Maryland-FSU: Report Card

These are slightly weighted. For example example Len probably played a slightly more efficient game than Cleare but I gave Cleare a higher grade as I expected more out of Len.

Dez Wells: A- : 8 for 12 shooting including one three, two for three from the line and 3 assists. He looked good.

Charles Mitchell B+: He is a high reward/high risk player. He either seems to be doing something wrong, like turning the ball over or picking up a personal foul or doing something good like scoring. His four of five shooting and 2 for 2 from the Line made him Wells the most efficient players.

Jake Layman B: Played a solid efficient game, but gets lost in the offense sometimes. 3 of 4 shooting including a pair of three made him an efficient player. Hustles on defenses, but struggles getting around screens and sometimes smaller players give him fits on the perimeter. Still I was happy with his performance.

James Padgett: B Padgett played within himself only taking 3 shots in 30 minutes of play. I would have given more minutes to Mitchell, but I have no problems with how Padgett played. Only one turnover although that turnover lead directly to fast break points for FSU.

Nick Faust C : Honestly he was a four point play away from having a D+ game. He still forces shots and his play was worse down the stretch. He left four, count em four points off the board by missing three free throws including the front end of a one and one in the final four minutes. Had a nice floater, the four point play and Well hit him for an easy lay up in transition.

Logan Aronhalt: B: On 3-9 shooting, but he got 11 points on 9 shoot. In reality he got 11 points on 10 shoots as he was fouled on a three pointer and made all three free throws. When you factor in his two three points along with the freethrows he was 5.5 for 10 shooting (or 11 points on 10 shots, which is solid). He did get pickpocketed once, but Aronhalt is one of our higher IQ players in the halfcourt offense.

Cleare: C- Did not force things and did a good job with his free throws (3 out of 4), but didn't make any field goals. Five rebounds.

Seth Allen: C- : Hopefully a learning experience, two points on one of six shooting and 2 assists.

Alex Len: D -Just disappeared both because of foul trouble (lower minutes) and because when he was inthe game he didn't do much. 4 points on two of six shooting where the two made shots were a dunk and a loose ball layup. Does a good job not forcing things, but is a little bit robotic in the half court offense. He needs to take the initiative to find ways to become more involved including finding other ways to get the ball other than in the blocks or at the top of the circle.

Overall: Solid effort from the team. Don't let the lose completely blind you to how the team played. For the most part they put in a solid effort. Certainly not an A effort, but an improvement over the UNC game. I'd give this performance a B-. That is probably the same grade for example their win over NC State deserved as that was a big win, but NC State didn't play that well that game.

You can't give someone an "A" that had 6 unforced turnovers and leaves his man (the most clutch shooter) wide open on the last play with seconds left. You get a hand in his face and solid chance he misses that. I think we all knew that last shot was going in when Snaer caught the ball wide open at the three, takes a deep breath then shoots. I could make that. Turnovers kept us from gaining a substantial lead. Thank god most of Dezs driving jumping body twisting shots were going in or it would have been a blow out (b/c of his own turnovers). Faust was absolutely horrid in the final mins but made a lot of nice plays and didn't cost points with massive amount of turnovers while handling the ball the most of anybody. our offense is more in sync when he's on the court. I know Dez is the man but he cost us more points throughout the game than Faust did by missing FTs at the end. To say Wells deserved an A and Faust a D+ is beyond dumb

Faust stinks on offense. He is not a good shooter and not a good ball handler. He is out of control most of the time. He gets rebounds and plays good defense sometimes. At best should be a roll player. If he ever became a knock down shooter then I would change my opinion but that form is not good.

i could have sworn layman missed two three point attempts, one shortly after the other. he had already hit two, and he thought he was hot so he put up a couple terrible shot. one in the bottom right corner which may have been blocked (that counts as a shot, right?), then one ridiculous attempt near the top of the key. he came out right after the second attempt.

I gave Wells an A- not an A, though as I agree with your points that is probably too high given the turnovers. I gave Faust a C, not a D+, so you switched up the rankings I actually gave both guys.

I meant A range- and 1"lucky" shot from faust shouldn't change your grade that you felt he deserved