The Flaming Burning Stinking & Predictable Disaster that is USA Basketball

[The Mad Hatter]

Also, even with Ron not finding his 3 point shot during the middle two games, he is still shooting 50% from the field and a staggering 73% from 2-point range to go along with 100% from the line.

[ShockdaWorld]

This has been an excellent showcase for Ron. A little timid offensively at times, but he showed he was more than capable. Very much a team player, strong, physical, and easily the best defensive guard on our team. Really helping to raise his stock. Great for us since he will still be a Shocker for his senior year. Very excited for our season. I was cheering almost like it was the Shocks. Ron tried to make it happen; he is a flat out winner. Entertaining game, disappointed Ron won't get a gold medal would have looked really good going with a national title in 9 months.

I'm still holding out hope that he has an incredible senior season, is one of the college guys chosen, and gets an Olympic gold medal to go along with that NC.

[forevershockerfan]

Ron Baker puts his team first. In the game versus Louisville years ago, Ron got hot and had a wide open 3 and a green light. However, he spotted EO wide open, passed the rock to him, and 3G, and many of us was begging Ron to take that shot and we remember what happened.

In the games we have been watching, Baker played great defense on some of the best players on the court. On offense, Baker seemed to stick to the game-plan no matter what others did. By the way, in such a close loss, what a difference FVV would have made and who plays better with Baker than him? Oh well, we seize the things in life we can control and make the best of it. Right now, I just want Ron to finish what he started and get back home safely here to 21st and Hillside to prepare for a Shocker Senior Season to always remember with FVV and our beloved Shocks where there will be stingy defense and teamwork galore on offense. Ron Baker and FVV will be reunited and jointly lead us and put our team first and it will be a treat for us to witness it.Can you think of a better backcourt than we will have at WSU not to mention how solid our reserves will be as well.

This I also do know. I could not be more proud of the team oriented overall play of Ron Baker in this tourney. He really shined on defense against solid players and showed he could score big baskets when given the chance in the scheme of the offense without forcing the issue as were the habits of some.

[im4wsu]

Here are the cumulative stats after four games:

No.	Name	Min.	Pts	Field Goals			2 Points			3 Points			Free Throws			Rebounds			AS	TO	ST	BS	PF	FD
M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	OR	DR	Total
4	TRIMBLE Romelo	50:48	16	4	17	23.5%	2	11	18.2%	2	6	33.3%	6	8	75.0%	2	4	6	6	6	0	0	7	5
5	LANGFORD Keith	71:45	32	9	17	52.9%	5	9	55.6%	4	8	50.0%	10	11	90.9%	0	8	8	0	5	2	0	6	11
6	BROWN Bobby	114:40	69	21	53	39.6%	12	27	44.4%	9	26	34.6%	18	21	85.7%	0	9	9	17	6	1	0	9	19
7	BAKER Ronald	83:6	30	10	20	50.0%	8	11	72.7%	2	9	22.2%	8	8	100.0%	3	4	7	4	0	5	1	8	11
8	BROGDON Malcom	58:25	15	5	17	29.4%	3	7	42.9%	2	10	20.0%	3	4	75.0%	1	8	9	4	6	4	0	3	4
9	VALENTINE Denzel	39:44	26	10	22	45.5%	6	11	54.5%	4	11	36.4%	2	2	100.0%	5	3	8	2	2	1	0	4	1
10	LONG Shawn	10:00	5	2	4	50.0%	2	3	66.7%	0	1	0.0%	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2
11	RANDOLPH Anthony	93:33	59	23	38	60.5%	17	25	68.0%	6	13	46.2%	7	8	87.5%	2	20	22	3	3	0	6	9	8
12	WILKINS Damien	94:13	48	16	31	51.6%	14	28	50.0%	2	3	66.7%	14	21	66.7%	10	10	20	5	4	1	2	8	18
13	TARCZEWSKI Kaleb	84:17	27	10	16	62.5%	10	16	62.5%	0	0		7	10	70.0%	6	21	27	0	0	1	4	11	5
14	PRINCE Tavrean	74:22	42	16	29	55.2%	12	18	66.7%	4	11	36.4%	6	7	85.7%	4	11	15	3	4	1	1	7	7
15	HOLLINS Ryan	50:07	9	1	5	20.0%	1	5	20.0%	0	0		7	10	70.0%	5	4	9	2	1	0	1	9	7

Here they are on a per 40 minute basis:

No.	Name	Min.	Pts	Field Goals			2 Points			3 Points			Free Throws			Rebounds			AS	TO	ST	BS	PF	FD
M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	OR	DR	Total
4	TRIMBLE Romelo	40	12.6	3.1	13.4	23.5%	1.6	8.7	18.2%	1.6	4.7	33.3%	4.7	6.3	75.0%	1.6	3.1	4.7	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	5.5	3.9
5	LANGFORD Keith	40	17.8	5.0	9.5	52.9%	2.8	5.0	55.6%	2.2	4.5	50.0%	5.6	6.1	90.9%	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	2.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	6.1
6	BROWN Bobby	40	24.1	7.3	18.5	39.6%	4.2	9.4	44.4%	3.1	9.1	34.6%	6.3	7.3	85.7%	0.0	3.1	3.1	5.9	2.1	0.3	0.0	3.1	6.6
7	BAKER Ronald	40	14.4	4.8	9.6	50.0%	3.9	5.3	72.7%	1.0	4.3	22.2%	3.9	3.9	100.0%	1.4	1.9	3.4	1.9	0.0	2.4	0.5	3.9	5.3
8	BROGDON Malcom	40	10.3	3.4	11.6	29.4%	2.1	4.8	42.9%	1.4	6.8	20.0%	2.1	2.7	75.0%	0.7	5.5	6.2	2.7	4.1	2.7	0.0	2.1	2.7
9	VALENTINE Denzel	40	26.2	10.1	22.1	45.5%	6.0	11.1	54.5%	4.0	11.1	36.4%	2.0	2.0	100.0%	5.0	3.0	8.1	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	1.0
10	LONG Shawn	40	20.0	8.0	16.0	50.0%	8.0	12.0	66.7%	0.0	4.0	0.0%	4.0	8.0	50.0%	4.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	8.0
11	RANDOLPH Anthony	40	25.2	9.8	16.2	60.5%	7.3	10.7	68.0%	2.6	5.6	46.2%	3.0	3.4	87.5%	0.9	8.6	9.4	1.3	1.3	0.0	2.6	3.8	3.4
12	WILKINS Damien	40	20.4	6.8	13.2	51.6%	5.9	11.9	50.0%	0.8	1.3	66.7%	5.9	8.9	66.7%	4.2	4.2	8.5	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.8	3.4	7.6
13	TARCZEWSKI Kaleb	40	12.8	4.7	7.6	62.5%	4.7	7.6	62.5%	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.7	70.0%	2.8	10.0	12.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.9	5.2	2.4
14	PRINCE Tavrean	40	22.6	8.6	15.6	55.2%	6.5	9.7	66.7%	2.2	5.9	36.4%	3.2	3.8	85.7%	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.6	2.2	0.5	0.5	3.8	3.8
15	HOLLINS Ryan	40	7.2	0.8	4.0	20.0%	0.8	4.0	20.0%	0.0	0.0		5.6	8.0	70.0%	4.0	3.2	7.2	1.6	0.8	0.0	0.8	7.2	5.6

[1972Shocker]

I did not realize that Canada out-rebounded the USA 50-29 and had 17 offensive rebounds. I guess the surprise is that the USA got the game to OT, or I guess in FIBA terminology ET. Which is appropriate since the game the USA was playing this week did seem somewhat alien to what Shocker fans are used to.

[Bentley]

If Trimble is best player on #1 team they will need to revote. Murray made Trimble look an average player out there.

[Shox21]

Thought I heard one of the commentators say something about Trimble thinking about reclassifying to 2016.

[ShockdaWorld]

Thought I heard one of the commentators say something about Trimble thinking about reclassifying to 2016.

Nah, I heard what I think you are talking about, and they were talking about the young guy from Dominican team.

[ShockerDropOut]

What really stood out to me on this was the A-TO-S line for RB, 4-0-5. Good stuff.

[im4wsu]

Updated Stats for all five games

Raw stats or five games:

No.	Name	Min.	Pts	Field Goals			2 Points			3 Points			Free Throws			Rebounds			AS	TO	ST	BS	PF	FD
M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	OR	DR	Total
4	TRIMBLE Romelo	11:25	16	4	19	21.1%	2	11	18.2%	2	8	25.0%	6	8	75.0%	2	6	8	7	8	0	0	8	5
5	LANGFORD Keith	23:45	32	9	17	52.9%	5	9	55.6%	4	8	50.0%	10	11	90.9%	0	8	8	0	5	2	0	6	11
6	BROWN Bobby	1:30	88	29	71	40.8%	17	37	45.9%	12	34	35.3%	18	21	85.7%	2	11	13	22	6	1	0	12	21
7	BAKER Ronald	23:59	41	13	26	50.0%	8	12	66.7%	5	14	35.7%	10	10	100.0%	5	7	12	7	1	7	1	9	14
8	BROGDON Malcom	0:17	17	5	19	26.3%	3	8	37.5%	2	11	18.2%	5	6	83.3%	1	9	10	4	8	6	0	4	5
9	VALENTINE Denzel	8:41	37	14	28	50.0%	9	15	60.0%	5	13	38.5%	4	4	100.0%	8	4	12	2	4	1	1	6	2
10	LONG Shawn	10:00	5	2	4	50.0%	2	3	66.7%	0	1	0.0%	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2
11	RANDOLPH Anthony	21:33	59	23	38	60.5%	17	25	68.0%	6	13	46.2%	7	8	87.5%	2	20	22	3	3	0	6	9	8
12	WILKINS Damien	7:23	66	23	42	54.8%	20	38	52.6%	3	4	75.0%	17	24	70.8%	12	13	25	5	5	3	4	12	24
13	TARCZEWSKI Kaleb	5:28	33	12	22	54.5%	12	22	54.5%	0	0		9	13	69.2%	6	24	30	0	1	2	4	13	9
14	PRINCE Tavrean	22:28	54	19	41	46.3%	14	27	51.9%	5	14	35.7%	11	13	84.6%	8	14	22	5	5	2	1	11	10
15	HOLLINS Ryan	72:31	17	4	10	40.0%	4	10	40.0%	0	0		9	12	75.0%	6	5	11	4	2	0	1	11	8

On a per 40 minute basis:

No.	Name	Min.	Pts	Field Goals			2 Points			3 Points			Free Throws			Rebounds			AS	TO	ST	BS	PF	FD
M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	M/A		%	OR	DR	Total
4	TRIMBLE Romelo	40	10.8	2.7	12.8	21.1%	1.3	7.4	18.2%	1.3	5.4	25.0%	4.0	5.4	75.0%	1.3	4.0	5.4	4.7	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4	3.4
5	LANGFORD Keith	40	17.8	5.0	9.5	52.9%	2.8	5.0	55.6%	2.2	4.5	50.0%	5.6	6.1	90.9%	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	2.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	6.1
6	BROWN Bobby	40	24.2	8.0	19.5	40.8%	4.7	10.2	45.9%	3.3	9.3	35.3%	4.9	5.8	85.7%	0.5	3.0	3.6	6.0	1.6	0.3	0.0	3.3	5.8
7	BAKER Ronald	40	13.7	4.3	8.7	50.0%	2.7	4.0	66.7%	1.7	4.7	35.7%	3.3	3.3	100.0%	1.7	2.3	4.0	2.3	0.3	2.3	0.3	3.0	4.7
8	BROGDON Malcom	40	9.4	2.8	10.5	26.3%	1.7	4.4	37.5%	1.1	6.1	18.2%	2.8	3.3	83.3%	0.6	5.0	5.5	2.2	4.4	3.3	0.0	2.2	2.8
9	VALENTINE Denzel	40	26.1	9.9	19.8	50.0%	6.4	10.6	60.0%	3.5	9.2	38.5%	2.8	2.8	100.0%	5.6	2.8	8.5	1.4	2.8	0.7	0.7	4.2	1.4
10	LONG Shawn	40	20.0	8.0	16.0	50.0%	8.0	12.0	66.7%	0.0	4.0	0.0%	4.0	8.0	50.0%	4.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	8.0
11	RANDOLPH Anthony	40	25.2	9.8	16.2	60.5%	7.3	10.7	68.0%	2.6	5.6	46.2%	3.0	3.4	87.5%	0.9	8.6	9.4	1.3	1.3	0.0	2.6	3.8	3.4
12	WILKINS Damien	40	20.7	7.2	13.2	54.8%	6.3	11.9	52.6%	0.9	1.3	75.0%	5.3	7.5	70.8%	3.8	4.1	7.9	1.6	1.6	0.9	1.3	3.8	7.5
13	TARCZEWSKI Kaleb	40	13.0	4.7	8.7	54.5%	4.7	8.7	54.5%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	3.5	5.1	69.2%	2.4	9.5	11.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	5.1	3.5
14	PRINCE Tavrean	40	22.9	8.0	17.4	46.3%	5.9	11.4	51.9%	2.1	5.9	35.7%	4.7	5.5	84.6%	3.4	5.9	9.3	2.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	4.7	4.2
15	HOLLINS Ryan	40	9.4	2.2	5.5	40.0%	2.2	5.5	40.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	5.0	6.6	75.0%	3.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.0	0.6	6.1	4.4

[WSUwatcher]

Thought I heard one of the commentators say something about Trimble thinking about reclassifying to 2016.

It's high schoolers (or prepsters) who reclassify, not collegians. One you're in college and have played your year, it's just a matter of entering the draft or not. And that's all about what a player thinks the NBA will do on draft day. If Trimble has reason to expect that he'll be a first rounder, he'll probably come out. He probably didn't help himself with his performance in this tournament, though.

[Shox21]

It's high schoolers (or prepsters) who reclassify, not collegians. One you're in college and have played your year, it's just a matter of entering the draft or not. And that's all about what a player thinks the NBA will do on draft day. If Trimble has reason to expect that he'll be a first rounder, he'll probably come out. He probably didn't help himself with his performance in this tournament, though.

I forgot Trimble played for Maryland last year and he was heading into his Sophomore year. ShockdaWorld must be correct in that the commentators were talking about one of the Dominican players. Sorry for the mixup.