Tigers let that one slip away

We really did, Georgia played fairly poorly and the game was there for the taking but we played fairly poorly to.

And we actually matched them in overall rebounding, but the one that counted we got muscled.

We had alot of turnovers, they had alot of turnovers.

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guess you have to take the good with the bad with Cook. He really puts no effort in defense.

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I guess, he is our one guy that can get his own but he seems to know that and forces it too much....4 turnovers last night and yea, the defense is frustrating.

Baker had 5 turnovers in 20 minutes last night. Man I want the kid to succeed and obviously CMM does too as he keeps giving him the majority of the minutes and hell, even keeps running sets for him on offense. But it's not working now and hasn't for a while.

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Baker

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Seeems like a good kid, hard worker, gym rat, etc...but at a certain point lack og athleticism can only be covered up so much

Georgia played quite poorly and we simply didn't take advantage.

Turnovers cost them the AU game too…and lots of missed opportunities in the A&M game. If they can clean some of that up, they are going to be a pain in the butt for most teams to beat.

The turnovers and bad decisions have hurt this team. Both Williams and Cook tried to go 1 on 2 on fast breaks and got shots blocked. Should have probably pulled those out and worked for better shot. And it’s the unforced TO that really get me, Had 4-5 of those. That’s the difference in a game like that. I still think GA center hit Dean in the head going for that last rebound. Dean tried to block him out but he is big and strong. Ward plays I think they win.

The good is that this team plays hard and doesn’t quit. They’re solid on D and seem to be a good group of kids with no ego or attitude issues. The bad is like you say, we don’t do the little things well that are the difference in close games which are most games in conf play and we’re not a good situational basketball team.

I remember the lazy one-handed pass from Cook that went into the first row and cost us a possession. He's good for 2-3 of those each game because he too often displays bad fundamentals. Each possession represents an opportunity to score, and each turnover negates the opportunity to score. We lost by two.

Fundamentals. Fundamentals. Fundamentals. It's never too late to stress them. It works.

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We win that game at home.

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Unfortunately, we have to play road games too.

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Seeems like a good kid, hard worker, gym rat, etc...but at a certain point lack og athleticism can only be covered up so much

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The strange thing is that he looked aggressive and really good against Auburn. He had 13 points and 10 rebounds and was giving them issues. If he could only play with that much intensity all of the time, he'd be a very solid player.

‘Baker is too quick….’ I didn’t think I’d be reading that on here. ?? I’m guessing you mean it occurs too frequently

I think if we went with less Baker, told him to minimize his dribbling, and got Dean to crash the boards as he normally does, we would be much better off. In truth, it seems that baker’s playing time has been reduced a bit, but he’s still dribbling too much for my liking (and everyone else’s from what I can tell).

As far as cook, he’s got ups and downs. He brought us back in the game last night, though I do think at times he tries to do too much… I’d like to see him focus on involving others a bit more rather than hiking up 3-pointers out of nowhere like he does a few times each game.

Regarding Ward, it’s amazing that we have no info on his absence. If this were football, there would have been dozens of threads about it before the game even happened.