc…. Our offense was neutralized by the zone defense and their size.

Expect future opponents to zone us until we get out of our shooting slump.

By: cappie the $2000 dog

cappie the $2000 dog — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:16:12 +0000

Allowing a player to go 1-17 from three-point range is like a MLB pitcher who accumulates twenty losses for the season. You have to be good to achieve either stat.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:53:44 +0000

Hawaii was 9 for 39 from three. But Stansberry was 1 for 17. Pretty dismal. I too thought Zigmar should have taken more shots when he was open.

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:22:05 +0000

Felt like they went 5-100 from 3 point range.

By: cappie the $2000 dog

cappie the $2000 dog — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:05:27 +0000

UW was daring Zigmars to shoot from the 10-12 feet range. Should have taken those shots.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 06:07:52 +0000

Oh man…that’s gotta hurt to hear from Bobby Curran, listening to the Hawaii-Washington game. Stansberry continues to struggle in the DHC, and that’s gotta hurt. 1-6 on 3s in the UTEP game, and 1-17 in this one. Jeez…I don’t know what has happened to Stansberry lately. Not sure if the height of UW’s players made it difficult for him to keep his footwork on the 3 because with 3 of Washington’s starters at 6’9″, it’s hard for the 6’3″ Stansberry to try and navigate around the height desparity. Hawaii had 20 more shots than UW and just couldn’t capitalize. *Sigh* Guess we got Georgia Tech to face now for 3rd/4th place. All I am wondering is when are going to win the DHC because there goes another loss for Hawaii’s column in the semifinals. I just don’t know when we’ll have that opportunity, unless if we can somehow find a good 4/5-star recruit on our side.

By: kahuna

kahuna — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 05:13:50 +0000

Yes…It has everything to do with Washington. They are very long and athletic and the Bows are trying to shoot over the length…thus shooting the ball at a higher arch.

Easy for fans to say its not Washington’s D but when you are on the court and a 6-9 guy is in the middle of the zone and even after beating him there are more 6-9 guys are behind the top off the zone, its not a clean look.

Only way for us to match them is to get more athletic guys…unfortunately, we don’t have very much on the bench.