Auburn went 4-5 on FGs in the last minutes, while Oregon went 1-8.

Gotta shoot well at crunch time!

First thing I see is a Auburn team that is much more active and much more hungry for loose balls, need to fight through screens better, need to rebound. We're going to struggle in the half court. It's way early of course, but a bunch of turnovers already.

It’s going to be hard to win if Auburn gets twice as many shots.

Settle down guys.

Turnovers and defensive rebounding has been bad, other facets have been decent to good, but we won't win games giving up a offensive rebound on half of Auburn's shots, and turning it over every third possession.

Frustrating, so sloppy on offense, very little ball movement, no drives to the rim, Shelstad needs to go to the rim more than he does, doesn't feel like teams really respect him as a driver. Need better free throw shooting, need to box out the shooter on shots, it's just not good enough.

Edit:

Tie game at the half, I am pleased to see us in a game with a top 25 opponent without playing a clean game, we're switching defenses well, we rebounded better as the game continued, shooting is decent. Evans is really working hard down low, need more from Shelstad to really take the game.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by spartan2785

Wow 37-37 at the half. I tuned in late but liked what I saw the last 5 minutes of the half.

12 minutes ago, Dave23 said:

Wow 37-37 at the half. I tuned in late but liked what I saw the last 5 minutes of the half.

Yes, they closed the half well, encouraging to see.

Pettiford is winning the point guard battle, need Jackson to even it out a bit.

Don't love the jacking up 3s game plan this team is very hot and cold from 3.

The Ducks team is shaping up. They look athletic, quick and capable. Dana can shape these guys into a better team.

Auburn presents a formidable but beatable opponent. The remainder of the game should be entertaining and revealing about our Ducks.

Auburn 54-52 @ 14:00

Ball movent is picking up which is good overall but timing is still off. 5 Games in and this team is starting the process of gelling can't wait to see them at the half way mark.

Edited 42 minutes ago42 min by Dave23

Turnovers are just killing us, they aren't even forced, it's just stupid decisions and not being fundamentally sound.

TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!

We make so many dumb decisions, passing to guys not open, not being decisive, dribbling too much.

Shelstad looks scared to even attempt to drive the ball, he has to be a threat to go to the hole, he doesn't even make an attempt.

Overall the team looks better. If they can learn how to take care of the ball, they will be fine.

Simpkins was a mess tonight. I know he had 22 points, but you can’t have 7 turnovers in one game from the guard position.

We're a bubble team right now, we don't take care of the basketball, we don't hit free throws, we don't have an extra gear to really up the defensive pressure on good teams. We'll win some games, but we're going to have to improve a lot to compete and win games against good teams.

Shelstad has to play better, he has to be a threat to take the ball to the rim, he got outplayed tonight by Pettiford.