idk if this has been covered, but percy has been really good down the stretch. we won, so i am good with it, but any ideas why he didnt play?
percy gibson?
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Coach Hoiberg really plays what he considers are good match-ups. On the post-game radio interview with John and Eric he said he will need Percy against Kentucky.
Go Cyclones!!!
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That was my thought as well because hopefully Davis guards royce and pulls him from the basket. If that happens we will need a low post scorer in the game and ejim and booker don't really provide that. I see Percy getting 12-18 mins depending on his production
theres a small difference between a walk on and a major contributer... but in fred i trust! i just really like the way percy plays, but i am sure he will get minutes vs uk
Yep, he certainly does. I didn't feel like Percy was a particularly good match up for this game, but how nice is it to have so many players who can play at a high level? This team is legitimately nine deep, and Fred is great at putting the best line up on the floor for a specific match up.
Drives me nuts when people post stuff like this to legitimate questions. But to answer you, because maybe he was hurt, maybe he is in the dog house, maybe he had the flu. Somebody just was wondering, as Gibson was giving us huge productive minutes down the stretch of the season, and didn't even get his sweats off last night. Good news is it sounds like it was a machup thing, and he'll be ready to go. Makes perfect sense as Booker played great last night and Ejim played great defense even though he was vastly smaller than those he was asked to cover.
Oh, and since you asked, yes we won.
Amen to that. I'm not second guessing Fred's decision. I'll just sit back and cheer. Seems he's got this game plan working.
I was wondering about that too. I think it was about matchups and whether he was needed. Ejim played great and didn't get into foul trouble; neither did Royce. Booker played really well but didn't play that much either. I think that if Percy was needed he would have been in there.
Yes, he did. He gave us great minutes, and we needed a Man in the middle to counter their size. Anthony did a great job there. I love what Percy brings to our team, and I'm sure he'll get his shot against Kentucky.
His attitude definitely seemed better. I hope he can keep that same attitude for UK.
I think for two reasons:
1- He's a FR so Fred wanted to rely on some of our more experienced guys.
2- UConn's bigs are very good defending, and Percy is an offensive oriented player so you're essentially shifting the match-ups in their favor by playing him. Where as with Ejim, Royce and Booker, they can all play outside-in, which shifts the match-up back to our advantage.
1- He's a FR so Fred wanted to rely on some of our more experienced guys.
2- UConn's bigs are very good defending, and Percy is an offensive oriented player so you're essentially shifting the match-ups in their favor by playing him. Where as with Ejim, Royce and Booker, they can all play outside-in, which shifts the match-up back to our advantage.
