SIU Game Thread

[Shocker85]

Hatch had some good moments tonight with his defense. He didn't make any bonehead plays on offense that I can remember although his free throw shooting is horrendous. On the flip side, ben Smith did nothing tonight, which was less than GH.

Were you watching the game I watched?

Hatch had 1 basket, missed 3 FT, had 1 board and 1 turnover ... and played 28 minutes He constantly gets beat on the dribble-drive and is playing defense from behind. There have been numerous times in recent games that Hatch has cost other guys fouls; he lets his guy drive by him and the bigs have to rotate over and desperately try to stop Hatch's man.

I don't know when I have ever seen a player swing so far from asset to liability as Hatch has.

Next home game, keep you eyes on Hatch when he enters the game. Within 2 minutes, he'll get beat 2 or 3 times on defense.

--'85.

[RoyalShock]

Hatch had some good moments tonight with his defense. He didn't make any bonehead plays on offense that I can remember although his free throw shooting is horrendous. On the flip side, ben Smith did nothing tonight, which was less than GH.

Were you watching the game I watched?

Hatch had 1 basket, missed 3 FT, had 1 board and 1 turnover ... and played 28 minutes He constantly gets beat on the dribble-drive and is playing defense from behind. There have been numerous times in recent games that Hatch has cost other guys fouls; he lets his guy drive by him and the bigs have to rotate over and desperately try to stop Hatch's man.

I don't know when I have ever seen a player swing so far from asset to liability as Hatch has.

Next home game, keep you eyes on Hatch when he enters the game. Within 2 minutes, he'll get beat 2 or 3 times on defense.

--'85.

I'm not sure that phenomenon is limited to Hatch. While you're correct, there were also numerous times where he did a good job of keeping his guy in front of him.

[60Shock]

Another scary, but good win.

Offensively, five of our 10 guys scored all but six of our total points.

What's with:

Smith 12 min - 0 points

Ragland 19 min - 0 points

Hatch 28 min - 2 points

Ellis 9 min - 2 points

Williams 3 min - 2 points

[pinstripers]

It's gotta be a huge concern that we are to february and still do not know who our point guard is.

[SubGod22]

Hatch had some good moments tonight with his defense. He didn't make any bonehead plays on offense that I can remember although his free throw shooting is horrendous. On the flip side, ben Smith did nothing tonight, which was less than GH.

Were you watching the game I watched?

Hatch had 1 basket, missed 3 FT, had 1 board and 1 turnover ... and played 28 minutes He constantly gets beat on the dribble-drive and is playing defense from behind. There have been numerous times in recent games that Hatch has cost other guys fouls; he lets his guy drive by him and the bigs have to rotate over and desperately try to stop Hatch's man.

I don't know when I have ever seen a player swing so far from asset to liability as Hatch has.

Next home game, keep you eyes on Hatch when he enters the game. Within 2 minutes, he'll get beat 2 or 3 times on defense.

--'85.

I'm not sure that phenomenon is limited to Hatch. While you're correct, there were also numerous times where he did a good job of keeping his guy in front of him.

You could add Murry, Kyles, DWill and Rags to that list. Hatch played quite well on D last night.

[Dan]

Hatch had some good moments tonight with his defense. He didn't make any bonehead plays on offense that I can remember although his free throw shooting is horrendous. On the flip side, ben Smith did nothing tonight, which was less than GH.

Were you watching the game I watched?

Hatch had 1 basket, missed 3 FT, had 1 board and 1 turnover ... and played 28 minutes He constantly gets beat on the dribble-drive and is playing defense from behind. There have been numerous times in recent games that Hatch has cost other guys fouls; he lets his guy drive by him and the bigs have to rotate over and desperately try to stop Hatch's man.

I don't know when I have ever seen a player swing so far from asset to liability as Hatch has.

Next home game, keep you eyes on Hatch when he enters the game. Within 2 minutes, he'll get beat 2 or 3 times on defense.

--'85.

I had to listen on the radio since I'm outside the TV coverage. I didn't hear the announcers talk about him getting burned as much as they have some other games. He also got more compliments on things he was doing defensively. Not that I think he had a great game and his free throw shooting is unacceptable, but he wasn't the liability that he has been in some other games recently.