Comments on: Before Semi’s, One More Look at Huskies’ Quarterfinal Comeback

By: thecassino

thecassino — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:08:32 +0000

For anybody interested, we’ve got a game thread open at UWDawgpound. For those of you not familiar with SBNation’s commenting system, the comments appear as they’re posted (without the need to refresh) so it’s really more like a group chat room. So if you want to chat while you root for the Dawgs, come on over.

By: howitzer

howitzer — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:57:54 +0000

The Suggs-Turner decision may really be more of a defense/rebounding question. I’ve been a Suggs supporter all season but give the nod to Turner in both those catagories.

By: GantsMoustache

GantsMoustache — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:58:57 +0000

Turner seems to be more willing to put up a tough shot than Suggs. I thinks for this reason, Turner is the best option when our offense stagnates, as it did last night. He can and will take a contested shot…and sometimes he’ll hit it.

When the Huskies go on extended scoreless stretches, as they have all season long, they often don’t get off any shot at all on a possession. So having a guy who isn’t scared to shoot over a defender is a good thing when the offense isn’t clicking.

Suggs, on the other hand, is a great guy to put in a game where things are working. I agree with Leo that he is an “extend our lead” guy. He is a better shooter than Turner and will hit open threes more consistently than any other Husky. So, if our inside game is working, Suggs can camp out beyond the arc and hit threes.

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:07:47 +0000

Also I think its because most of our end of the season games have been away games

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:06:48 +0000

@ Ryan

Turner I think just matched up better defensively, and made two shots early on that convinced Romar that his shot was on that night. Suggs came in for a few minutes and missed a three ball, and that was it for him.

Also, I think Romar likes Turner more in playoff/close game situations (aside from his foul shooting) because he did well in the NCAA tournament last year, and is more calm and collected under pressure. Suggs is more of an extend our lead kind of guy.

By: max

max — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:41:55 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think Stanford matches up real well w/the Huskies; we’ll see. Oregon State’s zone has always given ‘em fits. On the OR St game I just wanted to make two comments – 1) it IS tough to beat a team three times, and I think that was the lesson of last night – of the Stanford game, and of the first 1/2 of the Oregon St-UW game. Secondly, I think my game ball goes to Justin Holiday. That guy made a couple defensive plays that turned the tide. And it was the clamp down on defense that gave us the win.

By: Themod

Themod — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:40:40 +0000

My apologies! Fixed…

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:58:08 +0000

Not to take away from Turner, but he had a few dumb TO’s last night. Not only were they just dumb, but they were at a real bad time. He did make up for it though. If he can make better decisions and eliminate those momentum swinging mistakes from his game it would greatly help the Huskies.

By: 619

619 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:48:51 +0000

Just to clarify..UW Dawg Pound is NOT Anthony Cassino’s site..UW Dawg Pound is run by John Berkowitz and Cassino just contributes BB related materials to the site.

By: gersen

gersen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:40:17 +0000

We have been pressing a little more since that USC game, I like it. Another big game tonight. Love this time of year.