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Griz vs NAU

So far so good, they are all hustling. What a homer call just called on Rundles for pushing off. That is not called very often unless it is very obvious.
 
Wow, taking charges. Martin taking the ball to the hole hard for a layin. Hasquet giving up a shot and hitting Strait for a layin. Rundles with a lay in. Martin going to the line. Very few 3 point shots. All good signs.

Bad sign, giving up lay ins defensively too.

As I type this Stauds puts one up from 3 and misses.

Halftime GRIZ 35, nau 26. Do not let up boys. good 1st half. :thumb:
 
Solid first half defensively. I'd still like to see more motion from the Griz offensively. A lot of guys just standing around. All in all, though, damn nice half.

And that NAU crowd is disappointing.
 
Nice to see:

Griz playing smarter and with intensity.

Qvale getting some minutes so he can get some experience and confidence.

Griz not throwing up wild shots like they did against Cats.
 
Amazing first-half. Nau looks lost. I hope we can hang onto this one. Griz have been dominating on the boards-19-10 edge
 
Zirg said:
Amazing first-half. Nau looks lost. I hope we can hang onto this one. Griz have been dominating on the boards-19-10 edge

Now this is Griz Basketball!! Need 40 minutes of it.
 
First half notes
* And I thought we didn't get enough fans. There is no one at this game. Based on TV it looks like there's less than 500 people there. No, I'll be honest. Based on TV it looks like there are less than 100 people at the game.
* The University of Montana needs to find a way to get on TV more. This is too good. Get on FSN Rocky Mountain. "They have profession hockey, basketball and baseball though! And bigger colleges!" So does FSN AZ. This is great. Look at how many people are at this game.Griz games would get at least three times as many viewers.
o NAU's commercials blow.
* The offense looks good. Not great, but good. Hell, when Ryan Staudacher is in and CET is running the point, I'll give it a "very good."
* CET: He is the starting point guard and should get most of the minutes at that spot. He can't shoot. Sooo, that's why he's not a shooting guard. He's great at distributing and driving to the basket. Not great at finishing but just driving opens up so much on offense.
* Ryan Staudacher should be getting star minutes. Jordan Hasquet-like minutes. He is great. The knock on Ryan is that he can't "create his own shot." I've said it myself and I don't think it's wrong either. The thing is, he is the very best person on the team at getting open shots. He comes off his screens harder than any other Griz. Once he gets the looks, he knocks them down. The hustle is the best part though. Watch him. No one gets as open as him.
* Martin is a shooting guard. That's just the way it is. The offense slows down a bit (not a ton) when he's at the 1. He's better filling in as a shooter.
* Griz are killing NAU on the boards. It's 19 to 10. Not even close. NAU is not boxing out at all and the Griz are taking advantage.
* Griz are making the extra pass. It's happened a couple times. Both times I recall had the pass going to Drew. One where the shot clock was winding down and Cam found him for a layup. Another time, Jordo was close to the basket, went up for a shot against a double team then laid it off to Drew as he was going up. Drew finished easily.
* NAU is not a very good team. At least not right now. They're not making their shots and are getting killed on the boards. A win here could do a lot of good to the Griz's confidence considering NAU's success in past years. This year, they're a bad good team. Yes, I meant to type both words.
* Griz need to play 40 minutes. If they do, they'll pull away and the 'Jacks won't even be there at the end. That's been the knock on the Griz to this point. This is there chance to rid themselves of it.
* They showed a graphic saying the Lady Griz were down 26-3 at half to NAU. They had it wrong, it's the other way around. Ahahahahaha.
 
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