I hate to say if first!

[mountainhog]

  Its the dreaded sophmore jinx.  I think Bev may have it, and if he didnt, he will now for sure.

The secret is out on him after last year and i think teams are keying on him more this year.  Might explain his lower shooting %.     What do you guys think?

[RazorWeevil]

The pending paternity suit against him has to be a distraction. 

[mountainhog]

Hmm , didnt know about that.

[RazorWeevil]

Yep, check it out:

http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=193674.0

[mountainhog]

I guess that would be a distraction.  Wonder if he has taken a paternity test yet?

[mathhog]

Jason Jennings got the jinx.... look where he ended up

[mountainhog]

He might have came here with a jinx..

[TRUHOG718]

 teams are keying on him more this year.  Might explain his lower shooting %.     What do you guys think?

Thats it. No Jinx. same thing with rookie pitchers in the MLB their second year.

[HogBaptist]

Jason Jennings got the jinx.... look where he ended up

That's funny.  So did Satchel I suppose.

[mountainhog]

Bev may find it tougher to score in conference play this yr. 

Wasn't he freshman player of the year or something like that last yr.?

[Ulysses_S_Grunt]

Bev may find it tougher to score in conference play this yr. 

Wasn't he freshman player of the year or something like that last yr.?

SEC newcomer of the year

[mountainhog]

Well anyway , they are on to him now.. lol

[jschulte]

Can't say the same thing about Washington though

[mountainhog]

Id like to see him start a few games, although he is playing pretty good off the bench.

[cthog99]

he's not having that bad of a slump. he's only averaging about a point and a half less and 3 percent less than last year

[spudhog]

if this is his jinx, then he's going to be alright. i know his shooting and scoring is a tad down but, his other numbers are around the same if not better. i think the people around him have improved so that he doesn't have to do everything. he's more of a complete player that still has a couple of 30 point games ahead of him this season.

[mountainhog]

He'll probably be alright if some of the others can take up some of the slack.  I think townes has improved alot this year and looks like he dropped some extra baggage.  If we can get our inside out game going , maybe bev cant start hitting some 3's.

Does rakestraw look  a little slow to any of you?

[Brass Knob]

It is pretty simple..... Coming in to this year everybody knew he was out best scorer and that he was the guy they had to stop.... Therefore he is getting all of the defenses attention..... Another guard is going to have to step and prove to be a threat to help open up some space for Bev. 

[cthog99]

He'll probably be alright if some of the others can take up some of the slack.  I think townes has improved alot this year and looks like he dropped some extra baggage.  If we can get our inside out game going , maybe bev cant start hitting some 3's.

Does rakestraw look  a little slow to any of you?

yes he does. his guy scored 3 straight times on him in the utsa game, and the 2nd 3 pointer he attempted and got blocked, the whole arena knew he was shooting it and it was such an easy shot to block, and it was blocked

[mountainhog]

I was hoping it was just me, cause ive heard he is a really good shot from 3 pt range.

[Oliver]

  Its the dreaded sophmore jinx.  I think Bev may have it, and if he didnt, he will now for sure.

The secret is out on him after last year and i think teams are keying on him more this year.  Might explain his lower shooting %.     What do you guys think?

I think if we had another guard that opposing defenses would have to take seriously, Beverly's game would be much better this year.

[mountainhog]

I think if we had another guard that opposing defenses would have to take seriously, Beverly's game would be much better this year.

I agree, but who will step up?   I thought rakestraw might be that guy from all i read about him last year.   Now im not too sure.

[311Hog]

we need another reliable ball handler, i mean i agree with the points in this thread about how the team is better and there is less of a need for Beverly to create and carry the scoring on his own now. Townes is playing like a man possessed, if only Welsh and/or Ervin could get it together and be "avg" Beverly would be free to run around and scrape off screens and get better looks at his perimeter shot.

Also Steven Hill has to find some offense i have never seen a person with his physical abilities look so lost on the offensive end.

[Brass Knob]

Amen to Hill finding some offense.... That would do wonders for this Hog team! Be able to play an inside out out game with Bev... That would free him up for a lot of shots.