Trent Pierce

[pbbrower]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

[Cardinals4Life]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

[Rantz]

Gates will always be loyal to seniors. But really, Pierce is getting starter minutes off the bench so Pierce good.

But you asked about Phillips. Tho he had a decent game yesterday, as far as the season, did you know Phillips has one of the lowest net rating of any big man in the SEC and basketball.? The guy is normally horrible. Doesn’t really do any thing well consistently at 7 ft.

[Power74]

Pierce was not seen for stretches in the OU game. He needs to play until he can't run, catch a 45 second breather and then be back in

[11WSChamps]

Pierce was not seen for stretches in the OU game. He needs to play until he can't run, catch a 45 second breather and then be back in

Agreed.

The gloves need to finally come off.

I've never been convinced Pierce is all that but he's coming out of his shell now and give him all the minutes he can eat.

32 minutes or so a game at least.

[winonsports]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Any luck yet?

[Lightning Rod]

Pierce was not seen for stretches in the OU game. He needs to play until he can't run, catch a 45 second breather and then be back in

Agreed.

The gloves need to finally come off.

I've never been convinced Pierce is all that but he's coming out of his shell now and give him all the minutes he can eat.

32 minutes or so a game at least.

I have to agree 11, Pierce right now is JAG, as he has been for his entire tenure with the Tigers. No doubt he has the capability to be a difference maker, just haven't seen it yet. Let the guy play big minutes and see if he can live up to the hype. Cue cockroach.

[Rojo Johnson]

Gates will always be loyal to seniors. But really, Pierce is getting starter minutes off the bench so Pierce good.

But you asked about Phillips. Tho he had a decent game yesterday, as far as the season, did you know Phillips has one of the lowest net rating of any big man in the SEC and basketball.? The guy is normally horrible. Doesn’t really do any thing well consistently at 7 ft.

Phillips doesn’t deserve to start. He’s not much of a basketball player. He sure as hell doesn’t need to be on the court during the last 5 minutes or so of a close game.

[onemizzou]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

[Cardinals4Life]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

Good to see that Gates used this starting lineup, finally!
He also used Ant and Crews off the bench and Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

Anyone heard about Boateng??

[boulanger]

I haven't read anything official yet as to diagnosis. Gates said in post-game interview that 9 times out of 10 an injury like Boateng's is season-ending, which makes it sound like ACL or MCL or patella tendon or quad tear or something like that.

[onemizzou]

I haven't read anything official yet as to diagnosis. Gates said in post-game interview that 9 times out of 10 an injury like Boateng's is season-ending, which makes it sound like ACL or MCL or patella tendon or quad tear or something like that.

The weird thing is that it looked like he skidded on the same spot on the floor where he had just slipped when he made his previous dunk 10 seconds earlier. I thought, wow he slipped on that same spot then when he didn't get up it was obvious there was an injury. I still don't know if there was something on the court that caused it or not but it was right at that same spot.

[onemizzou]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

Good to see that Gates used this starting lineup, finally!
He also used Ant and Crews off the bench and Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

Anyone heard about Boateng??

While I think it's a better lineup I still don't think that have the overall play to get to the tourney. When they are shooting hot they van pull away but as soon as they cool off it gets kinda ugly. At least they were able to make some FTs this time to seal the win. I don't think that'll hold up against the likes Tenner, Arky or Vandy. Even Arky, OU and Texas in the road will extremely tough for this team. I'm hard pressed to see more than 4 wins the rest of the way.

[Cardinals4Life]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

Good to see that Gates used this starting lineup, finally!
He also used Ant and Crews off the bench and Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

Anyone heard about Boateng??

While I think it's a better lineup I still don't think that have the overall play to get to the tourney. When they are shooting hot they van pull away but as soon as they cool off it gets kinda ugly. At least they were able to make some FTs this time to seal the win. I don't think that'll hold up against the likes Tenner, Arky or Vandy. Even Arky, OU and Texas in the road will extremely tough for this team. I'm hard pressed to see more than 4 wins the rest of the way.

Yeah this is clearly not a tournament team.
The fact we knocked off Kentucky and Florida is next to amazing! Lol

[straight out of st louis robert ave]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

Good to see that Gates used this starting lineup, finally!
He also used Ant and Crews off the bench and Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

Anyone heard about Boateng??

While I think it's a better lineup I still don't think that have the overall play to get to the tourney. When they are shooting hot they van pull away but as soon as they cool off it gets kinda ugly. At least they were able to make some FTs this time to seal the win. I don't think that'll hold up against the likes Tenner, Arky or Vandy. Even Arky, OU and Texas in the road will extremely tough for this team. I'm hard pressed to see more than 4 wins the rest of the way.

Texas is a home game. It makes a difference,
Mizzou is extremely tough on their home court.

[onemizzou]

Somebody please explain to me the usage of Pierce by Gates, I would rather see him start over Crews who at this point is a 1 trick pony that really doesn't do anything beyond the 3 point shot and he's having a harder time getting open than earlier in the season. It just seems the substitution of Crews with Pierce starting would be a much better approach, any insight from the people on here that know much more about Bball than I do?

Agree.

Would like to see TO, Stone, Pierce, Mitchell, and Phillips starting. Use Ant and Crews off the bench. (And then maybe Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

At this point I like this starting lineup. It's really the only one that makes sense. I still don't think it'll matter much, this team just doesn't have the offensive firepower to hang with any decent team and they give up way to many 3's on defense.

Good to see that Gates used this starting lineup, finally!
He also used Ant and Crews off the bench and Boateng and Randall sparingly.)

Anyone heard about Boateng??

While I think it's a better lineup I still don't think that have the overall play to get to the tourney. When they are shooting hot they van pull away but as soon as they cool off it gets kinda ugly. At least they were able to make some FTs this time to seal the win. I don't think that'll hold up against the likes Tenner, Arky or Vandy. Even Arky, OU and Texas in the road will extremely tough for this team. I'm hard pressed to see more than 4 wins the rest of the way.

Texas is a home game. It makes a difference,
Mizzou is extremely tough on their home court.

Yeah I got a couple thing scrambled there, I mean Arky and Texas at home will be very tough. ZeroU on the road will be nearly impossible.
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