"secret" scrimmages

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » October 4th, 2022, 11:40 am

Looks like we will scrimmage Washington Oct 15 and Cal Oct 22. Both scrimmages appear to be away. I'm guessing they subsidize our travel and expenses.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » October 4th, 2022, 12:06 pm

Be interesting to see how the team stacks up against those teams. Based on the other threads i would guess Funk doesn't play in those. Maybe Rylan will be able to play in the one on the 22nd. Be a really good test for the players to see where they stand against those teams.

nvspuds · Post by **nvspuds** » October 4th, 2022, 12:50 pm

Your fellows already had a secret scrimmage..Myself and a few of my fellow golden agers came to Logan for the ice cream and the scrimmage. We boat raced those youngsters..I was getting to the cup with impunity and our age and guile was too much to contend with. Also I still got my nap in early and we all celebrated by watching Murder She Wrote but still got to bed by 8:15. A nice Thursday all around.

But cheer up..Your team looked solid...And the ice cream was great..

BiocatAg · Post by **BiocatAg** » October 4th, 2022, 12:54 pm

nvspuds wrote: ↑
October 4th, 2022, 12:50 pm
Your fellows already had a secret scrimmage..Myself and a few of my fellow golden agers came to Logan for the ice cream and the scrimmage. We boat raced those youngsters..I was getting to the cup with impunity and our age and guile was too much to contend with. Also I still got my nap in early and we all celebrated by watching Murder She Wrote but still got to bed by 8:15. A nice Thursday all around.

But cheer up..Your team looked solid...And the ice cream was great..

Of course it was. Now, if you'd said the ice cream was mediocre, we'd know you were making stuff up.

scotlandog · Post by **scotlandog** » October 15th, 2022, 3:36 pm

Any word on if this game has already been played today and if so, how did it go? Or is it being played later today still?

I know they are supposed to be closed door but word always gets out. Hoping for some good news on how the team is coming together.

Go Aggies!

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Post by **aggies22** » October 15th, 2022, 3:56 pm

scotlandog wrote: ↑
October 15th, 2022, 3:36 pm
Any word on if this game has already been played today and if so, how did it go? Or is it being played later today still?

I know they are supposed to be closed door but word always gets out. Hoping for some good news on how the team is coming together.

Go Aggies!

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It has already been played.

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » October 15th, 2022, 8:55 pm

I just got off the phone with one of my inside sources who said we kicked their A$SES. It wasn't even close.

bigblue32 · Post by **bigblue32** » October 15th, 2022, 10:40 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
October 15th, 2022, 3:56 pm

scotlandog wrote: ↑
October 15th, 2022, 3:36 pm
Any word on if this game has already been played today and if so, how did it go? Or is it being played later today still?

I know they are supposed to be closed door but word always gets out. Hoping for some good news on how the team is coming together.

Go Aggies!

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It has already been played.

And how’d it go lol

scotlandog · Post by **scotlandog** » October 16th, 2022, 11:00 am

Aggie in Boise wrote:I just got off the phone with one of my inside sources who said we kicked their A$SES. It wasn't even close.

I’m not sure if this was sarcasm/some continuation of an inside joke or if this is real and we really did beat them.

How good is Washington supposed to be this year?

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scotlandog · Post by **scotlandog** » October 16th, 2022, 11:14 am

Reading up on Washington, they are picked to be 10th in the league bc they lost their top 2 scorers. The top scorers were guards and they have 2 pretty good guards that will be taking their places. They also picked up 2 10ppg transfers from Washington St and Kentucky. To help fill their needs at forward and center they picked up the good center from Oregon Kepnang that we played against as well as Braxton Meah from Fresno. Seems like they are picked low bc they are unproven but I think they have a pretty strong roster there.

If we really beat them pretty good then there is some hope for this team. I was worried Most about our frontcourt but if we played well against Kepnang and Meah we are going to be ok.

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Post by **aggies22** » October 17th, 2022, 7:53 pm

We beat Washington last Saturday. Decisively. Without Taylor Funk.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » October 17th, 2022, 7:57 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 7:53 pm
We beat Washington last Saturday. Decisively. Without Taylor Funk.

Don't try and get me excited for this season. Lol

MrBiggle · Post by **MrBiggle** » October 17th, 2022, 8:18 pm

Oh buddy! They probably had 15 players out with covid right?

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » October 17th, 2022, 8:42 pm

I believe we also beat our secret scrimmage team decisively last year. I want to get hyped, but I am guarded currently.

SwaggieAggie · Post by **SwaggieAggie** » October 17th, 2022, 8:46 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 7:53 pm
We beat Washington last Saturday. Decisively. Without Taylor Funk.

So you’re saying we’re dancin’ this year huh

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » October 17th, 2022, 9:01 pm

SwaggieAggie wrote:
aggies22 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 7:53 pm
We beat Washington last Saturday. Decisively. Without Taylor Funk.
So you’re saying we’re dancin’ this year huh

I think it’s already been determined that we will suck.

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slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » October 17th, 2022, 9:25 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 8:42 pm
I believe we also beat our secret scrimmage team decisively last year. I want to get hyped, but I am guarded currently.

That was the report on smu.

Post by **Aglicious** » October 17th, 2022, 10:28 pm

We're super secret preseason scrimmage warriors!

Wish that would someday translate into the real season.

SectionBAggie · Post by **SectionBAggie** » October 17th, 2022, 10:35 pm

Who enforces the secrecy? If someone has data about the scrimmage and shares it, is there a risk of any punishment for the individual or the team? Asking for a friend.

SeattleAg · Post by **SeattleAg** » October 17th, 2022, 10:37 pm

SwaggieAggie wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 8:46 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 7:53 pm
We beat Washington last Saturday. Decisively. Without Taylor Funk.
So you’re saying we’re dancin’ this year huh

I somewhat follow UW hoops, as it's my second school, and they have not been very good for awhile. Last season was passable which probably saved the coach's job for one more year, but it's probably only finances that have prevented a firing thus far.
Long story short, not sure I would read much into a victory over the Huskies. They are not the team that we met in the NCAAs, or the team that cranked out NBA studs year after year. (Lorenzo Romar could recruit like nobody's business. Too bad he was crap on the tactical side of things.)

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » October 17th, 2022, 10:40 pm

SectionBAggie wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 10:35 pm
Who enforces the secrecy? If someone has data about the scrimmage and shares it, is there a risk of any punishment for the individual or the team? Asking for a friend.

Leakers tend to wake up with their throats cut or tied to train tracks.

Post by **aggies22** » October 18th, 2022, 7:38 am

Hoot wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 10:40 pm

SectionBAggie wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 10:35 pm
Who enforces the secrecy? If someone has data about the scrimmage and shares it, is there a risk of any punishment for the individual or the team? Asking for a friend.
Leakers tend to wake up with their throats cut or tied to train tracks.

Yeah, but that train tracks thing only happened once.

nvspuds · Post by **nvspuds** » October 18th, 2022, 8:59 am

Secret scrimmages are cool but we are talking about practice. Practice!...Talking bout practice..

The Pack practice game is against Santa Clara on the 26th..

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » October 18th, 2022, 9:03 am

How about we use relationships developed through these secret scrimmages to get a future regular season tilt with these teams?

SectionBAggie · Post by **SectionBAggie** » October 18th, 2022, 5:14 pm

Since it has been established that only the person who leaks scrimmage information is going to get tied to the railroad track, here are some limited thoughts received from a pseudo-insider friend:

USU was up by 20+ with four minutes left when they emptied the bench.
Point totals pretty much matched my expectations except for the leading scorer. Shulga, Akin, Ashworth, Bairstow as expected.
I don't know that Jones played.
Apparently the "secret" nature has been scaled back. At first no one could be in attendance. Now there are (at some - probably not this one) occasionally NBA scouts in attendance.

As nvspuds has stated, it' s practice. But I'd rather win such a thing than lose it.

The comparison to last year's SMU game is somewhat valid although the 9-4 record going to Colorado Springs felt pretty good - even felt that way later considering the schedule included three teams that won a game in the NCAAT (though Iowa lost to Richmond so that was a guarantee).

But the 3-point shooting pretty much left the team. 44% in a win against Richmond. 48% in the win against NMSU. (I must acknowledge that the 27% against OU was not the the cause of a loss.) But 5 losses where the percentage was at or below 25% changed the trajectory of the team.
1 for 19 in a two point loss at AFA. 1-15 in a two point loss to CSU. Both dismal.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » October 18th, 2022, 6:56 pm

SectionBAggie wrote: ↑
October 18th, 2022, 5:14 pm
Since it has been established that only the person who leaks scrimmage information is going to get tied to the railroad track, here are some limited thoughts received from a pseudo-insider friend:

USU was up by 20+ with four minutes left when they emptied the bench.
Point totals pretty much matched my expectations except for the leading scorer. Shulga, Akin, Ashworth, Bairstow as expected.
I don't know that Jones played.
Apparently the "secret" nature has been scaled back. At first no one could be in attendance. Now there are (at some - probably not this one) occasionally NBA scouts in attendance.

As nvspuds has stated, it' s practice. But I'd rather win such a thing than lose it.

The comparison to last year's SMU game is somewhat valid although the 9-4 record going to Colorado Springs felt pretty good - even felt that way later considering the schedule included three teams that won a game in the NCAAT (though Iowa lost to Richmond so that was a guarantee).

But the 3-point shooting pretty much left the team. 44% in a win against Richmond. 48% in the win against NMSU. (I must acknowledge that the 27% against OU was not the the cause of a loss.) But 5 losses where the percentage was at or below 25% changed the trajectory of the team.
1 for 19 in a two point loss at AFA. 1-15 in a two point loss to CSU. Both dismal.

3 point shooting, interior defense and execution in the final 2 minutes will define the season in my opinion.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » October 18th, 2022, 7:13 pm

SectionBAggie wrote: ↑
October 18th, 2022, 5:14 pm
Since it has been established that only the person who leaks scrimmage information is going to get tied to the railroad track, here are some limited thoughts received from a pseudo-insider friend:

USU was up by 20+ with four minutes left when they emptied the bench.
Point totals pretty much matched my expectations except for the leading scorer. Shulga, Akin, Ashworth, Bairstow as expected.
I don't know that Jones played.
Apparently the "secret" nature has been scaled back. At first no one could be in attendance. Now there are (at some - probably not this one) occasionally NBA scouts in attendance.

As nvspuds has stated, it' s practice. But I'd rather win such a thing than lose it.

The comparison to last year's SMU game is somewhat valid although the 9-4 record going to Colorado Springs felt pretty good - even felt that way later considering the schedule included three teams that won a game in the NCAAT (though Iowa lost to Richmond so that was a guarantee).

But the 3-point shooting pretty much left the team. 44% in a win against Richmond. 48% in the win against NMSU. (I must acknowledge that the 27% against OU was not the the cause of a loss.) But 5 losses where the percentage was at or below 25% changed the trajectory of the team.
1 for 19 in a two point loss at AFA. 1-15 in a two point loss to CSU. Both dismal.

Uh oh. Don’t tell @SLB who the leading scorer was.

Thank you for the write up.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » October 18th, 2022, 7:50 pm

Honestly, the lineup should be Akin, Funk, Ashworth, Shulga, and Bairstow.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » October 18th, 2022, 8:18 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
October 18th, 2022, 7:50 pm
Honestly, the lineup should be Akin, Funk, Ashworth, Shulga, and Bairstow.

Something to think about this lineup
2021 3 point %
Shulga 45.0
Ashworth 39.2
Funk 37.3
It would spread the opposing defense out which would allow more room for Bairstow and Akin to score while having size.

SwaggieAggie · Post by **SwaggieAggie** » October 19th, 2022, 9:47 am

Is Eytle-Rock going to see a decrease in minutes or dropped from the starting spot altogether? He was fine last year. But we do have a lot of dudes in that 2/3 spot. Wonder how the rotation will look and how'll they'll distribute the minutes.

browntown · Post by **browntown** » October 19th, 2022, 10:25 am

I’d be curious to hear if we had a good 3 point %. Like others I think this will be key to our seasons success, so hoping it’s improved from last year.
Thanks for the info on the scrimmage!

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » October 19th, 2022, 1:19 pm

scotlandog wrote: ↑
October 16th, 2022, 11:00 am

Aggie in Boise wrote:I just got off the phone with one of my inside sources who said we kicked their A$SES. It wasn't even close.
I’m not sure if this was sarcasm/some continuation of an inside joke or if this is real and we really did beat them.

How good is Washington supposed to be this year?

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Definitely not sarcasm. Just remember who you heard it from first.

scotlandog · Post by **scotlandog** » October 19th, 2022, 2:36 pm

Aggie in Boise wrote:
scotlandog wrote: ↑
October 16th, 2022, 11:00 am

Aggie in Boise wrote:I just got off the phone with one of my inside sources who said we kicked their A$SES. It wasn't even close.
I’m not sure if this was sarcasm/some continuation of an inside joke or if this is real and we really did beat them.

How good is Washington supposed to be this year?

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Definitely not sarcasm. Just remember who you heard it from first.

I appreciate the info. Going into the game I could easily see the opposite happening. I didn’t really know what to expect from this team yet. On paper we have some good pieces but obviously chemistry and matchups had some issues last year. So bringing a new team together, you never know exactly how it will play out. This has really given me some hope for this team.

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Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » October 20th, 2022, 3:51 pm

slcagg wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 9:25 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 8:42 pm
I believe we also beat our secret scrimmage team decisively last year. I want to get hyped, but I am guarded currently.
That was the report on smu.

We are undefeated and legendary in October. It's Nov-March that we struggle.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » October 20th, 2022, 4:04 pm

Aggie702 wrote: ↑
October 20th, 2022, 3:51 pm

slcagg wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 9:25 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2022, 8:42 pm
I believe we also beat our secret scrimmage team decisively last year. I want to get hyped, but I am guarded currently.
That was the report on smu.
We are undefeated and legendary in October. It's Nov-March that we struggle.

Historically it’s only March that we truly struggle…

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